{"description":"Documents matching 'fraud other misconduct lifeline program'","count":41,"total_pages":3,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=fraud+other+misconduct+lifeline+program&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers; Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support; Affordable Connectivity Program; Emergency Broadband Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to ensure that Lifeline services are used to benefit and support eligible low-income Americans, that the program's funding is protected from waste, fraud, and abuse, and that service providers are in compliance with Commission rules. The Commission also seeks to update and streamline Lifeline and related rules.","document_number":"2026-06531","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06531/lifeline-and-link-up-reform-and-modernization-bridging-the-digital-divide-for-low-income-consumers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06531.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06531.pdf?1775133915","publication_date":"2026-04-03","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":"that the <span class=\"match\">program</span> is a federal public benefit and eligibility plainly is determined based on, among <span class=\"match\">other</span> things, income, resources, and financial need, the Commission seeks comments on this analysis and whether there are <span class=\"match\">other</span> factors to be considered. Are there reasons not to consider OLC's interpretation of the term “Federal means-tested public benefit” controlling here and, if not, what standard should be applied? Under this definition or <span class=\"match\">others</span>, does the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> <span class=\"match\">program</span> qualify as a means-tested public benefit? Does the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> <span class=\"match\">program</span> fall within"},{"title":"Modernizing Suspension and Debarment Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts the Office of Management and Budget's Guidance for Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension, along with agency-specific regulations to allow the agency to further combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and remove bad actors from participation in its support programs. The Commission finds further notice and comment \"unnecessary\" under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for the Commission to adopt the Guidelines (including updates made after the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding), but elect to provide an opportunity for input on that assessment as to three of the Guidelines. A Proposed Rule relating to the Commission's adoption of updated suspension and debarment rules is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.","document_number":"2026-06864","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06864/modernizing-suspension-and-debarment-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06864.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06864.pdf?1775652316","publication_date":"2026-04-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"NPRM, high-profile investigations involving <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> in Commission <span class=\"match\">programs</span>, including USF and <span class=\"match\">other</span> <span class=\"match\">programs</span>, have served to emphasize the importance of having more robust suspension and debarment rules in order to safeguard public funds. \n Report and Order \n \n We hereby adopt the Guidelines and supplemental rules, as tailored below to the Commission's <span class=\"match\">programs</span>, to best address and prevent waste, <span class=\"match\">fraud</span>, and abuse with respect to those <span class=\"match\">programs</span>. Specifically, we adopt a broader and expanded range of <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> (beyond merely criminal convictions and civil"},{"title":"Suitability and Fitness","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending the Federal Government personnel vetting adjudicative processes for determining suitability and taking suitability actions. The final rule will improve the efficiency, rigor, and timeliness by which OPM and agencies vet individuals for risk to the integrity and efficiency of the service and make clear that individuals who engage in serious misconduct while employed in Federal service are subject to the same suitability procedures and actions as applicants for employment. It also ensures that suitability determinations and actions are applied consistently with Merit System Principles.","document_number":"2026-13154","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13154/suitability-and-fitness","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13154.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13154.pdf?1782737115","publication_date":"2026-06-30","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":"discretionary authority to act on <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> was a misunderstanding of the proposed rule. There is nothing in the proposed rulemaking that prohibits an agency from pursuing a disciplinary matter against an employee using Chapter 75 procedures or any <span class=\"match\">other</span> authority available to it. Agencies may still resolve disciplinary matters under Chapter 75 procedures. OPM acknowledges that not all post-appointment <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> would warrant an unfavorable suitability determination and that agencies may prefer to resolve <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> matters using an alternative authority"},{"title":"Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.","document_number":"2026-12308","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/18/2026-12308/information-collection-being-reviewed-by-the-federal-communications-commission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-18/pdf/2026-12308.