WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Meredith Beck, vice president of government Affairs and community engagement at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, from a March 4, 2025, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Committee on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * Chairmen Bost and Moran, Ranking Members Takano and Blumenthal, distinguished Members of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs, t more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation released the following testimony by Heather MacLeod, director of homeland security and justice programs at the Government Accountability Office, from a March 5, 2025, hearing entitled "America Builds: Coast Guard Acquisitions and Infrastructure": * * * Chairman Ezell, Ranking Member Carbajal, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss our r more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management released the following written testimony by David Marroni, director of physical infrastructure at the Government Accountability Office, from a March 5, 2025, hearing entitled "America Builds: Making Federal Real Estate Work for the Taxpayer": * * * Chairman Perry, Ranking Member Stanton, and Members of the Subcommittee: The federal government owns more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment released the testimony by Dan Buckley, preconstruction executive for Garney Construction, on behalf of the National Utility Contractors Association, from a March 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Water Infrastructure Financing: WIFIA and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund." WIFIA is the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Allison Jaslow, CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, from a March 4, 2025, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Committee on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * Chairman Moran, Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Blumenthal, Ranking Member Takano, and members of the Committee. On behalf of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America's (IAVA) more than 425,000 member more

BEMIDJI, Minnesota, March 22 -- Bemidji State University issued the following news: * * * BSU Faculty Explore AI to Enhance Teacher Preparation and Classroom Learning Bemidji State University faculty are examining how artificial intelligence can improve teacher preparation, providing future educators with new tools to enhance classroom learning. Professors Siri Anderson, Lisa Karl and Lisa Schmitz have spent the past year studying AI's impact on teacher candidates and will present their find more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 22 -- Emory University issued the following news release: * * * Emory Healthcare launches virtual nursing initiative using AI-driven technology to enhance patient care Emory University Hospital Midtown is the first Emory Healthcare hospital to deploy and test both new telehealth equipment and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology to assist nurses in caring for patients and preventing falls. Using a combination of new hardware, software, telehealth and AI, Emor more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, March 22 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: * * * KU Professor to Speak on AI Ethics April 3 Dr. Kathryn "Katie" Conrad, professor of English at University of Kansas and a leading authority on Artificial Intelligence (AI), will speak about the ethics of the emerging technologies in a presentation at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, April 3, as part of the University's Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conf more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 22 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on March 21, 2025: * * * Khan Academy to extend its AI services, at no cost, to New Hampshire educators and students CONCORD, NH -- Khan Academy, which offers a pilot artificial intelligence platform for New Hampshire educators and students in grades 5-12, will extend its services for another school year. Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI offering, which serves as a teaching assistant more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Shapiro Administration Leads the Way in Responsible, Ethical Use of AI; First-Ever Generative AI Pilot for State Workers Leads to Significant Time Savings and Increased Productivity The findings revealed that employees had a highly positive experience, reporting an average time savings of 95 minutes per day while using ChatGPT for writing, research, summarization, and IT support - more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following news release: * * * GAO Reports an Estimated $162 billion in Improper Payments Across the Federal Government in Fiscal Year 2024 WASHINGTON (March 11, 2025) GAO today issued its report on federal agencies' improper payments estimates for fiscal year 2024, reporting that agencies identified $162 billion in payment errors. Improper payments are those that should not have been made or were made in the incorrect amo more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate on March 10, 2025, for the DETERRENT Act (H.R. 1048). * * * H.R. 1048 would expand disclosure and reporting requirements for all institutions of higher education that receive gifts from or enter into contracts with foreign countries or entities. Institutions that fail to meet the new requirements could be assessed civil penalties or lose eligibility for federal student financial aid. Specifically, H.R. 1 more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48442) on Feb. 28, 2025, entitled "Pell Grant Program: Major Congressional Proposals" by education policy specialist Cassandria Dortch: * * * SUMMARY The Federal Pell Grant program is the largest program providing need-based grant aid to postsecondary students. In FY2023, the program made $31 billion in grant aid available to approximately 6.5 million low-income undergraduate students. Congres more