WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert: * * * Name of Product: Creativity Street Foam Pattern Rollers Hazard: The recalled foam pattern rollers are intended for children and contain levels of lead that exceed the federal lead content ban in the rollers' handles. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. Remedy: Refund Recall Date: May 02, 2024 Units: About 2,880 (In addition, 24 in Canada) Consu  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following letter (Docket No. DA 24-422) on May 3, 2024: * * * To: City of Erie Cable TV Access Crop d/b/a Community Access Media, c/o Jacob Jones, P.O. Box 142, Erie, PA 16501, jjones@camerie.org Re: City of Erie Cable TV Access Crop d/b/a Community Access Media, New LPFM, Erie, Pennsylvania, Petition for Reconsideration Dear Applicant: We have before us a Petition for Reconsideration (Petition)/1 filed by   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following Advisory Opinion (No. AO-2024-04): * * * To: Charles M. Ricciardelli, Esq., Samuel Rothbloom, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 1440 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005-2111 Dear Messrs. Ricciardelli and Rothbloom: We are responding to your advisory opinion request on behalf of Independence Blue Cross LLC Political Action Committee ("IBC PAC"), the separate segregated fund ("SSF") of AmeriHealth  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 5 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following article on May 3, 2024, by senior business economist Emily Kerr and Luis Torres and research analyst Robert Leigh: * * * High tech represents nearly 5 percent of Texas' gross domestic product and more than 9 percent of employment, both outsized shares relative to the U.S. The sector also contributes disproportionately to innovation and technological development and is crucial to productivity growth. Tracking such   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSrep) -- The General Services Administration Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A230032/P/2/R24004) on May 3, 2024, entitled "Building Maintenance Contracts Are Not Complying with Their GSA Contracts Due to Poor Performance and Ineffective Oversight." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Why We Performed This Audit During Fiscal Year 2022, our office received complaints alleging deficiencies in the performance of operations and maintenance (O  more

WEST POINT, New York, May 5 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Eric S. Bartelt, West Point Public Affairs Specialist The U.S. Military Academy cadets put their intellectual capital on display for other cadets, faculty, military leaders and project partners from industry and the military to view during the 25th annual Projects Day Research Symposium on May 2. The symposium showcased more than 400 research projects from across all academic disciplines at the academy. "T  more

ALBANY, New York, May 5 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2021M-115) on May 3, 2024, entitled "Town of Throop - Highway Department." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Throop (Town) Board (Board) and the Highway Superintendent (Superintendent) provided adequate oversight of the Highway Department's (Department) financial activities. * * * Key Findings The Board and Superintendent did not provide ad  more

ALBANY, New York, May 5 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2022M-172) entitled "Town of Throop - Oversight of the Supervisor's Cash Collections and Disbursements." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Throop (Town) Supervisor and Town Board (Board) ensured cash assets in the Supervisor's custody were properly collected and disbursed. * * * Key Findings The former Supervisor did not properly collect and  more

ALBANY, New York, May 5 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2022M-173) on May 3, 2024, entitled "Town of Throop - Procurement." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Throop (Town) Board (Board) ensured that Town officials solicited competition for purchases subject to competitive bidding and for professional services. * * * Key Findings The Board did not always ensure that officials solicited competitio  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36763) entitled "The Lowville & Beaver River Railorad Co. - Acquisition Exemption - Lewis County Industrial Development Agency": * * * Digest:/1 The Board denies a petition to stay the effective date of the exemption in this proceeding. On April 4, 2024, the Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Company (LBRR) filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 C.F  more

NEW YORK, May 6 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of an interview on May 5, 2024, with ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos: * * * George Stephanopoulos: New York City Mayor Eric Adams joins us now. Mayor Adams, as I understand it now, two of the city's universities have now asked, have authorized the NYPD to come in and help clear encampments on their campuses. We see NYU and the New School. What is the very latest in New York right now? Mayor Eric Adams  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 23-00016-132) on April 9, 2024, entitled "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Syracuse VA Medical Center in New York." Here are excerpts: * * * Report Overview This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) report provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered in the inpatient and outpatient settings of the Syracuse   more

WEST POINT, New York, May 5 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: The U.S. Military Academy Corps of Cadets paraded in honor of the 50th annual Retiree Appreciation Day on May 4 on The Plain. West Point offered a final thank you to 16 retiring military and civilian personnel, and their families, for their years of dedicated service and sacrifice to our nation. Nearly 200 members of the USMA Class of 1964 had their reunion weekend and were celebrated during the para  more