{"description":"Documents matching 'certification independent verification review voluntary'","count":8098,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=certification+independent+verification+review+voluntary&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Rescinding Reporting Requirements, Certification, Independent Verification, and DOE Review for Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is proposing to rescind reporting requirements, certification, independent verification, and DOE review for the Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. DOE seeks all comments on any aspects of this proposal.","document_number":"2025-08585","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08585/rescinding-reporting-requirements-certification-independent-verification-and-doe-review-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-16/pdf/2025-08585.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08585.pdf?1747056612","publication_date":"2025-05-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"Discussion \n II. Procedural Issues and Regulatory <span class=\"match\">Review</span> \n A. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under Executive Orders 12866 \n B. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act \n C. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under the Paperwork Reduction Act \n D. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 \n E. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under Executive Order 13132 \n F. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under Executive Order 12988 \n G. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act \n H. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 \n I. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under Executive Order 12630 \n J. <span class=\"match\">Review</span> Under the Treasury and General Government"},{"title":"Implementing Voluntary Agreements Under the Defense Production Act","type":"Notice","abstract":"On October 23, 2025, the Department of Energy held a public meeting to discuss the development of voluntary agreements and plans of action under the Defense Production Act. As part of that meeting, a draft voluntary agreement was released to the accompanying docket and published in the Federal Register for comment. This notice publishes the \"Nuclear Fuel Cycle Consortium\" Voluntary Agreement approved by the Secretary of Energy, after consultation by the Attorney General and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.","document_number":"2026-13486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13486/implementing-voluntary-agreements-under-the-defense-production-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13486.pdf?1782996309","publication_date":"2026-07-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"under the <span class=\"match\">Voluntary</span> Agreement. \n 2. <span class=\"match\">Voluntary</span> Participation \n The Participant acknowledges that participation in the <span class=\"match\">Voluntary</span> Agreement is <span class=\"match\">voluntary</span>. The Participant may withdraw from participation at any time by providing written notice to DOE. Withdrawal shall not affect obligations or protections applicable to actions taken while participating in the <span class=\"match\">Voluntary</span> Agreement. \n 3. Compliance and Conduct \n The Participant agrees to comply with all terms, conditions, and procedures established by DOE for the administration of the <span class=\"match\">Voluntary</span> Agreement"},{"title":"Supervisory Committee Audits and Verifications","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The NCUA Board is proposing to amend its regulations governing supervisory committee audits to eliminate unnecessary, redundant, and overly prescriptive provisions. This action is necessary to reduce regulatory burden, increase operational flexibility for credit unions, and streamline the rules by removing requirements that are outdated or duplicative of other authorities. The intended effect of this proposal is to simplify compliance for credit unions without compromising the integrity of the audit process.","document_number":"2025-22488","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/11/2025-22488/supervisory-committee-audits-and-verifications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-11/pdf/2025-22488.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22488.pdf?1765374315","publication_date":"2025-12-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"requirements for the <span class=\"match\">verification</span> of member accounts. This requirement is derived from 12 U.S.C. 1761d and obligates the supervisory committee to <span class=\"match\">verify</span> members' passbooks and accounts against the credit union's records at least once every two years. The regulation permits several methods for this <span class=\"match\">verification</span>, including a 100 percent controlled <span class=\"match\">verification</span> of all member share and loan accounts, a statistical sampling method, or a non-statistical sampling method consistent with GAAS when performed by a state-licensed <span class=\"match\">independent</span> person. \n Section"},{"title":"Voluntary Consensus Standards Update; Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update the incorporation by reference of several voluntary consensus standards in the Agency's formaldehyde standards for composite wood products regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) due to the standards having been updated or superseded by the issuing organizations. These new standards primarily update test methods and product standards concerning composite wood products that use formaldehyde. EPA is also proposing to conform these updated standards in the scope and definitional sections in the final rule and to incorporate by reference a new small scale quality control chamber test method, similar to current methods already incorporated by reference.","document_number":"2026-02715","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02715/voluntary-consensus-standards-update-formaldehyde-emission-standards-for-composite-wood-products","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02715.