{"description":"Documents matching 'impose unnecessary costs burdens providers'","count":7478,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=impose+unnecessary+costs+burdens+providers&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Selection of Annuity Providers-Safe Harbor for Individual Account Plans","type":"Rule","abstract":"This direct final rule (DFR) removes 29 CFR 2550.404a-4 from the Code of Federal Regulations, which is a regulation published in 2008 that provides a fiduciary safe harbor for the selection of annuity providers for the purpose of benefit distributions from individual account retirement plans covered by title I of the Employee Retirement Income Act of 1974 (ERISA). The regulatory safe harbor became unnecessary in 2019 when Congress amended ERISA to add a more streamlined fiduciary safe harbor covering the same activity. Although the statutory safe harbor did not technically nullify or repeal the regulatory safe harbor, its existence offers an unnecessary and inefficient alternative and may inadvertently be a trap for the unwary. This action improves the daily lives of the American people by reducing unnecessary, burdensome, and costly Federal regulations.","document_number":"2025-11615","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-11615/selection-of-annuity-providers-safe-harbor-for-individual-account-plans","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-11615.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11615.pdf?1751287512","publication_date":"2025-07-01","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":"agencies, to the extent permitted by law, to (1) propose or adopt a regulation only upon a reasoned determination that its benefits justify its <span class=\"match\">costs</span> (recognizing that some benefits and <span class=\"match\">costs</span> are difficult to quantify); (2) tailor regulations to <span class=\"match\">impose</span> the least <span class=\"match\">burden</span> on society, consistent with obtaining regulatory objectives, taking into account, among other things, and to the extent practicable, the <span class=\"match\">costs</span> of cumulative regulations; (3) select, in choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, those approaches that maximize net benefits; (4)"},{"title":"Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Children, Youth, and Family Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule removes duplicative and unnecessary sections from the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program regulations. These amendments will streamline the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program regulations to make them more accessible to the public.","document_number":"2026-13451","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13451/reducing-bureaucracy-and-burden-for-children-youth-and-family-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-02/pdf/2026-13451.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13451.pdf?1782909925","publication_date":"2026-07-02","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":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"includes several examples of allowable <span class=\"match\">costs</span> for RHY programs, the list is not exhaustive. Rather, all Federal grant recipients are bound by cost principles outlined in 2 CFR part 200, subpart E, which require all allowable <span class=\"match\">costs</span> to be necessary, reasonable, and allocable the grant award. \n See \n 2 CFR 200.403-405. Retaining § 1351.15 in regulation would still require RHY grant recipients to determine whether unlisted <span class=\"match\">costs</span> meet these Federal cost allocation standards, so its removal does not <span class=\"match\">impose</span> a <span class=\"match\">burden</span> on grant recipients or create additional"},{"title":"Request for Information Regarding Community Banks' Engagement With Core Service Providers and Other Essential Third-Party Service Providers","type":"Notice","abstract":"The OCC is issuing a request for information (RFI) on community bank engagement with their core service providers and other essential third-party service providers. The RFI seeks to better understand how challenges community banks face with such service providers affect these banks' abilities to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving marketplace, as well as what actions the OCC can take to address any of these challenges.","document_number":"2025-21333","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21333/request-for-information-regarding-community-banks-engagement-with-core-service-providers-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21333.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21333.pdf?1764164713","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"}],"excerpts":"serve in addressing these concerns?\n \n 23. How would any of the policies contemplated in this RFI affect <span class=\"match\">costs</span> and the availability of services from core service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and other essential third-party service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>? \n 24. What data should community banks, core service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and other essential third-party service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, or the OCC consider when evaluating such service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>' <span class=\"match\">costs</span>? \n 25. To what extent has a service <span class=\"match\">provider's</span> systems or operations created legal risk or caused any violations of laws or regulations for the bank?"},{"title":"Statement on Regulatory Burden","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document is part of the Farm Credit Administration's (FCA, our, or we) initiative to reduce regulatory burden for Farm Credit System (FCS or System) institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac). Several System institutions responded to our 2022 request for comments by identifying regulations they considered unnecessary, unduly burdensome or costly, duplicative of other requirements, outmoded, insufficient, ineffective, or not based on law, and this document responds to those comments.","document_number":"2025-03172","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/03/2025-03172/statement-on-regulatory-burden","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-03/pdf/2025-03172.