Notice 14 Feb 2025 information collection, public comment, department of state, passport application, bureaucracy

📄Public Notice on Proposed Information Collection for U.S. Passport

The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on these collections from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.

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Notice 7 Feb 2025 regulatory notice, department of state, archaeology, meeting postponement, cultural property

🏛️Notice of Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting Postponement

This Notice announces the postponement of a previously announced Cultural Property Advisory Committee meeting.

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Notice 4 Feb 2025 compliance, importation, department of state, exhibition, cultural significance, art

🖼️Import Notice of Culturally Significant Exhibition Objects

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement with their foreign owner or custodian for temporary display in the exhibition "What drawing can be: four responses" at the Menil Drawing Institute, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Professional Events 22 Jan 2025 new york, department of state, arts industry, exhibitions, cultural exchange

🎨Notice on Culturally Significant Objects for Exhibition by State Department

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

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Public Notice, Compliance 22 Jan 2025 information collection, public comment, department of state, overseas vetting

📝60-Day Notice on Proposed Overseas Vetting Questionnaire Comments

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

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Notice 22 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, department of state, art, cultural exhibition

🎨Notice of Cultural Object Exhibition Determinations by Department of State

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that a certain object being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement with its foreign owner or custodian for temporary exhibition within the Collection Galleries: 1880s-1940s of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is of cultural significance, and, further, that its temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

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Compliance, Professional Events 22 Jan 2025 import regulations, department of state, cultural exhibition, metropolitan museum of art, sargent and paris

🎨Notice of Determinations for “Sargent and Paris” Exhibition

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Sargent and Paris" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

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Compliance, Financial Regulations 10 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, chemicals, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, grant programs, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, foreign relations, civil monetary penalties, penalties, claims, investigations, financial impact, fraud, exports, loan programs, freedom of information, department of state, international organizations, arms and munitions, lobbying, classified information, crime, seizures and forfeitures

⚖️Department of State 2025 Civil Monetary Penalties Adjustment Regulations

This final rule is issued to adjust the civil monetary penalties (CMP) for regulatory provisions maintained and enforced by the Department of State. The revised CMP adjusts the amount of civil monetary penalties assessed by the Department of State based on the December 2024 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and by recent legislation. For penalties adjusted according to the December 2024 guidance, the new amounts will apply only to those penalties assessed on or after the effective date of this rule, regardless of the date on which the underlying facts or violations occurred.

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Regulatory Updates 8 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, foreign assistance, department of state, nondiscrimination

🚫Withdrawal of Proposed Nondiscrimination Rules in Foreign Assistance

The Department of State (the Department) hereby withdraws two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) that proposed specific contract and grant terms that would have prohibited the discriminatory use of Department foreign assistance funds on specified grounds.

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