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12308.pdf?1781700318","publication_date":"2026-06-18","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 Commission's rules. \n For all of the <span class=\"match\">programs</span> discussed above, the information collected by the Commission will be used by agency staff and the <span class=\"match\">program</span> administrators that organize the day-to-day operations of the covered <span class=\"match\">programs</span> under the agency's supervision to monitor compliance with <span class=\"match\">program</span> rules, better detect waste, <span class=\"match\">fraud</span>, and abuse in Commission <span class=\"match\">programs</span>, and ensure bad actors are not able to participate in covered transactions from the outset. Given requirements to disclose information to <span class=\"match\">other</span> primary and lower tier participants, these"},{"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":"long-standing problem of holding subordinates accountable for <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> and poor performance. OPM then cited two examples of senior career officials with serious <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> and performance issues who remained in their positions despite agency efforts to remove them from their positions. OPM cited these two examples to support our argument that failing to address <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> and poor performance directly undermines the Merit System Principles. OPM later cited to the <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> and corruption at <span class=\"match\">other</span> agencies such as the FDIC where a fear of litigation contributed"},{"title":"Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-07: Design, Marketing, and Administration of Credit Card Rewards Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) has issued Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-07 titled, \"Design, marketing, and administration of credit card rewards programs.\" In this circular, the CFPB responds to the question, \"Can credit card issuers violate the law if they or their rewards partners devalue earned rewards or otherwise inhibit consumers from obtaining or redeeming promised rewards?\"","document_number":"2024-30988","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/30/2024-30988/consumer-financial-protection-circular-2024-07-design-marketing-and-administration-of-credit-card","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-30/pdf/2024-30988.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30988.pdf?1735307135","publication_date":"2024-12-30","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":" Similarly, if a rewards <span class=\"match\">program</span> includes redemption options from multiple participating merchant partners, and the rewards <span class=\"match\">program</span> operator loses a major merchant partner or a major partner materially downgrades the service provided, enforcers can look to whether the rewards <span class=\"match\">program</span> operator is taking reasonable measures to generally maintain the value of rewards, such as by increasing points usable at <span class=\"match\">other</span> merchant partners, allowing customers to cash out points, replacing lost rewards with <span class=\"match\">other</span> rewards, or by <span class=\"match\">other</span> \n \n means. Additionally,"},{"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":"discrimination under any education <span class=\"match\">program</span> or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”\n \n Title IX also protects students, employees, and <span class=\"match\">others</span> who continue participating in the education <span class=\"match\">program</span> or activity from sex discrimination that may persist or may be remedied after the specific complainant no longer participates. Limiting a recipient's responsibility to address sex discrimination to those circumstances in which a complainant continues participating in the <span class=\"match\">program</span> or activity fails to ensure that <span class=\"match\">others</span> who continue to participate benefit"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises standards relating to denial of coverage for failure to pay past-due premium; excludes Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of \"lawfully present;\" establishes the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance; revises the Exchange automatic reenrollment hierarchy; revises standards related to the annual open enrollment period and special enrollment periods; revises standards relating to failure to file and reconcile, income eligibility verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, annual eligibility redeterminations, de minimis thresholds for the actuarial value for plans subject to essential health benefits (EHB) requirements, and income-based cost-sharing reduction plan variations. This final rule also revises the premium adjustment percentage methodology and prohibits issuers of coverage subject to EHB requirements from providing coverage for specified sex-trait modification procedures as an EHB.","document_number":"2025-11606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11606/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11606.pdf?1750709712","publication_date":"2025-06-25","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":"certain <span class=\"match\">other</span> noncitizens for the purposes of determining eligibility to enroll in a QHP through an Exchange, PTC, APTC, CSRs, and to enroll in a BHP in States that elect to operate a BHP.\n \n 3. <span class=\"match\">Program</span> Integrity \n \n We have finalized <span class=\"match\">program</span> integrity standards related to the Exchanges and premium stabilization <span class=\"match\">programs</span> in two rules: the “<span class=\"match\">Program</span> Integrity: Exchange, SHOP, and Eligibility Appeals Rule” published in the August 30, 2013, \n Federal Register \n (78 FR 54069), and the “<span class=\"match\">Program</span> Integrity: Exchange, Premium Stabilization <span class=\"match\">Programs</span>, and Market"},{"title":"Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures, Ability To Benefit (ATB)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary amends the regulations implementing title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), related to financial responsibility, administrative capability, certification procedures, and ATB. We amend the financial responsibility regulations to increase the Department of Education's (Department) ability to identify high-risk events at institutions of higher education and require financial protection as needed. We amend and add administrative capability provisions to enhance the capacity for institutions to demonstrate their ability to continue to participate in the financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the HEA (title IV, HEA programs). Additionally, we amend the certification procedures to create a more rigorous process for certifying institutional eligibility to participate in the title IV, HEA programs. Finally, we amend the ATB regulations related to student eligibility for non-high school graduates.","document_number":"2023-22785","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/31/2023-22785/financial-responsibility-administrative-capability-certification-procedures-ability-to-benefit-atb","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-31/pdf/2023-22785.