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03172.pdf?1740750307","publication_date":"2025-03-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION","name":"Farm Credit Administration","id":154,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-credit-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/154","parent_id":null,"slug":"farm-credit-administration"}],"excerpts":"appropriate for this provision. This provision provides a simplified process that avoids <span class=\"match\">unnecessary</span> administrative <span class=\"match\">burdens</span> and <span class=\"match\">costs</span> for investments in UBEs for the specified activities.\n \n For all other UBEs, however, § 611.1155 requires pre-approval. We are not persuaded by the comment that a change is needed for these other UBEs. We continue to believe that it is prudent to have System institutions obtain preapproval for investing in these UBEs to avoid the <span class=\"match\">burden</span> and cost associated with potentially reversing investments if such investments were"},{"title":"Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program; Delete, Delete, Delete","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted an Order that takes steps to streamline the processes associated with the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) and the National Broadband Map and alleviates unnecessary regulatory burdens on service providers and challenge process participants. The Order aligns reporting requirements for broadband availability and subscription data, expressly declines to adopt a proposal to require satellite providers to submit additional certifications and supporting data, streamlines the Fabric challenge process, adopts a maximally- streamlined process by which the BDC system automatically removes areas or locations that fail a verification or audit without requiring the provider to update its availability data after receiving notice of the failed verification or audit, and makes certain ministerial changes.","document_number":"2026-12766","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12766/establishing-the-digital-opportunity-data-collection-modernizing-the-fcc-form-477-data-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12766.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12766.pdf?1782218725","publication_date":"2026-06-24","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 obligation of <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to update their BDC data based on adverse verification results, and adds § 1.7009(e) to require Commission staff to modify or remove the <span class=\"match\">provider's</span> BDC data from the National Broadband Map (NBM) after the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> is notified of an adverse audit or verification finding. These changes will eliminate the <span class=\"match\">burden</span> on <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to meet a 30-day correction window, particularly small business <span class=\"match\">providers</span> who may have limited staff and resources comply with such an obligation. We do not anticipate additional <span class=\"match\">costs</span> associated with"},{"title":"Completed Inspection Report Disposition","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the regulations to revise the requirement that motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers sign and return a completed roadside inspection form to the issuing State agency. FMCSA is aware that not all issuing State agencies require the return of these reports, and that requiring motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers to submit these reports to a State that does not require, or even request, the return of the form creates an unnecessary burden. Through this change, completed forms will only be returned to those States that request them. This action is in response to a petition for rulemaking from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA).","document_number":"2026-12450","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/22/2026-12450/completed-inspection-report-disposition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-22/pdf/2026-12450.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12450.pdf?1781786721","publication_date":"2026-06-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"the regulations to revise the requirement that motor carriers and intermodal equipment <span class=\"match\">providers</span> sign and return a completed roadside inspection form to the issuing State agency. FMCSA is aware that not all issuing State agencies require the return of these reports, and that requiring motor carriers and intermodal equipment <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to submit these reports to a State that does not require, or even request, the return of the form creates an <span class=\"match\">unnecessary</span> <span class=\"match\">burden</span>. Through this change, completed forms will only be returned to those States that request"},{"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":"Lead Agencies have implemented policies to pay all child care <span class=\"match\">providers</span> prospectively, per the FFY 2025-2027 CCDF State and Territory Plans. Ensuring timely <span class=\"match\">provider</span> payments is a statutory requirement and is important for parent choice as it relates to the impact on <span class=\"match\">providers</span>' businesses and the availability of child care <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. Moving forward, HHS intends to strengthen monitoring and oversight of the requirement to pay <span class=\"match\">providers</span> within 21 days in order to ensure payments to <span class=\"match\">providers</span> are timely, while maintaining State flexibility in administration"},{"title":"Resilient Networks; Concerning Disruptions