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FEMA Advisory: Coronavirus Pandemic Whole-Of-America Response 'By the Numbers' Update (October 13, 2020)
From the Document: "[This] is the weekly 'By the Numbers' updates for the Whole-of-America coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic response underway. This 'By the Numbers' update relates to the Medical Supplies and Equipment; Testing; Federal Funding; and Additional Federal Support as well as the latest Lost Wages Assistance Totals."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-10-13
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 805, Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-Time for Debts for Veterans Act of 2020
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 15, 2020. From the Bill Summary: "S. 805 would modify the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) processes for recovering overpayments of veterans' benefits."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-10-13
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 4713, Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 11, 2020. From the Document: "H.R. 4713 would authorize the existing Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The act outlines specific responsibilities for the office, including oversight of DHS's compliance with and integration of current civil rights law into its activities. The act also would require assessments of the effects of DHS's regulations on civil rights and civil liberties. Although DHS already carries out many of the act's requirements, H.R. 4713 would broaden some responsibilities and require DHS to undertake new activities."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-10-13
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Interim Considerations for Testing for K-12 School Administrators and Public Health Officials
From the Document: "With the increased availability of tests, these considerations are intended to provide guidance on the appropriate use of testing for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] (the virus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]) in K-12 schools for surveillance, diagnosis, screening, or outbreak response. Schools can help protect students and their families, teachers, staff, and the broader community and slow the spread of COVID-19. Testing to diagnose COVID-19 is part of a comprehensive strategy and should be used in conjunction with promoting behaviors that reduce spread (e.g., mask use, social distancing, hand hygiene); maintaining healthy environments (e.g., cleaning and disinfection, ventilation); maintaining healthy operations (e.g., scheduling, virtual learning, class sizes); and preparing for when someone gets sick."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-13
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U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for Congress [Updated October 13, 2020]
From the Summary: "In an international security environment described as one of renewed great power competition, the South China Sea (SCS) has emerged as an arena of U.S.-China strategic competition. U.S.-China strategic competition in the SCS forms an element of the Trump Administration's more confrontational overall approach toward China, and of the Administration's efforts for promoting its construct for the Indo-Pacific region, called the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). China's actions in the SCS in recent years--including extensive island-building and base construction activities at sites that it occupies in the Spratly Islands, as well as actions by its maritime forces to assert China's claims against competing claims by regional neighbors such as the Philippines and Vietnam--have heightened concerns among U.S. observers that China is gaining effective control of the SCS, an area of strategic, political, and economic importance to the United States and its allies and partners. Actions by China's maritime forces at the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea (ECS) are another concern for U.S. observers. Chinese domination of China's near-seas region--meaning the SCS and ECS, along with the Yellow Sea--could substantially affect U.S. strategic, political, and economic interests in the Indo-Pacific region and elsewhere."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
O'Rourke, Ronald
2020-10-13
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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity, Week 41 [October 10, 2020]
From the Document: "Nationally, the percentage of specimens testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] and the percentage of visits to emergency departments (ED) or outpatient providers for COVID[coronavirus disease 2019]-like illness (CLI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) have increased slightly in recent weeks. COVID-19 related hospitalizations and mortality attributed to COVID-19 remained stable or declined but this may change as more data are received."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-10
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MMWR Early Release: Transmission Dynamics by Age Group in COVID-19 Hotspot Counties -- United States, April-September 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Transmission Dynamics by Age Group in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Hotspot Counties - United States, April-September 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-09
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Contact Tracing by Community Health Workers in Low-Resource, Non-US Settings
From the Document Purpose: "This document provides information on how community health workers (CHWs) can support contact tracing efforts related to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in low resource and resource-limited non-U.S. settings. The considerations provided can be adapted to follow national or local guidelines and account for local context."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-09
