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Ex-DOL Contractor Office Chief Moves to Private Pension Agency
37+ min ago (129+ words) Bloomberg Government News Ashley Romanias, former head of the Department of Labor's contractor anti-bias office, will join the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as chief-of-staff to its director, a PBGC spokesperson confirmed. Romanias announced in an email to staff on Friday…...
California Antitrust Overhaul Targets Predatory Pricing, Dealing
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (249+ words) California lawmakers aim to upend decades of legal precedent through a proposed expansion of the state's antitrust laws, threatening longstanding interpretations of predatory pricing and exclusive dealing, among other issues. The bill (AB 1776) would expand the state's antitrust laws to…...
California Privacy Agency Opposes "Weaker" Federal Privacy Bill
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (400+ words) California's privacy agency urged Congress to reject a Republican-led privacy bill unveiled last week, saying it would wipe out privacy rights in the state and kill the agency's enforcement powers. The SECURE Data Act has a broad preemption provision that…...
National Broadband Emergency Network Extension Passed by House
2+ week, 51+ min ago (114+ words) Bloomberg Government News The House on Monday passed bipartisan legislation that would extend operations for the nation's emergency wireless network, First Net, until 2037. Lawmakers passed the measure (H. R. 7386) by voice vote. It now heads to the Senate for consideration. Congress is…...
BGOV Bill Analysis: H. R. 7386, First Net Reauthorization
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (113+ words) Bloomberg Government News The First Responder Network Authority " also known as First Net " would be reauthorized through fiscal 2037 under H. R. 7386. First Net administers the nationwide public safety broadband network, an interoperable, high-speed network that police officers, firefighters, health care workers, and…...
Inside Anthropic's Race to Assess the Dangers of Mythos
2+ week, 4+ day ago (81+ words) Bloomberg Government News One balmy February evening in Bali, Nicholas Carlini stepped away between events at a wedding, opened his laptop, and set out to do some damage. Anthropic PBC had just made a new artificial intelligence model, called Mythos,…...
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3+ week, 3+ day ago (14+ words) DOGE Limits on Social Security Data Access Vacated on Appeal (1)Bloomberg Government News...
BGOV On Point: Congress Facing Deadline to Renew Espionage Law
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (270+ words) Lawmakers have until April 20 to reauthorize a contentious electronic surveillance law, renewing debate over national security needs versus civil liberties and privacy concerns. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the US government to conduct surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, including…...
Spy Law Extension Runs into Roadblocks as GOP Seeks Enough Votes
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (114+ words) Bloomberg Government News US House leaders haven't yet decided how to handle the reauthorization of a controversial spy powers law as hardline Republicans are already warning that they wouldn't back the traditional route when the vote is scheduled. Leaders are…...
House Leaders Plan Spy Powers Renewal of at Least 18 Months (1)
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (125+ words) House Leaders Plan on Spy Powers Renewal of "At Least 18 Months'Bloomberg Government News House leaders are planning a vote on reauthorization of a controversial spy powers law "soon" as an April 20 expiration approaches, the chambers top two Republicans said Tuesday....