{"description":"Documents matching 'grants contracts direct overly prescriptive'","count":1219,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=grants+contracts+direct+overly+prescriptive&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Supervisory Committee Audits and Verifications","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The NCUA Board is proposing to amend its regulations governing supervisory committee audits to eliminate unnecessary, redundant, and overly prescriptive provisions. This action is necessary to reduce regulatory burden, increase operational flexibility for credit unions, and streamline the rules by removing requirements that are outdated or duplicative of other authorities. The intended effect of this proposal is to simplify compliance for credit unions without compromising the integrity of the audit process.","document_number":"2025-22488","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/11/2025-22488/supervisory-committee-audits-and-verifications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-11/pdf/2025-22488.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22488.pdf?1765374315","publication_date":"2025-12-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"the Board's ongoing efforts to modernize its regulations and ensure they remain effective and efficient without imposing undue burdens. The proposed changes are discussed in detail below. \n A. Elimination of Unnecessary and <span class=\"match\">Prescriptive</span> Requirements \n The Board proposes to eliminate several provisions that are <span class=\"match\">overly</span> <span class=\"match\">prescriptive</span>, unnecessarily rigid, or redundant of existing statutory duties. These changes are intended to provide FICUs with greater flexibility in meeting their audit compliance obligations while maintaining the integrity of the audit"},{"title":"Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations to reduce costs and burden for States and Territories administering the CCDF program. It rescinds the requirements to limit family co-payments to 7 percent of family income, to provide some direct services through grants or contracts, to pay providers prospectively, and to pay providers based on enrollment. A plain language summary of this final rule is posted at https:// www.regulations.gov/document/ACF-2026-0001-0002.","document_number":"2026-09382","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09382/restoring-flexibility-in-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-12/pdf/2026-09382.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09382.pdf?1778503533","publication_date":"2026-05-12","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":"to use some <span class=\"match\">grants</span> or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> for <span class=\"match\">direct</span> services at § 98.30(b)(1). The March 2024 final rule mandated States and Territories to use some <span class=\"match\">grants</span> or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> to provide <span class=\"match\">direct</span> services for infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, and children in underserved geographic areas. This requirement is excessively <span class=\"match\">prescriptive</span> by mandating <span class=\"match\">grants</span> or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> for particular populations and is difficult to implement. The stringent requirements mean that even some States that have a long history of using <span class=\"match\">grants</span> or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> for <span class=\"match\">direct</span> services for"},{"title":"Third Party Contracting Guidance","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has made available on its website the final updated Third-Party Contracting Guidance Circular (C 4220.1G). The updated circular reflects statutory and regulatory changes that have occurred since the last update, provides additional non-binding guidance, and supersedes the previous Third-Party Contracting Guidance Circular C 4220.1F. This notice responds to the comments FTA received on the proposed circular, which was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2024.","document_number":"2025-00992","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00992/third-party-contracting-guidance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00992.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00992.pdf?1736948748","publication_date":"2025-01-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Transit Administration","name":"Federal Transit Administration","id":193,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/193","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-transit-administration"}],"excerpts":"design and form <span class=\"match\">contracts</span>. Furthermore, the statement that recipients should take care to include <span class=\"match\">contract</span> terms that form a sound and complete agreement is advisory. It is not intended to create criteria by which FTA will inspect recipients' <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> for Federal compliance.\n \n \n Comment: \n A consulting firm noted that the term “Industry <span class=\"match\">Contract</span>” is unclear and should either be redefined or removed altogether.\n \n \n FTA Response: \n FTA disagrees that the term is unclear and declines to redefine or remove the term “Industry <span class=\"match\">Contract</span>.” FTA believes"},{"title":"Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families proposes to amend the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations (45 CFR part 98) to reduce costs and burden for states and territories administering the CCDF program. It proposes rescinding the requirements to limit family co-payments to 7 percent of family income, to provide some direct services through grants or contracts, to pay providers based on child's enrollment, and to pay providers prospectively that were added to the CCDF regulations in the March 2024 final rule, Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) (89 FR 15366). The docket on https://www.regulations.gov will include a plain language summary of the NPRM as required by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4).","document_number":"2025-24272","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/05/2025-24272/restoring-flexibility-in-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-05/pdf/2025-24272.