to Communications","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modernizes the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) to reduce reporting burdens on stakeholders and ensure that the information being collected is useful for disaster response. Our modernization allows manual filers to submit a single, dynamic form instead of multiple worksheets, and enables them to use a \"one-click\" option to easily indicate there is no change from the previous day's report. Further, unnecessary fields and worksheets will be eliminated to ensure that DIRS is collecting the information that is most important for emergency response. This modernization also eliminates the requirement for service providers to file a DIRS final report within 24 hours of DIRS' deactivation, and exempts non-facilities-based providers from DIRS reporting. This document also recognizes the emergence of public safety voice and broadband networks and the critical connectivity they provide to public safety stakeholders by requiring providers of these services to submit DIRS reports on the status of their public safety network infrastructure. Finally, we augment providers' ability to voluntarily submit geospatial information on infrastructure affected by disasters. Together, these changes provide public safety officials with the additional information they need, while also making it easier for service providers to satisfy their reporting obligations.","document_number":"2026-13155","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13155/resilient-networks-concerning-disruptions-to-communications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13155.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13155.pdf?1782737115","publication_date":"2026-06-30","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":"actions reduce DIRS-related <span class=\"match\">burdens</span> faced by small and other service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and government agencies so that they can dedicate more resources to restoring and maintaining communications services during a disaster. These <span class=\"match\">burden</span>-reducing actions include streamlining the DIRS user interface eliminating <span class=\"match\">unnecessary</span> fields; eliminating DIRS final reports for mandated DIRS filers; and exempting non-facilities-based <span class=\"match\">providers</span> from requirements to report in DIRS. The Commission also considered additional ways to reduce <span class=\"match\">burdens</span> on DIRS filers that were proposed"},{"title":"Enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider Requirements and Strengthening STIR/SHAKEN (Call Authentication Trust Anchor; Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes steps to strengthen its robocall mitigation framework by enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider (KYUP) requirements, improving oversight of voice service providers by the STIR/SHAKEN Governance Authority, raising caller ID attestation standards, and closing implementation gaps in STIR/SHAKEN implementation. Specifically, the Commission proposes establishing baseline KYUP information-collection, compliance review, verification, monitoring, and responsive-action requirements to ensure providers can identify and cut off bad-actor upstream providers. The Commission also proposes measures to expand the Governance Authority's vetting, enforcement, and reporting responsibilities to prevent misuse of STIR/SHAKEN certificates and to remove noncompliant providers from the authentication ecosystem. The Commission further proposes clarifying and strengthening STIR/SHAKEN attestation rules, including codifying attestation levels, defining improper attestations, and specifying permissible mechanisms for verifying number-to-customer associations. Additionally, the Commission proposes and seeks comment on additional steps to close caller ID authentication gaps, such as refining provider definitions, reconsidering exemptions, requiring providers serving end users to assign STIR/SHAKEN attestations, and ensuring calls maintain authentication information. The Commission also seeks comment on special circumstances, including addressing issues with foreign- originated calls.","document_number":"2026-13874","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13874/enhancing-know-your-upstream-provider-requirements-and-strengthening-stirshaken-call-authentication","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13874.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13874.pdf?1783514714","publication_date":"2026-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"another voice service <span class=\"match\">provider</span> has refused or discontinued service to the upstream <span class=\"match\">provider</span>. \n We believe that this is the basic amount of information necessary for a <span class=\"match\">provider</span> to be able to know their upstream <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. We also believe this information will help <span class=\"match\">providers</span> determine if an upstream <span class=\"match\">provider</span> is a foreign entity. Are these views correct? Is there additional information we should require <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to obtain? For instance, should we require that <span class=\"match\">providers</span> obtain photos of certain individuals the upstream <span class=\"match\">provider</span> identifies with their"},{"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":"ability of <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to participate in CCDF so that parents have choice in affordable child care options for their children. The proposed rescissions would give States and Territories more options for establishing <span class=\"match\">provider</span> payment practices that better balances the need for <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to receive stable payments to support parental choice while limiting <span class=\"match\">burden</span> on States and Territories.