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22785.pdf?1698669915","publication_date":"2023-10-31","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":"of entities that have the authority to share with each <span class=\"match\">other</span> and the Department any information pertaining to an institution's eligibility for or participation in the title IV, HEA <span class=\"match\">programs</span> or any information on <span class=\"match\">fraud</span>, abuse, or <span class=\"match\">other</span> violations of law. \n • Amend § 668.14(b)(26)(ii) to limit the number of hours in a GE <span class=\"match\">program</span> to the greater of the required minimum number of clock hours, credit hours, or the equivalent required for training in the recognized occupation for which the <span class=\"match\">program</span> prepares the student, as established by the State in which"},{"title":"Affordable Connectivity Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes a pilot program, titled \"Your Home, Your internet,\" designed to increase awareness of and encourage participation in the Affordable Connectivity Program for households receiving Federal housing assistance.","document_number":"2022-18293","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/06/2022-18293/affordable-connectivity-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-09-06/pdf/2022-18293.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-18293.pdf?1662122714","publication_date":"2022-09-06","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":"comment on a pilot <span class=\"match\">program</span> focused on expanding ACP participation by FPHA <span class=\"match\">program</span> (including housing choice voucher <span class=\"match\">program</span> (Section 8), project-based rental assistance, and public housing) recipients including increasing awareness and assisting with navigating the ACP enrollment process. To that end, the Commission proposed and sought comment on a pilot <span class=\"match\">program</span> to develop partnerships with agencies that administer the FPHA <span class=\"match\">programs</span> for collaborative cross-agency outreach and marketing regarding the Affordable Connectivity <span class=\"match\">Program</span> to recipients of"},{"title":"Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet; Restoring Internet Freedom","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts a Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, Order, and Order on Reconsideration that reestablishes the Commission's authority over broadband internet access service (BIAS). The Declaratory Ruling classifies broadband internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, providing the Commission with additional authority to safeguard national security, advance public safety, protect consumers, and facilitate broadband deployment. The Order establishes broad, tailored forbearance of the Commission's application of Title II to broadband providers while maintaining Title II provisions the Commission needs to fulfill its obligations and objectives. The Report and Order reinstates straightforward, clear rules that prohibit blocking, throttling, or engaging in paid or affiliated prioritization arrangements, adopts certain enhancements to the transparency rule, and reinstates a general conduct standard that prohibits unreasonable interference or unreasonable disadvantage to consumers or edge providers. The Order on Reconsideration partially grants and otherwise dismisses as moot four petitions for reconsideration filed in response to the 2020 Restoring Internet Freedom Remand Order.","document_number":"2024-10674","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/22/2024-10674/safeguarding-and-securing-the-open-internet-restoring-internet-freedom","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-22/pdf/2024-10674.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10674.pdf?1716295515","publication_date":"2024-05-22","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":"standalone broadband providers have remained unable to receive critical <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> universal service support.\n \n \n 72. Allowing BIAS-only providers to participate in the High Cost and <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> <span class=\"match\">programs</span> would enhance both <span class=\"match\">programs</span>. Both <span class=\"match\">programs</span> are already oriented overwhelmingly toward BIAS over <span class=\"match\">other</span> service types. As discussed above, providers in most High Cost <span class=\"match\">program</span> funds are required to build BIAS-capable networks. Moreover, as of September 2023 approximately 96% of <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> customers subscribe to a plan that includes broadband service. Several"},{"title":"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department) is adopting a final rule defining when a person renders \"investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect\" with respect to any moneys or other property of an employee benefit plan, for purposes of the definition of a \"fiduciary\" in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (Title I of ERISA or the Act). The final rule also applies for purposes of Title II of ERISA to the definition of a fiduciary of a plan defined in Internal Revenue Code (Code), including an individual retirement account or other plan identified in the Code. The Department also is publishing elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees) and to several other existing administrative exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules applicable to fiduciaries under Title I and Title II of ERISA.","document_number":"2024-08065","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/25/2024-08065/retirement-security-rule-definition-of-an-investment-advice-fiduciary","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-25/pdf/2024-08065.