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15 Aug 2022, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
The Guidance provides in part:USDA regulations do not require a religious educational institution to submit a written request for a Title IX exemption in order to claim that exemption.If, however, a religious educational institution wishes to seek USDA recognition of their religious exemption, it may do so through a written request under USDA regulations....The Guidance comes after litigation by a Christian school in Florida that objected to submitting an exemption request… [read post]
7 Jun 2022, 2:10 pm by Kelly Nuckolls
Department of Agriculture is looking for an attorney focused on Rural Development (Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Utilities Service) providing legal advice, research, analysis and interpretation of federal, state and local laws, as well as oral and written opinions, memoranda, pleadings, briefs and legal support of all USDA programs and litigation, and performs other legal services as assigned. [read post]
23 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm by Guest Contributor
Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) issued new Directives and a Notice regarding the regulation of cell cultured food products derived from cell lines of USDA-amenable species. [read post]
1 May 2013, 9:19 am by Susan Schneider
Yet within the department, some long-time employees resented the settlement; indeed, no one at USDA was terminated in connection with the abuses evidenced in Pigford. [read post]
13 Aug 2017, 4:16 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The USDA has cited privacy concerns and litigation for its decision to remove the online records. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 9:00 am
The most recent USDA announcement follows a settlement of separated litigation by the Obama administration's. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 11:49 am by Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M.
USDA/APHIS did not identify which litigation it referenced in its updated statement. [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 2:59 am
"This clash led to litigation and uncertainty. [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 1:15 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Following litigation brought by the HSUS, HSLF, and several individuals, the D.C. [read post]
3 Feb 2017, 10:16 am by Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M.
Department of Justice maintains comprehensive guidance involving the Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Act, and other laws, and updates such guidance based on legal developments. [read post]
7 Aug 2022, 9:05 pm by Cookson Beecher
Years of litigationAfter four years of litigation on the issue of humane treatment of organic livestock, the U.S. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the agency to include six additional strains of E. coli as hazardous adulterants that need to be tested by the USDA. [read post]
25 Aug 2022, 2:50 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Department of Agriculture is currently accepting public comments on its proposed Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards rule, which is a great opportunity to address farm animal welfare. [read post]
10 May 2010, 9:12 am by E. coli Attorney
., “E. coli outbreak at ‘U’ caused by non-USDA regulated strain,” about the failure of most labs, business and health departments to test for pathogenic E. coli other than E. coli O157:H7. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 1:41 pm
Ken Thomas of the Associated Press has a story up on the ABC News website in which US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack essentially pledges to move forward with the discrimination lawsuit brought by Indian farmers and ranchers a decade ago. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 7:20 am by Steven Koprince
Department of Agriculture improperly awarded a $141 million sole source contract in exchange for the contractor’s agreement to withdraw a GAO bid protest. [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 2:51 am
A lawsuit recently filed against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) asserts that the USDA must consider the cumulative effects of CO2 emissions from multiple coal-fired electrical generating facilities before it can provide funding for new coal-fired plant.In Montana Environmental Information Center, et al. v. [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 5:00 pm
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA), claiming that the latter engaged in a discriminatory practice which purportedly discouraged managers from hiring deaf or hard-of-hearing employees.In 2014, the USDA decentralized its sign language interpreting services and required each of its 17 sub-agencies to fund services for its employees directly. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 5:36 am by Joe Consumer
… In 1999, Pigford and about 2,000 other farmers in the class action settled for $50,000 apiece to avoid prolonged litigation. [read post]