On January 14, 2025, the Biden administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a last-minute “interim” decision in the Federal Register for its review of ethylene oxide (EtO) under the Federal Insecticide,...more
On June 23, 2023, the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced an expansion to its earlier Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Commercial Fabrication Facilities...more
As part of dogged efforts to implement his proposed sustainability agenda, President Biden recently announced that he authorized the Department of Energy to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) to expand the domestic...more
When Congress returns from its two-week District Work Period this week, it will begin the ‘home stretch’ prior to the 2022 elections. The House is currently scheduled to be in D.C. for roughly 10 weeks prior to the August...more
On Wednesday, March 16, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy gave an impassioned address to the U.S. Congress about the dire situation facing his country. In his speech, Zelenskyy called on President Biden, Congress and governments...more
Recently the EPA released a proposed rule establishing Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while also denying more than 60 small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions and proposing other...more
Biden administration priorities, NAIC direction, diversifying the talent pipeline in the insurance space and the insurance industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic were among the issues covered during the 16th annual...more
At this point in the election cycle, we would be traditionally talking about the elections in the past tense. But among the many unique and interesting aspects of the 2020 elections is that the outcomes are still coming in,...more