{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance tool which provided basic'","count":9995,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+tool+which+provided+basic&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 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 provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","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"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":" The difference equals the amount of CSRs <span class=\"match\">provided</span> by the issuer.\n 90 \n \n As stated in the 2016 Payment Notice, we believe that the standard methodology is the most accurate method for calculating the actual value of CSRs that the issuer has <span class=\"match\">provided</span> on behalf of enrollees in a plan year.\n 91 \n \n Additionally, we believe that most issuers are familiar with that methodology, <span class=\"match\">which</span> was required to calculate CSRs paid on behalf of enrollees for the 2017 plan year, the most recent year in <span class=\"match\">which</span> CMS <span class=\"match\">provided</span> advance CSR payments to issuers.\n \n \n \n 89"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 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 proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","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"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":" The difference equals the amount of CSRs <span class=\"match\">provided</span> by the issuer.\n 67 \n \n As stated in the 2016 Payment Notice, we believe that the standard methodology is the most accurate method for calculating the actual value of CSRs that the issuer has <span class=\"match\">provided</span> on behalf of enrollees in a plan year.\n 68 \n \n Additionally, we believe that most issuers are familiar with that methodology, <span class=\"match\">which</span> was required to calculate CSRs paid on behalf of enrollees for the 2017 plan year, the most recent year in <span class=\"match\">which</span> CMS <span class=\"match\">provided</span> advance CSR payments to issuers.\n \n \n \n 66"},{"title":"General Services Acquisition Regulation; Acquisition of Information and Communication Technology; Notice of Listening Sessions and Request for Comments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking public comment on the draft of a new General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) clause regarding basic safeguarding of data within Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence Systems (LLMs). Due to the complexity of the issue, GSA is publishing this notification and draft clause to gather feedback from stakeholders before taking future action (e.g., deviation and/or formal rulemaking).","document_number":"2026-12205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12205/general-services-acquisition-regulation-acquisition-of-information-and-communication-technology","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12205.pdf?1781613917","publication_date":"2026-06-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"Service Provider, Background Data, and Material Change. \n Contractor Responsibilities \n • Clarified requirements for contractor responsibilities, government data use and handling, licensing requirements, and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> requirements. \n <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span>, Reporting, and Documentation \n • Identified the contractor and flowdown roles regarding <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>, reporting and documentation including timeframes. \n Change Notification \n • The term “change management” was changed to “Change Notification” (paragraph “i” of the clause) to better describe the requirement"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"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.","document_number":"2025-00640","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00640/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2026-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00640.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00640.pdf?1736802922","publication_date":"2025-01-15","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"implement quality improvement strategy standards for QHPs offered through an Exchange.\n \n 8. <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Program \n \n In the March 12, 2014, \n Federal Register \n (79 FR 14111), we issued a final rule entitled the “<span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Program: State Administration of <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Programs; Eligibility and Enrollment in Standard Health Plans; Essential Health Benefits in Standard Health Plans; Performance Standards for <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Programs; Premium and Cost Sharing for <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Programs; Federal Funding Process; Trust Fund and Financial Integrity” (hereinafter"},{"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":"certifiers to list on a certificate the citation for each individual section of ASTM F963 to <span class=\"match\">which</span> a toy is tested and certified. This is not a change to the existing procedure; CPSC has long required that certificates identify <span class=\"match\">which</span> sections of ASTM F963 apply to each toy on a certificate, because staff need to know what has been tested to determine product <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>. Certifiers are, and have always been, responsible for knowing <span class=\"match\">which</span> tests for <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> apply to their products and for listing them on their test reports and on their certificates"},{"title":"Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Sanctions Compliance Program Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are jointly issuing this proposed rule to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). Specifically, it implements the GENIUS Act's directive to treat permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) as financial institutions for purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act, proposes anti-money laundering obligations for PPSIs, and proposes certain specific obligations required by the GENIUS Act for PPSIs. It also implements the GENIUS Act's directive to require PPSIs to maintain effective sanctions compliance programs.","document_number":"2026-06963","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06963/permitted-payment-stablecoin-issuer-anti-money-launderingcountering-the-financing-of-terrorism","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06963.