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24272.pdf?1767361516","publication_date":"2026-01-05","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":"use some <span class=\"match\">grants</span> or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> for <span class=\"match\">direct</span> services at § 98.30(b)(1). \n The March 2024 final rule mandated States and Territories to use some <span class=\"match\">grants</span> or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> to provide <span class=\"match\">direct</span> services for infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, and children in underserved geographic areas. HHS believes that this requirement is excessively <span class=\"match\">prescriptive</span> by mandating <span class=\"match\">grants</span> or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> for particular populations and is difficult to implement. The stringent requirements mean that even some states that have a long history of using <span class=\"match\">grants</span> or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> for direct"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule describes alternatives to modify the limit on the total payment rate and other requirements for State directed payments in Medicaid managed care. We propose these changes based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (the Act) with respect to prepaid inpatient health plans and prepaid ambulatory health plans, and section 1903(m)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, which require that contracts between States and managed care organizations to provide payments under a risk- based contract for services and associated administrative costs that are actuarially sound. This rule also proposes to set a limit for certain targeted Medicaid payments in Medicaid fee-for-service. We propose this change based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Act with respect to certain targeted Medicaid payments which require that payments be consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and services are available under the plan at least to the extent that such care and services are available to the general population in the geographic area.","document_number":"2026-10292","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10292/medicaid-program-medicaid-managed-care-state-directed-payments-and-medicaid-fee-for-service-targeted","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-22/pdf/2026-10292.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10292.pdf?1779308109","publication_date":"2026-05-22","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":"1903(m)(2)(A) of the Act requires <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> between States and MCOs to provide payment under a risk-based <span class=\"match\">contract</span> for services and associated administrative costs that are actuarially sound. Under risk-based managed care arrangements with States, Medicaid managed care plans have the responsibility to negotiate payment rates with providers. Subject to certain exceptions, States are not permitted to <span class=\"match\">direct</span> the expenditures of a Medicaid managed care plan under the <span class=\"match\">contract</span> between the State and the plan or to make <span class=\"match\">direct</span> payments to providers for services"},{"title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Pell Grant Exclusion Relating to Other Grant Aid; and Workforce Pell Grants","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions, and the Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs). The final regulations implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA), signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. In the NPRM, we referenced the WFTCA as the \"One Big Beautiful Bill\"; however, for clarity and consistency in this final rule, we will instead use WFTCA. The WFTCA made numerous changes to the HEA, including changes to student eligibility requirements for the Pell Grant Program and the establishment of Workforce Pell Grants for students who enroll in a new type of eligible program called an \"eligible workforce program,\" intended to be a high-quality, performance-based, short-term program that supports America's workforce needs.","document_number":"2026-10013","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10013/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand-driven-workforce-pell-pell-grant","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-10013.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10013.pdf?1779108315","publication_date":"2026-05-19","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":"Pell <span class=\"match\">Grant</span> expenditures, particularly during a time when the Pell <span class=\"match\">Grant</span> program is projected to face funding shortfalls. The commenter urged the Department to work closely with Congress to secure sustainable long-term funding for both traditional Pell <span class=\"match\">Grants</span> and Pell <span class=\"match\">Grants</span> funding for eligible workforce programs. The commenter also suggested several potential policy changes for broader Pell <span class=\"match\">Grant</span> reform, including modifying the Pell <span class=\"match\">Grant</span> eligibility formula to better target aid to the neediest students, redesigning the year-round Pell <span class=\"match\">Grant</span> model"},{"title":"Commission Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the \"Commission\" or \"CFTC\") is issuing this guidance to outline factors for consideration by designated contract markets (\"DCMs\"), when addressing certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (\"CEA\"), and CFTC regulations thereunder, that are relevant to the listing for trading of voluntary carbon credit (\"VCC\") derivative contracts. The Commission recognizes that VCC derivatives are a comparatively new and evolving class of products, and believes that guidance that outlines factors for consideration by a DCM, in connection with the contract design and listing process, may help to advance the standardization of such products in a manner that promotes transparency and liquidity.","document_number":"2024-23105","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-23105/commission-guidance-regarding-the-listing-of-voluntary-carbon-credit-derivative-contracts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-23105.