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02715.pdf?1770731116","publication_date":"2026-02-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"Statutory and Executive Order <span class=\"match\">Reviews</span> \n \n Additional information about these statutes and Executive Orders can be found at \n https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders. \n \n A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and <span class=\"match\">Review</span> and Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory <span class=\"match\">Review</span> \n This action is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and was therefore not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for <span class=\"match\">review</span> under Executive Orders 12866 and"},{"title":"Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth these final rules related to certain provisions of the No Surprises Act regarding the Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, which was established as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). These rules finalize new requirements relating to the disclosure of information that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage must include along with the initial payment or notice of denial of payment for certain items and services subject to the surprise billing protections in the No Surprises Act. These final rules also require plans and issuers to communicate information by using claim adjustment reason codes (CARCs) and remittance advice remark codes (RARCs), as specified in guidance, when providing any paper or electronic remittance advice (ERA) to an entity that does not have a contractual relationship with the plan or issuer. This document also finalizes amendments to certain requirements related to the open negotiation period preceding the Federal IDR process, the initiation of the Federal IDR process, the Federal IDR dispute eligibility review process, and the payment and collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity fees. This document also finalizes the definition of bundled payment arrangements, amends requirements related to batched items and services and amends the rules for extensions of timeframes due to extenuating circumstances. Additionally, this document finalizes provisions that require plans and issuers to register in the Federal IDR portal. In accordance with Federal law, a summary of these rules may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/.","document_number":"2026-11140","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11140/federal-independent-dispute-resolution-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11140.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11140.pdf?1780348210","publication_date":"2026-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"invoking the application of the departmental eligibility <span class=\"match\">review</span>, the Departments proposed to post advance public notification of the date on which the departmental eligibility <span class=\"match\">review</span> would take effect, and the reasons for invoking the application of the departmental eligibility <span class=\"match\">review</span>. Before ending the application of the departmental eligibility <span class=\"match\">review</span>, the Departments also proposed that the Secretary would post advance public notification of the date on which the departmental eligibility <span class=\"match\">review</span> would no longer be in effect and the reasons for ending"},{"title":"Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Voluntary Remand Response and Five-Year Review","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing new source performance standards (NSPS) and emission guidelines (EG) for the large municipal waste combustion (MWC) source category. This final rule responds to a voluntary remand of the preceding rule for this source category and announces the results of the non-discretionary review at five-year intervals required by Clean Air Act (CAA) section 129(a)(5), fulfilling the requirements of a consent decree for the source category. The final rule revises the remanded emission limits for cadmium, lead, particulate matter, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans, mercury, hydrogen chloride, and sulfur dioxide for all sources subject to the NSPS and EG and the remanded emission limits for nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide for some sources subject to the EG and all sources subject to the NSPS. This final rule also removes certain startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) exclusions and exemptions. In addition, the EPA is taking this opportunity to streamline regulatory language; revise recordkeeping and reporting requirements; establish electronic notification; reestablish new and existing source applicability dates; eliminate title V requirements for air curtain incinerators that burn only wood waste, yard waste, and clean lumber; close a 2007 proposed reconsideration action; and make certain typographical and technical corrections and clarifications. The EPA estimates this final rule will result in 3,269 tpy reduction in regulated pollutants from existing sources through implementation of the final emission limits.","document_number":"2026-04646","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/10/2026-04646/standards-of-performance-for-new-stationary-sources-and-emission-guidelines-for-existing-sources","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-10/pdf/2026-04646.