Department of Agriculture October 26, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods: Public Meeting
Document Number: 2023-23636
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-10-26
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
This notice is announcing that the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a virtual public meeting from November 14, 2023, through November 16, 2023. The NACMCF Secretariat will introduce newly appointed members for the 2023- 2025 Committee term and introduce a new charge from FSIS on genomic characterization of pathogens. Also, the Committee will continue working on the response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant Formula charge.
Performance Review Board Membership
Document Number: 2023-23622
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-10-26
Agency: Department of Agriculture
This notice announces the members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and Senior Level (SL) and Scientific and Professional (ST) Performance Review Boards (PRB). Agriculture has two PRBs with representatives from each USDA Mission Area. The PRBs are comprised of the Chairpersons and a mix of career and noncareer senior executives and senior professionals that meet annually to review and evaluate performance appraisal documents. The PRB provides a written recommendation to the Secretary for final approval of each executive's performance rating, performance-based pay adjustment, and performance award. The PRBs are advised by the Office of Human Resources Management, Office of General Counsel, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.
Notice of Funding Opportunity for Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Circuit Rider Technical Assistance Grants Program; Water and Environmental Programs; Extension of Submission Deadline
Document Number: 2023-23700
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-10-26
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) mission area of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announced its acceptance of applications under the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Disaster Circuit Rider Technical Assistance (CY 2022 Disaster CRTA) Grants Program in a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in the Federal Register on September 28, 2023. This notice is extending the date by which applications can be submitted through grants.gov.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Generic Clearance for FNS Quick Response Surveys (FNS QRS)
Document Number: 2023-23660
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-10-26
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection to conduct short, quick-turnaround surveys of State and local agencies providing food, education, and other services in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Child Nutrition Programs, and Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Programs administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). These programs include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); National School Lunch Program (NSLP); School Breakfast Program (SBP); Special Milk Program (SMP); Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP); Summer Food Service Program (SFSP); Summer EBT (SEBT); Team Nutrition; the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program; the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP); USDA Foods in Schools; Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR); The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP); and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
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