Federal Agency to Stop Issuing Paper Checks for Disbursements, Proposes New Regulation

Summary

The Department of the Treasury announced plans to amend its regulation regarding paper check disbursements for federal agencies, following the issuance of Executive Order 14247, which aims to modernize payments to and from America's bank accounts.

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