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23105.pdf?1728650732","publication_date":"2024-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","name":"Commodity Futures Trading Commission","id":77,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-futures-trading-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/77","parent_id":null,"slug":"commodity-futures-trading-commission"}],"excerpts":"ed Vintage 2024 futures and options <span class=\"match\">contracts</span>; (9) Verified Emission Reduction—Nature-Based Vintage 2025 futures and options <span class=\"match\">contracts</span>; (10) Verified Emission Reduction—Nature-Based futures and options <span class=\"match\">contracts</span>; (11) Verified Emission Reduction—CORSIA-Eligible futures and options <span class=\"match\">contracts</span>; (12) Carbon Removal futures <span class=\"match\">contract</span>; and (13) Global Emission Reduction futures <span class=\"match\">contract</span>.\n \n \n \n \n 50 \n  The NYMEX CBL GEO futures <span class=\"match\">contract</span>; the NYMEX CBL N-GEO futures <span class=\"match\">contract</span>; and the NYMEX CBL C-GEO futures <span class=\"match\">contract</span> are currently the only futures contacts"},{"title":"Worker Safety and Health Requirements To Support Reform of Nuclear Reactor Testing","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) proposes to amend its regulations for worker safety and health to expedite the review, approval, and deployment of advanced reactors under DOE's jurisdiction including qualified test reactors in DOE's reactor pilot program, consistent with a recent Executive order. The revisions would ensure that DOE's worker safety and health program continues to protect workers, while incorporating lessons learned from decades of operating experience and fostering nuclear innovation and technologies to the benefit of the United States. Additionally, the proposed rule would make minor updates to these regulations to improve clarity.","document_number":"2026-01066","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/21/2026-01066/worker-safety-and-health-requirements-to-support-reform-of-nuclear-reactor-testing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-21/pdf/2026-01066.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01066.pdf?1768916716","publication_date":"2026-01-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"penalties similar to the authority Congress <span class=\"match\">granted</span> to DOE in 1988 with respect to civil penalties for violations of nuclear safety regulations (42 U.S.C. 2282c(b)). Section 234C further <span class=\"match\">directs</span> DOE to insert in such <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> a clause providing for reducing contractor fees and other payments if the contractor or a contractor employee violates any regulation promulgated under section 234C, while specifying that both sanctions may not be used for the same violation (42 U.S.C. 2282c(c)). \n \n As <span class=\"match\">directed</span> by section 234C, DOE issued the regulations"},{"title":"Prediction Markets; Public Interest Determinations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is proposing amendments to its rules concerning event contract derivatives. The markets for these event contracts are commonly referred to as \"prediction markets.\" In particular, the Commission is proposing amendments to further specify the types of event contracts that may be subject to a determination that they are contrary to the public interest, such that they may not be listed for trading or accepted for clearing on or through a CFTC-registered entity, as provided in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The proposed amendments set out factors the Commission would apply in that determination and conform the process by which the determination would be made to the CEA. The Commission also is proposing amendments to the procedure for the Commission's determination to enhance clarity and organization, as well as a definition of the term \"gaming\" and a rule regarding when event contracts \"involve\" an underlying activity.","document_number":"2026-11854","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/12/2026-11854/prediction-markets-public-interest-determinations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-12/pdf/2026-11854.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11854.pdf?1781181917","publication_date":"2026-06-12","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":"protect that national interest by overseeing the regulation of futures <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> and options on futures <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> on federally regulated exchanges.\n 19 \n \n An exchange on which futures <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> and options on futures <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> are traded is formally known as a board of trade, and such an exchange must be designated by the Commission as a <span class=\"match\">contract</span> market, \n i.e., \n a DCM.\n 20 \n \n Since its enactment in 1974, the CEA has required that futures <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> and options on futures <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> be transacted on or subject to the rules of a DCM; this is known as"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 and Certain Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.","document_number":"2026-06600","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06600/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-and-certain-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06600.