WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The American Council on Education (ACE) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement regarding proposed changes to visa regulations impacting international students. The proposed rule, titled "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media," has raised alarm among higher education associations who   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release: * * * Auditor General DeFoor, Be Money $mart Partners Kick off Financial Planning Month with New Art Contest for PA Students * Camp Hill, PA - Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today kicked off a contest to design the cover of his department's first-ever Be Money $mart financial literacy activity book designed to help students and their caregivers learn how to plan for their fin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (CMU SEI), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has submitted a public comment letter in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) request for feedback regarding the 2025 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM). This feedback aims to enhance the draft document that updates the 2021 guidelines for SBOM implementation. CMU SEI has a longstan  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2025: * * * EPA and Virginia Agriculture Forge First-Ever Memorandum of Understanding * PHILADELPHIA (October 6, 2025) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 (EPA) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) announced the first-ever signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalize their partnership and expand their collaborative activiti  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a working paper in October 2025 entitled "Financial Fraud Through the Lens of Extended Fraud Alerts." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction According to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report, in 2021 approximately 24 million persons age 16 or older (about 9 percent of the U.S population) reported exposure to identity theft over the preceding twelve months. These vi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied the protest filed by Noblis MSD LLC of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, challenging the U.S. Navy's award of a contract for engineering and technical support services to Solute Inc. of San Diego, California. The contract is for specialized networking and computer systems supporting naval operations. Noblis challenged the award on several grounds, including claims that Solute's proposal was unacceptable and that the agency improper  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The House Agriculture Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-233) on the United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4550), which aims to reauthorize the U.S. Grain Standards Act. The report was advanced by Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, on Sept. 3, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Needs Witnesses testifying before the subcommittee, as well as producer organizations submitting statements for the hearing record, affirmed that it remains the Fed  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Internal Revenue Service issued the following notice (No. 2025-52) on Oct. 6, 2025, entitled "Extension of Replacement Period for Livestock Sold on Account of Drought". * * * SECTION 1. PURPOSE This notice provides guidance regarding an extension of the replacement period under Sec. 1033(e) of the Internal Revenue Code for livestock sold on account of drought in specified counties. SECTION 2. BACKGROUND .01 Nonrecognition of Gain on Involuntary Conversion of Livest  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressing strong opposition to the agency's proposed rule that seeks to impose a fixed period of stay on non-immigrant academic students and exchange visitors. The proposed changes would eliminate the current Duration of Status (D/S) model for holders of F and J visas, replacing it with an admission limit not exceeding four years, a move that the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The Marcellus Shale Coalition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration advocating for a set of changes to proposed regulations on Unmanned Aircraft Systems operations beyond visual line of sight. The MSC, comprising approximately 155 members involved in the natural gas sector, emphasizes the importance of integrating UAS technology in enhancing safety, efficiency, and environmen  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * New Proposal Aims to Strengthen Efforts to Find Vulnerable Missing Persons, Says Leadbeter * State Rep. Robert Leadbeter (R-Columbia) announced he intends to introduce legislation - dubbed as Aiden's Law - to establish a "Purple Alert" system in Pennsylvania to ensure the Commonwealth's most vulnerable citizens who go missing are brought home.  Similar to Amber Alert for abducted childre  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Oregon Department of Aviation, Salem, has submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) urging the agency to adopt a streamlined and risk-based regulatory framework for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operating beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). The comments are directed at proposed regulations outlined in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning BVLOS operations and are intended to influence the FAA's approach to integratin  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans posted the following news: * * * PA House Approves Scialabba Bill to Improve Consumer Data Privacy * HARRISBURG - A bill sponsored by Reps. Stephenie Scialabba (R-Butler) and Ed Neilson (D-Philadelphia) to protect consumer information and privacy, House Bill 78, has been approved by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. "We live in an information-dependent world, with much of that data now digital in nature, making  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Lee, Brown, Ansari Demand Answers from DHS on Use of Foreign Spyware by ICE * PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 6, 2025 -- Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, and Congresswoman Yassamin Ansar  more