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06963.pdf?1775738715","publication_date":"2026-04-10","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":"Office of Foreign Assets Control","name":"Foreign Assets Control Office","id":203,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/foreign-assets-control-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/203","parent_id":497,"slug":"foreign-assets-control-office"},{"raw_name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","id":194,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/financial-crimes-enforcement-network","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/194","parent_id":497,"slug":"financial-crimes-enforcement-network"}],"excerpts":"assets industry and identified best practices to support industry stakeholders with sanctions <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>, such as the use of geolocation and blockchain analytics <span class=\"match\">tools</span> for screening and transaction monitoring.\n 287 \n \n Many in the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> community noted that the document <span class=\"match\">provided</span> clear guidance on digital asset providers' sanctions obligations and valuable best practices for ensuring <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> in that space.\n \n \n \n 286 \n  \n See \n OFAC, \n Sanctions <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry \n (Oct. 2021) [hereinafter \n Virtual Currency"},{"title":"Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is amending its regulations to implement changes required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and to update, streamline, and clarify several crop insurance policies. The changes include clarifying the harvest price methodology, deregulating regionalized program dates and moving that information to the Special Provisions, removing regulatory barriers to direct marketing, incorporating quality adjustment and claims processes, updating FCIC contact information used to request interpretations of policy, and making plain language clarifications and corrections to Subpart X--Interpretations of Statutory Provisions, Policy Provisions, and Procedures; the Area Risk Protection Insurance, Basic Provisions; the Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions; and several Crop Provisions. In addition, the changes include removing buy-up coverage for prevented planting in the crop insurance program. The changes will be effective for the 2026 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after November 30, 2025. For all other crops, the changes to the policies made in this rule are applicable for the 2027 and succeeding crop years.","document_number":"2025-21482","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21482/expanding-access-to-risk-protection-earp","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21482.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21482.pdf?1764164732","publication_date":"2025-11-28","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":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","id":163,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-crop-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/163","parent_id":12,"slug":"federal-crop-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"Policy, <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions (<span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions), subject to the terms and conditions in your policy. \n \n 2. Unit Division \n \n (b) Optional units may be established by: \n (1) Land location as <span class=\"match\">provided</span> in section 34(c)(1) of the <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions; \n (2) Organic or non-organic farming practices as <span class=\"match\">provided</span> in section 34(c)(3) of the <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions; or \n (3) Combination of land location and organic farming practices as <span class=\"match\">provided</span> in section 34(c)(4) of the <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions. \n (c) Optional units by irrigation practice as <span class=\"match\">provided</span> in 34(c)(2) of the <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed 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 proposed rule also includes proposed 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; proposed reconsideration standards for certification denials; proposed changes to the approach for conducting Essential Community Provider (ECP) certification reviews; a proposal to publicly share aggregated, summary-level Quality Improvement Strategy (QIS) information on an annual basis; and proposed revisions to the medical loss ratio (MLR) reporting and rebate requirements for qualifying issuers that meet certain standards.","document_number":"2024-23103","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/10/2024-23103/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2026-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-10/pdf/2024-23103.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23103.pdf?1728072923","publication_date":"2024-10-10","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"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"implement quality improvement strategy standards for QHPs offered through an Exchange.\n \n 8. <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Program \n \n In the March 12, 2014, \n Federal Register \n (79 FR 14111), we issued a final rule entitled the “<span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Program: State Administration of <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Programs; Eligibility and Enrollment in Standard Health Plans; Essential Health Benefits in Standard Health Plans; Performance Standards for <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Programs; Premium and Cost Sharing for <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Health Programs; Federal Funding Process; Trust Fund and Financial Integrity” (hereinafter"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Certification for Moderate Nonattainment Under the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This SIP revision addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements for the enactment of a Basic vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance (I/M) program for the five counties comprising the Pennsylvania portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City, PA-NJ-MD-DE Moderate nonattainment area (Philadelphia nonattainment area) for the 2015 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).","document_number":"2025-16482","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16482/air-plan-approval-pennsylvania-motor-vehicle-inspection-and-maintenance-program-certification-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/pdf/2025-16482.