Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 2 Jan 2025 alaska, polar bears, marine mammals, stock assessment, fish and wildlife service, regulation compliance

🐻‍❄️Draft Stock Assessment Reports for Polar Bears in Alaska

In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, and its implementing regulations, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), have developed draft revised marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) for the Chukchi/Bering Seas and Southern Beaufort Sea polar bear (Ursus maritimus) stocks in Alaska. We invite comments on the two draft revised SARs from the public and from Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 2 Jan 2025 privacy act, institutional compliance, data management, federal student aid, education regulations

🏛️Overview of Department of Education's Modified Records System

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a modified system of records titled "Enterprise Data Management and Analytics Platform Services (EDMAPS)" (18-11-22). The EDMAPS system is a data analytics platform that ingests data from multiple Federal Student Aid (FSA) systems of records to perform big- data analytics on FSA data in one common location, produce reports and statistical models, and serve as a centralized repository of information about FSA customers across the full student aid life cycle.

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Compliance, Trade Regulations 2 Jan 2025 commerce, china, business impact, trade regulations, countervailing duty, india, import compliance, overhead door springs
Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 2 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, administrative practice and procedure, ocean common carriers, federal maritime commission, export policy, vessel accommodations

📄FMC Final Rule on Unreasonable Refusal to Deal with Vessel Space

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) received approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an information collection request associated with the final rule, "Definition of Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate with Respect to Vessel Space Accommodations Provided by an Ocean Common Carrier." This rule announces the effective date for the requirements for ocean common carriers to annually file a documented export policy with the Commission and provides implementing instructions. In the final rule published July 23, 2024, the Commission stated it would publish a document in the Federal Register (FR) announcing the effective date of the collection-of-information-related sections upon OMB approval. This rule establishes the effective date of the relevant provisions. It also corrects an error in the regulatory text.

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Compliance, New Trade Agreements 2 Jan 2025 federal maritime commission, logistics, network shipping, maersk, shipping act, space charter, trade agreements
Administrative Announcement 2 Jan 2025 nominations, medicaid, government accountability office, chip, healthcare policy

📄GAO Requests Nominations for Medicaid and CHIP Appointment

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) established MACPAC to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility for appointing MACPAC's members. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is now accepting nominations for MACPAC appointments that will be effective May 2025. Nominations should be sent to the email address listed below. Acknowledgement of receipt will be provided within a week of submission.

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Grant Opportunities, Compliance 2 Jan 2025 grants, funding, nih, health, research, meeting, virtual
Notice 2 Jan 2025 irs, form 1099-g, government payments, comment request, paperwork reduction

📋IRS Notice

The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 1099-G, Certain Government Payments.

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Grants, Regulatory Compliance 2 Jan 2025 grants, funding, closed meeting, nih, health, aging research, national institutes of health
Compliance, Professional Events 2 Jan 2025 compliance, public meeting, department of energy, savannah river site, environmental management, advisory board, cleanup activities, waste management

🏛️Upcoming Environmental Management Advisory Board Meeting - January 2025

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

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