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04646.pdf?1773060312","publication_date":"2026-03-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"of facility operator <span class=\"match\">certification</span> standard ASME QRO-1-2005 (R2015), Standard for the Qualification and <span class=\"match\">Certification</span> of Resource Recovery Facility Operators. The 1995 rule cited a <span class=\"match\">certification</span> for facility operator ASME QRO-1-1994. Since that time, ASME has released a 2005 version as the most recent one available. This <span class=\"match\">certification</span> standard is intended as a qualification and <span class=\"match\">certification</span> program for shift supervisors and chief facility supervisors at large MWC facilities and includes both provisional and full <span class=\"match\">certification</span> levels. Knowledge areas"},{"title":"Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document contains an amended and restated Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program) under title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary breaches and compliance with the law by permitting persons to avoid potential Department of Labor civil enforcement actions and civil penalties if they voluntarily correct eligible transactions in a manner that meets the requirements of the Program. The amendments to the Program simplify and expand the VFC Program to make the Program easier to use and more useful for employers and others who wish to avail themselves of the relief provided. Specifically, the Program amendments add a self-correction feature for delinquent transmittal of participant contributions and loan repayments to a pension plan under certain circumstances; clarify some existing transactions eligible for correction under the Program; expand the scope of other transactions currently eligible for correction; and simplify certain administrative or procedural requirements for participation in and correction of transactions under the VFC Program. In addition, the amendments implement section 305(b)(2) and (3) of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0 Act) by adding a self-correction feature for certain participant loan failures self-corrected under the Internal Revenue Service's Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (as described in Rev. Proc. 2021-30, or any successor guidance) (IRS's EPCRS).","document_number":"2025-00327","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00327/voluntary-fiduciary-correction-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00327.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00327.pdf?1736862323","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"Notification of adoption of Updated <span class=\"match\">Voluntary</span> Fiduciary Correction Program. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n This document contains an amended and restated <span class=\"match\">Voluntary</span> Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program) under title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary breaches and compliance with the law by permitting persons to avoid potential Department of Labor civil enforcement actions and civil penalties if they <span class=\"match\">voluntarily</span> correct eligible transactions in"},{"title":"Notice: System End-of-Life Status","type":"Notice","abstract":"Under the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) End-of-Life (EOL) Certification Review and Rescission Policy (Policy), the EAC ensures that the EAC's list of certified voting systems reflects only those that are still supported and used. The EAC has found that the voting systems in the \"Proposed EOL Systems\" section of this notice are no longer supported and used.","document_number":"2026-06772","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/08/2026-06772/notice-system-end-of-life-status","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-08/pdf/2026-06772.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06772.pdf?1775565916","publication_date":"2026-04-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION","name":"Election Assistance Commission","id":127,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/election-assistance-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/127","parent_id":null,"slug":"election-assistance-commission"}],"excerpts":"that the EAC provide for the testing, <span class=\"match\">certification</span>, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software. Pursuant to this mandate, the EAC administers the federal Voting System Testing and <span class=\"match\">Certification</span> Program, which provides a rigorous, <span class=\"match\">independent</span> process to evaluate compliance with the <span class=\"match\">Voluntary</span> Voting System Guidelines (VVSG). As part of this program, the EAC conducts ongoing post-<span class=\"match\">certification</span> quality monitoring activities to ensure voting systems are deployed as certified, <span class=\"match\">verify</span> the completeness and accuracy of testing"},{"title":"Commission Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the \"Commission\" or \"CFTC\") is issuing this guidance to outline factors for consideration by designated contract markets (\"DCMs\"), when addressing certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (\"CEA\"), and CFTC regulations thereunder, that are relevant to the listing for trading of voluntary carbon credit (\"VCC\") derivative contracts. The Commission recognizes that VCC derivatives are a comparatively new and evolving class of products, and believes that guidance that outlines factors for consideration by a DCM, in connection with the contract design and listing process, may help to advance the standardization of such products in a manner that promotes transparency and liquidity.","document_number":"2024-23105","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-23105/commission-guidance-regarding-the-listing-of-voluntary-carbon-credit-derivative-contracts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-23105.