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16482.pdf?1756298752","publication_date":"2025-08-28","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":"model I/M program benefits, the EPA's MOVES model utilizes I/M program parameters and historic program data, while the program design elements of EPA's <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> performance standard are used to model the benchmark program, as specified at 40 CFR 51.352(e). Pennsylvania's historic program data was used to generate \n \n program <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> statistics. These program <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> statistics include: <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> rate (\n i.e., \n the percentage of I/M-subject vehicles that pass I/M inspection or are granted a waiver); failure rate (\n i.e., \n the fraction of tested"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; Delaware; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Certification","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Delaware. This SIP revision addresses Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements for the enactment of a Basic vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance (I/M) program for the Delaware portion (i.e., New Castle County) of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa-NJ-MD- DE Nonattainment Area (Philadelphia NAA) for the 2015 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).","document_number":"2025-10546","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/11/2025-10546/air-plan-approval-delaware-motor-vehicle-inspection-and-maintenance-program-certification","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-11/pdf/2025-10546.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10546.pdf?1749559512","publication_date":"2025-06-11","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":"repair expenditures) \n \n A 0% waiver rate as a percentage of failed vehicles \n A 3% waiver rate. \n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Rate \n A 100% <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> rate \n A 96% <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> rate. \n \n \n \n As part of its I/M Certification SIP, Delaware's February 2024 submission included an I/M performance standard modeling analysis \n 13 \n \n to demonstrate that the existing Alternate Low Enhanced I/M program obtains the same or lower emission levels as the applicable <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> I/M performance standard.\n \n \n \n 13 \n  Available in the docket for this action as Appendix B, Performance"},{"title":"Adoption of Recommendations","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States adopted three recommendations at its hybrid (virtual and in- person) Eighty-second Plenary Session: Using Algorithmic Tools in Regulatory Enforcement, Public Engagement in Agency Rulemaking Under the Good Cause Exemption, and Nonlawyer Assistance and Representation in Agency Adjudications.","document_number":"2024-31352","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/30/2024-31352/adoption-of-recommendations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-30/pdf/2024-31352.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31352.pdf?1735307174","publication_date":"2024-12-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES","name":"Administrative Conference of the United States","id":566,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/administrative-conference-of-the-united-states","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/566","parent_id":null,"slug":"administrative-conference-of-the-united-states"}],"excerpts":"methodologies used in developing and maintaining such <span class=\"match\">tools</span>; \n d. Quality assurance practices available for data collection and use, including the dependency of such <span class=\"match\">tools</span> on the completeness and veracity of the underlying data on <span class=\"match\">which</span> they rely; and \n e. Oversight procedures available to the agency and the public to ensure responsible use of such <span class=\"match\">tools</span>. \n \n 3. When agencies use algorithmic <span class=\"match\">tools</span> to perform regulatory enforcement tasks, agencies should ensure that any agency personnel who use such <span class=\"match\">tools</span> or rely on their outputs to make enforcement decisions"},{"title":"Flax Revenue and Expanded Unit Options for Crop Insurance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is amending its regulations to allow revenue coverage for flax under the Small Grain Crop Insurance Provisions, to combine written agreement deadlines in the Dry Bean Crop Insurance Provisions to match other insurance policies, to expand the availability of enterprise and optional units for some specialty and perennial crops, and to make clarifications and corrections to the Area Risk Protection Insurance, Basic Provisions; Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions; and several Crop Provisions. The changes will be effective for the 2025 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after November 30, 2024. For all other crops, the changes to the policies made in this rule are applicable for the 2026 and succeeding crop years.","document_number":"2024-27225","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/27/2024-27225/flax-revenue-and-expanded-unit-options-for-crop-insurance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-27/pdf/2024-27225.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27225.pdf?1732646354","publication_date":"2024-11-27","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":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","id":163,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-crop-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/163","parent_id":12,"slug":"federal-crop-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"Processing Sweet Corn Crop Provisions will be attached to and made part of the Common Crop Insurance Policy, <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions (<span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions) subject to the terms and conditions in your policy. \n \n 2. Unit Division \n (a) * * * \n (2) Section 34(c) of the <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions that allows optional units is not applicable. \n (b) For processor contracts that stipulate the number of acres to be planted, optional units as <span class=\"match\">provided</span> in section 34(c) of the <span class=\"match\">Basic</span> Provisions will apply. \n \n \n \n \n 12. Amend § 457.166 as follows: \n a. In the introductory text, remove"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Study of Warning Devices for Stopped Commercial Motor Vehicles","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This notice invites comments on a proposed information collection titled \"Study of Warning Devices for Stopped Commercial Motor Vehicles.