HHS, DOL, and Treasury along with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), released a proposed rule on the No Surprises Act’s IDR process.

HHS Proposes Rule to Establish Disincentives for Health Care Providers that have Committed Information Blocking

Press release for cyber attack investigation

A new effort to promote collaboration and spur action to improve the health and well-being of adolescents across the U.S.

Today’s action by the FDA is a welcome step forward to approve a biosimilar for a drug taken by tens of thousands of Americans.

Affordable housing and support for runaway youth

Final policies will expand behavioral health services, advance the President’s Cancer Moonshot, support family caregivers, and accelerate value-based care.

Final Rule Fills Gaps in Behavioral Health Services Under Medicare to Improve Health Outcomes

The Biden-Harris Administration is taking actions to improve the health of rural communities and help rural health care providers stay open

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Support Three Interregional Transmission Lines Across Six States Creating Thousands of High-Quality Jobs and Expanding Access to Cheap and Reliable Clean Energy

Funding will Support Solar Panels for up to 40,000 Low-Income Households and Create Local, Good-Paying Jobs; Part of a $1 Billion Effort to Increase Resilience for Puerto Rican Households

El Financiamiento Apoyará La Instalación de Energia Solar Para Hasta 40,000 Hogares De Bajos Ingresos Y Creará Empleos Locales Bien Remunerados; Es Parte De Un Esfuerzo De $1,000 Millones Para Aumentar La Resiliencia De Los Hogares Puertorriqueños

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced an investment of $15.5 million in USDA’s Hispanic-serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants Program.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) independent Equity Commission held its sixth public meeting to discuss the ongoing progress toward building a more equitable USDA and eliminating barriers to USDA programs and services. Over the course of three days, USDA leadership, including Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small, met with the Equity Commission and subcommittee members to reaffirm the Department’s commitment to implementing the Equity Commission’s recommendations.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2023 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the opening of registration for the 100th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum. This landmark event, titled “Cultivating the Future,” will be held in person at the Crystal City Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va., on February 15-16, 2024. All Forum sessions will also be livestreamed on a virtual platform.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages urban producers, innovative producers and other stakeholders to submit comments for and virtually attend the upcoming public meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (Committee) on Nov. 29, 2023.

Editor's Note: This fact sheet is reposted from the White House Briefing Room and details more than $5 billion in investments across five U.S. Department of Agriculture initiatives that are helping farmers adopt new climate-smart agricultural practices, supporting community infrastructure, and increasing economic development in rural towns and communities. These initiatives include:

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2, 2023 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack addressed students, agricultural educators, and guests at the opening session of the 96th National FFA Convention and Expo before signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the organization formalizing a partnership to prepare more students for careers in food, agricultural science, natural resources, and related fields.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2023 – The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, is vital to the health and well-being of nearly half of our nation’s babies, along with millions of young children up to age 5 and their mothers. Yet, recent research based on 2021 data published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service shows more than 6 million of those who are eligible for the program are missing out on its proven health benefits.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2023 – On November 7, 2023, at 3 p.m. EST, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables from the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2033 report prepared in support of the President’s annual budget process as defined in the Budget Control Act. These tables will include 10-year projections for major U.S.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2023 – At the 2023 White House Tribal Youth Summit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers new resources to inspire Native American youth to explore Indigenous foodways and knowledge and highlight career paths at USDA and beyond. These efforts are part of USDA’s commitment to empowering tribal self-determination and bringing Indigenous perspectives into agriculture, food, and nutrition.

The Biden-Harris administration today announced $63.4 million in new investments as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for water conservation, water efficiency, and protection of critical environmental resources in the Colorado River System.

Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor concluded the 47th annual meeting of the United States Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) this week.

The Department of the Interior today released a new report offering a series of recommendations to assist federal law enforcement and communities strengthen trust, accountability and collaboration through community-focused law enforcement. The report lists 12 overarching improvements to enhance the trust afforded to Interior Department law enforcement, support the safety, health and wellness of officers, and ensure that law enforcement programs effectively continue to provide for safe and equitable access to public lands and the free exercise of fundamental rights in public spaces.