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23105.pdf?1728650732","publication_date":"2024-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","name":"Commodity Futures Trading Commission","id":77,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-futures-trading-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/77","parent_id":null,"slug":"commodity-futures-trading-commission"}],"excerpts":"(2) <span class=\"match\">Verified</span> Emission Reduction—Nature-Based Vintage 2018 futures and options contracts; (3) <span class=\"match\">Verified</span> Emission Reduction—Nature-Based Vintage 2019 futures and options contracts; (4) <span class=\"match\">Verified</span> Emission Reduction—Nature-Based Vintage 2020 futures and options contracts; (5) <span class=\"match\">Verified</span> Emission Reduction—Nature-Based Vintage 2021 futures and options contracts; (6) <span class=\"match\">Verified</span> Emission Reduction—Nature-Based Vintage 2022 futures and options contracts; (7) <span class=\"match\">Verified</span> Emission Reduction—Nature-Based Vintage 2023 futures and options contracts; (8) <span class=\"match\">Verified</span> Emission"},{"title":"Certificates of Compliance","type":"Rule","abstract":"In consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) issues this final rule (the Final Rule) to revise the agency's regulation for Certificates of Compliance (certificates). The Final Rule aligns CPSC's current certificates rule with other CPSC rules on testing and certification, and implements, for importation of products and substances regulated by CPSC, electronic filing of certificates (eFiling) with CBP.","document_number":"2024-30826","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-30826/certificates-of-compliance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-30826.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30826.pdf?1736257516","publication_date":"2025-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"Id. \n Section 14(g)(2) requires that every <span class=\"match\">certificate</span> be legible and that all contents be in English; contents can additionally be in another language. 15 U.S.C. 2063(g)(2).\n \n <span class=\"match\">Certificates</span> must accompany the applicable product or shipment of products covered by the <span class=\"match\">certificate</span>, and a copy of the <span class=\"match\">certificate</span> must be furnished to each distributor or retailer of the product. Upon request, the manufacturer (including importer) or private labeler issuing the <span class=\"match\">certificate</span> must provide a copy of the <span class=\"match\">certificate</span> to the Commission. 15 U.S.C. 2063(g)(3). Finally"},{"title":"Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"With this final rule, DoD establishes the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program in order to verify contractors have implemented required security measures necessary to safeguard Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The mechanisms discussed in this rule will allow the Department to confirm a defense contractor or subcontractor has implemented the security requirements for a specified CMMC level and is maintaining that status (meaning level and assessment type) across the contract period of performance. This rule will be updated as needed, using the appropriate rulemaking process, to address evolving cybersecurity standards, requirements, threats, and other relevant changes.","document_number":"2024-22905","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-22905/cybersecurity-maturity-model-certification-cmmc-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-22905.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22905.pdf?1728650732","publication_date":"2024-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"requirements for a CMMC Level 2 <span class=\"match\">certification</span> assessment satisfies a CMMC Level 2 self-assessment requirement for the same CMMC Assessment Scope.\n \n \n The term “<span class=\"match\">certificate</span> of assessment” has been replaced with the term “<span class=\"match\">Certificate</span> of CMMC Status” in the final rule. When an OSC has met all the requirements for a Level 2 <span class=\"match\">certification</span> assessment, a <span class=\"match\">Certificate</span> of CMMC Status is obtained from the C3PAO conducting the assessment. See § 170.9. Under CMMC, OSCs are not certified; rather, the assessed network receives a \n \n <span class=\"match\">Certificate</span> of CMMC Status for the"},{"title":"Enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider Requirements and Strengthening STIR/SHAKEN (Call Authentication Trust Anchor; Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes steps to strengthen its robocall mitigation framework by enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider (KYUP) requirements, improving oversight of voice service providers by the STIR/SHAKEN Governance Authority, raising caller ID attestation standards, and closing implementation gaps in STIR/SHAKEN implementation. Specifically, the Commission proposes establishing baseline KYUP information-collection, compliance review, verification, monitoring, and responsive-action requirements to ensure providers can identify and cut off bad-actor upstream providers. The Commission also proposes measures to expand the Governance Authority's vetting, enforcement, and reporting responsibilities to prevent misuse of STIR/SHAKEN certificates and to remove noncompliant providers from the authentication ecosystem. The Commission further proposes clarifying and strengthening STIR/SHAKEN attestation rules, including codifying attestation levels, defining improper attestations, and specifying permissible mechanisms for verifying number-to-customer associations. Additionally, the Commission proposes and seeks comment on additional steps to close caller ID authentication gaps, such as refining provider definitions, reconsidering exemptions, requiring providers serving end users to assign STIR/SHAKEN attestations, and ensuring calls maintain authentication information. The Commission also seeks comment on special circumstances, including addressing issues with foreign- originated calls.","document_number":"2026-13874","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13874/enhancing-know-your-upstream-provider-requirements-and-strengthening-stirshaken-call-authentication","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13874.