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08065.pdf?1713962724","publication_date":"2024-04-25","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":"securities transaction or <span class=\"match\">other</span> investment transaction or any investment strategy involving securities or <span class=\"match\">other</span> investment property” is defined as recommendations as to: \n (i) The advisability of acquiring, holding, disposing of, or exchanging, securities or <span class=\"match\">other</span> investment property, investment strategy, or how securities or <span class=\"match\">other</span> investment property should be invested after the securities or <span class=\"match\">other</span> investment property are rolled over, transferred, or distributed from the plan or IRA; \n \n (ii) The management of securities or <span class=\"match\">other</span> investment property"},{"title":"Non-Compete Clause Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"Pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act (\"FTC Act\"), the Federal Trade Commission (\"Commission\") is issuing the Non- Compete Clause Rule (\"the final rule\"). The final rule provides that it is an unfair method of competition for persons to, among other things, enter into non-compete clauses (\"non-competes\") with workers on or after the final rule's effective date. With respect to existing non-competes--i.e., non-competes entered into before the effective date--the final rule adopts a different approach for senior executives than for other workers. For senior executives, existing non-competes can remain in force, while existing non-competes with other workers are not enforceable after the effective date.","document_number":"2024-09171","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/07/2024-09171/non-compete-clause-rule","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-07/pdf/2024-09171.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09171.pdf?1715001372","publication_date":"2024-05-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"Commission stated that the definition would generally not apply to <span class=\"match\">other</span> types of restrictive employment agreements that do not altogether prevent a worker from seeking or accepting <span class=\"match\">other</span> work or starting a business after their employment ends and do not generally prevent <span class=\"match\">other</span> employers from competing for that worker's labor.\n 325 \n \n At the same time, the Commission expressed concern about unusually restrictive employment agreements that, while not formally triggered by seeking or accepting <span class=\"match\">other</span> work or starting a business after their employment ends,"},{"title":"Securing the Border","type":"Rule","abstract":"On June 3, 2024, the President signed a Proclamation under sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (\"INA\") suspending and limiting the entry of certain noncitizens into the United States during emergency border circumstances. DHS and DOJ (\"the Departments\") issued a complementary interim final rule (\"IFR\") shortly thereafter. This final rule responds to public comments received on the IFR, makes certain revisions to the regulatory text, and seeks comment on potential changes to the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule as well as changes that parallel modifications made by the subsequent Proclamation.","document_number":"2024-22602","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/07/2024-22602/securing-the-border","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-07/pdf/2024-22602.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22602.pdf?1727715629","publication_date":"2024-10-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Executive Office for Immigration Review","name":"Executive Office for Immigration Review","id":149,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-for-immigration-review","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/149","parent_id":268,"slug":"executive-office-for-immigration-review"}],"excerpts":"Withholding of Removal and CAT Protection \n 4. <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Comments on the Regulatory Provisions \n a. Application to Mexican Nationals \n b. Adequacy of Statutory Withholding of Removal and CAT Protection \n c. Requests for Reconsideration \n D. <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Issues Relating to the Rule \n 1. Scope of the Rule and Implementation \n a. Concerns That the Encounter Thresholds Are Too Low or Arbitrary \n b. Concerns Regarding Exceptions From the Encounter Thresholds \n c. <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Concerns About the Encounter Thresholds \n 2. <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Comments on Issues Relating to the Rule \n E."},{"title":"Affordable Connectivity Program; Emergency Broadband Benefit Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this Report and Order, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts final rules for the Affordable Connectivity Program, established by Congress in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Infrastructure Act). The Affordable Connectivity Program is designed to make broadband service and connected devices available to eligible low-income households at affordable, discounted prices from providers that opt to participate in the program. The rules adopted in the Report and Order address, inter alia, the eligibility criteria for broadband service providers that opt to participate in the program, eligibility criteria for households that seek benefits, the types of broadband services and connected devices that will be covered, the amounts of reimbursements available to providers, claims procedures, consumer protection requirements, and reporting, auditing, enforcement, and related matters.","document_number":"2022-02887","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/14/2022-02887/affordable-connectivity-program-emergency-broadband-benefit-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-14/pdf/2022-02887.