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

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Government Accountability Office has sustained a protest filed by Island Peer Review Organization Inc. dba IPRO, of Lake Success, New York, challenging the issuance of a task order to Superior Health Quality Alliance (Superior Health), of Madison, Wisconsin. The task order, issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was for healthcare quality improvement services under the agency's Quality Improvement Network-Q  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 -- Madison Area Technical College, Wisconsin, has called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to withdraw its proposed rule that seeks to replace the "duration of status" system for F and J non-immigrants with fixed periods of admission. In a public comment letter submitted by the college, concerns were raised about the substantial economic costs, administrative burdens, and negative impacts on student well-being that the rule could impose. Madison College, which serve  more