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13874.pdf?1783514714","publication_date":"2026-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"define “<span class=\"match\">certificate</span>,” “<span class=\"match\">Certification</span> Authority,” and “Policy Administrator” for the purposes of our caller ID authentication rules. Specifically, we propose to define “<span class=\"match\">certificate</span>” as a digital data object obtained from a <span class=\"match\">Certification</span> Authority which is used by a voice service provider to sign and <span class=\"match\">verify</span> caller identification information consistent with the STIR/SHAKEN authentication framework. We propose to define “<span class=\"match\">Certification</span> Authority” as an entity that issues <span class=\"match\">certificates</span> and vouches for the binding between the data items in a <span class=\"match\">certificate</span>. Finally"},{"title":"Resolution of Federal Tax Controversies by the Independent Office of Appeals","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document contains final regulations that provide guidance on the resolution of Federal tax controversies by the IRS Independent Office of Appeals (Appeals) under the Taxpayer First Act of 2019 (TFA). The final regulations provide that while the Appeals resolution process is generally available to all taxpayers to resolve Federal tax controversies, there are certain exceptions to consideration by Appeals. The final regulations also address certain procedural and timing rules that must be met before Appeals consideration is available. The regulations affect taxpayers requesting Appeals consideration of Federal tax controversies.","document_number":"2025-00426","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00426/resolution-of-federal-tax-controversies-by-the-independent-office-of-appeals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00426.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00426.pdf?1736862324","publication_date":"2025-01-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"}],"excerpts":"the IRS for Appeals to <span class=\"match\">review</span>.\n \n Two comments were received concerning OICs. The first comment recommended that Appeals should be authorized to <span class=\"match\">review</span> when the IRS erroneously returns or rejects a taxpayer's OIC as nonprocessable or no longer processable. The comment stated that such a return or rejection is an administratively <span class=\"match\">reviewable</span> determination, that not allowing Appeals <span class=\"match\">review</span> is a significant loss of rights for the taxpayer including low-income taxpayers in particular, that excepting this issue from Appeals <span class=\"match\">review</span> circumvents section 7122(f)"},{"title":"Employee or Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing to rescind the analysis for determining employee or independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) currently set forth in 29 CFR part 795 and replace it with the analysis that it published and adopted in a prior final rule dated January 7, 2021, with a few modifications. In addition, the Department proposes to apply this analysis to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA), both of which incorporate the FLSA's scope of employment.","document_number":"2026-03962","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/27/2026-03962/employee-or-independent-contractor-status-under-the-fair-labor-standards-act-family-and-medical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-27/pdf/2026-03962.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03962.pdf?1772113515","publication_date":"2026-02-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"is an <span class=\"match\">independent</span> contractor and instead inserts an additional consideration that must be met for this factor to indicate that a worker with specialized skills is an <span class=\"match\">independent</span> contractor: “Where the worker brings specialized skills to the work relationship, this fact is not itself indicative of <span class=\"match\">independent</span> contractor status because both employees and <span class=\"match\">independent</span> contractors may be skilled workers. It is the worker's use of those specialized skills in connection with business-like initiative that indicates that the worker is an <span class=\"match\">independent</span> contractor"},{"title":"Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification","type":"Rule","abstract":"FAA is amending rules for the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, and alteration of light-sport aircraft. The amendments enable enhancements in safety and performance and increase privileges under a number of sport pilot and light-sport aircraft rules. These enhancements include increasing suitability for flight training, limited aerial work, and personal travel. This final rule expands what aircraft sport pilots may operate. This final rule also amends the special purpose operations for restricted category aircraft; amends the duration, eligible purposes, and operating limitations for experimental aircraft; and adds operating limitations applicable to experimental aircraft engaged in space support vehicle flights to codify statutory language.","document_number":"2025-13972","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/24/2025-13972/modernization-of-special-airworthiness-certification","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-24/pdf/2025-13972.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13972.pdf?1753274717","publication_date":"2025-07-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"excerpts":" E. Special Airworthiness <span class=\"match\">Certificates</span> for Light-Sport Category Aircraft \n F. Design, Production, and Airworthiness Requirements for Non-Type Certificated Aircraft \n G. Miscellaneous Provisions for Issuance of Special Airworthiness <span class=\"match\">Certificates</span> \n H. Sport Pilot <span class=\"match\">Certification</span> and Privileges \n I. Repairman <span class=\"match\">Certificates</span> (Light-Sport) \n J. Maintenance \n K. Operations \n L. Experimental Airworthiness <span class=\"match\">Certificates</span> \n M. Restricted Category Aircraft \n N. Noise <span class=\"match\">Certification</span> of Aircraft That Do Not Conform to a Type <span class=\"match\">Certificate</span> \n O. Import and Export of Aircraft"},{"title":"Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certification Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) requires all recognized telecommunication certification bodies (TCBs), test labs, and laboratory accreditation bodies to certify to the Commission that they are not owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a prohibited entity and to report all equity or voting interests of 5% or greater by any entity. The FCC also amends it rules to state that it will not recognize--and will revoke any existing recognition of--any TCB, test lab, or laboratory accreditation body that fails to provide, or that provides a false or inaccurate, certification; or that fails to provide, or provides false or inaccurate, information regarding equity or voting interests of 5% or greater. The FCC prohibits recognition of any TCB, test lab, or laboratory accreditation body owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a prohibited entity, and prohibits such TCBs, test labs, and laboratory accreditation bodies from participating in the Commission's equipment authorization program, not only with regard to the equipment certification process but also the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) process.","document_number":"2025-14970","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14970/promoting-the-integrity-and-security-of-telecommunications-certification-bodies-measurement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-14970.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14970.pdf?1754484348","publication_date":"2025-08-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"\n \n (a) A TCB must <span class=\"match\">review</span> for compliance with the Commission's requirements an application that includes all the information specified in this part to determine whether to grant equipment <span class=\"match\">certification</span> in accordance with § 2.911. \n (1) The <span class=\"match\">certification</span> system must be based on type testing as identified in ISO/IEC 17065 (incorporated by reference, see § 2.910). \n (2) <span class=\"match\">Certification</span> determinations must typically be based on testing of no more than one unmodified representative sample of each product type for which <span class=\"match\">certification</span> is sought. A TCB may"},{"title":"Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel Feedstocks","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises technical guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the carbon intensity of agricultural commodity crops used in the production of biofuels relative to an estimated national average that were established by a prior January 2025 interim rule. Specifically, the January 2025 interim rule established guidelines for the implementation, reporting, verification, and quantification of carbon intensity (CI) of certain agricultural commodities at the field-scale. This final rule makes revisions to the January 2025 interim rule that were requested by commenters or that are otherwise necessary because of intervening Executive action. The revised guidelines articulate an approach for farm producers to quantify the change in net emissions associated with crops produced using one or more authorized practices. The revised guidelines also articulate a framework for how information regarding emissions, resulting from the production of biofuel feedstock commodity crops, could be reported and tracked throughout the supply chain.","document_number":"2026-13092","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/29/2026-13092/technical-guidelines-for-the-production-of-regenerative-agricultural-biofuel-feedstocks","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-29/pdf/2026-13092.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13092.pdf?1782477921","publication_date":"2026-06-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of Energy and Environmental Policy","name":"Energy and Environmental Policy Office","id":620,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-and-environmental-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/620","parent_id":12,"slug":"energy-and-environmental-policy-office"}],"excerpts":"requirements for bodies validating and <span class=\"match\">verifying</span> environmental information by a member of the International Accreditation Forum. No changes are being made to the regulation in response to these issues.\n \n \n Comment: \n USDA received comments expressing concerns about third-party <span class=\"match\">verifier</span> qualifications including concern for potential conflicts of interest, regional expertise of <span class=\"match\">verifiers</span>, and minimum requirements for <span class=\"match\">verifier</span> <span class=\"match\">certification</span>.\n \n \n Response: \n USDA appreciates the need to have highly qualified third-party <span class=\"match\">verifiers</span>. USDA has identified ISO 14065"},{"title":"Voluntary Labeling of FSIS-Regulated Products With U.S.