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💼Proposed $75 Million Arms Sale to Taiwan

The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

🔒New Cybersecurity Requirements for Restricted Transactions Announced

CISA is announcing publication of finalized security requirements for restricted transactions pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14117, "Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern." In October 2024, CISA published proposed security requirements for restricted transactions which would apply to classes of restricted transactions identified in regulations issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ). CISA solicited comment on those proposed security requirements and considered that public feedback when developing the final security requirements. This notice also provides CISA's responses to the public comments received.

⚖️Notice of Complaint on Dryer Wall Exhausts - Comments Solicited

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Dryer Wall Exhaust Vent Assemblies and Components Thereof, DN 3800; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

⚖️Final Phase of Aluminum Import Duty Investigations Announced

The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-727 and 731-TA-1695 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act") to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports of disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China, provided for in statistical reporting number 7615.10.7125 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily determined by the Department of Commerce ("Commerce") to be subsidized and sold at less-than-fair-value.

📉Withdrawal of Proposed Rule on Pay Equity in Federal Contracting

DoD, GSA, and NASA are withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) titled: Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting. The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP Administrator) is simultaneously withdrawing a proposed Government-wide policy, upon which the proposed rule was based.

🎓Grant Opportunities for Native Hawaiian Career Education Programs

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program (NHCTEP).

🏗️Summary of CDBG-DR Grant Requirements and Financial Oversight

This notice contains a preamble and the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Universal Notice: Waivers and Alternative Requirements (the "Universal Notice"). The Universal Notice describes the processes, procedures, timelines, waivers, and alternative requirements that U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intends to implement with each allocation of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding after a qualifying presidential disaster declaration. Specifically, following the appropriation of CDBG-DR funds for qualifying disasters, HUD will publish an Allocation Announcement Notice in the Federal Register that incorporates, via cross-reference, the waivers and alternative requirements provided in the Universal Notice, as appropriate, along with any other new requirements imposed by the specific appropriation. This notice also describes the grant award process, pre-award certification submissions, criteria for Action Plan approval, and eligible disaster recovery activities to streamline post-disaster processes for future grantees. By publishing the Universal Notice, HUD intends to provide grantees and the public with increased transparency, consistency, and more timely access to CDBG-DR funds, helping to minimize program delays and accelerate recovery.

🏥CDC Information Collection on Hepatitis C in Corrections Notification

⚖️FERC-545 Notice

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC 545: Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Non- Formal).

🌍EPA Defers Sanctions

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making an interim final determination that the State of Alaska has submitted state implementation plan (SIP) revisions that satisfy outstanding Clean Air Act requirements. This interim final determination defers the imposition of sanctions for the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) Fairbanks North Star Borough PM<INF>2.5</INF> nonattainment area. This determination is based on a proposed approval, published in the "Proposed Rules" section of this Federal Register, of the SIP revisions, submitted by the State of Alaska (Alaska or the State) on December 4, 2024, to address Clean Air Act requirements for the 2006 24-hour PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).