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06600.pdf?1775160908","publication_date":"2026-04-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"substantially violated a material provision of the organization's <span class=\"match\">contract</span> under this part in relation to the individual . . . ,” CMS's current regulations governing the special enrollment period (SEP) for <span class=\"match\">contract</span> violation (§§ 422.62(b)(3) and 423.38(c)(8)) provide that the SEP is available where an individual demonstrates to CMS that specified criteria have been met. This SEP is only available once CMS determines that a <span class=\"match\">contract</span> violation has occurred. An individual alleging a <span class=\"match\">contract</span> violation must call 1-800-MEDICARE to explain their circumstances"},{"title":"Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing a regulation that would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). These disclosures are needed so that fiduciaries can assess the reasonableness of the contracts or arrangements with these service providers, including the reasonableness of the service providers' compensation. These disclosure requirements would apply for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. This proposal implements section 12 of President Trump's Executive Order 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First, which instructs the Department to propose regulations to improve employer health plan transparency into the direct and indirect compensation received by pharmacy benefit managers. If finalized, this regulation would affect sponsors and other fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans and certain service providers to such plans.","document_number":"2026-01907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01907/improving-transparency-into-pharmacy-benefit-manager-fee-disclosure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01907.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-01-30","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":"disclosures meet these standards, both parties to the <span class=\"match\">contract</span> or arrangement are more likely to have a common understanding of their roles and limitations under the <span class=\"match\">contract</span> or arrangement and the law.\n \n \n 3.2. <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Compensation \n Under proposed paragraph (e)(2), the initial disclosure must include a description of <span class=\"match\">direct</span> compensation the covered service provider, an affiliate, agent, or subcontractor reasonably expects to receive in connection with the pharmacy benefit management services under the <span class=\"match\">contract</span> or arrangement. Specifically, the proposal requires"},{"title":"Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document finalizes regulations to implement Executive Order 14055, \"Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts\" (Executive order or the order), which was signed by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on November 18, 2021. The Executive order states that when a service contract with the Federal Government expires and a follow-on contract is awarded for the same or similar services, the Federal Government's procurement interests in economy and efficiency are best served when the successor contractor or subcontractor hires the predecessor's employees, thus avoiding displacement of these employees. The Executive order, therefore, provides that contractors and subcontractors performing on covered Federal service contracts must in good faith offer service employees employed under the predecessor contract a right of first refusal of employment. The Executive order directs the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to issue regulations, consistent with applicable law, to implement the order's requirements. This final rule establishes standards and procedures for implementing and enforcing the nondisplacement protections of the order.","document_number":"2023-27072","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/14/2023-27072/nondisplacement-of-qualified-workers-under-service-contracts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-14/pdf/2023-27072.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27072.pdf?1702475116","publication_date":"2023-12-14","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"}],"excerpts":"contractors, <span class=\"match\">contracting</span> officers, and the Department as to whether a particular legal instrument is covered. The Department therefore declines to delete the term “<span class=\"match\">contract</span>-like instrument” from the definition of \n <span class=\"match\">contract</span>. \n Separately, however, to reduce ambiguity in the definition of \n <span class=\"match\">contract</span> or service <span class=\"match\">contract</span>, \n the Department is clarifying that SCA-covered temporary interim <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> are also included within the definition of \n <span class=\"match\">contract</span> and service <span class=\"match\">contract</span>. \n This technical clarification will ensure that temporary interim <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> are understood"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, and 41","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 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, 41, and 52.","document_number":"2026-12560","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12560/federal-acquisition-regulation-revolutionary-federal-acquisition-regulation-overhaul-parts-6-7-10-18","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12560.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12560.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":"(a) <span class=\"match\">Contracts</span> awarded using simplified acquisition procedures of subpart 12.201-1 and part 13; \n (b) <span class=\"match\">Contracts</span> awarded using <span class=\"match\">contracting</span> procedures (other than those addressed in this part) that are expressly authorized by statute; \n (c) <span class=\"match\">Contract</span> modifications that are within the scope of the <span class=\"match\">contract</span>, including exercising priced options that were evaluated as part of the original competition (see part 17); \n (d) Orders placed under requirements <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> or definite-quantity <span class=\"match\">contracts</span>; \n (e) Orders placed under indefinite-quantity <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> that"},{"title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand- Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions, and