The Trump administration plans to use #AI, specifically #Google #Gemini, to draft federal transportation regulations. The Department of Transportation (#DOT) aims to accelerate #rulemaking, potentially reducing the time from idea to draft to 30 days. However, this plan has raised concerns about the accuracy and quality of AI-generated regulations. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-artificial-intelligence-google-gemini-transportation-regulations?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”

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FDIC's Hill Discusses #Stablecoin #Rulemaking Lift

By Aislinn Keely

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. acting Chairman Travis Hill said Wednesday that crafting a #licensing regime for stablecoin issuers under his agency's purview will likely be relatively "straightforward," but the recently passed stablecoin legislation has also tasked banking regulators with thornier policy issues. [via Law360]
#US #Federal #Deposit #Insurance #corporation

Advice from the #CFPB helped me to beat a bad debt that wasn't mine in court (I was my own lawyer). Armed with pertinent questions for the debt owner, I was able to prove that it wasn't my debt. But I wouldn't have been able to do it without that information (not without hiring a lawyer, which could end up costing more than the debt)!

Workers at the CFPB watch hopelessly as the GOP undoes their work

By KEN SWEET
Updated 7:27 AM EDT, July 15, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — "The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But, in practice, the bureau has been mostly inoperable for nearly six months. CFPB employees say they essentially spend the workday sitting on their hands, forbidden from doing any work by directive from the White House.

"The bureau is supposed to be helping oversee the nation’s banks and financial services companies and taking enforcement action in case of #wrongdoing. Instead, the situation is Kafkaesque: the main function seems to be undoing the #rulemaking and law enforcement work that was done under previous administrations, including in President Donald Trump’s first term.

"American consumers can no longer look to the bureau for help when it comes to their checking account, credit card, #PaydayLoan, auto loan or #mortgage. Trump has neutered the watchdog, employees say, the culmination of a yearslong effort by Republicans who felt the agency often went overboard in its efforts."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/cfpb-vought-trump-rohit-chopra-banks-consumers-fef24aa0d7fdf46967df8041586743bd

#ConsumerProtection #TrumpSucks #USPol #CorporateColonialism #PaydayLoanSharks #Debt #IdentityTheft #BankFees #CollectionAgencies

Workers at the CFPB watch hopelessly as the GOP undoes their work

Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts grind to a halt under the Trump administration. Employees report being unable to perform their duties, and investigations into financial misconduct are being undone. Financial institutions like Navy Federal Credit Union and Toyota Financial have had penalties rescinded, leaving harmed customers without restitution. The new budget law passed by Congress earlier this month cuts the CFPB’s funding by roughly half, meaning the bureau will be forced into mass layoffs.

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[PSA] OPM Proposed Rule Could Politicize the Civil Service — Public Comments Due by May 23

Heads up: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule (OPM–2025–0004) that would let the President fire career federal employees in certain policy-related roles at will—with no due process and no right to appeal.This is basically a rebranded version of Trump’s old “Schedule F” plan, now called Schedule Policy/Career. These jobs would technically remain “career” positions, but the people in them could be fired for any reason—or no reason at all.These are not political appointees. These are career professionals—scientists, policy analysts, economists, legal experts—who implement laws passed by Congress and serve across multiple administrations. They swear an oath to the Constitution, not to a president.🚩 If this rule goes into effect, we’re talking about:A major rollback of civil service protectionsA pathway to loyalty-based hiring/firingIncreased fear of retaliation among whistleblowersInstability in long-term governance (especially across transitions)This opens the door to political purges of the federal workforce—something the U.S. has historically rejected in favor of a merit-based, nonpartisan civil service.🗣️ You can submit a public comment through May 23. Even a short comment helps show public concern.📍 Link to comment: https://www.regulations.gov/document/OPM-2025-0004-0001Let’s keep career public servants focused on the law and the Constitution—not partisan loyalty.OPM #ScheduleF #CivilService #Politics #Rulemaking #Democracy #PublicComment #MeritNotLoyalty

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Updates on possible Risk Assessments & Automated Decisionmaking Technology rulemaking [spoiler, no #rulemaking announcement yet].
- Will be encouraging broad public participation, incl. 'roadshow' to help public understand what #CPPA is doing, is not doing, and how to engage in next rulemaking.

👏 Love that the agency is listening to state residents, not just industry and lobbyists here, despite the huge amount of extra heavy lifting.

#Law #PublicComment #Privacy #ADMT #Transparency

I lost my appeal at the Federal Circuit, with an unexpected and even more alarming result. https://blog.oppedahl.com/has-the-uspto-just-been-given-freedom-from-notice-and-comment-requirements/ I can't fund the petition for rehearing alone, but you can help if you're as alarmed as I am https://blog.oppedahl.com/pursuing-rehearing-and-rehearing-en-banc-in-the-no-more-notice-and-comment-needed-opinion/ #USPTO #rulemaking #trademark #patent
Has the USPTO just been given freedom from notice-and-comment requirements?

On February 13, 2024 a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rendered an opinion that preserves the USPTO’s requirement that every trademark applicant reveal to th…

Ant-Like Persistence
"whenever I looked at the video of #RishiSunak, PM of Little Britain, sitting awestruck at e feet of #Musk & saying things like "Given tt you are known for being such a brilliant innovator & technologist..," I collapse into helpless giggles .. leaders of tech giants wanted to make sure tt they were in on #rulemaking fr e start .. You might feel tt it wld be inappropriate for people who will be making money fr these commercial activities to be e ones making the rules" #AI
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2683763/artificial-intelligence-for-dummies
Artificial intelligence for dummies

I'm sorry that I didn't get my article on artificial intelligence in last week during the "AI Safety Summit" at Bletchley Park, the historic Second World War decoding centre in England. I got distracted by some other stuff that was happening in the Middle East.

https://www.bangkokpost.com
#FCC moves forward with its plan to restore #TitleII #netneutrality protections in 3-2 party-line vote
Commissioners advanced a proposal to reclassify #broadband as an essential communications service.
FCC issues Notice of Proposed #Rulemaking over Republican objections. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/fcc-moves-ahead-with-title-ii-net-neutrality-rules-in-3-2-party-line-vote/
FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality rules in 3-2 party-line vote

FCC issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking over Republican objections.

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19 Republican AGs Sign Letter Citing Anti-Abortion Ruling To Target Trans Adult Care

Republican Attorneys General representing 19 states have filed a brief in Dekker v. Weida, a case in which trans people in Florida have been denied Medicaid coverage for gender affirming care.

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Representative Peltola advocates for changes to National Standards for NOAA fisheries management
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Gillnet with salmon. Image-NOAA Fisheries

Washington, D.C. – On September 12th, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) completed the public comment period for its notice of...
https://alaska-native-news.com/representative-peltola-advocates-for-changes-to-national-standards-for-noaa-fisheries-management/69918/
#comments #managment #noaa #peltola #rulemaking

Representative Peltola advocates for changes to National Standards for NOAA fisheries management - Alaska Native News

Washington, D.C. – On September 12th, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) completed the public comment period for its notice of proposed rulemaking to update the National Standards of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The National Standards are principles that govern fisheries management decisions nationwide, including goals for allocation, bycatch, and fisheries-dependent communities. The […]

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