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World Health Organization (WHO),United Nations (UN)

Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) Report: Antibiotic Use Data for 2022

Excerpt:  "This Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report describes global progress in GLASS-AMU surveillance and antibiotic use in 2022, reported by 60 countries. It supplements the 2016–2022 GLASS-AMU data on the GLASS dashboard. Key findings include: Antibiotic use varies by a factor of 10 between the highest-using and the lowest-using CTA. While these variations need to be better understood, they suggest patterns of both overuse and low access to antibiotics. Use of Watch antibiotics remains relatively ...

04/29/2025
News Release/Statement, Government/IGO Reports
World Health Organization (WHO),United Nations (UN)04/29/2025News Release/Statement, Government/IGO Reports

Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) Report: Antibiotic Use Data for 2022

Excerpt:  "This Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report describes global progress in GLASS-AMU surveillance and antibiotic use in 2022, reported by 60 countries. It supplements the 2016–2022 GLASS-AMU data on the GLASS dashboard. Key findings include: Antibiotic use varies by a factor of 10 between the highest-using and the lowest-using CTA. While these variations need to be better understood, they suggest patterns of both overuse and low access to antibiotics. Use of Watch antibiotics remains relatively ...

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Expanding Affordable E-mobility Options: Low-speed Vehicles

Excerpt:  "Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs), also known as Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs), are one option that can help expand available transportation choices in the U.S. As small electric motor vehicles with a maximum speed of 25 mph, LSVs can provide benefits to both individuals and communities, including more vehicle choices at lower price points, mobility and accessibility, increased curb use efficiency, and reduced emissions. LSV safety in a variety of operating environments is a topic that ...

04/25/2025
Government/IGO Reports
Department of Transportation (DOT)04/25/2025Government/IGO Reports

Expanding Affordable E-mobility Options: Low-speed Vehicles

Excerpt:  "Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs), also known as Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs), are one option that can help expand available transportation choices in the U.S. As small electric motor vehicles with a maximum speed of 25 mph, LSVs can provide benefits to both individuals and communities, including more vehicle choices at lower price points, mobility and accessibility, increased curb use efficiency, and reduced emissions. LSV safety in a variety of operating environments is a topic that ...

Department of Transportation (DOT),Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Biomarkers for Noise-induced Sleep Disruption

Excerpt:  "Noise experienced by the general population in proximity to airports and aviation flight routes can result in disrupted sleep. Sleep disruption and fragmentation may be mitigated by wearing earplugs or introducing broadband noise (e.g., pink noise) into the bedroom. However, these countermeasures are poorly investigated and understood. The FAA ASCENT has supported the University of Pennsylvania in investigating earplugs and pink noise to mitigate sleep disruption from simulated aircraft noise, using approaches such ...

04/25/2025
Government/IGO Reports
Department of Transportation (DOT),Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)04/25/2025Government/IGO Reports

Biomarkers for Noise-induced Sleep Disruption

Excerpt:  "Noise experienced by the general population in proximity to airports and aviation flight routes can result in disrupted sleep. Sleep disruption and fragmentation may be mitigated by wearing earplugs or introducing broadband noise (e.g., pink noise) into the bedroom. However, these countermeasures are poorly investigated and understood. The FAA ASCENT has supported the University of Pennsylvania in investigating earplugs and pink noise to mitigate sleep disruption from simulated aircraft noise, using approaches such ...

Department of the Treasury (USDT)

Treasury Targets Network Procuring Missile Propellant Ingredients for Iran

Excerpt:  "Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating six entities and six individuals based in Iran and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for their role in a network procuring ballistic missile propellant ingredients on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).  This network has facilitated the procurement of sodium perchlorate and dioctyl sebacate from the PRC to Iran.  Sodium perchlorate is ...

04/29/2025
News Release/Statement, Fact Sheet/Graphic
Department of the Treasury (USDT)04/29/2025News Release/Statement, Fact Sheet/Graphic

Treasury Targets Network Procuring Missile Propellant Ingredients for Iran

Excerpt:  "Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating six entities and six individuals based in Iran and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for their role in a network procuring ballistic missile propellant ingredients on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).  This network has facilitated the procurement of sodium perchlorate and dioctyl sebacate from the PRC to Iran.  Sodium perchlorate is ...

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Effort to Update Outdated Liquefied Natural Gas Regulations

Excerpt:  "U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is seeking comment to inform a rulemaking proposal to update decades old regulations for liquified natural gas (LNG) facilities, fast-track new LNG infrastructure projects, expand domestic export capacity, and grow the small-scale LNG market. This is one of several 'Unleashing American Energy' rulemakings that are expected to reduce regulatory burdens on industry."

04/29/2025
News Release/Statement, Administrative Action, Rule Making Document
Department of Transportation (DOT)04/29/2025News Release/Statement, Administrative Action, Rule Making Document

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Effort to Update Outdated Liquefied Natural Gas Regulations

Excerpt:  "U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is seeking comment to inform a rulemaking proposal to update decades old regulations for liquified natural gas (LNG) facilities, fast-track new LNG infrastructure projects, expand domestic export capacity, and grow the small-scale LNG market. This is one of several 'Unleashing American Energy' rulemakings that are expected to reduce regulatory burdens on industry."

Department of the Treasury (USDT),Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Discusses Artificial Intelligence

Excerpt:  "Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney E. Hood today discussed the role of artificial intelligence in financial services in recorded remarks at the National Fair Housing Alliance’s Responsible AI Symposium. In his remarks, Acting Comptroller Hood highlighted the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) work to ensure AI and other technologies are used ethically and responsibly within the banking industry. He also discussed the OCC’s work to promote innovation ...

04/29/2025
News Release/Statement, Remarks/Press Briefing
Department of the Treasury (USDT),Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)04/29/2025News Release/Statement, Remarks/Press Briefing

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Discusses Artificial Intelligence

Excerpt:  "Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney E. Hood today discussed the role of artificial intelligence in financial services in recorded remarks at the National Fair Housing Alliance’s Responsible AI Symposium. In his remarks, Acting Comptroller Hood highlighted the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) work to ensure AI and other technologies are used ethically and responsibly within the banking industry. He also discussed the OCC’s work to promote innovation ...

U.S. Senate,U.S. CONGRESS,Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Calculating Risk: Estimating the Legal Liability Elon Musk May Avoid Through His Government Takeover

Excerpt:  "In the last three months, the world’s richest man has been given unprecedented control over the federal government—an unelected, unconfirmed, unaccountable Special Government Employee with the ability to use unfettered power to further his interests as he sees fit. Elon Musk—the founder and effective head of Tesla, xAI (including X), The Boring Company, SpaceX, and Neuralink—was put in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) shortly after President Donald ...

04/27/2025
Government/IGO Reports, Letter/Memo/Email, Congressional Report
U.S. Senate,U.S. CONGRESS,Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs04/27/2025Government/IGO Reports, Letter/Memo/Email, Congressional Report

Calculating Risk: Estimating the Legal Liability Elon Musk May Avoid Through His Government Takeover

Excerpt:  "In the last three months, the world’s richest man has been given unprecedented control over the federal government—an unelected, unconfirmed, unaccountable Special Government Employee with the ability to use unfettered power to further his interests as he sees fit. Elon Musk—the founder and effective head of Tesla, xAI (including X), The Boring Company, SpaceX, and Neuralink—was put in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) shortly after President Donald ...