the William D. Ford Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs) to implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA) signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. These changes include revisions to program eligibility requirements for the Direct Loan program and the introduction of an earnings accountability framework that limits Direct Loan eligibility to programs whose graduates meet certain earnings benchmarks. This action finalizes regulations to implement the provisions of the WFTCA related to low-earning outcome programs and the Direct Loan program, and to harmonize those regulations with requirements for programs that are required to lead to gainful employment (GE programs).","document_number":"2026-13286","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/01/2026-13286/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand--driven-workforce-pell-student-tuition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-01/pdf/2026-13286.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13286.pdf?1782823517","publication_date":"2026-07-01","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":"general provisions, and the William D. Ford <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Loan (<span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Loan) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs) to implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA) signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. These changes include revisions to program eligibility requirements for the <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Loan program and the introduction of an earnings accountability framework that limits <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Loan eligibility to programs whose graduates"},{"title":"Rescinding the Equity Assistance Center Program Regulations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education proposes to rescind the Equity Assistance Center Program regulations. The Department proposes to rescind these regulations to provide the Department greater flexibility in carrying out the statutory authority for this program and to enable the Department to align technical assistance activities with current and evolving priorities and needs to best achieve the statutory intent of the program. The Department seeks comments on any reason to rescind or not rescind these regulations.","document_number":"2026-12861","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12861/rescinding-the-equity-assistance-center-program-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12861.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12861.pdf?1782305120","publication_date":"2026-06-25","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":"other things, eligibility for <span class=\"match\">grants</span>, eligibility for services, types of services provided, geographic regions served, applicable regulations and definitions, and procedures for the Secretary to award a <span class=\"match\">grant</span>. \n See \n 81 FR 46808 (July 18, 2016). As discussed in detail below, the existing regulations were promulgated to establish a competitive <span class=\"match\">grant</span> structure through which the Department would implement its statutory authority. The amendments finalized in 2016 continued operation of the program through a regional <span class=\"match\">grant</span> structure but provided the Department"},{"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":"assign the COR other duties described at 42.302. \n (ii) The <span class=\"match\">contracting</span> officer must communicate the COR's duties clearly and in writing. \n \n (4) The <span class=\"match\">contracting</span> officer must send copies of the COR's designation to the contractor and the <span class=\"match\">contract</span> administration office.\n \n \n \n (b) \n Types of <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> and orders. \n The <span class=\"match\">contracting</span> officer must assign a COR to all <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> and orders other than firm fixed-price <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> and orders. For firm fixed-price <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> and orders, the <span class=\"match\">contracting</span> officer may assign a COR.\n \n \n (c) \n COR Qualifications. "},{"title":"Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is publishing a final rule comprehensively revising its Acquisition Regulation in order to update and streamline the policies, procedures, provisions and clauses that are applicable to the Department's contracts. This rulemaking updates or eliminates coverage that is obsolete or that unnecessarily duplicates the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and retains only that coverage which either implements or supplements the FAR for the award and administration of the DOE's contracts. The rule adds several new clauses and amends several existing clauses in order to promote more uniform application of the DOE's contract award and administration policies.","document_number":"2024-23817","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/13/2024-23817/department-of-energy-acquisition-regulation-dear","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-13/pdf/2024-23817.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23817.pdf?1731419115","publication_date":"2024-11-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"101-70 to describe situations where labor policies applicable to M&amp;O <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> may also apply to non-M&amp;O <span class=\"match\">contracts</span>. DOE labor policies for M&amp;O <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> are located at 48 CFR part 970, subpart 970.22. The policies therein are applicable to non-M&amp;O <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> where the <span class=\"match\">contract</span> work had been previously performed under a DOE Management and Operating <span class=\"match\">contract</span>; and/or the Contractor is required to employ all or part of the former Contractor's workforce; or <span class=\"match\">contracts</span> designated by the Senior Procurement Executive. The labor policies at 48"},{"title":"Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Implementation