WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau has overturned four audit decisions by the Universal Service Administrative Co. that had denied reimbursements to Verizon/Alltel Management Trust for its participation in the Lifeline program on Tribal lands in North and South Dakota in 2007. The decision, adopted and released on May 27, 2025, grants Alltel's request for review, finding its compliance with program rules at the time was reasonable given exis  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Announces New Slate of Presidential Appointments at USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Farm Service Agency, and Rural Development (Washington, D.C., May 27, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced the latest slate of presidential appointments for key positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) including the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS),   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Increases Funding to Reimburse States for Food Safety Inspections U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today she will exercise the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) authority to provide a much-needed funding increase of $14.5 million in reimbursements to states for meat and poultry inspection programs. Without this funding, States may not have the res  more