…At #NOAA, where a 2020 investigation found that agency leaders violated its #ScientificIntegrity policy after #Trump showed a doctored hurricane forecast map, stricter standards took effect in March. A similar #policy will soon be extended to the #Commerce Dept, including to the #political appointees whose #violations were detailed in the 2020 probe.
Details …remain scant, & support from Rodgers & Cantwell does not guarantee it will clear both chambers of #Congress. But their expected deal would mark the 1st time the heads of the 2 powerful #commerce cmtes, which oversee a broad swath of #internet#policy, have come to terms on a major #consumer#privacy bill.
While lawmakers have long sought to pass a federal privacy #law, efforts have gained steam in recent yrs as scrutiny of #tech companies’ #data collection practice have soared.
As far-right contenders dominate the #GOP ticket in a state known for its flourishing #economy, the business community is bracing for potential fallout
The #NorthCarolina Chamber of #Commerce rebuked “#partisan ideologues that cause #division & create #controversy” in an unusually biting stmnt last month, saying the Mar primary results offer a “startling warning of the looming threats to NC’s #business climate.” Ofcls did not put an amt on projected losses.
…Michael Walden, an #economist at #NC State U, who tracked the damage in 2016 [said], “You lose #jobs. You lose #construction activity. You lose an additional tax base. You lose prestige.”
A new bill from #SanFrancisco Assembly Member #MattHaney would clearly outline when companies can communicate w/their #employees during off hrs, following other countries that have passed “right to disconnect” #laws.
“The bill will effectively subject all employees to a rigid working schedule & prohibit communication between employers & employees absent an emergency,” [nope] the chamber said in a letter from snr policy advocate Ashley Hoffman.
Mer Rouge : l' #Afrique du Sud tourne la #crise à son avantage
Je ne vois que des avantages pour nos #ports En tant que pays, nous devons simplement nous assurer que nos opérations sont bien rodées et que nous créons ou utilisons au maximum cette opportunité qui va se présenter à nous", a déclaré Alan Winde, premier ministre de la province du Cap-Occidental.