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Federal Funding Intelligence Brief (September 10, 2026)

Policy and Legislative Update on Hemp

Riata Meldrum, Research Fellow Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney On November 12, 2025, Public Law 119-37 was signed into law with...

Federal Certification and Contracting Requirements for Colleges and Universities: A Year in Review

Over the past year, the federal government has moved beyond broad policy statements concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and into the operational mechanics of federal...

House Bill Seeks Information on Federal Biotechnology Research and Security

Federal Agencies Rescind 2022 Special Purpose Credit Program Guidance

Federal Court Vacates DEI Conditions, Compliance Certification Connected to HHS, HUD Grants

Recent Federal Developments for October 2026

Déjà Vu as DOJ Resumes Sub-regulatory Guidance Limits and FCA Dismissal Policy

Federal Agencies Weigh in on Tobacco Surcharge Enforcement

School Districts on Notice: Federal Enforcement of Parental Rights Expands Beyond FERPA

The intersection of federal privacy law, parental rights, and student gender identity has become one of the most actively litigated areas of education law. For example, on January...

Quitting Cold Turkey: Federal Agencies Suspend Enforcement of Back-Pay Requirement for Employee Wellness Incentives, Inc...

USCIS Releases Policy Manual Guidance Implementing New Public Charge Standard

State Policy, National Impact

 Conservation policy isn’t limited to what is happening inside the Washington, DC beltway.  Across the country, Audubon's state and regional offices work with policymakers, partner...

DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division Focuses on Government Program Fraud: What Recipients of Federal Funds Need to...

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: In Radical Departure From Long-Standing Policy and Federal Law, Trump Administra...

The Treasury Department has proposed a rule that would take away the refunded portion of certain tax credits from many individuals with lawful immigration status.

Feds provide guidance on new federal K-12 scholarship tax credit program

The U.S. Department of the Treasury released new guidance Thursday for participating states, scholarship-granting organizations and taxpayers as the federal scholarship tax credit...

DOJ Clarifies When Agency Guidance Can Support FCA Liability

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its False Claims Act (FCA) policies to clarify among other things that, for federal contractors, agency guidance alone cannot...

DOL Issues Field Assistance Bulletin Outlining Mental Health Parity Enforcement Approach

Chevron to Loper Bright: Reining in Federal Agency Overreach with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act

Lawyers who handle worker's compensation and personal injury matters regularly encounter obstacles posed by Medicare Secondary Payer compliance requirements. Congress's inaction on...

Policy 101

This presentation is geared toward citizens and wildlife professionals who want to make a change, but don’t know where to start. A Simple Guide to Policy breaks down the legislativ...

How to Deconstruct Federal Regulation

I want to write separately to emphasize how sweeping the permit certainty provisions of Section 1401 of the permitting reform bill likely are.  Again, these are provisions that app...

DOJ’s New Corporate Fraud Enforcement Directive Reflects Continued Focus on Trump Administration’s Policy Priorities

On October 1, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald issued Directive 26-12: Corporate Enforcement in the Fight Against Fraud, reinforcing the Department of Justice’s (...

NALC news release: New farm program rules, tax changes take center state in Sept.

By Phillip Powell University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Fast Facts One Big Beautiful Bill tax changes explained New regulations on...

Trump Administration Restricts Canadian Goods in Federal Procurement