{"description":"Documents matching 'dispute resolution serving impartially competently'","count":361,"total_pages":19,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=dispute+resolution+serving+impartially+competently&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"340B Drug Pricing Program; Administrative Dispute Resolution Regulation","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Health Resources and Services Administration administers section 340B of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, which is referred to as the \"340B Drug Pricing Program\" or the \"340B Program.\" This final rule will apply to all drug manufacturers and covered entities that participate in the 340B Program. The final rule sets forth the requirements and procedures for the 340B Program's administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process. This final rule revises the 340B administrative dispute resolution process set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations.","document_number":"2024-08262","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-08262/340b-drug-pricing-program-administrative-dispute-resolution-regulation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-08262.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08262.pdf?1713444337","publication_date":"2024-04-19","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"}],"excerpts":"the definition for \n Administrative <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">Resolution</span> (ADR) Process \n and dding the definition \n 340B Administrative <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">Resolution</span> (ADR) process \n in its place;\n \n \n b. Revising the definitions for \n Administrative <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">Resolution</span> Panel (340B ADR Panel), Claim, Consolidated claim, \n and \n Joint claim; \n and\n \n \n c. Adding in alphabetical order the definition for \n Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) \n .\n \n The revisions and additions read as follows: \n \n § 10.3 \n \n \n \n 340B Administrative <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">Resolution</span> (ADR) process \n means a process used"},{"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":"accredited, ISO/IEC 17065, already requires that certification activities by TCBs be “undertaken <span class=\"match\">impartially</span>” and contains provisions intended to ensure <span class=\"match\">impartiality</span>, including regarding the management, structure, and personnel of the TCB, and TCBs are required to have a mechanism to ensure <span class=\"match\">impartiality</span>. Second, insofar as the existing <span class=\"match\">impartiality</span> requirements are insufficient, the rules the Commission adopts today will help to ensure the <span class=\"match\">impartiality</span> of TCBs and prevent undue influence on them by entities that pose a risk to national security and"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Home Health (HH) Prospective Payment System Rate Update; HH Quality Reporting Program Requirements; HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model Requirements; Home Intravenous Immune Globulin Items and Services; Hospice Informal Dispute Resolution and Special Focus Program Requirements, Certain Requirements for Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics and Orthotics Supplies; and Provider and Supplier Enrollment Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule sets forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates for calendar year (CY) 2024 in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. This rule-- discusses comments received regarding access to home health aide services; implements home health payment-related changes; rebases and revises the home health market basket and revises the labor-related share; codifies statutory requirements for disposable negative pressure wound therapy (dNPWT); and implements the new items and services payment for the home intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) benefit. In addition, it--finalizes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) requirements and the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model; implements the new Part B benefit for lymphedema compression treatment items, codifies the Medicare definition of brace, and makes other codification changes based on recent legislation; adds an informal dispute resolution (IDR) and special focus program (SFP) for hospice programs; codifies DMEPOS refill policy; and finalizes proposed revisions for Medicare provider and supplier enrollment requirements.","document_number":"2023-24455","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/13/2023-24455/medicare-program-calendar-year-cy-2024-home-health-hh-prospective-payment-system-rate-update-hh","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-13/pdf/2023-24455.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24455.pdf?1698869908","publication_date":"2023-11-13","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":"Informal <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">Resolution</span> and Special Focus Program \n \n In section VI. of this final rule, we are finalizing our proposal for a new hospice informal <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> (IDR) process at § 488.1130 to align with the process that is available for home health agencies (HHAs). We proposed that the hospice IDR would address <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> related to condition-level survey findings following a hospice program's receipt of the official survey statement of deficiencies. The proposed IDR would provide hospice programs an informal opportunity to resolve <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> in"},{"title":"Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings (Rules of Practice) govern adjudication proceedings conducted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB issued a proposal to rescind amendments it adopted to the Rules of Practice on February 22, 2022, and March 29, 2023 (2022 and 2023 amendments). The 2022 and 2023 amendments that the Bureau proposed to rescind included a new deposition process, amendments concerning timing and deadlines, bifurcation of proceedings, the process for deciding dispositive motions, and requirements for issue exhaustion, as well as other technical changes. After considering the comments on the proposal, the CFPB has decided to rescind the amendments as proposed, except as related to narrow clarificatory and procedural changes.","document_number":"2025-19687","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/29/2025-19687/rules-of-practice-for-adjudication-proceedings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-29/pdf/2025-19687.