WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated Feb. 24, 2025, from the Financial Data and Technology Association of North America: * * * To: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, D.C. 20552 Submitted via electronic mail to 2024-NPRM-CONSUMER-REPORTING@cfpb.gov. Docket No. CFPB-2024-0044 Re: Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V) * * * The Financial Data an  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12933) on March 3, 2025, by social policy specialist Emilie Stoltzfus. Here are excerpts: * * * Child Welfare: Purposes, Federal Programs and Funding The Work of Child Welfare Agencies Children depend on adults - usually their parents - to protect and support them. The broadest mission of public child welfare agencies is to strengthen families so that children can depend on t  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the following public communication dated Feb. 27, 2025, from the Texas Department of Transportation: * * * Office of the Assistant Secretary for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy United States Department of Transportation Washington, DC 20590 RE: Docket No. DOT-OST-2025-0002 * * * To the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy TBD: The Texas Department of Transpo  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that the Region 49 (Central Texas) Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will conduct crucial meetings on Thursday, May 8, 2025, to address 700 MHz and 800 MHz NPSPAC frequency planning. According to Public Notice DA 25-203, released on March 7, 2025, by the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, the meetings will take place at the City of Austin Wireless Communication Services Office. The 700 MHz RPC meet  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the following public communication dated Feb. 27, 2025, from the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition: * * * To: Regulations Division Office of General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410-0500 RE: Docket No. FR-6505-N-01 / Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) response to Request for Information Regarding Resilience Measu  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the following public communication dated Feb. 28, 2025, from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners: * * * To: Secretary Scott Turner U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 457 7th Street SW Washington, DC 20410 Re: Department of Housing and Urban Development Request for Information Regarding Resilience Measures and Insurance Coverage (FR-6505-N-01) * * * Dear Secretary Turner  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Join Colleagues in Urging USDA to Reinstate Hispanic-Serving Institution Fellowship Program That Has Served New Mexico Students and Educational Institutions Senators to USDA: "The Department's decision to suspend EKDLG Fellowship Program threatens the U.S. agricultural workforce pipeline and the opportunities this program provides educators and students nationwide" NMSU Was Part   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 28, 2025, from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation: * * * Comments to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Draft Test Procedure TP-523-00 Vehicle Classification Docket ID No. NHTSA-2024-0050 * * * Introduction Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators)/1 hereby submits the following comments to the   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 28, 2025, from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Inc., Victoria: * * * To: Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Re: Temporary Labor Camps; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0012 * * * Texas RioGrande Legal Aid,  more