Regulatory Compliance, Economic Impact 15 Jan 2025 business regulation, postal service, logistics, shipping contracts, priority mail

📦USPS Announces Product Change for Priority Mail and Ground Advantage

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 15 Jan 2025 federal acquisition regulation, small business, government contracts, government procurement, procurement, protest rights

📜Clarification of Protest Rights in Federal Acquisition Regulation

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify protest rights for orders set aside under certain multiple-award contracts.

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Compliance, Financial Assistance 15 Jan 2025 arizona, erisa, employee benefits, labor unions, apprenticeship programs, prohibited transactions

🏢Exemption for Boilermakers Fund from ERISA Prohibited Transactions

This document gives notice of an individual exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The exemption permits the purchase of a parcel of improved real property (the Property) by the Boilermakers Western States Apprenticeship Fund (the Plan or Applicant) from the "Navajo Nation" Lodge 4 of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmith, Forgers, and Helpers (Lodge 4) whose members may be participants in the Plan.

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Regulation, Compliance, Technology 15 Jan 2025 business and industry, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business compliance, national security, research, exports, terrorism, confidential business information, artificial intelligence, inventions and patents, technology regulation, science and technology, export controls

🤖New Export Controls Impacting AI Technology and Business Compliance

With this interim final rule, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revises the Export Administration Regulations' (EAR) controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs) and adds a new control on artificial intelligence (AI) model weights for certain advanced closed-weight dual-use AI models. In conjunction with the expansion of these controls, which BIS has determined are necessary to protect U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, BIS is adding new license exceptions and updating the Data Center Validated End User authorization to facilitate the export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of advanced computing (ICs) to end users in destinations that do not raise national security or foreign policy concerns. Together, these changes will cultivate secure ecosystems for the responsible diffusion and use of AI and advanced computing ICs.

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Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Protection 15 Jan 2025 bureau of land management, wyoming, public land, mining regulations, cultural protection

🏞️Public Land Order Extension Protects White Mountain Petroglyphs Site

This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6597, as extended by PLO No. 7621, for an additional 20-year period. PLO No. 6597, as extended, withdrew 20 acres of public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, for 20 years, subject to valid existing rights, to protect the White Mountain Petroglyphs Site. Extension of the withdrawal is necessary to protect the Native American, cultural resource, wildlife, scenic, and educational values of, as well as the capital investment in, the White Mountain Petroglyphs Site.

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Grant Opportunities, Regulatory Requirements 15 Jan 2025 grants, funding, nih, health, research, federal
Regulatory Compliance, Professional Events 15 Jan 2025 healthcare, federal regulations, public health, advisory council, business engagement, nhsc

🏥NACNHSC 2025 Meeting Notice and Business Implications

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces that the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps (NACNHSC) will hold public meetings for the 2025 calendar year (CY). Information about NACNHSC, agendas, and materials for these meetings can be found on the NACNHSC website at: https:// www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/national-health-service-corps.

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Compliance, Financial Impact 15 Jan 2025 washington, class iii gaming, indian gaming, electronic table games, tribal-state compact

🎰Approval of Class III Gaming Compact Amendment for Stillaguamish Tribe

The Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs approves the fifth amendment to the Tribal-State compact for class III gaming between the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington and the State of Washington governing the operation and regulation of class III gaming activities. The amendment allows for the operation of electronic table games and removes provisions related to revenue sharing for smoking cessation purposes.

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Regulatory Changes, Business Operations 15 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, postal service, shipping contracts, priority mail, business logistics

📦New USPS Contract Notice for Priority Mail Services Impacting Businesses

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance, Professional Events 15 Jan 2025 regulations, fisheries, stock assessment, fishing industry, noaa, south atlantic, sedar

🐟SEDAR Steering Committee Meeting Notice for Fisheries Stakeholders

The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet to discuss the SEDAR stock assessment process and assessment schedule. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

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