The Department of the Interior today announced the appointment of Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz as Chair of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. The intergovernmental body created by Congress brings together federal, state, Tribal and local governments to help protect and restore the Everglades.

As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in Rural America Event Series, Secretary Haaland and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton traveled to Clovis, New Mexico today to announce $65 million for rural water projects in fiscal year 2024 through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

The Biden-Harris administration today announced its approval of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project – the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that President Biden will designate longtime leader Laura Daniel-Davis as Acting Deputy Secretary, effective today.

On her second stop on the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in Rural America event series, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in Colorado today to announce nearly $10 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in the state.

The Not Invisible Act Commission, a cross jurisdictional advisory committee composed of law enforcement, Tribal leaders, federal partners, service providers, family members of missing and murdered individuals, and survivors, today transmitted its congressionally mandated recommendations to the Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and U.S. Congress. Federal responses to the Commission’s recommendations are due within 90 calendar days.

As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in Rural America event series, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis traveled to Virginia this week to highlight how investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are creating jobs, revitalizing local economies and cleaning up toxic abandoned mine land sites.

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will host People’s Republic of China (PRC)Vice Premier He Lifeng for two days of bilateral meetings on November 9 and 10 in San Francisco, California.

Treasury imposes consequences on money launderer responsible for moving funds on behalf of Russian elites and ransomware actors.

Data collection from insurers would begin next year, if approved.

Starting in January Inflation Reduction Act Provision Will Allow Consumers to Transfer Credit to Car Dealer, Reducing Purchase Price of New and Previously Owned Clean Vehicles at Time of Sale, Car Dealers Must Register with IRS to Receive Payments.

WASHINGTON – The findings from the annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2022 were released today and posted on the Treasury website. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced over $653 million to fund 41 port improvement projects

The Justice Department announced today several new commitments as part of its Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Violent Crime. Instituted by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in May 2021, the strategy focuses on harnessing federal resources, intelligence, and expertise as a force-multiplier with state, local, and Tribal law enforcement.

President Joseph R. Biden signed an executive order (EO) to build U.S. capacity to evaluate and mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) systems to ensure safety, security, and trust, while promoting an innovative, competitive AI ecosystem that supports workers and protects consumers. The U.S.

The Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will establish the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (USAISI) to lead the U.S. government’s efforts on AI safety and trust, particularly for evaluating the most advanced AI models.

Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement regarding the Biden-Harris Administration Executive Order on the Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence.

On October 30, the Department of Homeland Security, through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) working in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated multiple removal flights, including single adults and family units, to Central America and Venezuela as part of dozens of other routine ICE removal flights conducted throughout the hemisphere and around the world

DHS, in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), announced that it expects to make an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, on top of the congressionally mandated 66,000 H-2B visas that are available each fiscal year. These additional H-2B visas represent the maximum permitted under the September 2023 Fiscal Year 2024 Continuing Resolution.

DHS released a video package for broadcast including comments from Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) Mary Ellen Callahan on the importance of the Department’s work to combat chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats.

Biden-Harris Administration Encourages Communities and Developers to Explore More Commercial to Residential Conversions New White House Guidebook and Updated HUD Notice would provide new tools to help expand housing supply affordability

HUD Proposes Rule to Remove Criminal Conviction Restrictions for Fair Housing Testers New rule would eliminate restrictions on those with prior felony or certain other criminal convictions in FHIP- and FHAP-Funded Testing Programs.

Federal Housing Administration Publishes Comprehensive Guidance for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program Newly published chapters of the Single Family Housing Policy Handbook provide a central source of information to enhance program delivery for seniors choosing to age in place in their own homes.

Federal Housing Administration Proposes New Enhancements to Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program HUD is seeking public feedback on proposals to improve program’s stability for senior homeowners.

Updated requirements for valuation of manufactured homes contribute to FHA’s efforts to increase the availability and affordability of manufactured housing as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Housing Supply Action Plan.

To assist borrowers impacted by the August wildfires, mortgage servicers will be prohibited from initiating or completing foreclosure actions through May 6, 2024.