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Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Isolation Gowns [Updated Oct. 9, 2020]
From the Document: "Summary of updates as of October 9, 2020: [1] Added considerations for returning to conventional capacity practices. [2] Moved the use of reusable (i.e., washable or cloth) isolation gowns to conventional capacity strategies. [3] Edited the section on consideration of the use of coveralls. [4] Added language to the section on prioritizing the use of gowns. [5] Moved the crisis capacity strategy of re-use of isolation gowns to the bottom of the list and added cautionary statements about the risks of this strategy on HCP [healthcare professionals] and patient safety."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-09
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Emergency Relief for Disaster-Damaged Roads and Public Transportation Systems [Updated October 9, 2020]
From the Introduction: "Disaster-damaged roads and public transportation systems are eligible for federal assistance under two U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) programs, the Emergency Relief (ER) Program administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Public Transportation ER Program administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The two programs have different histories and legal and regulatory authorities, but they share a similar intent and face some of the same issues. For example, there are concerns with both programs about the extent to which federally funded activities should go beyond restoring infrastructure to predisaster conditions, including so-called resilience projects. This report begins by discussing FHWA assistance for the repair and reconstruction of highways and bridges damaged by disasters (such as recent flood events, Western wildfires, and ongoing permanent repairs to damage from the 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria) or catastrophic failures (such as the I-5 overpass that was critically damaged in 2019 by an over-height truck near Chehalis, WA). The report includes information on the use of ER funds on disaster-damaged federally owned public-use roadways, such as National Park Service roads and U.S. Forest Service roads, under an affiliated program, the Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads Program. This is followed by a discussion of FTA's assistance program, established in 2012, which has provided assistance to public transportation systems on three occasions, once after Hurricane Sandy in 2012, after the 2017 hurricanes, and in 2019 for major declared disasters in 2018."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Kirk, Robert S.; Mallett, William
2020-10-09
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Supreme Court Nominations, 1789 to 2018: Actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President [Updated October 9, 2020]
From the Summary: "The process of appointing Supreme Court Justices has undergone changes over two centuries, but its most basic feature, the sharing of power between the President and Senate, has remained unchanged. To receive a lifetime appointment to the Court, a candidate must, under the 'Appointments Clause' of the Constitution, first be nominated by the President and then confirmed by the Senate. A key role also has come to be played midway in the process by the Senate Judiciary Committee."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
McMillion, Barry J.
2020-10-09
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2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review: Evolution of a Strategic Review [Updated October 9, 2020]
From the Overview: "In June 2014, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported the second iteration of the 'Quadrennial Homeland Security Review' (QHSR) to Congress. DHS states that the QHSR is a 'comprehensive examination of the homeland security strategy of the Nation, including recommendations regarding the long-term strategy and priorities of the Nation for homeland security.' DHS never issued a statutorily required QHSR in 2018. The QHSR is a process in which DHS examines the nation's homeland security strategy; the report delivered to Congress provides an explanation of this process. Neither the review process nor the report to Congress is the strategy, instead the 2014 QHSR (both the process and the report) are part of the constant reevaluation of the nation's homeland security and part of the process by which the combined National and Homeland Security Staff develops the next iteration of the national security strategy."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Reese, Shawn
2020-10-09
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Medicaid Telehealth Policies in Response to COVID-19 [October 9, 2020]
From the Document: "Medicaid, authorized in Title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA), is a federal-state program that jointly finances primary and acute medical services, as well as long-term services and supports (LTSS), to a diverse low-income population. The 50 states, the District of Columbia (DC), and the five U.S. territories (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico [PR], and the U.S. Virgin Islands [USVI]) must follow broad federal rules to receive federal Medicaid funding, but they have flexibility to design their own versions of Medicaid within the federal statute's basic framework. In addition, several waiver authorities allow states to operate their Medicaid programs outside of federal program rules. [...] This flexibility results in variability across state Medicaid programs in factors such as use of telehealth as a service delivery method. This In Focus provides background on Medicaid telehealth and an overview of telehealth actions in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE). It discusses how states leveraged existing flexibilities and PHE-specific federal authorities to increase the number of services, provider types, and other telehealth coverage options under Medicaid."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Keyser, Julia A.
