Grant Opportunities, Compliance 7 Jan 2025 regulatory, grants, nih, health, research, meeting
Compliance, Regulation, Environmental Policy 7 Jan 2025 compliance, environmental impact, land use, regulations, wilderness areas, national parks

🌲Wilderness Area Assessments

Pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964, and in accordance with National Park Service (NPS) Management Policies 2006, the NPS intends to evaluate all previously unassessed lands within the following parks for their eligibility for inclusion in the national wilderness preservation system: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Everglades National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Little River Canyon National Preserve, and Virgin Islands National Park.

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Regulatory Compliance, Business Strategy 7 Jan 2025 postal service, shipping, business contracts, competitive products, regulatory commission

📦USPS Notice of Priority Mail & Ground Advantage Contract Change

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 7 Jan 2025 compliance, fda, ai-enabled devices, marketing submission, lifecycle management

📄FDA Draft Guidance on AI-Enabled Device Software Functions

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Artificial Intelligence Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations." This draft guidance, when finalized, will provide recommendations regarding the contents of marketing submissions for devices that include artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled device software functions including documentation and information that will support FDA's evaluation of safety and effectiveness. To support the development of appropriate documentation for FDA's assessment of the device, this draft guidance also proposes recommendations for the design, development, and implementation of AI- enabled devices that sponsors may wish to consider using throughout the total product lifecycle (TPLC). This draft guidance is not final nor is it for implementation at this time.

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Grant Opportunities, Compliance, Professional Events 7 Jan 2025 grants, nih, health, meetings, biomedical, contracts, vaccine research
Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 food safety, fda regulations, pathogen control, low-moisture foods, sanitation

🍽️FDA Guidance on Sanitation for Low-Moisture Ready-To-Eat Foods

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Establishing Sanitation Programs for Low-Moisture Ready-to-Eat Human Foods and Taking Corrective Actions Following a Pathogen Contamination Event." The draft guidance, when finalized, will explain FDA's current thinking on establishing a routine sanitation program for low-moisture ready-to-eat human foods (LMRTE foods) that can help prevent contamination of food or a food-contact surface with a pathogen and will explain our current thinking for corrective actions, including corrective actions to remediate contamination of food-contact surfaces, if prevention fails.

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Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Management 7 Jan 2025 endangered species, transportation, imports, wildlife, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, environmental compliance, business regulations, exports, ute ladies'-tresses, endangered and threatened species, habitat management, plants

🌿Business Implications of Ute Ladies'-Tresses Delisting Proposal

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to remove Ute ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to delist Ute ladies'- tresses. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that delisting the species is warranted. Our review indicates that the threats to Ute ladies'-tresses have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Accordingly, we propose to delist Ute ladies'-tresses. If we finalize this rule as proposed, the prohibitions and conservation measures provided by the Act, particularly through sections 7 and 9, would no longer apply to Ute ladies'-tresses. We request information and comments from the public regarding this proposed rule and the draft post-delisting monitoring (PDM) plan for Ute ladies'-tresses.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 compliance, department of energy, energy conservation, walk-in coolers, walk-in freezers, regulatory standards
Regulatory Compliance, Economic Development 7 Jan 2025 business impact, postal service, logistics, negotiated service agreements, shipping

📦USPS Product Change Notice for Priority Mail Services (2025)

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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Regulatory Requirement, Business Agreement 7 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, postal service, shipping, usps, business agreements

📦USPS Announces Priority Mail and Ground Advantage Contract Changes

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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