🛂Executive Order on National Security and Immigration Regulations
Executive Order 14161 establishes policies to protect U.S. citizens from foreign threats, focusing on stringent vetting and screening of aliens. It mandates collaborative evaluations of visa programs and immigration policies, ensuring they do not undermine national security or public safety while promoting the assimilation of lawful immigrants into American society.
Learn More🚻Executive Order on Gender Ideology and Biological Sex Recognition
Executive Order 14168 seeks to uphold biological definitions of sex, rejecting gender ideology within federal policies. It outlines comprehensive definitions and mandates agencies to revise documents and regulations accordingly. Key focuses include privacy in intimate spaces, enforcement of sex-based rights, and the prohibition of funding for gender ideology, aiming to protect women and uphold biological truths in federal governance.
Learn More🐟Notice of Public Meeting by Pacific Fishery Management Council
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold an online meeting. This meeting is open to the public.
Learn More🦞Join the SEDAR 91 Assessment Webinar for Caribbean Spiny Lobster
The SEDAR 91 assessment of the U.S. Caribbean stock of Spiny Lobster will consist of a data scoping webinar, a data workshop, a series of assessment webinars, and a review workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Learn More✈️FAA Notice on UAS Exemption Petition and Business Implications
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion nor omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.
Learn More🏡USDA Delays Multifamily Housing Credit Report Process Changes
The Rural Housing Service (RHS or Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a final rule on December 31, 2024, to update its regulation on how credit reports are obtained for the purposes of determining eligibility and feasibility for Multifamily Housing (MFH) Programs. The effective date of that final rule was January 30, 2025. This document delays the effective date of the final rule by 60 days.
Learn More🌬️Temporary Withdrawal of Offshore Wind Leasing Due to Regulatory Review
The memoranda outlines a temporary withdrawal of all areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from offshore wind leasing for energy production, citing the need for a thorough review of federal leasing practices amid environmental concerns. It impacts both new and existing leases while ensuring ongoing compliance with existing rights and laws. Various federal agencies are tasked with assessing environmental impacts and economic costs related to wind energy projects.
Learn More📜OFAC Sanctions Actions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) the names of persons whose property and interests in property had been blocked pursuant to West Bank sanctions authorities.
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