Regulatory Compliance, Business Strategy 16 Jan 2025 banking, federal reserve, business compliance, regulation y, nonbanking activities
Compliance Requirements, Employment Initiatives 16 Jan 2025 healthcare, federal regulations, drug testing, business compliance, workplace safety

⚖️HHS Issues New Drug Testing Guidelines for Federal Workplaces

The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS" or "Department") herein publishes the panels of Schedule I and II drugs and biomarkers authorized for testing in Federal workplace drug testing programs. The Department has revised the drug testing panels for both urine and oral fluid, and revised required nomenclature for laboratory and Medical Review Officer Reports.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, flood insurance, real estate, fema, hazard determination, community planning

🌊Final Flood Hazard Determinations by FEMA - 2025 Update

Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

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Regulation, Compliance, Financial Assistance 16 Jan 2025 regulation, transportation, financial assistance, business compliance, federal railroad administration, emergency relief

🚂FRA Announces Emergency Relief Docket for 2025 Business Impact

This Notice announces the establishment of FRA's emergency relief docket (ERD) for calendar year 2025. The designated ERD for calendar year 2025 is docket number FRA-2025-0015.

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Regulatory Compliance, Business Operations 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, postal service, negotiated service agreements, shipping, contract changes

📦Notice on Priority Mail Express Contract Changes Starting 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 Compliance, Transportation 16 Jan 2025 transportation, federal regulations, business compliance, exemption, commercial driver's license, navistar

🚛Navistar's Provisional CDL Exemption Renewal Notice and Implications

FMCSA announces its decision to provisionally renew the exemption currently held by Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) from the commercial driver's license (CDL) regulations for one of its commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. The provisional exemption renewal allows Mr. Thomas Nickels, Senior Vice President of the Cabin and Chassis R&D Group for Navistar's parent company, TRANTON SE, to test drive various Navistar test fleet vehicles on U.S. roads. The provisional exemption renewal is limited to six months. After a review of the public comments to this notice, FMCSA will issue a decision whether the exemption should be renewed through November 2029.

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Regulatory Compliance, Business Impacts 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, postal service, logistics, negotiated service agreements, shipping contracts

📦Notice on Changes to USPS Priority Mail Express and Shipping Agreement

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, Financial Impact 16 Jan 2025 administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business compliance, colleges and universities, inflation adjustment, penalties, alaska, indians, civil penalties, public lands, indians-lands, historic preservation, nagpra, indians-law, hawaiian natives, human remains, cemeteries, treaties, indians-claims, museums, regulation updates, citizenship and naturalization

⚖️2025 Civil Penalties Adjustments for Businesses Under NAGPRA

This rule revises U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) regulations implementing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to provide for annual adjustments of civil penalties to account for inflation under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget guidance. The purpose of these adjustments is to maintain the deterrent effect of civil penalties and to further the policy goals of the underlying statute. This rule also updates the mailing address for the NAGPRA Program.

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Regulatory Compliance, Cultural Resource Management 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, land management, alaska, nagpra, native american ancestry, cultural resources

⚖️Notice of Intended Disposition under NAGPRA in Alaska

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

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Regulatory Change, Shipping Services 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, postal service, negotiated service agreements, shipping, priority mail

📦USPS Announces New Priority Mail Service Agreement for 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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