📅Correction Notice for National Assessment Governing Board Meeting
The National Assessment Governing Board (hereafter referred to as the Board or Governing Board) published a document in the Federal Register on Thursday, February 20, 2025, announcing the schedule and proposed agenda of the Thursday, March 6, 2025, quarterly meeting of the Governing Board. The meeting agenda has been revised to reflect the below changes to the Thursday, May 6, 2025, session of the Governing Board meeting.
Learn More🦐Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Meeting Notice
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a one day in-person meeting of its Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP).
Learn More📅GSAR Postponed Effectiveness Impacts Government Procurement Compliance
The General Services Administration is postponing the effectiveness of amendments that appeared in the Federal Register on December 27, 2024, to provide for a 60-day postponement of the effectiveness in compliance with the Presidential Memorandum titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review, signed on January 20, 2025, by President Donald J. Trump.
Learn More📜Federal Reserve Privacy Act Updates
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is given that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) proposes to modify an existing system of records entitled BGFRS/OIG-1, "FRB--OIG Investigative Records." These records are collected and maintained by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in support of its inquiries, investigations, and reports relating to the programs and operations of the Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and to manage its investigations.
Learn More🌱Proposed Rule for Endangered Status of Big Red Sage نبات
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the big red sage (Salvia pentstemonoides), a plant species from central Texas, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the big red sage. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants and extend the Act's protections to the species. We have determined that designating critical habitat for the big red sage is not prudent.
Learn More📜Analysis of CEQ FOIA and Privacy Act Regulations Impact on Businesses
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is finalizing its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations to incorporate amendments to the FOIA set forth in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016; to conform to guidance for Federal agencies from the Department of Justice; to make them easier for the public to understand and use; and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These final regulations reaffirm CEQ's commitment to providing the fullest possible disclosure of records to the public. In addition, CEQ is amending its regulations implementing the Privacy Act of 1974 (the Privacy Act) to make them easier for the public to understand and use and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These final regulations also make administrative changes, including reorganizing, renumbering, and renaming the sections of CEQ's current FOIA and Privacy Act regulations. CEQ considered all of the public comments received on its proposed rule and made changes in response in this final rule.
Learn More🏛️Department of Justice Establishes Office of the Executive Secretariat
This rule amends the Department's organizational regulations to establish the functions of the Office of the Executive Secretariat.
Learn More⚖️FTC Civil Penalty Increases Effective January 17, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is implementing adjustments to the civil penalty amounts within its jurisdiction to account for inflation, as required by law.
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