AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoKids’ Online Safety: American Samoa joined a bipartisan group of 45 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Senate’s Kids Online Safety Act. The bill would set baseline protections for children on social media and gaming platforms while preserving states’ ability to enforce stronger safeguards. Territorial Data: A proposed Census Bureau rule change could deepen data gaps for American Samoa by restricting demographic questions and changing how residence is counted, Right to Democracy warned. Benefits Technology: American Samoa was selected for a year-long National Governors Association academy to help modernize Medicaid and nutrition-assistance data and delivery systems, including building on the territory’s recent move to electronic benefit cards. Seabed Mining: Federal officials are advancing plans to offer two seabed-mining leases offshore American Samoa, though a Congressional Research Service report says no leases for critical-mineral activities had yet been issued. Questions remain about environmental safeguards and territorial involvement.
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