WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Federal Reserve Governor Adriana D. Kugler delivered a deeply personal address at the University of California, Berkeley's Economics Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2025. A proud alumna of the program, Adriana Kugler shared that this was her first economics commencement ceremony at Berkeley, as she had been too busy finishing her dissertation in 1997 to attend her own graduation. She acknowledged the graduates' immense achievement and thanked their families for their  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following report (No. OEI-02-24-00430) entitled "Fewer than One in Five Medicare Enrollees Received Medication to Treat Their Opioid Use Disorder": Here are excerpts: * * * Why OIG Did This Review * Combatting the overdose crisis continues to be a National priority. As a payor, CMS plays an important role in ensuring that Medicare enrollees have access to medications and services for the treatment of   more

WASHINGTON, May 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new report summarizing the insights from ConnectCon 2024, an interactive workshop that brought together cybersecurity and human factors experts to address critical challenges in human-centered cybersecurity. The report, NIST Special Publication (SP) 1332, "Workshop Summary Report for ConnectCon 2024: 'Minding the Gaps in Human-Centered Cybersecurity'," outlines the  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites public input on proposal to list Fish Lake Valley tui chub as endangered Due to the loss of aquatic habitat, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Fish Lake Valley tui chub -- an olive-brass colored fish native to Nevada -- as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The Service finds designatin  more