On January 13, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule enumerating the revisions to civil monetary penalty amounts for 2023 in the Federal Register. Federal agencies are required to adjust minimum and maximum civil penalty amounts annually according to a statutory for…
Read More »Barry Valentine, a senior advisor at The Wicks Group (TWG) and former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, appeared yesterday on both the BBC World Service and Cheddar News to discuss the failure of a critical aviation alert system. Mr. Valentine periodically appears on these and ot…
Read More »Today, January 11, 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) to the Federal Register. The first NPRM proposes an Airworthiness Directive that would supersede Airworthiness Directive 2021-23-12, which applies to all transport and commuter…
Read More »On December 22, 2022, The Export-Import Bank of the United States published the following announcement: WASHINGTON –On Thursday, the Board of Directors for the Export-Import Bank of the United States’ (EXIM) unanimously approved two transactions totaling more than $688 million. These transaction…
Read More »Today, January 6, 2023, a final rule enumerating the revisions to Department of Transportation (DOT) civil penalty amounts for 2023 was published on the Federal Register. Federal agencies are required to adjust minimum and maximum civil penalty amounts annually according to a statutory formula unde…
Read More »Erin Patton began her position as an Analyst on February 1, 2022. Erin holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Service from American University, School of International Service (SIS). Her expertise is in qualitative research and strategic communications. As an Analyst, Erin has assisted on…
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