29 May, 2024 EPA Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Justice Program Guidance By Todd Palmer The EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) is asking for public feedback on its draft National Program...
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 CDC PPE Recommendations for H5N1 By David Crass As confirmed by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated its...
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...
05 Apr, 2024 FinCEN to Impose Broad AML Obligations on Investment Advisers By Iqan Fadaei For many years, key U.S. anti-money laundering laws (in particular, rules under the Bank Secrecy Act) have applied to financial...
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...
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...
28 Mar, 2024 While SEC Passes on Scope 3, Agriculture Voluntary Carbon Markets Gain Traction By David Crass It has been a busy time in the carbon market space for the livestock and agriculture industries. Earlier this month, the SEC finalized...