2020-10-09
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, October 9, 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among HIV-Positive Hispanic and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men - United States, 2015-2019"; "Characteristics Associated with Adults Remembering to Wash Hands in Multiple Situations Before and During the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Pandemic - United States, October 2019 and June 2020"; "Adolescent with COVID-19 as the Source of an Outbreak at a 3-Week Family Gathering - Four States, June-July 2020"; "Trends in COVID-19 Incidence After Implementation of Mitigation Measures - Arizona, January 22-August 7, 2020"; and "Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Afghanistan, January 2019-July 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-09
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MMWR Early Release: Factors Influencing Risk for COVID-19 Exposure Among Young Adults Aged 18-23 Years -- Winnebago County, Wisconsin, March-July 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Factors Influencing Risk for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Exposure Among Young Adults Aged 18-23 Years -- Winnebago County, Wisconsin, March-July 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-09
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State of the Nation: A 50-State Covid-19 Survey Report #16: Partisan Differences in Intention to Vote by Mail
From the Document: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has led many election administrators, as well as voters, to reconsider the manner in which votes will be cast during the 2020 general election. With many voters wary of waiting in line in person beside strangers on Election Day, registrars around the country are preparing for a far higher share of ballots to be cast by mail than ever before. The best available academic research suggests that holding elections entirely by mail slightly increases turnout, but does not advantage either major political party. [...] Here we evaluate three questions: [1] 'How many people report that they will vote by mail in each state?' [2] 'What will be the difference in candidate choice between those who vote on the day of the election versus those who vote by mail?' [and 3] 'What is the potential shift in the margin between Trump and Biden from the day of voting to a count that incorporates votes received by mail?' To evaluate these questions, we use the most recent two waves of our 50-state survey, which included a question asking 37,659 respondents (26,838 among them likely voters) how likely they were to vote by absentee or mail-in ballot."
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.); Harvard Medical School; Rutgers University . . .
Lazer, David; Baum, Matthew A., 1965-; Quintana, Alexi . . .
2020-10-09
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Presidential Elections: Vacancies in Major-Party Candidacies and the Position of President-Elect [Updated October 9, 2020]
From the Summary: "What would happen in 2020 if a candidate for President or Vice President were to die or leave the ticket any time between the national party conventions and the November 3 election day? What would happen if this occurred during presidential transition, either between election day and the December 14, 2020, meeting of the electoral college; or between December 14 and the inauguration of the President and Vice President on January 20, 2021? Procedures to fill these vacancies differ depending on when they occur."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Neale, Thomas H.
2020-10-09
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 20 Issue 41, October 8, 2020
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following sections: "Space heaters and 'space bubbles' are latest COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] concern"; "FEMA produces topical Resource Roadmaps to cover COVID-19 issues"; "CMAT [Community Mitigation Assistance Team] program offers community wildfire mitigation assistance"; "UHS [Universal Health Services] hospitals hit by reported country-wide Ryuk ransomware attack"; "CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] releases joint ransomware guide"; and "Comcast TV remote hack opens homes to snooping."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2020-10-08
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FEMA Advisory: Hurricane Delta (October 8, 2020)
From the Document: "In preparation for TC [Tropical Cyclone] Delta, personnel and resources are staged across, or en-route to, potentially impacted areas in the path of the storm. Forecast: Tropical Cyclone Delta is a category 2 hurricane approximately 450 miles south of Louisiana. Hurricane Delta is moving at approximately a 305 degree heading (WNW) at 15 mph with sustained winds of 100 mph. Delta will move over the central and southern Gulf Thursday and strengthen as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast Friday. Landfall is expected late Friday bringing life-threatening storm surge and hurricane force winds along the LA coast. Flash, urban, and stream flooding is likely from the central Gulf into the lower to middle Mississippi Valley."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-10-08
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Federal Election Results: Frequently Asked Questions [October 8, 2020]
From the Summary: "Several states have implemented new election administration processes in response to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic that could affect how and when ballots are counted. Even under normal circumstances, finalizing federal election results takes days or weeks after election day. Among other steps, state, territorial, and local election officials 'canvass' votes to ensure that ballots are valid and counted accurately. Election observers, audits, and other processes are designed to enhance transparency. This report addresses frequently asked questions on these and related subjects. The discussion emphasizes the period between the time a voter casts a ballot and when election officials 'certify', or finalize, the results."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Eckman, Sarah J.; Garrett, R. Sam, 1977-; Shanton, Karen L.
