🔑FAA Requests Comments on Identity Verification Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for revision of a currently approved collection. The collection requires responses to questions regarding an individual's identity in order to gain access to U.S. Federal Government web applications. The information to be collected is used to verify the requestor's identity and create a user account.
Learn More🚁FAA Special Conditions for Airbus EC175B Helicopter
These special conditions are issued for the Airbus Helicopters (Airbus) Model EC175B helicopter. This model helicopter will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category helicopters. This design feature is a 30-minute all engines operating (AEO) power rating. This rating will be used for hovering at increased power for search and rescue missions. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Learn More📋Comment Request for National Service Criminal History Checks
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collection.
Learn More💰Final Rule on Late Contributions
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) adopts as final, without changes, the proposed rule permitting the TSP record keeper to calculate gains and losses on late contributions, makeup contributions, loan payments even when the total amount on a late payment record or total agency contributions on a current payment record is less than $1.00.
Learn More📊Notice of Board Meeting by Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has announced a board meeting scheduled for April 22, 2025, to review various reports including participant, legislative, investment, and budget assessments. The meeting is open via telephonic and web access, providing insights pertinent to stakeholders in federal retirement funds.
Learn More🦪Closure of Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Area
NMFS announces the closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Scallop Management Area for the remainder of the 2025 fishing year. After reviewing final harvest information, the area may be reopened by Framework 39, if approved, for Limited Access General Category vessels. Subject to specific enumerated exceptions, possession, retention, or landing of scallops is prohibited in the NGOM Scallop Management Area once the Regional Administrator publishes a notification in the Federal Register that the NGOM Set-Aside has been reached. This action is intended to prevent the overharvest of the 2025 NGOM Set-Aside.
Learn More🚛FMCSA Grants Exemption for Casey's Pulsating Brake Light Technology
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces its decision to grant an application from Casey's Services Company, USDOT No. 162449, (Casey) for an exemption to allow it to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc. (Intellistop). The Intellistop module is designed to pulse the required rear clearance, identification, and brake lamps from a lower-level lighting intensity to a higher-level lighting intensity 4 times in 2 seconds when the brakes are applied and then return the lights to a steady-burning state while the brakes remain engaged. The Agency has determined that granting the exemption to Casey would likely achieve a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level of safety achieved by the regulation.
Learn More📄OPM Solicits Comments on Alternative Annuity Election Information
Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirement Services offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of an expired information collection request (ICR), Alternative Annuity Election, RI 20-80.
Learn More🛁CPSC Proposes Bathtub Slip Resistance Study for New Standards
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) announces that the Commission has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval of a new information collection for a bathtub slip resistance study to support work on a voluntary Safety Standard for Bathtub and Shower Structure. On January 6, 2025, CPSC published a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments on the information collection request. The Commission received nine public comments. By publication of this notice, the Commission announces that CPSC has submitted to the OMB a request for approval of that collection of information.
Learn More🐬Notice on Marine Mammals Taking for Construction Activities in Ketchikan
NMFS has received a request from the City of Ketchikan (COK), Alaska, for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Berth III Mooring Dolphins Project in the Port of Ketchikan in the Tongass Narrows, Alaska. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS requests comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS also requests comments on a possible one-time, 1-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances, and, if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments before making any final decision on issuing the requested MMPA authorization, and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.
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