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The OBBB Act | Agriculture Reimagined: Conservation, Taxes & Specialty Crops

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The legislation spans multiple sectors, Title I addresses agriculture and essentially acts...more

The OBBB Act | Enhancing U.S. National Security & Defense Capabilities

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The OBBB Act would provide roughly $156 billion in funding for the Defense Department,...more

The OBBB Act | Infrastructure Overhaul: Transportation, Energy & Water Reforms

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The legislation spans multiple sectors, with investments in aviation and maritime...more

The OBBB Act | Tax Extensions & Adjustments

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). The OBBB Act extends and makes permanent many provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs...more

The OBBB Act | Transformative Changes in Infrastructure, Tax, Education, National Security and Agriculture: Insights from the 'One...

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act), that encompasses extensive reforms affecting various sectors of interest to Nossaman...more

The OBBB Act | Unpacking the Impact on Community Colleges & Student Aid

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act). Several provisions will impact community colleges, including...more

DOJ Issues New FCPA Enforcement Guidelines

New factors for investigating and enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act were recently released by head of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in, “Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement...more

Attorney General Walks Back FCPA to Focus on “Total Elimination of International Drug Cartels”

The proposed expansion of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) further into private commercial activity published in the Federal Register just over a month ago may be halted due to one of the first directives issued by...more

Federal Election Cycle Contribution Limits Increased for 2025-2026

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced increased federal contribution limits for the 2025-2026 election cycle. Certain adjustments, indexed for inflation, are made in odd-numbered years only....more

U.S. DOJ Proposes FARA Amendments to Narrow Exemptions for Commercial Lobbying

Background On Thursday, January 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to amend and clarify the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), starting...more

Critical Infrastructure Operators Take Note: Biden Administration to Unveil New Cybersecurity Regulations

While acknowledging that voluntary approaches to cybersecurity compliance have produced some important improvements, the Biden administration says those improvements have been mostly incomplete and inadequate, particularly in...more

California Expands Pay to Play to Cover Local Elected Officials

Earlier this year California expanded its “pay-to-play” restrictions to members of local elected agencies, including city councils and boards of supervisors, and extended from three to 12 months the length of a ban on...more

Financial Services Professionals: Check Your Political Contributions for Compliance to Avoid Pay-To-Play Fines

During these last weeks of the 2022 election season, campaigns are ramping up urgent, last-minute fundraising efforts. Financial services professionals should not let their guard down amid this flurry. Recently published...more

$1,000,000,000 Now Available to State, Local & Tribal Entities for Cybersecurity Planning & Improvement

$1Bn is now available to state, local and tribal (SLT) entities to shore up their cybersecurity vulnerabilities under the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) announced on Friday, September 16th by the U.S....more

$1M Colonial Pipeline Fine: The Canary in the Coal Mine?

A proposed $1M civil penalty against Colonial Pipeline for its procedural failures during a ransomware attack could indicate what’s in store for critical infrastructure operators who fail to keep employees up to date on how...more

Donors and Super PACs Beware: Reporting Sources of LLC Contributions Will Now Be Strictly Enforced

A federal Super PAC has an affirmative duty to verify whether a contribution from an LLC is attributable to individuals behind the entity, according to a Federal Election Commission (FEC) statement in a recently closed...more

[Webinar] Turning the Tide on Cybersecurity for the Water Sector - November 16th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Cyberattacks on organizations worldwide surged 40% in 2021. September 2021 broke records for the number of weekly cyberattacks, topping all other months since January 2020. Currently, one out of every 61 organizations...more

Get the Federal ‘Cyber Carrots’ Now Because the Stick is Coming!

In the wake of several recent high-profile cyber and ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure, Committees in both the House and Senate are drafting at least three separate pieces of legislation that would require victims...more

Pork-Lite, The New Way to Earmark

Like that famous movie line, “Show me the money!,” Congress is sending money directly to certain community projects in a practice known as earmarking. The money and earmarking spigot in Washington, DC is about to turn on...more

3/19/2021  /  Federal Budget , Federal Funding , GAO

Federal Contribution Limits Increased for 2021-2022 Election Cycle

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently announced increased federal contribution limits for the 2021-2022 election cycle. Certain federal contribution limits are indexed for inflation and adjustments are made in...more

President Biden Releases Ethics Pledge Aimed Largely at Revolving Door

President Biden yesterday released the Ethics Pledge that will be required of all his appointees. The Executive Order on Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel was one of the first 17 Executive Orders issued on...more

New Year, New Congress, New Administration: Tips for Federal PAC & Lobbying Compliance in 2021

PACs and other politically active organizations have already seen a lot of activity in the first few weeks of 2021 – including an upcoming Presidential transition and runoff Senate elections in Georgia. Before we see what...more

Podcast: Digging Out of the 2020 Elections

Following a historic 2020 election, with record voter turnout and multiple controversies amid a global pandemic, Nossaman Government Relations & Regulation (GRR) Chair Fred Dombo spoke from Washington, DC with Nossaman GRR...more

Biden-Harris Transition & Inaugural Committee Raise Specific Compliance Issues

The formal process for selecting the next President of the United States involves multiple steps, but regardless of the route taken, it will conclude with the inauguration of the President at noon on January 20, 2021. Before...more

What to Expect From the Elections on November 3, 2020

Elections are generally a time of increased stress on society, and this election has been one of the most stressful. However, the extreme negative fantasies rumored by some in connection with this election are just that,...more

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