President Biden’s Executive Order on AI (AI EO), issued on October 30, 2023, directed various agencies to take certain actions within one year of the AI EO’s issuance. On October 24, 2024, the White House announced that...more
11/8/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright Office ,
Data Storage ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
Infrastructure ,
National Security ,
OMB ,
Research and Development
On October 9, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division convened the heads of federal agency civil rights offices to discuss and promote coordination around preventing harms that may stem from AI, including...more
10/17/2024
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Audits ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Bias ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Enforcement ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equity ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Machine Learning ,
Social Media ,
Whistleblowers
President Joe Biden’s October 2023 Executive Order on AI directed agencies to institute a significant number of actions on AI. On April 29, 2024, the White House announced that federal agencies had completed “all of the...more
5/3/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Bias ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Healthcare ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Standards Enforcement ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
OFCCP ,
Risk Management ,
Subcontractors ,
Transmission Grid
President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars allocated towards executive branch AI efforts.
The budget proposal’s AI-related provisions can be sorted into three...more
3/29/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Agriculture ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Budget ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
HUD ,
National Science Foundation ,
NHTSA ,
NIST ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Management ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
As we discussed yesterday at Mintz Levin’s Third Annual Employment Law Summit, big changes are likely in the offing as all three branches of our federal government begin to deal with labor and employment issues following...more
4/10/2017
/ Blacklist ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Joint Employers ,
McLane Co. v EEOC ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Persuader Rules ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Right to Work ,
SCOTUS ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Ways & Means Leadership Changes – Health Policy Implications Looming:
As Congress pushes forward with a two-year budget deal, and new Speaker Paul Ryan begins his tenure as the top Republican in the House of...more
11/4/2015
/ 21st Century Cures Initiative ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Automatic Enrollment ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Co-Op ,
Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Drug Pricing ,
E-Cigarettes ,
Federal Budget ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
FTEs ,
Generic Drugs ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospitals ,
ICD-10 ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part B ,
MedPAC ,
Mental Health ,
New Legislation ,
Open Enrollment ,
OPPS ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rebates ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
Substance Abuse ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine ,
Tobacco Regulations ,
Two-Midnight Rule ,
U.S. Treasury
In This Issue:
- Administration Releases Updated Contraception Coverage Rules
- Federal Regulatory Initiatives
- Other Congressional and State Initiatives
- Other Health Care News
- Upcoming...more
8/27/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
Closely Held Businesses ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Final Rules ,
Healthcare ,
Obama Administration ,
Religious Exemption
In This Issue:
- First Guidance following Hobby Lobby released
- Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
- Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives
- Other Congressional and State...more
7/23/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Closely Held Businesses ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EHR ,
Employer Mandates ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
ONC ,
Opt-Outs ,
PHRMA ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
SCOTUS
In This Issue:
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled.
Excerpt from Implementation of the...more
In This Issue:
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and Mark-Ups Scheduled.
Excerpt...more
2/26/2013
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Essential Health Benefits ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System ,
Medicaid ,
Prescription Drugs ,
SCOTUS ,
The Workplace Religious Freedom Act ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies