Office of the Secretary January 2025 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-01493
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-01492
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-01491
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-01490
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-01489
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Notice of Adoption of Categorical Exclusions under Section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act
Document Number: 2025-01057
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-16
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
The Department of the Interior (Department) is notifying the public and documenting the adoption of 11 Department of Energy (DOE) and 6 National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) categorical exclusions (CXs) for use by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), under section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In accordance with section 109, this notice identifies the types of actions for which the BLM and BIA will rely on the CXs, the considerations that the BLM and BIA will use in determining the applicability of the CXs, and the consultation between the agencies on the use of the CXs, including application of extraordinary circumstances.
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (516 DM 11)
Document Number: 2025-01055
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-16
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
This notice announces a revision to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at Chapter 11 of part 516 of the Department of the Interior's Departmental Manual (516 DM 11). The revision adds a new categorical exclusion (CX) for geothermal resource confirmation activities on Federal geothermal resource leases.
Joint Policies of the Departments of the Interior and of the Army Relative to Reservoir Project Lands
Document Number: 2025-00510
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-16
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
We, the Department of the Interior (DOI), are revising regulations that govern DOI's internal real property acquisition policies for reservoir lands. This direct final rule adds a section to allow deviations for the acquisition of less than fee title realty interests in and around reservoirs owned by DOI and typically only those constructed before 1962, a relatively infrequent occurrence.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026; and Basic Health Program
Document Number: 2025-00640
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
This final rule includes payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2026 benefit year user fee rates for issuers that participate in the HHS-operated risk adjustment program and the 2026 benefit year user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes requirements related to modifications to the calculation of the Basic Health Program (BHP) payment; and changes to the Initial Validation Audit (IVA) sampling approach and Second Validation Audit (SVA) pairwise means test for HHS-RADV. It also addresses HHS' authority to engage in compliance reviews of and take enforcement action against lead agents of insurance agencies for violations of HHS' Exchange standards and requirements; HHS' system suspension authority to address noncompliance by agents and brokers; an optional fixed-dollar premium payment threshold; permissible plan-level adjustment to the index rate to account for cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); reconsideration standards for certification denials; changes to the approach for conducting Essential Community Provider (ECP) certification reviews; a policy to publicly share aggregated, summary- level Quality Improvement Strategy (QIS) information on an annual basis; and revisions to the medical loss ratio (MLR) reporting and rebate requirements for qualifying issuers that meet certain standards.
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
Document Number: 2025-00715
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is issuing this final rule to adjust each of its statutory civil monetary penalties (CMP) to account for inflation. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act), requires the head of each agency to adjust for inflation its CMP levels in effect as of November 2, 2015, under a revised methodology that was effective for 2016 and for each year thereafter.
Waiver of Buy America Requirements for the Pacific Island Territories and the Freely Associated States
Document Number: 2025-00713
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is finalizing a general applicability public interest waiver of the requirements of section 70914(a) of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) and related domestic preference statutes administered by DOT and its Operating Administrations (OAs) for federal financial assistance awarded for infrastructure projects located in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, and American Samoa, collectively referred to as the Pacific Island territories. The waiver would also apply to discretionary grant assistance provided by DOT to the Freely Associated States (the Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Federated States of Micronesia) in the Pacific that is subject to a domestic preference statute (which does not include BABA, as that statute only applies to the United States and its territories). The waiver will remain in effect for five years after the effective date of the final waiver. This action also terminates the previously issued temporary general applicability waiver for this region.
Notice of Adoption of Categorical Exclusions Under Section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act
Document Number: 2025-00452
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
The Department of the Interior is notifying the public and documenting the adoption of two U.S. Forest Service, one National Park Service, and three U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service categorical exclusions (CXs) by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In accordance with section 109, this notice identifies the types of actions to which the BLM will apply the CXs, the considerations that the BLM will use in determining the applicability of the CXs, and the consultation between the agencies on the use of the CXs, including application of extraordinary circumstances.
