House Releases FY2015 Appropriations Package
The House released the long-awaited package of FY2015 appropriations measures on Tuesday night. This legislation would fund most of the Federal Government through September 30, 2015. The package was negotiated between appropriators in the House and…
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DC Seniors Fight Hunger
The National Foundation to End Senior Hunger and D.C.'s Office on Aging are working together to reduce food waste in the nation's capital. It's estimated that 40% of food in America is thrown away. The fact that 15% of D.C. seniors go hungry,…
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Senate Confirms Burwell as Secretary of Health and Human Services
On June 5, the Senate voted 78-17 to confirm Sylvia Matthews Burwell as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Nominated by President Obama to succeed outgoing HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Burwell is…
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Deal Struck to Modernize, Reauthorize Federal Workforce Programs
Earlier this week, Congressional negotiators unveiled long-overdue bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would reauthorize and update federal job training programs. Known as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the measure represents…
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ADvancing States Requests that DOL Delay the Effective Date of the Fair Labor Standards Act Final Rule
On Tuesday, May 13, ADvancing States sent a letter to Secretary Thomas Perez of the Department of Labor (DOL) requesting a delay in the effective date of the final rule that would make changes to the…
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ADvancing States Analyzes the Administration’s FY15 Budget Request
On March 4, President Obama submitted his $3.9 trillion fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget request to Congress. His plan outlines the Administration’s overall fiscal policy and federal program priorities for the FY that will begin on October 1, 2014.…
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New Sequestration Analysis
ADvancing States recently released a document to explain the operability of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA)'s sequestration procedures in 2014 and beyond. The analysis, titled "Sequestration in 2014," answers several frequently-asked-questions…
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ADvancing States Asks Senate to Ratify International Disability Rights Treaty
This week, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held its second hearing on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, Treaty Doc 112-7), an international treaty that sets global standards for the treatment of people with… -
OAA Reauthorization Bill Clears Key Hurdle, Next Steps Unclear
During its October 30 Executive Session, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) unanimously advanced the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S. 1562) by voice vote and without amendment. The bill's next…
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ADvancing States Urges the Senate to Reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act
More than a decade overdue for reauthorization, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) was designed facilitate increased coordination among federal workforce development and related programs. It is vital that Congress modernize the nation's workforce…