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⚖️FAR Amendments Enhancing Compliance for Federal Contractors

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to improve consistency between the procurement and nonprocurement procedures on suspension and debarment, based on the recommendations of the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee.

💼New FAR Rule Incentivizes Puerto Rican Small Businesses in 2025

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration to add incentives for certain United States territories under the Small Business Administration mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] program.

🛢️Coastal Plain Lease Sale Notice

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is changing the oil and gas lease sale bid opening date, previously published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2024, for 12 tracts in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

⚠️EPA Final Risk Evaluation for Formaldehyde

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the final risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for formaldehyde. The purpose of risk evaluations under TSCA is to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations identified as relevant to the risk evaluation by EPA, under the conditions of use. The Agency used the best available science to prepare this final risk evaluation and has determined, based on the weight of scientific evidence, that formaldehyde presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health. Under TSCA, EPA must initiate risk management actions to address the unreasonable risk.

🛡️Comment Period Extended for National Cyber Incident Response Plan Update

On December 16, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a request for comment in the Federal Register on a draft National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP) Update, which requests feedback on the draft update. CISA is extending the public comment period for the draft update for an additional thirty days through February 14, 2025.

📬Notice on New Postal Products

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

📊Correction Notice for Child Welfare Services State Grants Allotment

The Administration for Children and Families published a document in the Federal Register published Wednesday, December 4, 2024, concerning notice of Allotment Percentages to States for Child Welfare Services State Grants. The formula used to calculate the allotment percentages for each state was not applied correctly. Although the percentage for the State of Alabama percentage was calculated correctly, the formula used to calculate the allotment percentages was not correctly applied to the remaining states.

💼NYSE Proposes Changes to Connectivity Fee Schedule for Market Users

📉Impact of Procurement List Deletions on Small Businesses

This action deletes product(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

📅Sunshine Act Meeting Announcement by the Farm Credit Administration