Category: departments

  • US judge blocks latest version of labor department’s fiduciary rule By Reuters

    By Tom Hales WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has blocked enforcement of a Labor Department rule that would have expanded the types of retirement advisers considered trustees, finding the rule arbitrary and in conflict with the law governing retirement plans. The rule was unveiled in April as the…

  • Microsoft hack affected Veterans Affairs and State Departments, government says

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and an arm of the U.S. State Department were among a growing list of Microsoft customers who have admitted they were affected by the tech giant’s hack blamed on Russian state-sponsored hackers. the US Agency for Global MediaThe State Department, part of the U.S.…