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6 Things for Local Leaders to Know About EPA’s New PFAS Drinking Water Regulations

NLC (National League of Cities)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first-ever National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as ‘forever chemicals.’

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Regulations carving out a path for new businesses? They may be less important than you think.

The Lowe Down

Regulations carving out a path for new businesses? Arguments erupted over the role of local government regulations, from mask mandates to dining capacity limits, on shaping business activities. FIGURE 1: 2012-2020 Business Application Compound Annual Growth Rates by State. Article by Abbas Seltzer.

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Over Forty National, Local, and Land Bank Stakeholders Join Community Progress in Asking Bank Regulators to Strengthen the CRA

Center for Community Progress

This joint effort represents the first major revisions to CRA regulations since 1995. Land banks play an important, innovative role in community development, and land banks and land banking activities should be included in the final CRA regulation. Recognize the work of land banks as CRA-eligible. Don’t limit the scope or scale of CRA.

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Episode 5: Community Action and Partnerships Prevails as Banks Mobilize to Respond to COVID-19

CRA Today

Linda shares her thoughts around bank’s role in recovery efforts and provides details of the interagency regulatory response under the CRA.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

But in recent years, California’s state government has stepped in to accelerate housing production by reforming zoning regulations, removing some of the red tape that has slowed production, and cracking down on localities that have historically resisted densifying. The new townhouses were also relatively reasonably priced.

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Support for DFARS in Microsoft 365 Government (GCC High)

Microsoft Public Sector

Department of Defense (DoD) contractors and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) by supporting the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements for the Microsoft 365 Government (GCC High) cloud service offering. Microsoft is committed to U.S. The Agency ATOs include but are not limited to the U.S.

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Country codes: The global dynamics of domain hosting

Open Access Government - Technology News

When the United Kingdom left the European Union on the 31st of January 2020, UK registrants lost access to the extension. In 2020, Niue Island launched proceedings to regain control of their.nu It is said that 48,000.eu Ironically, only 49.3 domain name. That said, at the start of 2022, the future of the.ru

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