WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: SIBLEY, Iowa Today, the Bureau of Reclamation celebrated Sibley becoming the 20th and final member of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System to be connected to its water supply during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Sibley Meter Building in Iowa. The meter building is the last piece of critical infrastructure needed to allow water to flow to the people of Sibley. The city now   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following ex parte public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Merchant Advisory Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota: * * * EX PARTE MEMORANDUM DOCKET: Personal Financial Data Rights 88 FR 74796 (Oct. 31, 2023) Document No. 2023-23576 Docket No. CFPB-2023-0052 (RIN: 3170-AA78) SUBJECT: Ex parte written communications from Merchant Advisory Group related to the Personal Financial Data Rights Rulemaking FROM:  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01), member of the House Committee on Agriculture and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture, was joined by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in leading seven bicameral members of Congress in a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding distribution and oversight of grants and loans followi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Brad Finstad (R-Minn.) are leading a letter scrutinizing the Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s loan and grant oversight practices after a recent awardee, Pure Prairie Poultry, shut down. Grassley and Finstad serve on the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, respectively. "USDA is responsible for keeping tabs on the taxpayer-funded grants it administers, but it   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon dated Oct. 23, 2024: M. A. MORTENSON CO., DBA M.A. MORTENSON CONSTRUCTION, Minneapolis, Minnesota (N62473-21-D-1209), was awarded a combined $98,000,000 to increase the maximum value of a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award construction contract for new construction, renovation, and repair of commercial and institutional facilities at various locat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Office of Trade Representative has released the following public communication dated Oct. 17, 2024, from U.S. Steel Corp. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Laura Buffo Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 600 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20508 ForeignTradeBarriersReport@ustr.eop.gov (202) 395-3475 Re: Docket No. USTR-2024-0015: Request for Comments on Significant Foreign Trade Barriers for the 2025 National Trade  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), along with Reps. Brad Finstad (MN-01) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04), penned a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack following Pure Prairie Poultry's bankruptcy that resulted in nearly 50 farmers and more than two million chickens throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa being left without feed or processing options. In the letter, the Membe  more