2020-10-08
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CARES Act Payroll Support to Air Carriers and Contractors [Updated October 8, 2020]
From the Document: "The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136), signed into law on March 27, 2020, provided assistance to consumers and businesses, including aid to air carriers and eligible contractors. Emergency funds also were provided to eligible airports. Assistance to air carriers in Division A, Title IV of the CARES Act included loans and loan guarantees, funds to support the pay and benefits of air carrier workers, and a suspension of aviation excise taxes on air transport of people, cargo, and aviation fuel through calendar year 2020. This Insight focuses on the payroll support program (PSP). Section 4112 of the CARES Act provided $32 billion in payroll support to aviation workers. From this amount, the Secretary of the Treasury was authorized to provide up to [1] $25 billion for passenger air carriers (any air carrier that, during the period from April 1, 2019, to September 30, 2020, derived more than 50% of its air transportation revenue from the transportation of passengers); [2] $4 billion for cargo air carriers (any air carrier that, during the period from April 1, 2019, to September 30, 2020, derived more than 50% of its air transportation revenue from the transportation of property or mail, or both); and [3] $3 billion for contractors who provide ground services directly to air carriers, such as catering services or on-airport functions."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Tang, Rachel Y.
2020-10-08
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COVID-19: China Medical Supply Chains and Broader Trade Issues [Updated October 8, 2020]
From the Summary: "The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), first in China, and then globally, including in the United States, is drawing attention to the ways in which the U.S. economy depends on manufacturing and supply chains based in China. This report aims to assess current developments and identify immediate and longer range China trade issues for Congress. An area of particular concern to Congress is U.S. shortages in medical supplies-- including personal protective equipment (PPE) and pharmaceuticals--as the United States steps up efforts to contain COVID-19 with limited domestic stockpiles and insufficient U.S. industrial capacity. Because of China's role as a global supplier of PPE, medical devices, antibiotics, and active pharmaceutical ingredients, reduced exports from China have led to shortages of critical medical supplies in the United States. Exacerbating the situation, in early February 2020, the Chinese government nationalized control of the production and distribution of medical supplies in China--directing all production for domestic use--and directed the bureaucracy and Chinese industry to secure supplies from the global market. Once past the initial peak of its COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese government appears to have prioritized certain countries and selectively released some medical supplies for overseas delivery."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Sutter, Karen M.; Schwarzenberg, Andres B.; Sutherland, Michael D.
2020-10-08
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CDC's Interim Guidance for General Population Disaster Shelters During the COVID-19 Pandemic [Updated Oct. 8, 2020]
From the Purpose: "This document provides interim guidance to reduce the risk of introducing and transmitting COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in general population disaster shelters before, during, or after a disaster."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-08
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Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens for COVID-19 [Updated Oct. 8, 2020]
From the Summary of Recent Changes: "Revisions were made on October 8, 2020 to reflect the following: [1] Clarification on language for the collection of specimens and to include the addition of saliva language."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-08
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests [October 8, 2020]
From the Document: "Press reports in May 2020 indicated that officials in the Trump Administration had discussed whether to conduct an explosive test of a U.S. nuclear weapon. The United States has observed a voluntary moratorium on nuclear explosive testing since 1992, although it has maintained the ability to resume these tests at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site (NNSS). Since 1993, it has used a program known as Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship to maintain confidence in the safety, security, and effectiveness of its nuclear arsenal."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Nikitin, Mary Beth Dunham; Woolf, Amy F.
