Executive Office of the President December 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act
Document Number: 2011-33626
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2011-12-29
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Flexible Implementation of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule
Document Number: 2011-33337
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2011-12-27
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Amendments to Executive Orders 12131 and 13539
Document Number: 2011-33335
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2011-12-27
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Cost Accounting Standards: Cost Accounting Standards 412 and 413-Cost Accounting Standards Pension Harmonization Rule
Document Number: 2011-32745
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-12-27
Agency: Management and Budget Office, Executive Office of the President, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (Board), is publishing this final rule to revise Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 412, ``Composition and Measurement of Pension Cost,'' and CAS 413, ``Adjustment and Allocation of Pension Cost.'' This revision will harmonize the measurement and period assignment of the pension cost allocable to Government contracts, and the minimum required contribution under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended, as required by the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006. The PPA amended the minimum funding requirements for qualified defined benefit pension plans. The Board issues this final rule to revise CAS 412 and CAS 413 to include the recognition of a ``minimum actuarial liability'' and ``minimum normal cost,'' which are measured on a basis consistent with the liability measurement used to determine the PPA minimum required contribution, and accelerate the recognition of actuarial gains and losses. These and other revisions will better align both the measurement and period assignment of pension cost allocable to a contractor's Government contracts and other final cost objectives in accordance with CAS, and the measurement and period assignment requirements for determining the contractor's minimum pension contribution under the PPA.
Cost Accounting Standards: Change to the CAS Applicability Threshold for the Inflation Adjustment to the Truth in Negotiations Act Threshold
Document Number: 2011-32726
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-12-22
Agency: Management and Budget Office, Executive Office of the President, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board (Board), has adopted, without change from the interim rule, a final rule revising the threshold for the application of CAS from ``$650,000'' to ``the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) threshold, as adjusted for inflation.'' The change is being made because the CAS applicability threshold is statutorily tied to TINA threshold. The TINA threshold for obtaining cost or pricing data was recently adjusted for inflation to $700,000 in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as required by the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. Until the interim change for this final rule, the CAS applicability threshold was a stated dollar amount ($650,000) in the Code of Federal Regulations. This wording change effectively revised the CAS threshold to $700,000 and will cause future changes to the CAS applicability threshold to self-execute upon any changes to the TINA threshold as they are implemented in the FAR.
Wright Brothers Day, 2011
Document Number: 2011-32761
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-12-20
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-91216
Document Number: X11-91216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-81216
Document Number: X11-81216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-71216
Document Number: X11-71216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-61216
Document Number: X11-61216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-51216
Document Number: X11-51216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-41216
Document Number: X11-41216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-31216
Document Number: X11-31216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-21216
Document Number: X11-21216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-121216
Document Number: X11-121216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
2011 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
Document Number: X11-11216
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-111216
Document Number: X11-111216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
X11-101216
Document Number: X11-101216
Type: Unknown
Date: 2011-12-16
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Bill of Rights Day, 2011
Document Number: 2011-32054
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-12-13
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week, 2011
Document Number: 2011-32053
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-12-13
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Draft Guidance on Improving the Process for Preparing Efficient and Timely Environmental Reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act
Document Number: 2011-31983
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-12-13
Agency: Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is issuing its draft guidance on Improving the Process for Preparing Efficient and Timely Environmental Reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act for public review and comment. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and CEQ Regulations implementing NEPA provide numerous techniques for preparing efficient and timely environmental reviews. CEQ is issuing this guidance for Federal departments and agencies to emphasize and clarify these techniques, consistent with a thorough and meaningful environmental review and keeping in mind the following basic principles: (1) NEPA encourages simple, straightforward, and concise reviews and documentation that are proportionate to and effectively convey the relevant considerations in a timely manner to the public and decisionmakers, while comprehensively addressing the issues presented; (2) NEPA should be integrated into project planning rather than be an after-the-fact add-on; (3) NEPA reviews should coordinate and take appropriate advantage of existing documents and studies, including through adoption and incorporation by reference; (4) Early and well- defined scoping can assist in focusing environmental reviews on appropriate issues that would be meaningful to a decision on the proposed action; (5) Agencies are encouraged to develop meaningful and expeditious timelines for environmental reviews; and (6) Agencies should respond to comments in proportion to the scope and scale of the environmental issues raised. This guidance applies to the preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) consistent with legal precedent and agency NEPA experience and practice. This guidance does not change or substitute for any law, regulations, or any other legally binding requirement. Rather, it provides CEQ's interpretation of existing regulations promulgated under NEPA.
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2011
Document Number: 2011-31743
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-12-08
Agency: Executive Office of the President
International Day of Persons With Disabilities, 2011
Document Number: 2011-31620
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-12-08
Agency: Executive Office of the President
World AIDS Day, 2011
Document Number: 2011-31420
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-12-06
Agency: Executive Office of the President
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, 2011
Document Number: 2011-31416
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-12-06
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Critical Infrastructure Protection Month, 2011
Document Number: 2011-31412
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-12-06
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Managing Government Records
Document Number: 2011-31096
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2011-12-01
Agency: Executive Office of the President
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