\" It is an experimental study that requires data collection for evaluating whether warning devices meaningfully influence crash-relevant aspects of human performance in the presence of a parked or disabled commercial motor vehicle (PDCMV), and if so, how and to what extent. These data collection efforts are expected to require the participation of 256 drivers. A total of 9 comments were provided in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice (91 FR 1591). The total burden hours reported in the 60-day FR published on January 8, 2025, has now been decreased by 128 hours after FMCSA inadvertently included but has now removed the 128 hours from the burden estimate. The 128 hours is the time estimated for respondents to travel to and from the location where the collection of information will occur.","document_number":"2025-23762","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23762/agency-information-collection-activities-approval-of-a-new-information-collection-request-study-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-23/pdf/2025-23762.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23762.pdf?1766411123","publication_date":"2025-12-23","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 Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"effects of warning devices on driver behavior. This includes sensors <span class=\"match\">which</span> can precisely measure and record the location of vehicles (\n e.g., \n differential Global Positioning System), eye-tracking devices <span class=\"match\">which</span> allow the researcher to determine the precise moment when a driver first glanced at a PDCMV, and instrumented vehicles <span class=\"match\">which</span> record accurate, high-frequency data related to drivers' interactions with a vehicle's controls.\n \n FMCSA plans to implement these modern <span class=\"match\">tools</span> in a controlled experiment at a closed-course, state-of-the-art driving"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"A Presidential determination issued on April 20, 2026, found that grid infrastructure supply chains, including distribution transformers and electrical core steel, are essential to national defense, and that U.S. industry faces critical constraints from limited domestic product capacity, extended procurement timelines, and foreign supply dependence. The U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") is initiating an information and data gathering effort to understand how the energy conservation standards for distribution transformers adopted in an April 2024 final rule, with compliance required in 2029, interact with these national security considerations, including impacts on domestic manufacturing capacity, supply chain resilience, and the availability and cost of key materials. DOE is also seeking information on whether the revised energy conservation standards result in special hardship, inequity, or unfair distribution of burdens, including investment needs and market conditions associated with redesigning equipment to comply by the 2029 compliance date.","document_number":"2026-11971","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11971/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-distribution-transformers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11971.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11971.pdf?1781268314","publication_date":"2026-06-15","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":"Information (CBI), is <span class=\"match\">provided</span> in section III of this document. \n In this section, DOE identifies specific issues for <span class=\"match\">which</span> it seeks comment, data, and other information. \n \n Issue 1: \n DOE requests information regarding whether, and how, the national security considerations identified in the Presidential Determination—including limited domestic production capacity, foreign supply dependence and extended procurement timelines—are impacted by the April 2024 Final Rule. Specifically, DOE seeks information on (a) whether <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the adopted standards"},{"title":"Recruitment and Relocation Incentive Waivers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to expand the authority to approve waivers of the normal payment limitations on recruitment and relocation incentives. An expansion of the waiver approval authority provides agencies with access to higher payment limitations for these flexibilities without requesting approval from OPM. In addition, this final rule gives agencies flexibility to set the length of the required service period for recruitment incentives to a period less than 6 months but not more than 4 years, which aligns the service requirements for recruitment incentives with those for relocation incentives.","document_number":"2025-22738","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22738/recruitment-and-relocation-incentive-waivers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22738.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22738.pdf?1765547113","publication_date":"2025-12-15","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"}],"excerpts":"to pay a recruitment or relocation incentive of up to 25 percent of annual <span class=\"match\">basic</span> pay for a 1-year service agreement, 50 percent of <span class=\"match\">basic</span> pay for a 2-year service agreement, or 100 percent of <span class=\"match\">basic</span> pay for a 4-year service agreement. However, an agency has had to seek a waiver from OPM to pay a recruitment or relocation incentive of 50 percent of annual <span class=\"match\">basic</span> pay for a 1-year service agreement or 100 percent of annual <span class=\"match\">basic</span> pay for a 2-year service agreement. OPM has <span class=\"match\">provided</span> a fact sheet on calculating maximum recruitment and relocation incentives"},{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"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.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"would be 60 days after publication.\n 21 \n \n Regulated entities would have until the “<span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date” to establish and implement policies, procedures, and practices to achieve <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with any new or modified standards. \n \n Regulated entities would be permitted to comply earlier than the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date, but the Department would not take action against them for noncompliance with the proposed changes that occurs before the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date. Except as otherwise <span class=\"match\">provided</span>, 45 CFR 160.105 provides that regulated entities must comply with the applicable"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Examining the Effectiveness of Lane Departure Warning and Lane Keep Assist Advanced Driver Assistance Systems for Improving Driver Response","type":"Notice","abstract":"In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This document describes a new collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval titled \"Examining the Effectiveness of Lane Departure Warning and Lane Keep Assist Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for Improving Driver Response.