Category: Federal
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Office of Personnel Management proposes to reclassify ALJs within civil service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on September 21 issued a proposed rule that would reclassify administrative law judges (ALJ) within the federal civil service. The proposed rule aims to implement President Donald Trump’s (R) Executive Order 13843 of July 2018, which moved ALJs from the competitive service to the excepted service. Prior to E.O.…
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FCC moves away from adherence to formal adjudication practices
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on September 14 released a Report and Order allowing the agency’s adjudicators to conduct more hearings through written testimony rather than in-person, trial-type procedures. The Communications Act of 1934 does not require the FCC to hold on-the-record hearings or follow formal adjudication procedures. However, the agency has historically modeled its…
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DNC outraises RNC for the first time since March
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) outraised the Republican National Committee (RNC) for the first time since March last month, according to September 2020 campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission Sunday. Last month, the RNC raised $67.6 million and spent $62.6 million, while the DNC raised $78.4 million and spent $26.7 million. So…
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Biden gains cash advantage over Trump for first time in 2020 presidential election cycle
Joe Biden outraised Donald Trump by $150 million according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on September 20. The Biden campaign raised $212 million in August, a percentage difference of 109% from the Trump campaign’s $62 million. Biden’s campaign spent $130 million to Trump’s $61 million. As of August 31, the…
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Payroll tax deferral plan subject to challenge under Congressional Review Act, GAO confirms
On September 15, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a letter to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) clarifying that a recent IRS guidance document was subject to challenge through the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The IRS guidance related to a presidential memorandum issued by President Donald Trump on…
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Former U.S. Sen. Kassebaum (R) endorses Bollier (D) in KS race
Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R) endorsed Barbara Bollier (D) in the Senate race in Kansas. Kassebaum held the seat from 1978 until 1997. Pat Roberts (R), the retiring incumbent in 2020, succeeded her. Bollier, Roger Marshall (R), and Jason Buckley (L) are on the ballot. Bollier, a state senator, served in the state House…
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All candidates in New York’s 10th Congressional District election complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Survey
All three candidates running in the election for New York’s 10th Congressional District—Incumbent Jerrold Nadler (D), Cathy Bernstein (R), and Michael Madrid (L)—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Survey. Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey so voters can discover what motivates them on political and personal levels. One question in the…
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Federal Register weekly update: Total documents published in 2020 tops 20,000
The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity. From September 14 to September 18, the Federal Register grew by 2,702 pages for a year-to-date total of 59,172 pages. Over the same…
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Nearly three in four of this year’s federal races will not be competitive, election forecasters say
Five hundred and twenty-one federal elections are taking place this November, including elections for president in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, elections for 35 seats in the U.S. Senate, and elections for all 435 voting seats in the U.S. House. A Ballotpedia review of election forecasts found forecasters project 137 of those…
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, September 18, at the age of 87. Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton and confirmed to the court in 1993. She was the second woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court. She served on the United States Court…