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19687.pdf?1761655506","publication_date":"2025-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"settlement, simplification of the issues, or any other proper purpose and require the attendance at any such conference of at least one representative of each party who has authority to negotiate concerning the <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of issues in controversy; \n (8) To inform the parties as to the availability of one or more alternative means of <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span>, and to encourage the use of such methods; \n (9) To certify questions to the Director for his or her determination in accordance with the rules of this part; \n (10) To consider and rule upon, as justice may"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 3 and 49","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement. The E.O. directs the elimination of excessive acquisition regulations to stop the inefficient use of American taxpayer dollars. The FAR Council is issuing twelve proposed rules that collectively will streamline the FAR in its entirety. This rule proposes revisions to FAR parts 3 and 49.","document_number":"2026-12562","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12562/federal-acquisition-regulation-revolutionary-federal-acquisition-regulation-overhaul-parts-3-and-49","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12562.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12562.pdf?1782132314","publication_date":"2026-06-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"Office of Federal Procurement Policy","name":"Federal Procurement Policy Office","id":184,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-procurement-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/184","parent_id":280,"slug":"federal-procurement-policy-office"},{"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":"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"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"remedies (\n e.g., \n filing a pre-award protest or, if after award, pursuing a claim under the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> clause or litigation in a court of <span class=\"match\">competent</span> jurisdiction). Do not cancel or ignore the markings until final <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of the matter through these processes.\n \n (iii) Modify the foregoing procedures in accordance with agency regulations implementing the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) as necessary to respond to a request. Regardless of any <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> over markings, proposals in their entirety remain exempt from disclosure under 41 U.S.C. 4702"},{"title":"Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings; Rescission","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is proposing to rescind the amendments it adopted to the Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings (Rules of Practice) on February 22, 2022, and March 29, 2023.","document_number":"2025-08344","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/13/2025-08344/rules-of-practice-for-adjudication-proceedings-rescission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-13/pdf/2025-08344.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08344.pdf?1747053913","publication_date":"2025-05-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"settlement, simplification of the issues, or any other proper purpose and require the attendance at any such conference of at least one representative of each party who has authority to negotiate concerning the <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of issues in controversy; \n (8) To inform the parties as to the availability of one or more alternative means of <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span>, and to encourage the use of such methods; \n (9) To certify questions to the Director for his or her determination in accordance with the rules of this part; \n (10) To consider and rule upon, as justice may"},{"title":"Practices Before the Department of the Interior","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) will make comprehensive procedural changes to Federal regulations governing hearings and appeals proceedings before the Department of the Interior's administrative tribunals. We will modify and update our regulations located in title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations in part 4 to: promote expeditious and meaningful review of administrative decisions; reflect changes in the law; reorganize and streamline procedures and retitle subparts to improve clarity to parties; consolidate redundant language; eliminate outdated procedures; and allow OHA to continue to modernize its practice and keep pace with technological and other advancements, including the establishment of a regulatory framework for an electronic filing and case docket management system.","document_number":"2024-30358","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2024-30358/practices-before-the-department-of-the-interior","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-10/pdf/2024-30358.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30358.pdf?1736171118","publication_date":"2025-01-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"operate to suspend the proceeding, unless so ordered by the ALJ or the Appeals Board. \n § 4.123 Alternative <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">Resolution</span> \n Alternative <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> (ADR) refers to the various processes and techniques used for resolving <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> without litigation or a hearing. DCHD offers ADR procedures consistent with the Administrative <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">Resolution</span> Act, 5 U.S.C. 571-84. Parties are encouraged to consider ADR as an option for <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> in proceedings before DCHD, because ADR affords parties the opportunity to engage in collaborative problem"},{"title":"Improving Customer Service and Protecting Consumers Through Onshoring","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes actions that would encourage and facilitate the onshoring of foreign call centers. Specifically, the Commission proposes rules and otherwise explore ways to improve customer service communications and better protect consumers' sensitive personal information by limiting use of foreign call centers and by improving standards applicable to a company's remaining foreign call center operations. It also seeks comment on extending these protections to modes of customer service communications other than calls, such as emails, texts, and on-line chats, and on ideas to deter scam and other unlawful calls made to the United States from foreign countries. Finally, it explore steps we can take to financially deter unlawful foreign-originated calls, such as bond requirements. The Commission proposes to apply these requirements to providers of telecommunications services, CMRS, interconnected VoIP service, cable television service, and DBS services, or affiliates of such providers. It also proposes to apply these requirements to the use of foreign call centers for consumer communications relating to internet access service offered by any of the foregoing providers or their affiliates and seeks comment on whether it should extend some or all of the proposed rules to providers of other types of services.","document_number":"2026-07960","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/23/2026-07960/improving-customer-service-and-protecting-consumers-through-onshoring","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-23/pdf/2026-07960.