\" A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this information collection was published on September 3, 2024. One comment was received in response, recommending the collection of an additional data point. NHTSA agrees with the comment and has incorporated the change in the respective form.","document_number":"2025-06077","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/09/2025-06077/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-09/pdf/2025-06077.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06077.pdf?1744116311","publication_date":"2025-04-09","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":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Notice and request for comments on a new information collection. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n In <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This document describes a new collection of information for <span class=\"match\">which</span> NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval titled “Examining the Effectiveness of Lane Departure Warning and Lane Keep Assist Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)"},{"title":"Medicare Program; FY 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This rulemaking proposes to update the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or critical access hospital. This rulemaking also proposes refinement of the IPF PPS outlier policy. These changes would be effective for IPF discharges occurring during the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. We are also proposing the implementation of a standardized IPF patient assessment instrument, and the removal of two measures used in the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting Program.","document_number":"2026-06675","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/07/2026-06675/medicare-program-fy-2027-inpatient-psychiatric-facilities-prospective-payment-system-rate-update","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-07/pdf/2026-06675.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06675.pdf?1775164507","publication_date":"2026-04-07","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":"this proposed include the regulatory review costs, <span class=\"match\">which</span> we estimate at $163.34 per IPF; and the proposed implementation of the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility-Patient Assessment Instrument (IPF-PAI), <span class=\"match\">which</span> we estimate at $21,384.52 per IPF. However, as discussed in sections IV.B.1 and IV.B.2 of this proposed rule, the proposed removal of the Alcohol Use Brief Intervention <span class=\"match\">Provided</span> or Offered (SUB-2) and subset Alcohol Use Brief Intervention (SUB-2a) measure and the Tobacco Use Treatment <span class=\"match\">Provided</span> or Offered at Discharge (TOB-3) and subset Tobacco"},{"title":"Request for Information: Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice requests information from the public to assist MARAD in determining which shipyards in the U.S. have the capacity to construct ships capable of operating in ice conditions and to identify what factors would be necessary to further develop and construct icebreaker ships in the U.S. Information gathered in response to the request could be used to increase the capacity of the U.S. to design, produce, and maintain polar icebreakers through trilateral collaboration with Canada and Finland, while supporting each country's shipbuilding industrial base.","document_number":"2026-06648","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06648/request-for-information-icebreaker-collaboration-effort-ice-pact","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06648.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06648.pdf?1775220317","publication_date":"2026-04-06","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":"Maritime Administration","name":"Maritime Administration","id":282,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/maritime-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/282","parent_id":492,"slug":"maritime-administration"}],"excerpts":"structures) would help stabilize orderbooks? \n (16) What financial or policy <span class=\"match\">tools</span> (loan guarantees, grants, risk-sharing mechanisms, or other policy <span class=\"match\">tools</span>) would help shipyards modernize or expand? \n (17) What lessons from past U.S. or allied shipbuilding initiatives should be applied to ICE Pact to avoid cost overruns, delays, or capacity mismatches? \n (18) What models of multinational industrial cooperation (AUKUS, NATO, or other models) should be copied or avoided? \n (19) What <span class=\"match\">basic</span> research needs exist that would benefit icebreaker operations in the"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Event Data Recorders","type":"Notice","abstract":"In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. NHTSA seeks comment on a reinstatement of a previously approved information collection regarding event data recorders (EDRs). EDRs are devices voluntarily equipped in vehicles that record technical data related to vehicle operation and safety system performance. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this information collection was published on July 22, 2025. NHTSA received one public comment that was not relevant to the information collection request.","document_number":"2026-05503","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/20/2026-05503/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-20/pdf/2026-05503.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05503.pdf?1773924320","publication_date":"2026-03-20","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":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, \n e.g. \n permitting electronic submission of responses. In <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public comments on the following proposed collection of information for <span class=\"match\">which</span> the agency is seeking approval from OMB.\n \n \n Title: \n Part 563, Event Data Recorders.\n \n \n OMB Control Number: \n 2127-0758.\n \n \n Form Number(s): \n N/A.\n \n \n Type of Request: \n Reinstatement of a previously approved"}]}