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🏥CMS Seeks Comments on Proposed Healthcare Information Collection

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

📄FCC Notice on Information Collection

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

🌊FEMA TMAC Meeting

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will hold an in-person public meeting with a virtual option on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, and Thursday, February 20, 2025. The meeting will be open to the public both in- person and via a Microsoft Teams Video Communications link.

💰Notice of NIH Closed Meeting for Child Health Grant Review

✈️Proposed FAA Airworthiness Directive for Boeing 737 Video Monitors

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and 900ER series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report that some passenger service unit (PSU)-mounted video monitors became detached from the PSU rails during a hard landing. This proposed AD would require replacing PSU-mounted video monitors that do not have secondary retention lanyards. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

⚖️Notice of Disposition Under NAGPRA for Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.

🌱Guidelines for Climate-Smart Ag Practices in Biofuel Production

This interim rule with request for comment establishes technical guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with agricultural production of biofuel feedstock commodity crops grown in the United States in the context of environmental service markets. Specifically, the rule establishes guidelines for the reporting and verification of practices and technologies used in the production of certain commodity crops that result in lower greenhouse gas emissions or increases in carbon storage. These practices are referred to in the context of this rule as climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices. The guidelines established through this rule articulate an approach for farm producers to quantify the GHG emissions associated with crops produced using one or more CSA practices. The guidelines also articulate a framework for how information regarding GHG emissions, resulting from the production of biofuel feedstock commodity crops, could be reported and tracked throughout the supply chain.

🚒FY 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Overview

Pursuant to the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended, the Administrator of FEMA is publishing this notice describing the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program application process, deadlines, and award selection criteria. This notice explains the differences, if any, between these guidelines and those recommended by representatives of the national fire service leadership during the annual meeting of the Criteria Development Panel (CDP), which was held July 9, 2024. The application period for the FY 2024 AFG Program was Nov. 12, 2024-Dec. 20, 2024, and was announced on the FEMA AFG Program website at https://www.fema.gov/ grants/preparedness/firefighters, as well as at https://www.grants.gov.

🚛FMCSA Requests Comments on Grote Industries' Safety Exemption Renewal

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requests public comment on the application from Grote Industries, LLC (Grote) for a renewal of its exemption allowing motor carriers to install amber brake-activated pulsating warning lamps on the rear of trailers and van body trucks in addition to the steady-burning brake lamps required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Grote currently holds an exemption for the period December 7, 2020, through December 2, 2025, and requests a five-year renewal of the exemption. FMCSA requests public comment on Grote's request to renew the exemption.

🧬FDA Workshop on Cell Therapies

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing the following virtual public workshop entitled "Cell Therapies and Tissue-Based Products: A Public Workshop on Generating Scientific Evidence to Facilitate Development." The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the current state of the science for development and testing of certain cellular therapies and tissue-based products. In particular, FDA is convening this public workshop with relevant stakeholders to discuss best practices on generating scientific data necessary to further facilitate the development of cellular therapies, including stem cell products.