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07960.pdf?1776861922","publication_date":"2026-04-23","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":"the system by making numerous fraudulent reports in order to cause financial harm to their provider. Are safeguards from overuse needed? If so, what should the safeguards entail? Should providers be permitted to <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> draws? Who would hear those <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> and what evidence would be required? Who bears the burden of proof in such <span class=\"match\">disputes</span>? Should there be a threshold of reported unlawful robocalls at which a gateway provider would surrender the entire bond automatically? If so, what should the threshold be? \n We seek comment on these possible approaches"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement. The E.O. directs the elimination of excessive acquisition regulations to stop the inefficient use of American taxpayer dollars. The FAR Council is issuing twelve proposed rules that collectively will streamline the FAR in its entirety. This rule proposes revisions to FAR parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, 52, and 53.","document_number":"2026-12559","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12559/federal-acquisition-regulation-revolutionary-federal-acquisition-regulation-overhaul-parts-1-2-4-33","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12559.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12559.pdf?1782132314","publication_date":"2026-06-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"Office of Federal Procurement Policy","name":"Federal Procurement Policy Office","id":184,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-procurement-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/184","parent_id":280,"slug":"federal-procurement-policy-office"},{"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":"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"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"authority to decide <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> relating to a contract.\n \n \n (d) The clause at 52.233-1, <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span>, recognizes the “all <span class=\"match\">disputes</span>” authority established by the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> statute, and states certain requirements and limitations of the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> statute to guide contractors and contracting \n \n agencies. The clause is not intended to affect the rights and obligations of the parties as provided by the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> statute or to constrain the authority of the statutory agency BCAs in handling and deciding contractor appeals under the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> statute.\n \n \n \n 33"},{"title":"Requirements for Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities Regarding Governance and the Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest Impacting Market Regulation Functions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (\"Commission\" or \"CFTC\") is proposing new rules and amendments to its existing regulations for designated contract markets (\"DCMs\") and swap execution facilities (\"SEFs\") that would establish governance and fitness requirements with respect to market regulation functions, as well as related conflict of interest standards. The proposed new rules and amendments include minimum fitness standards, requirements for identifying, managing, and resolving conflicts of interest, and structural governance requirements to ensure that SEF and DCM governing bodies adequately incorporate an independent perspective. The proposal also address requirements relating to the following: composition requirements for board of directors and disciplinary panels; limitations on the use and disclosure by employees and certain others of material non-public information; requirements relating to Chief Regulatory Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, and Regulatory Oversight Committees; and notification of certain changes in the ownership or corporate or organizational structure of a SEF or DCM.","document_number":"2024-04938","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/19/2024-04938/requirements-for-designated-contract-markets-and-swap-execution-facilities-regarding-governance-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-19/pdf/2024-04938.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-04938.pdf?1710765911","publication_date":"2024-03-19","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":"officers and members of the board of directors, committees, disciplinary panels, and <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> panels have identical responsibilities for governing and administering operations, including the operations of the market regulation functions. Straightforward and consistent minimum fitness requirements are reasonably necessary to promote the hiring and designation of officers and members of the board of directors, committees, disciplinary panels, and <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> panels that have the appropriate character and integrity to perform their duties"},{"title":"Legal Services, General Counsel, and Miscellaneous Claims","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations governing Legal Services, the Office of General Counsel, and Miscellaneous Claims to reflect nomenclature changes regarding employees and groups within the Office of General Counsel as well as to make other changes intended to further clarify and explain various functions and procedures within the Office of General Counsel.","document_number":"2024-23840","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-23840/legal-services-general-counsel-and-miscellaneous-claims","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-23840.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23840.pdf?1730900722","publication_date":"2024-11-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"funds from the third party. Amounts not in <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> must be remitted to the Department, and the amounts in <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> must be held in trust, pending <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of the <span class=\"match\">dispute</span>. \n (4) Failure to meet the notification and cooperation duties associated with the Department's recovery interests may result in referral to the Department of Justice, as described in paragraph (e) of this section. \n (c) Where the Responsible Official determines that a claim to recover the costs of medical care or services is appropriate under any of the authorities described in"},{"title":"Promoting Employee Accountability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) are issuing proposed regulations governing performance-based reduction in grade and removal actions, non-disciplinary separations, and adverse actions, along with the MSPB's review of those actions, and proposing improved and additional training to supervisors. With this rule, OPM seeks to improve the accountability of employees for poor performance and misconduct by streamlining the administrative procedures used by agencies to take performance-based and adverse actions; and MSPB seeks to refocus its penalty review on a totality of the circumstances test rather than a rigid application of prescribed factors. The proposed rule also promotes transparency regarding employee poor performance and misconduct by restricting agencies' ability to engage in settlement agreements that remove official documentation of performance or conduct detrimental to the efficiency of the service.","document_number":"2026-13445","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13445/promoting-employee-accountability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-02/pdf/2026-13445.