📊NIH Notice
The notice announces a closed meeting of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to review and evaluate grant applications, emphasizing the confidentiality of the discussions and potential disclosure of sensitive information. The meeting will be conducted virtually and aims to enhance health research initiatives.
Learn More🍷Notice of Closed Meeting - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The Department of Health and Human Services announces a closed meeting of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to review grant applications. Discussions will cover potentially sensitive information, including commercial property and personal privacy matters, emphasizing confidentiality in the grant evaluation process. Participants will include various NIH officials, and the meeting is set to be held virtually.
Learn More🚧Business Implications of Mass Influx Immigration Finding
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a finding regarding a mass influx of aliens at the southern border, necessitating a federal response to safeguard public safety and national security. The finding enables state and local law enforcement to assist in immigration enforcement under specified conditions, potentially affecting immigration policy enforcement across all states.
Learn More📞NG911 Services Regulation Compliance Requirements and Implications
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a new information collection associated with certain rules adopted in a 2024 Report and Order concerning the implementation of Next Generation 911 (NG911) (NG911 Report and Order). The Commission also announces that compliance with these rules is now required. The Commission also amends the rules to remove certain paragraphs advising that compliance with the Commission's information collection requirements was not required until the Commission obtained OMB approval. This document is consistent with the NG911 Report and Order and rules, which state the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the rule sections subject to OMB approval, and revise the rules accordingly.
Learn More🌍EPA Proposes Amendments to Emissions Standards for Turbines
On December 13, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the new source performance standards (NSPS) for new, modified, and reconstructed stationary combustion turbines and stationary gas turbines. The EPA is reopening the public comment period for this proposed rule to allow additional time for stakeholders to review and comment on the proposal. The initial 90-day public comment period, which ended March 13, 2025, is being reopened for an additional 21 days, from March 25, 2025 to April 15, 2025.
Learn More🚢Request for Comments on Jones Act Vessel Availability Determinations
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew an information collection in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0545 (Maritime Administration (MARAD) Jones Act Vessel Availability Determinations) is used to collect information about the availability of qualified Jones Act vessels. Since the last renewal, there was a reduction in the public burden for this collection. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Learn More📄Delay of Privacy Act Implementation for NIH Police Records
On January 16, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule to make effective the exemptions that were previously proposed for a new Privacy Act system of records, "NIH Police Records," maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), from certain requirements of the Act. That final rule was originally scheduled to take effect on February 18, 2025. Subsequently, the effective date was delayed until March 21, 2025, in response to the memorandum titled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," issued by the President on January 20, 2025. This notice further delays the effective date until May 5, 2025.
Learn More📡FCC Seeks Comments on Part 36 Separations Rules Impacting Carriers
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), on behalf of the Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations (Joint Board), seeks comment on issues and questions that the Commission referred to the Joint Board for consideration in the 2024 Separations Freeze Extension and Referral Order to determine the future course of the Part 36 separations rules.
Learn More📡FCC Proposes Broadcasting Rule Updates Impacting Compliance Requirements
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) seeks comment on several proposed updates to broadcast radio and TV rules to better reflect current application processing requirements, clarify ambiguity, and remove references to outdated procedures and legacy filing systems. Such action ensures that the Commission's rules are accurate, reducing potential confusion among the public, applicants, licensees, and practitioners, and alleviating unnecessary burdens.
Learn More🍽️Labor Certification Update for H-2A and H-2B Employers in 2025
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) is issuing this notice to announce the annual updates to allowable monetary charges employers of H-2A workers, in occupations other than herding or production of livestock on the range, may charge workers when the employer provides three meals per day. This notice also announces the minimum and maximum amount of travel-related subsistence reimbursements required under the H-2A and H-2B programs. Finally, this notice includes a reminder regarding employers' obligations with respect to overnight lodging costs as part of required subsistence and reasonable travel costs to and from the worksite.
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