The DHS press release[1] has more details. Link to the proposed rule on reginfo.gov[2].

In short, this rule allows spouses of H1B holders to work, provided the H1B holder has an approved I-140 or has their H1B extended beyond 6 year limit under AC21. Notice that this rule is very specific and does not cover all H1B holders.

[1]http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/05/06/dhs-announces-proposals-a... [2]http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=20131...

EDIT: Grammer

>Notice that this rule is very specific and does not cover all H1B holders.

Lot of people seem to miss this important point.

If you're a Firefox user, install RefControl, and then spoof the referer for any request to this website as "http://www.google.com/". This gets around the paywall; I just tried it. This works with most paywalls.

On the other hand, I don't think it should be permitted to post articles here that are behind a paywall. That's just my opinion though.

or you can just type the headline into google

You would have to do that every time the paywall appears. Alternatively, you set up my solution once, and then it works transparently in future.

Spouses of people who are working in America on a H1-B visa (the most common visa that tech people work on) are now allowed to work themselves.

Not quite. Spouses of people who are working in America on a H1-B visa and have applied for a green card or extended their visa are allowed to work themselves. That is a much smaller pool than people on H-1B visas.

Still not quite, because they are not automatically allowed to work. They have to request employment authorization and who knows what other criteria may be imposed at that time.

AFAIK obtaining an EAD is quite straightforward.