NHTSA Requests Public Comment on New Car Assessment Program Modernization

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Requests Public Comment on New Car Assessment Program Modernization | site |


Proposed Upgrades to Five-Star Safety Ratings Program Would Address Advanced Driving Features, Pedestrian Safety


(Information contained in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA] press release dated: January 14, 2021)

January 14, 2021 | Washington, DC - - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today issued a request for public comment on proposed upgrades to the New Car Assessment Program. “Thanks in part to NCAP, new vehicles today are much safer than a generation ago,” said NHTSA Deputy Administrator James Owens. “Even so, there are still too many fatalities and serious injuries in crashes every year, so it is critical that vehicles keep getting safer in the future, and a modernized NCAP will better enable American families to select v...

Federal Reserve Board issues Final Rule modifying the Annual Assessment fees for its Supervision and Regulation of large Financial Companies | site |



(Information contained in press release issued by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: November 19, 2020) The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday issued a final rule modifying the annual assessment fees for its supervision and regulation of large financial companies, as required by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA). The final rule is nearly identical to the proposal issued in November 2019. The final rule raises the threshold at which fees are assessed for bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies from $50 billion to $100 billion in total consolidated assets. Additionally, it adjusts the amount charged to certain bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies following changes from the Board related to the EGRRCPA. The fi...

World Health Organization Data and Assessment of Novel Coronavirus(2019-nCoV) - - - Situation Report - 9| site |

Data as reported by 29 January 2020*

(Includes portions of WHO Novel Coronavirus(2019-nCoV) Situation Report - 9)

(January 29, 2020), Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the following Data and Assessment of Novel Coronavirus(2019-nCoV) - - - Situation Report - 9:


HIGHLIGHTS • Four confirmed cases reported in United Arab Emirates, in individuals traveling from Wuhan City. • World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, has set up a public private collaboration called “The Pandemic Supply Chain Network (PSCN)”. It is a Market Network that seeks to provide a platform for data sharing, market visibility, and operational coordination and connecting. • Today, PSCN is launching the first of several teleconference calls with over 30 private sector organization...

U.S. Education Secretary DeVos Names New Members to the National Assessment Governing Board | site |



(November 13, 2019) - - Today (November 13, 2019), the U.S. Department of Education published the following information: WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the appointment of seven leaders from around the country to four-year terms as members of the National Assessment Governing Board. This year’s slate includes six new members and one re-appointed member. The appointees’ terms officially began on Oct. 1, 2019, and will end on Sept. 30, 2023. The appointees will help set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card. NAEP offers to the public and to education policymakers at the national, state and local levels, objective data on student performance in nearly a dozen subjects. The information NAEP provides helps education stakeholders evaluate the progress of American e...

Federal Reserve Board intends to begin publishing Semiannual Report presenting Board's Assessment of Financial Stability Conditions

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Publishing to begin November 28


(November 9, 2018) - - Today, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System published the following information: The Federal Reserve Board on November 28 intends to begin publishing a semiannual report presenting the Board's view of the outlook for U.S. financial stability. The Financial Stability Report will include a summary of the Board's framework for assessing the resilience of the U.S. financial system and a discussion of key indicators related to the main financial stability vulnerabilities tracked by the Board: asset valuations, borrowing by businesses and households, leverage in the financial sector, and funding risks. The report is intended to help the public and market participants understand and evaluate...

Statement From Attorney General Sessions on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment

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(November 2, 2018) - - The U.S. Department of Justice published (today) the following statement from Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released its 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment, a comprehensive, strategic assessment of the illicit drug threats facing the United States. Attorney General Sessions made the following statement about the report: “This new report from the DEA confirms that transnational drug cartels and foreign drug labs, working with street gangs, are flooding our communities with drugs like heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines,” Attorney General Sessions said. “But under the Trump Administration, we are hammering these groups. I have restored commonsense criminal charging and sentencing...

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issues Statement about New Car Assessment Program's Highest Rating

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Washington, DC - - (October 9, 2018) - - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) – known as the 5-Star Safety Ratings Program – provides consumers with information about the crash protection and rollover safety of new vehicles beyond what is required by Federal law. NCAP conducts a total of three crash tests on new vehicles: one frontal and two side crash tests, as well as a rollover resistance assessment – a driving maneuver test that assesses a vehicle’s susceptibility to tipping up and a measurement of how top-heavy a vehicle is. Results from these three crash tests and the rollover resistance assessments are weighted and combined into an overall safety rating. A 5-star rating is the highest safety rating a vehicle...

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Withdraws Fair Housing Assessment Tool

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Flawed assessment tool found to be confusing, difficult to use for local governments


Washington, DC - - (May 18, 2018) - - After a months-long technical evaluation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it is withdrawing a computer assessment tool originally intended to be helpful to local governments in meeting their obligations under the Fair Housing Act to 'affirmatively further fair housing.' HUD found that rather than assisting local governments in formulating acceptable Assessments of Fair Housing (AFH), the Local Government Assessment Tool was confusing, difficult to use, and frequently produced unacceptable assessments. As a result, the Department is withdrawing the tool, plans a series of national listening sessions, and will seek public comm...