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HARRISBURG, PA — The U.S. Department of Labor this week announced it will withdraw the Trump administration’s “Independent Contractor” rule, which changed the test for independent contractor status, potentially misclassifying …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to President Biden’s COVID-19 Economic Relief Executive Order launching an all-of-government effort to provide economic relief, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it will …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released recently its Annual Report to the Secretary, the President, and the Congress for fiscal year 2020. The Annual …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week is expanding the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to all air passengers entering the United States. Testing …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance this week allowing deductions for the payments of eligible expenses when such payments would result (or be …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will purchase an additional $1.5 billion worth of food for nationwide distribution through the …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) jointly announced an agreement with Merck to support advanced development and …
Read More HARRISBURG, PA — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will award $140 million for COVID-19 vaccine …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations on the deduction for qualified transportation fringe and commuting expenses following changes made by the Tax Cuts …
Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released new hospital COVID-19 capacity data at the facility level. Previously released data about hospital capacity that …
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