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13445.pdf?1782909924","publication_date":"2026-07-02","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":"MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD","name":"Merit Systems Protection Board","id":285,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/merit-systems-protection-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/285","parent_id":null,"slug":"merit-systems-protection-board"}],"excerpts":"also justified revoking the limitations on the use of settlement agreements it previously imposed arguing that they inhibited <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> options; reduced the likelihood of reaching settlement; potentially increased the cost of litigation and arbitration; and crowded the docket of federal administrative adjudicative agencies. OPM stated that there were greater benefits to giving agencies flexibility to resolve <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> over their ability to access adverse information during the hiring process. \n On November 10, 2022, OPM issued a final rule"},{"title":"Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 2 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendments Nos. 1 and 2, To Amend the Codes of Arbitration Procedure To Modify the Current Process Relating to the Expungement of Customer Dispute Information","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2023-08147","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/19/2023-08147/self-regulatory-organizations-financial-industry-regulatory-authority-inc-notice-of-filing-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-19/pdf/2023-08147.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-08147.pdf?1681821913","publication_date":"2023-04-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"the same customer <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> information; (2) a court of <span class=\"match\">competent</span> jurisdiction previously denied the associated person's request to expunge the same customer <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> information; (3) the customer arbitration or civil litigation or customer complaint associated with the customer <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> information is not closed; (4)(a) a panel or court of <span class=\"match\">competent</span> jurisdiction previously found the associated person liable in a customer arbitration or civil litigation associated with the same customer <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> information, or (b) the customer <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> information involves"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (Department) amends the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The purpose of these amendments is to better align the Title IX regulatory requirements with Title IX's nondiscrimination mandate. These amendments clarify the scope and application of Title IX and the obligations of recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department, including elementary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and other recipients (referred to below as \"recipients\" or \"schools\") to provide an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including through responding to incidents of sex discrimination. These final regulations will enable all recipients to meet their obligations to comply with Title IX while providing them with appropriate discretion and flexibility to account for variations in school size, student populations, and administrative structures.","document_number":"2024-07915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-07915/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-07915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07915.pdf?1713530716","publication_date":"2024-04-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"for the informal <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> process provided by § 106.44(k). The Department acknowledges the comments regarding the use of the term “informal <span class=\"match\">resolution</span>,” but declines to substitute another term instead. As indicated in the preamble to the 2020 amendments, the Department understands the term “informal <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> processes” to have the same meaning as “alternative <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> processes,” with both referring to the processes that have been widely used as a substitute for the formal process. 85 FR 30400. Informal <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> accordingly may encompass"},{"title":"Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduct. The proposed rule lets policy-influencing positions be moved into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This will allow agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or undermine the democratic process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives.","document_number":"2025-06904","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/23/2025-06904/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-23/pdf/2025-06904.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06904.pdf?1745007307","publication_date":"2025-04-23","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":"in Clean Air Enforcements,” Am. Pol. Sci. Rev., 82, No. 1, pp. 213-234 (1988).\n \n \n \n Other research documents that career Federal employees often do not offer “neutral competence” but what the researchers term “politicized competence”—developing <span class=\"match\">competency</span> in agency operations, but using that <span class=\"match\">competency</span> to advance their personal political preferences.\n 133 \n \n Recent research also documents how “misaligned” career employees perform less effectively under appointees they politically disagree with.\n 134 \n \n Still other academics have documented the"},{"title":"Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduct. The final rule authorizes agencies to move policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This will allow agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or obstruct the democratic process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives. The rule requires agencies to establish internal policies protecting employees from prohibited personnel practices.","document_number":"2026-02375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02375/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf?1770299117","publication_date":"2026-02-06","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":"fails to discuss all the relevant conclusions of another two sources.