Notice of Call for Nominations for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2025-00557
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-14
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
The Department of the Interior is soliciting nominations for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee (Committee). This Committee advises the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council on decisions related to the planning, evaluation, allocation of funds, and conduct of injury assessment and restoration activities related to the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989.
Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2025-00639
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-14
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
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 (BoR USUHS) will take place.
Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2025-00403
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-13
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing (DAC-MPT) will take place.
Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation
Document Number: 2024-31357
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-01-13
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) is proposing to amend its regulations under the Privacy Act of 1974 consistent with the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017. In addition, DHS is proposing to amend the rules regarding including a Social Security number on physical mail only when necessary to further define "necessary" and provide instructions on redaction of social security numbers when feasible.
Draft Designation of National Multimodal Freight Network and State Input Process
Document Number: 2025-00474
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-13
Agency: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is publishing a draft designation of the National Multimodal Freight Network (NMFN or Network) as required Federal law. The designation is informed by the comments received on a notice published by DOT on April 12, 2024. DOT is also using this notice to request comments or proposed modifications to the draft Network prior to designating the Network. Once the Network is designated by DOT, States will have the opportunity to submit additional designations through the "State Input" process required by statute.
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Reclamation (516 DM 14)
Document Number: 2025-00485
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-13
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
This notice announces the revision of seven categorical exclusions (CEs) listed in the Bureau of Reclamation's procedures for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The revisions clarify existing CEs on certain financial assistance funding, water-related contracting, and use authorization actions to allow for more consistent interpretation and more efficient review of appropriate actions based on the Reclamation's experience implementing these CEs.
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2025
Document Number: 2024-31602
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Office of the Secretary, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act requires the Department to annually adjust its civil money penalty levels for inflation no later than January 15 of each year. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary penalties notwithstanding section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost- of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly, this final rule sets forth the Department's 2025 annual adjustments for inflation to its civil monetary penalties.
Department of Defense Wage Committee; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meetings
Document Number: 2025-00127
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meetings of the Department of Defense Wage Committee (DoDWC) will take place.
Practices Before the Department of the Interior
Document Number: 2024-30358
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) will make comprehensive procedural changes to Federal regulations governing hearings and appeals proceedings before the Department of the Interior's administrative tribunals. We will modify and update our regulations located in title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations in part 4 to: promote expeditious and meaningful review of administrative decisions; reflect changes in the law; reorganize and streamline procedures and retitle subparts to improve clarity to parties; consolidate redundant language; eliminate outdated procedures; and allow OHA to continue to modernize its practice and keep pace with technological and other advancements, including the establishment of a regulatory framework for an electronic filing and case docket management system.
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Document Number: 2025-00382
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
Privacy Act Regulations
Document Number: 2025-00334
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is amending its Privacy Act regulations to exempt a system of records, Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) National Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS), USDA/APHIS-21, from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. USDA is further amending its Privacy Act regulations to reflect an administrative change to the list of system of records that are exempt from certain provisions of the Privacy Act.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00319
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Health Agency (DHA) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00317
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the OUSD(R&E) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00316
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Health Agency (DHA) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00315
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the OUSD(P&R) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00313
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the OUSD(P&R) announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00290
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00289
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00288
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00287
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00286
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2025-00285
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-00154
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Defense Business Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2025-00147
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
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.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-00143
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-00142
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-00141
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-00140
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2025-00139
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Notice of Availability of Designation of Chinese Military Companies
Document Number: 2025-00070
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-07
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The Deputy Secretary of Defense has determined that the entities listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice qualify as "Chinese military companies" in accordance with the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information
Document Number: 2024-30983
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-01-06
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or "Department") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information ("Security Rule") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, "regulated entities"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2024-31700
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-06
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2024-31699
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-06
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2024-31698
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-06
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Arms Sales Notification
Document Number: 2024-31697
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-06
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2024-31666
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-06
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the OUSD P&R, announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2024-31665
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-06
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the OUSD P&R announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2024-31664
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-06
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the CIO announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
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