2020-10-08
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Selecting a New WTO Director-General: Implications for the Global Trading System [Updated October 8, 2020]
From the Document: "The United States and members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are selecting new leadership for the WTO Secretariat, following Director-General (DG) Roberto Azevêdo's unexpected resignation in August 2020, a year before his term's end. Eight candidates were in the running, and WTO members narrowed the field to five in September after the first round of consultations. On October 8, Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee advanced after the second round as the top candidates with the 'broadest and deepest support from the membership,' paving the way for the first woman to serve as WTO DG. The process requires all 164 WTO members to agree by consensus on the new DG appointment. WTO members and observers view the outcome of the DG race and fresh leadership as important to inject new momentum into the institution, amid efforts to salvage its relevance and chart a path forward. In the current race, analysts have variously called for an 'honest broker' and dealmaker, politician over technocrat, or a 'peacekeeper.' WTO leadership may be particularly critical at this juncture, given members' divergent views over needed reforms and new rules, a nonfunctioning dispute settlement system, and a recent spike in unilateral trade actions, which threaten the organization's legitimacy. The intensive selection process, usually lasting nine months, has been expedited to conclude possibly by early November following the U.S. presidential election."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Cimino-Isaacs, Cathleen D.
2020-10-08
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Nation's Fiscal Health: A Long-Term Plan is Needed for Fiscal Sustainability, Statement of Gene L. Dodaro Comptroller General of the United States, Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate
From the GAO (Government Accountability Office) Highlights: "By the end of fiscal year 2019, debt held by the public had climbed to 79 percent of GDP [gross domestic product]. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects debt to reach 107 percent of GDP by 2023, its highest point in history. In addition, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] projects that annual deficits will exceed $1 trillion in each of the next 10 years. As currently structured, the federal debt limit is not a control on debt, but a legal limit on the total amount of federal debt that can be outstanding at one time. It restricts the Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) authority to borrow to finance fiscal decisions that have already been made. Uncertainty around the debt limit increases borrowing costs and decreases demand for Treasury securities, among other things. This statement focuses on (1) the federal government's unsustainable long-term fiscal path, (2) actions needed to address the federal government's fiscal challenges, and (3) executive agencies' opportunities to contribute to fiscal health. This statement is based upon GAO's September 2020 report on fiscal rules and targets, and GAO's March 2020 annual report on the nation's fiscal health. GAO updated certain information with new data from CBO and others."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2020-10-07
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Information Technology: IRS Needs to Address Operational Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Management, Statement of Vijay A. D'Souza, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, Before the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives
From the GAO (Government Accountability Office) Highlights: "The IRS [Internal Revenue Service], a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, relies extensively on IT [information technology] to annually collect more than $3 trillion in taxes, distribute more than $400 billion in refunds, and carry out its mission of providing service to America's taxpayers in meeting their tax obligations. This year, IRS also relied on IT to process and disburse economic impact payments totaling hundreds of billions of dollars to millions of Americans in accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. IRS expects to spend $3.2 billion on IT for fiscal year 2020. GAO was asked to testify about IT management at IRS. Specifically, this testimony summarizes GAO's prior reports on IT challenges that IRS has faced in carrying out its operational responsibilities and on opportunities for the agency to improve the management of its IT investments. To do so, GAO reviewed its previously issued reports identifying IT operational challenges and opportunities to improve the management of its systems, and incorporated information on the agency's actions in response to related recommendations."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2020-10-07
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National Security: Additional Actions Needed to Ensure Effectiveness of 5G Strategy
From the Document: "The federal government and private industry are preparing for the next generation of wireless technology, which has the potential to represent the most significant change in wireless networks since cellular service was introduced. This fifth generation of mobile communication networks, or 5G, may have transformative effects that will increase productivity, contribute to the growth of new businesses, and spur innovation in sectors beyond telecommunications, including transportation, manufacturing, medicine, and others. Specifically, 5G will offer increased bandwidth, constant connectivity, and faster network response times, which can enhance and expand mobile technologies for consumers and businesses and introduce tens of billions of new devices to harness the Internet. However, while the advent of 5G could create significant economic opportunities, it also introduces national security risks as malicious actors seek to exploit these new 5G technologies."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2020-10-07
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IRS Guidance Says No Deduction is Allowed for Business Expenses Paid with Forgiven PPP Loans [Updated October 7, 2020]
From the Document: "The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136) created Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that can be used to cover payroll expenses and certain operating costs and can be forgiven if the borrower meets certain criteria. On April 30, 2020, IRS [Internal Revenue Service] issued Notice 2020-32, stating that PPP-recipients cannot claim a deduction for expenses funded from the forgiven PPP loans."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Lowry, Sean; Gravelle, Jane
2020-10-07
