🛢️Accreditation of Bureau Veritas as Gauger and Laboratory for Customs
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Vancouver, WA), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of January 11, 2024.
Learn More🚀CRADA Notice for VDES Satellite Connectivity by USCG
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is announcing its intent to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with SPACE NORWAY to test and evaluate the suitability of implementing a VDES satellite (VDE-SAT) component for USCG operations. In addition, the USCG also invites other potential non-Federal participants, who have the interest and capability to bring similar contributions to this type of research, to consider submitting proposals for consideration in similar CRADAs.
Learn More🌳DHS Adopts Categorical Exclusions under NEPA for 27 Actions
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is notifying the public and documenting the adoption of 27 categorical exclusions (CEs) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This notice identifies the types of actions to which DHS will apply the CEs, the considerations that DHS will use in determining the applicability of the CEs, and the consultation between the agencies on the use of the CEs, including application of extraordinary circumstances.
Learn More🚫Termination of Federal Advisory Committees by DHS Notice
In accordance with Executive Order 14217, Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, the Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that the termination of the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council, Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council, Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, Public- Private Analytic Exchange Program, Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, Cyber Investigations Advisory Board, Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council, and Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee is in the best interest of the Department of Homeland Security. This determination follows consultation with the DHS Committee Management Officer, and the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, as required.
Learn More📑DHS Notice of Finding
On January 23, 2025, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security signed a Finding of Mass Influx of Aliens. The text of the Finding is set out below.
Learn More📊DHS Proposes New Information Collection on Global Interoperability Standards
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
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