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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the USDA organic regulations to clarify standards for organic mushrooms and organic pet food. The topics addressed by the rule include mushroom substr...

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) within the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing regulations to implement statutory requirements under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 that require Treasury to provide certain U.S. savings bond...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations governing the confidentiality and release of VA records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974. VA proposes to exempt portions of the new "Law Enforcement Officer Evaluations (LEO...

The Delaware River Basin Commission is amending its Rules of Practice and Procedure to: resolve ambiguities around the automatic termination of project approvals issued by the Commission and make conforming amendments to related provisions as appropr...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with one change, a proposed rule to exempt the system of records titled, "Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program Records" (203VA08) from certain provisions of the Privacy Act,...

The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") is issuing a final rule revising its regulations implementing the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). These revisions update OMB's regulations to reflect changes in OMB's current organi...

In June 2023, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issued GRS Transmittal 34, which introduced GRS 4.5 Digitizing Records. NARA is updating the regulations to incorporate GRS 4.5 and ensure agencies use the proper authorization for...

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is amending our records management regulations to limit the role of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in approving certain deviations in agency records schedules. Under the updated regu...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes to amend the USDA organic regulations to clarify standards for organic mushrooms and organic pet food. Specific standards for these products do not curre...

These final rules modernize Federal Election Commission regulations in light of technological advances in communications, recordkeeping, and financial transactions, such as the making of contributions and expenditures through internet-based payment p...

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seeks public comment on a proposed rule that would revise OMB's regulations implementing the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). These revisions would update OMB's regulations to reflect ch...

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) amends the organic livestock and poultry production requirements by adding new provisions for livestock handling and transport, slaughter, and avian (poultry) l...

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the Department of the Treasury (Fiscal Service or Treasury) proposes to adopt regulations to implement statutory requirements under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 requiring Treasury to provide information on applic...

The Commission proposes to amend its Rules of Practice and Procedure to: resolve ambiguities around the automatic termination of project approvals issued by the Commission; make conforming amendments to related provisions as appropriate; update the C...

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is amending our regulations on the Use of NARA Facilities to allow personal, non-flash photography throughout NARA exhibition galleries.

This rule rescinds the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities' (the "Foundation") regulations implementing the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). These regulations are obsolete because each of the Foundation's constituent agencies--the...

On May 20, 2022, in the publication of the Federal Register, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a notice of a new system of records titled, "Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program Records" (203VA08). In this notice of...

The NTSB previously issued an interim final rule (IFR), soliciting comments on its Internal Personnel Rules and Practices. The NTSB received one comment as a result and is issuing a final rule, adopting the IFR with disposition of comment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations relating to notification of a claims decision in accordance with section 807 of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act...

This final rule amends Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations pertaining to execution and filing of forms in order to reflect the new addresses for the BLM-Colorado State Office and its Public Room. All filings and other documents relating to pu...