\n \n \n Timely Payments to <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>. \n The NPRM proposes to amend language at § 98.45(m)(1) to eliminate the requirement for States and Territories to pay <span class=\"match\">providers</span> in advance"},{"title":"Registry of Supervised Nonbanks That Use Form Contracts To Impose Terms and Conditions That Seek To Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is withdrawing its Notice of Proposed Rule: Registry of Supervised Nonbanks That Use Form Contracts To Impose Terms and Conditions That Seek To Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections, published on February 1, 2023 (Proposed Rule), and is providing this notice of withdrawal. The Bureau has determined that legislative rulemaking is not necessary or appropriate at this time to address the subject matter of the Proposed Rule. The Bureau will not take any further action on the Proposed Rule.","document_number":"2025-19690","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/29/2025-19690/registry-of-supervised-nonbanks-that-use-form-contracts-to-impose-terms-and-conditions-that-seek-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-29/pdf/2025-19690.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19690.pdf?1761655507","publication_date":"2025-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"part VI below, based on its conclusion that the significant <span class=\"match\">costs</span> of the proposed registration and publication system are not justified by their uncertain and speculative benefits. As discussed in part VI below, the proposal would have <span class=\"match\">imposed</span> a significant <span class=\"match\">burden</span> on supervised nonbanks in order to collect and publish information of uncertain or speculative value or benefit, mostly about regulated entities' use of lawful terms and conditions. It also would have <span class=\"match\">imposed</span> significant <span class=\"match\">burdens</span> on the Bureau, beyond those the Bureau estimated when it issued"},{"title":"Ensuring Lawful Regulation; Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"As part of its implementation of Executive orders issued by the President, including Executive Order 14219, \"Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementation of the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Agenda,\" issued on February 19, 2025, and Executive Order 14192, \"Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation,\" issued on January 31, 2025, the Department of Transportation (DOT) seeks comments and information to assist DOT in identifying existing regulations, guidance, paperwork requirements, and other regulatory obligations that can be modified or repealed, consistent with law, to ensure that DOT administrative actions do not undermine the national interest and that DOT achieves meaningful burden reduction while continuing to meet statutory obligations and ensure the safety of the U.S. transportation system.","document_number":"2025-05557","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/03/2025-05557/ensuring-lawful-regulation-reducing-regulation-and-controlling-regulatory-costs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-03/pdf/2025-05557.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-05557.pdf?1743597907","publication_date":"2025-04-03","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"}],"excerpts":"and data about the <span class=\"match\">costs</span>, <span class=\"match\">burdens</span>, and benefits of existing regulations, guidance, and reporting requirements? Are there existing sources of data DOT can use to evaluate the post-promulgation effects of regulations, guidance, or reporting requirements over time? DOT invites interested parties to provide data that may be in their possession that documents the <span class=\"match\">costs</span>, <span class=\"match\">burdens</span>, and benefits of existing requirements. \n (4) Are there regulations, guidance, or reporting requirements that simply make no sense or have become <span class=\"match\">unnecessary</span>, ineffective, or ill-advised"},{"title":"Resilient Networks; Disruptions to Communications","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) commences a thorough review of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and proposes changes to ensure the system is collecting information useful to disaster response without imposing unreasonable burdens on stakeholders. To reduce these burdens, this document proposes replacing the different DIRS worksheets with a single, dynamic form and introduces a \"one-click\" option for indicating there is \"no change\" from the preceding day's DIRS report. Further, this document proposes eliminating or modifying information fields that are duplicative or that may not request information that offers significant value for disaster response. The document further proposes reducing burdens by removing the requirement for mandatory DIRS filers to submit a final report within 24 hours of DIRS deactivation, and eliminating the reporting obligations for non- facilities-based providers. Other modernization proposals include suspending Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) reporting requirements for providers that timely report in DIRS Lite and removing barriers to outage information sharing for state agencies.","document_number":"2025-16737","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/02/2025-16737/resilient-networks-disruptions-to-communications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-02/pdf/2025-16737.