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-02887.pdf?1644587113","publication_date":"2022-02-14","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":"temporary <span class=\"match\">program</span>. \n Emergency Broadband Benefit <span class=\"match\">Program</span>, \n 86 FR 19532, 19559, para. 142 (April 13, 2021) (\n EBB <span class=\"match\">Program</span> Order \n ).\n \n \n 19. The considerations for the more permanent Affordable Connectivity <span class=\"match\">Program</span> are different, and our experience during the EBB <span class=\"match\">Program</span> with agent-driven, apparent improper enrollments necessitates adopting a <span class=\"match\">program</span> ban on agent commission compensation similar to the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> <span class=\"match\">Program</span>. For example, the FCC's Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an advisory raising concerns about potential waste, <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> and"},{"title":"Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) is amending its regulations to allow asylum officers (AOs) to consider the potential applicability of certain bars to asylum and statutory withholding of removal during credible fear and reasonable fear screenings, including credible fear screenings where the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways or Securing the Border rules apply. The rule is intended to enhance operational flexibility and help DHS more swiftly remove certain noncitizens who are barred from asylum and statutory withholding of removal.","document_number":"2024-29617","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29617/application-of-certain-mandatory-bars-in-fear-screenings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29617.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29617.pdf?1734443142","publication_date":"2024-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"Directorate—Officer Training: Cross-Cultural Communication and <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Factors That May Impede Communication at an Interview” (Apr. 24, 2024); USCIS, “RAIO Directorate—Officer Training: Interviewing Survivors of Torture and <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Severe Trauma” (Apr. 24, 2024).\n \n \n \n \n 34 \n  \n See \n USCIS, “RAIO Directorate—Officer Training: Cross-Cultural Communication and <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Factors That May Impede Communication at an Interview” (Apr. 24, 2024); USCIS, “RAIO Directorate—Officer Training: Interviewing Survivors of Torture and <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Severe Trauma” (Apr. 24, 2024).\n \n \n By their"},{"title":"Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Comment on the Implementation of the Affordable Connectivity Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In the document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on the requirements for the Affordable Connectivity Program and a timeline for its rapid implementation.","document_number":"2021-27775","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/29/2021-27775/wireline-competition-bureau-seeks-comment-on-the-implementation-of-the-affordable-connectivity","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-12-29/pdf/2021-27775.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-27775.pdf?1640699120","publication_date":"2021-12-29","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":"requirements of what constitutes an “established <span class=\"match\">program</span>” to reflect the removal of COVID-19-specific response <span class=\"match\">programs</span> and <span class=\"match\">other</span> short-term bill forbearance or forgiveness <span class=\"match\">programs</span>. Accordingly, a provider seeking to participate in the Affordable Connectivity <span class=\"match\">Program</span> that did not participate in the EBB <span class=\"match\">Program</span> or is otherwise not an ETC or affiliated with an ETC can demonstrate an “established <span class=\"match\">program</span>” for automatic approval by submitting information demonstrating that it maintains an existing low-income <span class=\"match\">program</span> that was made available by April 1, 2020"},{"title":"Circumvention of Lawful Pathways","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (\"DHS\") and the Department of Justice (\"DOJ\") are issuing a final rule in anticipation of a potential surge of migration at the southwest border (\"SWB\") of the United States following the termination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (\"CDC\") public health Order. The rule encourages migrants to avail themselves of lawful, safe, and orderly pathways into the United States, or otherwise to seek asylum or other protection in another country through which they travel, thereby reducing reliance on human smuggling networks that exploit migrants for financial gain. The rule does so by introducing a rebuttable presumption of asylum ineligibility for certain noncitizens who neither avail themselves of a lawful, safe, and orderly pathway to the United States nor seek asylum or other protection in a country through which they travel. In the absence of such a measure, which would apply only to those who enter at the southwest land border or adjacent coastal borders during a limited, specified date range, the number of migrants expected to travel without authorization to the United States would be expected to increase significantly, to a level that risks undermining the Departments' continued ability to safely, effectively, and humanely enforce and administer U.S. immigration law, including the asylum system, in the face of exceptionally challenging circumstances. Coupled with an expansion of lawful, safe, and orderly pathways into the United States, the Departments expect the rule to lead to a reduction in the number of migrants who seek to cross the SWB without authorization to enter, thereby reducing the reliance by migrants on dangerous human smuggling networks, protecting against extreme overcrowding in border facilities, and helping to ensure that the processing of migrants seeking protection in the United States is done in an effective, humane, and efficient manner. In addition, the Departments are requesting comment on whether applicability of the rebuttable presumption should be extended to noncitizens who enter the United States without documents sufficient for lawful admission during the same temporary time period at a maritime border.","document_number":"2023-10146","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/16/2023-10146/circumvention-of-lawful-pathways","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-16/pdf/2023-10146.