Federal Policy - Page 2

May 11, 2025

Newark ATC Blackouts: 90 Seconds of Flying Blind Exposes FAA’s 3,500 Controller Shortage and Aging Systems

Air traffic controllers at Philadelphia TRACON Area C faced a pilot’s worst fear on April 28. For 90 crucial seconds, radar screens went completely black, radios fell silent, and around 15-20 aircraft

Representative image. Department of Health and Human Services. Photo Source: American Life League (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

News·USA

HHS Restructuring: 10,000 Job Cuts, $1.8B Savings, Backlash & Agency Merges Stir Federal Policy

A sweeping plan to slash the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) workforce by over 10,000 employees has hit a wall amid growing backlashes. The controversial restructuring effort, which aimed to reduce HHS staff from 82,000 to 62,000, was

April 3, 2025

Migratory Bird Treaty Act Rollback Ends Penalties for 1 Billion Industrial Bird Deaths Yearly

Conservation·Nature·Wildlife

The U.S. Department of the Interior has reinstated a controversial interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that removes protections for birds killed

NASA Joins 20 Agencies Under Biden-Harris to Launch New Climate Resilience Measures for the Next Decade

Culture·USA

The Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to enhance the resilience of federal operations to climate change impacts were supported by NASA and 20 federal agencies on

Heading back to Riverside - Photo Source :- Flicker - Photo Credit :-Daniel Orth

Climate·News·USA

Federal Agencies End $190 Social Cost of Carbon Under Trump Executive Order

President Trump’s Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy,” discontinued federal agencies’ use of the social cost of carbon (SCC) by disbanding the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Rahul Somvanshi

May 17, 2025

Representative Image: Plastic straws. Photo Source: Chemist 4 U (Flickr)

Plastic·USA

Trump Reverses Paper Straw Policy in Federal Facilities

President Donald Trump wants plastic straws back in civil structures. His February 10, 2025 order stops government services from buying paper straws. The change reverses rules set by President Biden to phase

Govind Tekaleand

Karmactive Staff

February 21, 2025

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