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16737.pdf?1756471520","publication_date":"2025-09-02","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":"be the subject of DIRS reporting by their facilities-based counterparts, creating additional <span class=\"match\">burdens</span> for them and for the underlying facilities-based <span class=\"match\">providers</span> who must relay infrastructure status to their non-facilities based partners to enable their reporting. To eliminate <span class=\"match\">unnecessary</span> <span class=\"match\">burdens</span> on MVNOs and resellers, as well as on the underlying facilities-based <span class=\"match\">providers</span> who support them, we propose to limit DIRS reporting to facilities-based <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and thereby exempt MVNOs and resellers from the obligation to file DIRS reports. We seek comment"},{"title":"Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics Seek Comment on Proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for Incarcerated People's Communications Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seek comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS). Consistent with the Commission's direction, in this document, we seek comment on proposals to modify the Commission's previous data collection to obtain data and information necessary for the Commission to set permanent rate caps for audio and video ICPS and, to the extent practicable, lessen the reporting burdens on ICPS providers.","document_number":"2026-12234","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12234/wireline-competition-bureau-and-office-of-economics-and-analytics-seek-comment-on-proposed-2026","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12234.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12234.pdf?1781613919","publication_date":"2026-06-17","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 for non-IPCS affiliates of IPCS <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. Additionally, we propose to no longer require <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to allocate company-wide <span class=\"match\">costs</span> to certain service categories, including ancillary services. Finally, we propose to no longer seek data from <span class=\"match\">providers</span> on the <span class=\"match\">costs</span> facilities incur in making IPCS available to their populations. We seek comment on this approach, and whether these efforts to streamline the collection will strike the right balance between appropriately simplifying reporting <span class=\"match\">burdens</span> and ensuring the Commission continues to have"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies the Commission's previous incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) rate caps in response to record evidence of the significant unintended consequences of those rate caps. It establishes new interim audio and video IPCS rate caps by basing the calculation of the Commission's rate caps only on billed minutes, incorporating all safety and security measure expenses that IPCS providers reported incurring, and creating an additional rate cap tier for extremely small jails. It also creates a separate interim rate additive to ensure recovery of correctional facilities' costs of administering IPCS. Additionally, it sets a new compliance date for providers' compliance with the new rules and clarifies that the rate cap, site commission, and per-minute pricing rules from the Commission's 2021 Order will no longer apply following that date.","document_number":"2025-22125","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22125/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22125.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22125.pdf?1764855936","publication_date":"2025-12-05","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":"more accurately reflect <span class=\"match\">providers</span>' <span class=\"match\">costs</span> and ensure they are fairly compensated.\n \n \n 22. As a general matter, we agree with commenters that as ADP decreases, per-minute or per capita <span class=\"match\">costs</span> for the provision of IPCS increase for the <span class=\"match\">provider</span>. Several factors cause per-minute IPCS <span class=\"match\">costs</span> to rise as ADP shrinks. For one, the fixed <span class=\"match\">costs</span> of providing IPCS at smaller or more rural facilities are distributed over fewer incarcerated people and therefore fewer minutes of use, which results in <span class=\"match\">providers</span> tending to have higher <span class=\"match\">costs</span> per minute at smaller facilities"},{"title":"Call Authentication Trust Anchor","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules that strengthen the Commission's caller ID authentication requirements by establishing clear practices for providers that rely on third parties to fulfill their STIR/SHAKEN implementation obligations. The rules authorize providers with a STIR/ SHAKEN implementation obligation to engage third parties to perform the technological act of digitally \"signing\" calls consistent with the requirements of the STIR/SHAKEN technical standards so long as: the provider with the implementation obligation makes the \"attestation- level\" decisions for authenticating caller ID information; and all calls are signed using the certificate of the provider with the implementation obligation--not the certificate of a third party. The rules also explicitly require all providers with a STIR/SHAKEN implementation obligation to obtain a Service Provider Code (SPC) token from the STIR/SHAKEN Policy Administrator and present that token to a STIR/SHAKEN Certificate Authority to obtain a digital certificate. Additionally, the rules include recordkeeping requirements for third- party authentication arrangements to enable the Commission to monitor compliance with and enforce Commission rules.","document_number":"2025-15809","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/19/2025-15809/call-authentication-trust-anchor","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-19/pdf/2025-15809.