-Origin Claims","type":"Rule","abstract":"FSIS is amending its regulations to define the conditions under which the labeling of meat, poultry, and egg products under mandatory inspection, as well as voluntarily inspected products, may bear voluntary label claims indicating that the product is of United States origin. As of the compliance date of this final rule, establishments will not need to include these claims on the label, but if they choose to include them, they will need to meet the requirements in this rule.","document_number":"2024-05479","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/18/2024-05479/voluntary-labeling-of-fsis-regulated-products-with-us-origin-claims","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-18/pdf/2024-05479.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05479.pdf?1710506714","publication_date":"2024-03-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","id":201,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-safety-and-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/201","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-safety-and-inspection-service"}],"excerpts":"and feedlots would be required to provide to the processor to <span class=\"match\">verify</span> that supporting documentation complies with the proposed requirements.\n \n \n Response: \n FSIS IPP will perform routine <span class=\"match\">verification</span> activities at establishments to <span class=\"match\">verify</span> that labels bearing <span class=\"match\">voluntary</span> U.S.-origin claims comply with labeling requirements. All labels that are generically approved under the FSIS regulations are subject to such establishment-based IPP <span class=\"match\">verification</span> procedures. FSIS will not perform <span class=\"match\">verification</span> activities at farms or feedlots. Establishments and facilities"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions for Coverage: Revisions to the Conditions for Coverage","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Conditions for Coverage for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) to clarify outstanding procedural questions and enable OPOs to make better informed decisions to achieve high performance resulting in the successful procurement, distribution, and transplantation of more life-saving organs. This rule would revise definitions, add new Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) requirements related to medically complex organs and donors, revise the designation requirements for OPOs, clarify when an OPO's service area is open for competition, and update the process for appeals. It also includes a discussion of factors we would consider when selecting a successor OPO during a competition under the tiered approach to re-certification. We are committed to holding all OPOs accountable for their performance and this proposed rule does not revise the focus on improving the volume of donors and transplants assessed in the outcome measures or the tier structure used for re- certification and de-certification of OPOs.","document_number":"2026-01833","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01833/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-organ-procurement-organizations-conditions-for-coverage-revisions-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01833.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01833.pdf?1769616910","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"CMS Administrator discretionary <span class=\"match\">review</span>. We are proposing to codify a process for the CMS Administrator to elect to <span class=\"match\">review</span> or decline to <span class=\"match\">review</span> the hearing officer's decision. We are proposing specific time periods for the <span class=\"match\">review</span>, if the Administrator elects to <span class=\"match\">review</span>, and providing that the Administrator may remand the appeal to CMS for <span class=\"match\">review</span> and redetermination of the <span class=\"match\">certification</span> decision. We are also proposing to clarify the appeals process for OPOs that are de-certified due to urgent need.\n \n f. Re-<span class=\"match\">Certification</span> and Competition (§ 486.316) \n"},{"title":"Seafood Import Procedures and Certification of Admissibility","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NMFS proposes to revise regulations to provide for electronic entry filing of data from the Certification of Admissibility (COA) form, which allows entry of certain fish or fish products otherwise subject to trade restrictions pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (Moratorium Protection Act), or Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). This proposed rule would standardize and consolidate existing permit, reporting, recordkeeping, and entry filing requirements and allow nations to use their own aggregate catch documentation. The intent of these actions are to enable the continued flow of trade while adhering to existing statutory requirements.","document_number":"2024-29238","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29238/seafood-import-procedures-and-certification-of-admissibility","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29238.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29238.pdf?1734356718","publication_date":"2024-12-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"therefore critical for NMFS' validation of trade events as there would otherwise be no <span class=\"match\">certification</span> from the foreign government. \n \n \n Comment 6: \n One commenter recommended that NMFS adopt a government-to-government approach to allow electronic transfers of the catch <span class=\"match\">certificate</span>. Another commenter stated that foreign nations that have electronic catch documentation systems in place can certify admissibility through their systems and can provide documents/<span class=\"match\">certificates</span> to NMFS that have less exposure to fraud or misrepresentation.\n \n \n \n Response: \n"}]}