Modifications","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is amending its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) program regulations. The DBE and ACDBE programs are designed to allow small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to compete fairly for DOT funded contracts let by State and local transportation agencies and in airport concession opportunities. The final rule improves program implementation in major areas, including by updating the personal net worth and program size thresholds for inflation; modernizing rules for counting of material suppliers; incorporating procedural flexibilities enacted during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; adding elements to foster greater usage of DBEs and ACDBEs with concurrent, proactive monitoring and oversight; updating certification provisions with less prescriptive rules that give certifiers flexibility when determining eligibility; revising the interstate certification process to provide for reciprocity among certifiers; and making technical corrections to commonly misinterpreted rules.","document_number":"2024-05583","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/09/2024-05583/disadvantaged-business-enterprise-and-airport-concession-disadvantaged-business-enterprise-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-09/pdf/2024-05583.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05583.pdf?1712580314","publication_date":"2024-04-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"achieve the meaningful DBE participation that was promised at <span class=\"match\">contract</span> award. \n The optimal frequency of running tally inspections of a <span class=\"match\">contract</span> is likely to vary with the length and complexity of the <span class=\"match\">contract</span>. In a relatively simple, 60-day <span class=\"match\">contract</span> involving one DBE, for example, a running tally check 30 days after the beginning of the <span class=\"match\">contract</span> might suffice. In a more complex, multi-year <span class=\"match\">contract</span>, involving several DBEs, more frequent checks focusing on the times when the DBEs would be performing their tasks would be appropriate. While there is"},{"title":"n-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the \"Agency\") is proposing to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) under its conditions of use as documented in EPA's risk evaluation and risk determination for NMP pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). NMP is a widely used solvent in a variety of industrial, commercial, and consumer applications including the manufacture and production of electronics such as semiconductors, polymers, petrochemical products, paints and coatings, and paint and coating removers. EPA determined that NMP presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health due to the significant adverse health effects associated with exposure to NMP, including developmental post-implantation fetal loss from short-term exposure and reduced fertility and fecundity from long-term exposure. Additional adverse effects associated with exposure to NMP include liver toxicity, kidney toxicity, immunotoxicity, neurotoxicity, skin irritation, and sensitization. To address the identified unreasonable risk, EPA is proposing to: prohibit the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce and use of NMP in several occupational conditions of use; require worker protections through an NMP workplace chemical protection program (WCPP) or prescriptive controls (including concentration limits) for most of the occupational conditions of use; require concentration limits on a consumer product; regulate certain consumer products to prevent commercial use; and establish recordkeeping, labeling, and downstream notification requirements.","document_number":"2024-12643","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/14/2024-12643/n-methylpyrrolidone-nmp-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-14/pdf/2024-12643.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12643.pdf?1718282716","publication_date":"2024-06-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"compliance timeframes for these proposed requirements. \n b. <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> Dermal Contact Control (DDCC) Requirements \n \n i. \n <span class=\"match\">Direct</span> dermal contact. \n DDCC requirements are a process-based set of provisions to address unreasonable risk driven by dermal exposure by preventing <span class=\"match\">direct</span> dermal contact in the workplace. To address the unreasonable risk driven by dermal exposure to NMP, DDCC requirements would include controls to separate, distance, physically remove, or isolate all person(s) from <span class=\"match\">direct</span> handling of NMP or from skin contact with surfaces that may"},{"title":"Modernizing Security Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to revise its regulations to modernize security and fitness-for-duty requirements to enhance efficiency, consistent with Executive Order 14300, \"Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.\" The proposed revisions are intended to reduce regulatory burden, where appropriate, while continuing to provide reasonable assurance that safety and security will be adequately maintained at NRC-licensed facilities.","document_number":"2026-12989","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12989/modernizing-security-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12989.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12989.pdf?1782391523","publication_date":"2026-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"(j) Maintaining Back-Up HHS-Certified Laboratories Under <span class=\"match\">Contract</span> for Subpart M FFD Programs \n The proposed rule would remove the § 26.607(c)(4) requirement that a licensee or other entity maintain a <span class=\"match\">contract</span> with a back-up HHS-certified laboratory for each biological specimen tested. While a <span class=\"match\">contract</span> with a primary laboratory performing testing on all donor specimens for a licensee or other entity is necessary, imposing a requirement that a back-up laboratory also be maintained under <span class=\"match\">contract</span> is unnecessarily restrictive, inconsistent with industry"}]}