Tag: Guidance

We dissect the final buy-American guidance out from the White House

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When Congress passed the so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure law two years ago, it also strengthened buy-American requirements for construction projects. Now the final guidance is out from the White House on the BABA part of the law, Build American, Buy American. For analysis, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin  with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish. Interview Transcript:   Dan Ramish So, Tom, the final guidance. There was hope that it would clarify some of the points that came up in the proposed guidance, which was issued back in February. But I think…

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After four year delay, agencies to get 21st Century IDEA Act guidance this summer

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First, there as the pandemic. Then, there was the change in administration. At the same time, there were several high profile cyber threats to deal with. But the time has come to put the 21st Century IDEA Act, passed and signed into law in 2018, to the front of the priority list. The Office of Management and Budget finally is ready to issue implementation guidance for the nearly four-plus-year-old law. Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana said yesterday the new guidance will hopefully come out this summer, following a similar…

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Members of Congress want FDA to develop guidance avoiding animal testing

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<p><em>Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on </em><a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″><i>Apple Podcasts</i></a><em> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>.</em></p> <p>Members of Congress continue their interest in seeing the curtailment of animal testing for drugs and cosmetics. Now some members are urging the Food and Drug Administration to develop guidance for industry on how to avoid animal testing for products requiring FDA approval. For more, Nevada Rep. Dina Titus (D) joined the <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/temin/tom-temin-federal-drive/”><em><strong>Federal Drive with Tom Temin</strong></em></a>.</p> <p><em>Interview transcript:</em></p> <blockquote><p><strong>Tom Temin:</strong> Congresswoman Titus, good to have you back.</p> <p><strong>Dina Titus:…

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Top Democrat: DOJ ‘needs to re-examine’ guidance that a sitting president shouldn’t be indicted – CNN

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Top Democrat: DOJ ‘needs to re-examine’ guidance that a sitting president shouldn’t be indicted  CNN Rep. Adam Schiff argued Wednesday that the Department of Justice “needs to re-examine” the Office of Legal Counsel’s opinion that a sitting US president … “us president” – Google News

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