Office of the Secretary August 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Charter Establishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is establishing the charter for the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (``the Committee'').
Charter Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committees
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the charter for the Board of Visitors, National Defense University (``the Board'').
Arms Sales Notification
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a final rule for the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (the 1985 Farm Bill). USDA published an interim rule, with request for comments, on December 7, 2018, to clarify how USDA delineates, determines, and certifies wetlands located on subject land in a manner sufficient for making determinations of ineligibility for certain USDA program benefits. USDA received comments from 65 commenters who provided 354 comments in response to the interim rule. Additionally, one of the 65 comments was submitted by an organization that submitted a spreadsheet of 15,094 substantively identical comments. This rule makes permanent many of the changes made in the interim rule, responds to comments received, and makes further adjustments in response to some of the comments received.
Promoting Regulatory Openness Through Good Guidance (PRO Good Guidance)
This rule establishes the U.S. Department of Labor's policy and requirements for issuing, modifying, withdrawing, and using guidance; making guidance available to the public; a notice-and-comment process for significant guidance; and taking and responding to petitions about guidance. This rule will help the Department use guidance lawfully and appropriately, and it gives Americans fairer notice of and improved access to guidance. The Department expects this rule will have meaningful benefits for employers, workers, and the American public overall.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group; Notice of Advisory Committee Closed Meeting
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group will take place.
Third Amendment to Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19
The Secretary issues this amendment pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act to add additional categories of Qualified Persons and amend the category of disease, health condition, or threat for which he recommends the administration or use of the Covered Countermeasures.
Arms Sales Notification
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Application for Use of Public Space by Non-DOL Agencies in the Frances Perkins Building
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of the Departmental Management (DM)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Application for Alien Employment Certification
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Collection From Third Party Payers of Reasonable Charges for Healthcare Services
This rule exercises the DoD's authority to update current regulations to compute reasonable charges for inpatient and ambulatory (outpatient) institutional resources and also for pharmaceuticals, durable medical equipment (DME), supplies, immunizations, injections or other medications administered or furnished by DoD military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) under their three existing healthcare cost recovery programs: Third Party Collections, Medical Services Account, and Medical Affirmative Claims.
Findings of Research Misconduct
Findings of research misconduct have been made against Anil K. Jaiswal, Ph.D. (Respondent), former professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Medicine (UMB). Dr. Jaiswal engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants R01 CA062483 and R01 CA081057; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH, grants R01 ES007943, R01 ES012265, and R01 ES021483; and National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH, grant R01 GM047466. The administrative actions, including debarment for a period of three (3) years, were implemented beginning on July 21, 2020, and are detailed below.
Award Format for DoD Grants and Cooperative Agreements
This final rule is the second of a sequence of six final rules in this issue of the Federal Register that collectively establish for DoD grants and cooperative agreements an updated interim implementation of Government wide guidance on administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards and make other needed updates to the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). This rule adds a new DoDGARs part to establish a standard format for organizing the content of DoD Components' awards of grants and cooperative agreements and modifications to them.
Implementation of Governmentwide Guidance for Grants and Cooperative Agreements
This final rule is the first of a sequence of six rules in this issue of the Federal Register, which were published as Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) on November 7, 2016. The six rules collectively establish for DoD grants and cooperative agreements an updated interim implementation of Governmentwide guidance on administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards. This final rule removes outdated portions of the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) and replaces it with a new DoDGARs part containing revised implementation of the guidance, and establishes seven subchapters within DoD's chapter of the Grants and Agreements title of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Administrative Requirements Terms and Conditions for Cost-Type Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Nonprofit and Governmental Entities
This final rule is the third in a sequence of six final rules this issue of the Federal Register that update the Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). This final rule adds seven new DoDGARs parts to address the administrative requirements included in general terms and conditions of DoD cost-type grants and cooperative agreements awarded to institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, States, local governments, and Indian tribes. The administrative requirements are in areas such as financial and program management; property administration; recipient procurement procedures; financial, programmatic, and property reporting; and subawards. These new parts establish a uniform way for DoD Components' awarding offices to organize the administrative requirements in their general terms and conditions, and provide standard wording for those terms and conditions, with associated regulatory prescriptions for DoD Components to provide latitude to vary from the standard wording where variation is appropriate.
DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations
This final rule is the last in a sequence of six documents in this issue of the Federal Register that collectively establish for DoD grants and cooperative agreements an updated interim implementation of Government wide guidance on administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards and make other needed updates to the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). It removes two existing DoDGARs parts and revises four others to conform them with the 11 parts of the DoDGARs preceding this one in this section of this Federal Register.
National Policy Requirements: General Award Terms and Conditions
This rule is the fourth of a sequence of six final rules published in this issue of the Federal Register. This final rule adds a new Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) part to establish a consistent way for DoD Components to organize the portion of their general terms and conditions covering national policy requirements, such as nondiscrimination, environmental protection, and live organisms. It also provides standard wording of terms and conditions for national policy requirements that apply generally to DoD programs and awards.
Definitions for DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations
This rule is the fifth of a sequence of six final rules published in the Federal Register to update the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). Additionally, this rule provides definitions of terms that are common to the DoDGARs and establishes a central regulatory location for each term.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Claim Adjudication Process for Alleged Presence of Pneumoconiosis
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Request for Information on Earnings, Dual Benefits, Dependents, and Third Party Settlements
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of the Workers' Compensation Program (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) will take place.
Reserve Forces Policy Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Reserve Forces Policy (RFPB) will take place.
Notice of Request for Extension or Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the intention of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights to request a renewal to an approved information collection for race, ethnicity, and gender along with comments.
Findings of Research Misconduct
Findings of research misconduct have been made against Rahul Dev Jayant, Ph.D. (Respondent), Assistant Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC). Dr. Jayant engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R03 DA044877. The administrative actions, including supervision for a period of three (3) years, were implemented beginning on July 27, 2020, and are detailed below.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Housing Occupancy Certificates Under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour Division (WHD)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Application of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour Division (WHD)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Notification of Funding Availability; Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Additional Eligible Commodities
CFAP helps agricultural producers impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. As provided in the CFAP regulation, this document announces additional commodities that have been determined eligible for CFAP assistance. USDA carefully reviewed the additional information provided in the comments to develop the list of additional commodities.
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program; Correction
The Secretary of Agriculture implemented the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which provides assistance to agricultural producers impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, through a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2020. We were able to reevaluate the payment rates for certain specialty crops based on data that was available from industry in response to the CFAP notice of funding availability, which was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2020. This document corrects payment rates and categories for those specialty crops that were published in the final rule. It also clarifies eligibility of aquaculture commodities and extends the CFAP application deadline for all applicants until September 11, 2020.
Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing will take place.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Gear Certification Standard
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Draft Invasive Species Strategic Plan; Tribal and Alaska Native Corporation Consultations, Public Listening Sessions and Request for Public Comments
Pursuant to the John D. Dingell Jr., Conservation, Management and Recreation Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 116-9), notice is hereby given of the development of the U.S. Department of the Interior Invasive Species Strategic Plan.
Findings of Research Misconduct
Findings of research misconduct have been made against Zhiwei Wang, M.D. (Respondent), former postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University (WSU). Dr. Wang engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants P20 CA101936, P30 CA022453, R01 CA075059, R01 CA083695, R01 CA101870, R01 CA109389, R01CA131151, R01 CA132794, and U19 CA113317. The administrative actions, including debarment for a period of ten (10) years, were implemented beginning on July 21, 2020, and are detailed below.
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Appeals Division's request for an extension to a currently approved information collection for Customer Service Survey.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Disclosures to Workers Under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour Division (WHD)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Certification of Funeral Expenses
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Program (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
Defense Business Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Business Board (``the Board'') will take place.
Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces will take place.
Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences will take place.
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