\n 122 \n \n We disagree. While the first source discusses other behavioral patterns and disclaims the empirical accuracy of its studies, the Commenter does not <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> that it discusses the claims made by the proposed rule. Lastly, Commenter 34522 does not <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> that the second source also discusses the claims made by the proposed rule. While we recognize that the second source comes to additional conclusions OPM does not share, we do not agree that OPM's statements regarding the source"},{"title":"Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office of Research Integrity (ORI) proposes to revise the Public Health Service (PHS) Policies on Research Misconduct. The proposed revisions are based on the experience ORI and institutions have gained with the regulation since it was released in 2005. This NPRM seeks comment from individuals, institutional officials, organizations, institutions, research funding agencies, and other members of the public on the proposed revisions and how to improve the clarity of substantive and non-substantive.","document_number":"2023-21746","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/06/2023-21746/public-health-service-policies-on-research-misconduct","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-06/pdf/2023-21746.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-21746.pdf?1696509918","publication_date":"2023-10-06","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"}],"excerpts":"does not include the limited use of identical or nearly-identical phrases which describe a commonly-used methodology. \n (b) Plagiarism does not include self-plagiarism or authorship or credit <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> including <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> among former collaborators who participated jointly in the development or conduct of a research project. Self-plagiarism and authorship <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> do not meet the definition of research misconduct. \n \n \n § 93.231 \n \n Preponderance of the evidence means proof by evidence that, compared with evidence opposing it, leads to the conclusion"},{"title":"Rules of Practice and Procedure","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) (collectively, the Agencies) are adopting final changes to the Uniform Rules of Practice and Procedure (Uniform Rules) to recognize the use of electronic communications in all aspects of administrative hearings and to otherwise increase the efficiency and fairness of administrative adjudications. The OCC, Board, and FDIC are also modifying their agency-specific rules of administrative practice and procedure (Local Rules). The OCC also is integrating its Uniform Rules and Local Rules so that one set of rules applies to both national banks and Federal savings associations and amending its rules on organization and functions to address service of process.","document_number":"2023-25646","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/28/2023-25646/rules-of-practice-and-procedure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-28/pdf/2023-25646.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25646.pdf?1703684718","publication_date":"2023-12-28","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 the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"},{"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":"inconvenience, or delay. \n \n (b) \n Severance. \n The ALJ may, upon the motion of any party, sever the proceeding for separate <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of the matter as to any respondent only if the ALJ finds:\n \n (1) Undue prejudice or injustice to the moving party would result from not severing the proceeding; and \n (2) Such undue prejudice or injustice would outweigh the interests of judicial economy and expedition in the complete and final <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of the proceeding. \n \n \n § 19.23 \n \n \n (a) \n In writing.— \n (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an application"},{"title":"Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-24, an exemption from certain prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). The amendment would affect participants and beneficiaries of plans, Individual Retirement Account (IRA) owners, and certain fiduciaries of plans and IRAs.","document_number":"2023-23781","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/03/2023-23781/proposed-amendment-to-prohibited-transaction-exemption-84-24","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-03/pdf/2023-23781.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-23781.pdf?1698929126","publication_date":"2023-11-03","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":"ensuring its access to policies and procedures will facilitate the quicker <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> and allow the Department, if it desires, to survey the policies and procedures for exemption compliance and effectiveness. \n Retrospective Review \n Proposed Section VII(d) would require Insurers to conduct a retrospective review, at least annually. The retrospective review must be reasonably designed to detect and prevent violations of, and achieve compliance with the <span class=\"match\">Impartial</span> Conduct Standards, the terms of this exemption, and the policies and procedures"},{"title":"Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA or the Department) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS or the Agency) amends the Agency's regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (P&S Act or Act). The Act protects fair trade, financial integrity, and competitive markets for poultry. The final rule prohibits certain payment practices under poultry grower ranking systems (commonly known as tournaments) in contract poultry production for broiler chickens, requires live poultry dealers (LPDs) to adopt policies and procedures for operating a fair ranking system for broiler growers, and requires LPDs to provide certain information to broiler growers when the LPD requests or requires the grower to make additional capital investments. These regulations will increase transparency and address deception and unfairness in broiler grower payments, tournament operations, and capital improvement systems.","document_number":"2025-00508","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00508/poultry-grower-payment-systems-and-capital-improvement-systems","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00508.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00508.pdf?1736948726","publication_date":"2025-01-16","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":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"broiler grower tournaments.\n \n \n Provisions included in final § 201.110(b)(1)(vi) will also require LPDs to maintain written processes for communication and <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of grower concerns with the design or operation of a system that is consistent with the duty of fair comparison. These processes should address timely <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> of such <span class=\"match\">disputes</span>. Providing an effective method of <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> <span class=\"match\">resolution</span> has the potential to help resolve disagreements involving personality conflicts which can lead to avoidable inefficiencies. \n Benefits of Final § 201.112"}]}