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-10146.pdf?1683722737","publication_date":"2023-05-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Executive Office for Immigration Review","name":"Executive Office for Immigration Review","id":149,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-for-immigration-review","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/149","parent_id":268,"slug":"executive-office-for-immigration-review"}],"excerpts":"allegation of <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> by CBP officers, and with respect to any <span class=\"match\">other</span> commenter concerns about such alleged <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span>, the Departments note that CBP takes allegations of employee <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> very seriously. Under a uniform system, allegations of <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> are documented and referred to the DHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for independent review and assessment.\n 111 \n \n Cases are either retained by the DHS OIG for investigation or referred to CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility (“OPR”) for further handling. Allegations of <span class=\"match\">misconduct</span> by a"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2023","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Publication of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (\"E.O.\") 12866, \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" (58 FR 51735, as amended) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,\" (76 FR 3821) and E.O. 14094, \"Modernizing Regulatory Review,\" (88 FR 21879). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), published in the fall and spring, helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete publication of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 29 Federal agencies and 69 Federal agency regulatory agendas available to the public at www.reginfo.gov. The Fall 2023 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the Regulatory Plan and agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.","document_number":"2024-00476","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/09/2024-00476/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2023","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-09/pdf/2024-00476.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00476.pdf?1707399919","publication_date":"2024-02-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"}],"excerpts":"Asylum and <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Protection Determinations \n 1615-AC65 \n Proposed Rule Stage. \n \n \n 89 \n Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility \n 1615-AC69 \n Proposed Rule Stage. \n \n \n 90 \n Modernizing H-1B Requirements and Oversight, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 <span class=\"match\">Program</span>, and <span class=\"match\">Program</span> Improvements Affecting <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Nonimmigrant Workers \n 1615-AC70 \n Proposed Rule Stage. \n \n \n 91 \n Modernizing H-2 <span class=\"match\">Program</span> Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections \n 1615-AC76 \n Proposed Rule Stage. \n \n \n 92 \n Citizenship and Naturalization and <span class=\"match\">Other</span> Related Flexibilities"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2022","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Publication of the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (\"E.O.\") 12866, \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" (58 FR 51735) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,\" (76 FR 3821). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), published in the fall and spring, helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan can be found online at www.reginfo.gov and a reduced print version can be found in the Federal Register. Information regarding obtaining printed copies can also be found on the Reginfo.gov website (or below, VI. How Can Users Get Copies of the Plan and the Agenda?). The Fall 2022 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the Regulatory Plan and agency regulatory flexibility agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency regulatory flexibility agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The complete Fall 2022 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 29 Federal agencies and 67 Federal agency regulatory agendas.","document_number":"2023-02113","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/22/2023-02113/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2022","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-02-22/pdf/2023-02113.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-02113.pdf?1676987125","publication_date":"2023-02-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"}],"excerpts":"producers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, this action makes changes to the Coronavirus Food Assistance <span class=\"match\">Program</span>; the Emergency Conservation <span class=\"match\">Program</span>; the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish <span class=\"match\">Program</span>; the Livestock Forage Disaster <span class=\"match\">Program</span>; the Livestock Indemnity <span class=\"match\">Program</span>; the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance <span class=\"match\">Program</span>; and general payment eligibility provisions. For more information about this rule, see RIN 0503-AA75.\n \n Outlined below are some of USDA's most important upcoming regulatory actions for 2023. These"}]}