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15809.pdf?1755521150","publication_date":"2025-08-19","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":"rules establish three categories of <span class=\"match\">providers</span> with STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication obligations: (1) voice service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that originate calls; (2) non-gateway intermediate <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that carry or process the calls without originating or terminating them; and (3) gateway <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that receive calls from foreign originating or intermediate <span class=\"match\">providers</span> at their US facilities and transmit them downstream. The Commission's rules further state that the STIR/SHAKEN implementation obligation applies to <span class=\"match\">providers</span> with control over the network infrastructure"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule focuses on deregulatory actions identified in HHS regulations regarding Health information technology standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria and certification programs for health information technology, and information blocking. This proposed rule seeks to reduce burden, offer flexibility to both developers and providers, and support innovation through the removal and revisions of certain certification criteria and regulatory provisions. This proposed rule also seeks to address reported misuse and abuse of information blocking definitions and exceptions.","document_number":"2025-23896","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23896/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-astponc-deregulatory-actions-to-unleash-prosperity","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23896.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23896.pdf?1766438109","publication_date":"2025-12-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"important component of Making America Healthy Again is making sure that health care <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and caretakers can focus on preventing and treating chronic diseases. By proposing to remove duplicative and <span class=\"match\">unnecessary</span> requirements of the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program), we will support <span class=\"match\">providers</span> in caring for their patients. Developers of certified health IT will have more time to support <span class=\"match\">providers</span>' specific technological needs. <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> may also have more health IT choices to meet their needs through increased competition"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"as a barrier to care and coverage that impacts both patients and <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. The primary issues associated with prior authorization for laboratory tests and DMEPOS items are coordination between <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and laboratories or DMEPOS suppliers and the length of time approval takes for tests and equipment. We are soliciting public comment on how prior authorization for laboratory tests and DMEPOS items impacts patient care and <span class=\"match\">provider</span> <span class=\"match\">burden</span> and what can be done to mitigate that <span class=\"match\">burden</span>. \n C. Specific Terms Used in This Proposed Rule \n \n Throughout this"},{"title":"Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the Expanded HH Value-Based Purchasing Model; Medicare Provider Enrollment, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), and DME, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Policies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this proposed rule discusses the behavior adjustment and proposes a temporary behavior adjustment and proposes to recalibrate the case-mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low- utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2027. Additionally, this proposed rule discusses the provision of home health palliative care services and includes a request for information (RFI) on a home health specific wage index. This rule would also propose changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and summarizes potential initiatives to improve alignment between the HH QRP and expanded Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. Lastly, the rule would--clarify the application of the DMEPOS face-to- face encounter requirements for the replacement of DMEPOS items; make changes to the provider and supplier enrollment requirements; make changes regarding DME benefit expansion for infusion pumps and drugs; and discuss collection of information requirement changes regarding the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) country of origin.","document_number":"2026-13602","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13602/calendar-year-2027-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate-update-requirements-for-the-hh","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13602.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13602.pdf?1782936912","publication_date":"2026-07-06","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":"\n 5. <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> Enrollment and DMEPOS Accreditation \n We are proposing a number of Medicare <span class=\"match\">provider</span> enrollment provisions to strengthen and clarify certain aspects of the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> enrollment process. These include, but are not limited to, the following: \n • Adding grounds for denying or revoking a <span class=\"match\">provider's</span> or supplier's Medicare enrollment. \n • Expanding the reasons for which CMS can apply a retroactive effective date for <span class=\"match\">provider</span> and supplier revocations. \n • CMS can currently <span class=\"match\">impose</span> a reapplication bar of up to 10 years if the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> or supplier"},{"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":"Covered Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>—Proposed Paragraph (c) \n \n Paragraph (c) of the proposed regulation defines the entities that would be covered service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> under the regulation and therefore would have disclosure and related audit obligations. The proposal identifies two types of covered service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>: (i) <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of pharmacy benefit management services (as defined in paragraph (d) of the proposal) and (ii) <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of advice, recommendations, or referrals regarding pharmacy benefit management services who are themselves <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of pharmacy"}]}