Department of Agriculture January 29, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The Council is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the Council is to develop a national urban and community forestry ten-year action plan, evaluate and report annually on the implementation of that plan to the Secretary, and develop criteria for and submit recommendations to the Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost- share Grant Program.
Privacy Act of 1974; Revised System of Records
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-108, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed revised system of records, the Personnel and Payroll System for USDA Employees (OP-1), will be renamedOffice of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), National Finance Center (NFC), Systems for Personnel, Payroll, and Time & Attendance. OCFO/NFC-1 Systems for Personnel, Payroll, and Time & Attendance provides comprehensive, cost-effective, and reliable services as well as automated, accurate, and timely actions necessary for recording, processing, and reporting personnel, payroll, and time and attendance data for USDA and other Federal agencies serviced by NFC. These systems are full-service, integrated payroll, personnel, and time and attendance applications that link personnel actions, and processing payroll activities. The OCFO/NFC-1 Systems for Personnel, Payroll, and Time & Attendance processes personnel actions, awards, allotments, performance appraisals, health and life insurance, thrift savings plan, tax documents, severance pay, leave record, time, & attendance, payroll-related financial reporting operations, retirements, and management of debt collection on behalf of federal agencies related to employee debt.
Notice of Second Interested Party Feedback Period Regarding Increasing Public Access to the Results of USDA-Funded Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (Department's) National Agricultural Library (NAL) announces a second public feedback period to receive public comments, recommendations, and suggestions on the Department's planned response to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance on access to the results of federally-funded research. The Department's plan and policies apply to the results of research funded wholly or in part by any USDA component agency. This effort to obtain input regarding implementation of federal public access requirements will be carried out through an online submission mechanism. This second public feedback period is to allow opportunity for feedback from interested parties not widely heard from during the first period, including but not limited to members of the public; principal investigators; research institutions, including minority-serving institutions; research libraries; data repositories; and data scientists. Responses received during the first comment period have already been reviewed and will be considered along with comments received during the second comment period. If you need a reasonable accommodation or language access services to leave a written comment, please contact Cynthia Parr, National Agricultural Library, at Cynthia.Parr@usda.gov, or 301-837-8917. Written Comments: Submission of written interested party input will be open upon publishing of this Notice through 5 p.m. Eastern time February 28, 2024, via the Federal eRulemaking portal as described below.
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