In my last post, I offered a timeline of Vice President Kamala Harris’s activities as the administration’s “Root Causes of Migration Czar”. Included was a lengthy excerpt from a January 2022 White House “readout” of a meeting Harris had with the then-newly elected president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, during the last trip Harris took abroad in the […]
The National Armaments Consortium (NAC), in support of the DOD’s Critical Energetic Materials Working Group, is hosting this event.
ONLINE: Register for online event details. Aerospace/Space Force
Air and Space Forces Association
Join the top decision-makers from government and tech at FedScoop’s ITModTalks as they discuss ongoing efforts in federal IT modernization, the continued move to modern, cloud-based systems, and what is in store with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. IT modernization tops the list of priorities under the Biden administration. Not only do modern systems and […]
Government is strategizing the next phase of health IT transformation to combat future health crises and advance health care, research and software implementation. In this process, agencies are employing new concepts and tools to further health agency missions across the public sector. Join us as federal health IT leaders discuss the latest developments in public health through topics […]
Government is strategizing the next phase of health IT transformation to combat future health crises and advance health care, research and software implementation. In this process, agencies are employing new concepts and tools to further health agency missions across the public sector. Join us as federal health IT leaders discuss the latest developments in public health through topics […]
During the 2025 tax debate, policymakers have the opportunity to remake the tax code so that it is fairer, works for low- and moderate-income people and families, and advances racial equity. A key priority should be expanding the Child Tax Credit to benefit the roughly 19 million children shut out from receiving the full credit […]
While a powerful wage booster that benefits millions of families with children each year, the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) provides extremely limited support to adults aged 25-64 who work low-paying jobs and are not raising children in their household. Low-paid workers who are younger than 25 or older than 64 are excluded from […]
Census data paint a complicated picture of progress against poverty in 2023, as the national poverty rate fell, rose, or held steady depending on which measure is used: In other words: using inflation-adjusted measures, poverty fell under the official poverty measure, but was unchanged using the alternative SPM, which accounts for food assistance expirations.Stronger government […]
Few people understand the impact of Medicaid better than people enrolled in the program, but their perspectives are often underrepresented in official decision-making. New federal rules present an opportunity for state advocates working on building community power to help ensure the voices of Medicaid enrollees are centered in policy decisions.The previous guidance lacked specificity, leading […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule in May 2024 that sets new standards for state agencies to better engage Medicaid enrollees and their families in the Medicaid decision-making process through implementation of Medicaid Advisory Committees (MACs) and Beneficiary Advisory Councils (BACs). As states create their MACs and BACs, state advocates […]
