Office of the Secretary November 22, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Interior (DOI) is removing its regulation implementing the government-wide common rule on drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance and issuing a new regulation to adopt the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. This regulatory action implements the OMB's initiative to streamline and consolidate into one title of the Code of Federal Regulations all Federal regulations on drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance. These changes constitute an administrative simplification that will make no substantive change in DOI policy or procedures for drug-free workplace.

In accordance with the requirements of Section 1308 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2004 (Pub. L. 108- 136) as amended by Section 1305 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2008 (Pub. L. 110-181), the Secretary of Defense has determined that the obligation and expenditure of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) funds for the implementation of CTR programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan will permit the United States to take advantage of an opportunity to achieve long-standing nonproliferation goals. The Secretary of Defense further determined that these cooperative threat reduction activities will be completed within a short period of time, and that the Department of Defense is the entity of the Federal Government that is most capable of carrying out such projects or activities. The Deputy Secretary of State concurred with the determination of the Secretary of Defense.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of closed meetings of the Department of Defense Wage Committee.