22 May, 2024 Label Laws on Lab-Grown Meat Gain Steam By David Crass My Partner Paul Benson recently posted about the “yuck factor” inhibiting any serious movement toward insect protein consumption as a...
14 May, 2024 USTR Releases Sec. 301 Report and Recs By David Crass Today, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released the results of its Sec. 301tariff statutory review, detailing ongoing...
30 Apr, 2024 DEA Moves to Reclassify Marijuana as a Schedule III Drug By David DiGiacomo This Historic federal action would recognize medical benefits of cannabis, open the door for more research, and be a significant change...
23 Apr, 2024 PFAS CERCLA Designation -- What's Next By David Crass Last week, USEPA Administrator Regan signed the final rule designating PFOA, PFOS and their salts and structural isomers as hazardous...
08 Apr, 2024 Pay Transparency is Knocking at Federal Contractor Doors - DoD, GSA, NASA and OFPP Issue Proposed Pay Equity and Transparency Rule By Farrah Rifelj The proposed federal regulation incorporates both prohibitions on seeking an applicant's compensation history and using voluntarily...
05 Apr, 2024 Another Opportunity to Shape Government AI Acquisitions By Nicole Vele On Monday, April 1, 2024, the Department of the Air Force posted a request for information (RFI) for its Advanced Battle Management...
04 Apr, 2024 American Biogas Council Releases Draft Carbon Accounting Methodology By David Crass Congratulations to our friends at ECO Engineers who, on behalf of the American Biogas Council, released for public comment a draft Carbon...
04 Apr, 2024 OFCCP Issues VEVRAA 5.2% Benchmark and New Benchmark Resources By Farrah Rifelj All federal contractors with AAP obligations under VEVRAA and who do not calculate their own benchmark must take note of the OFCCP's new...
01 Apr, 2024 Seize the Opportunity to Shape the Future of Federal AI Acquisitions By Nicole Vele While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for decades, the government is just beginning to implement some parameters for the...
29 Mar, 2024 New OMB Policy Sets Guidelines for Managing Risks Associated with Federal Procurement of AI By Nicole Vele On Thursday, March 28, 2024, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a new policy—Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk...
29 Mar, 2024 HPAI Has Dairy on Edge By David Crass This week, USDA confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy herds in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico,...
29 Mar, 2024 Congress Reauthorizing Price-Anderson Act is Vote of Confidence for Nuclear By David Crass Last week's activity in Congress to adopt spending packages for the remainder of 2024 included the extension of the Price-Anderson Act to...