{"description":"Documents matching 'provide reasonable opportunity cross-examination witnesses'","count":767,"total_pages":39,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=provide+reasonable+opportunity+cross-examination+witnesses&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Modifications to the Regulations Implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as Amended","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing to revise its implementing regulations for the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, 38 U.S.C. 4212. The proposed revisions will better align the regulations with recent case law and executive orders, including Executive Order 14173, \"Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,\" and Executive Order 14219, \"Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative.\"","document_number":"2025-12006","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12006/modifications-to-the-regulations-implementing-the-vietnam-era-veterans-readjustment-assistance-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12006.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12006.pdf?1751287520","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":"Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs","name":"Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office","id":162,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-contract-compliance-programs-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/162","parent_id":271,"slug":"federal-contract-compliance-programs-office"}],"excerpts":"members. Due regard shall be given to the convenience of <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> in scheduling their testimony so that they will be detained no longer than reasonably necessary. \n (3) The party or prospective <span class=\"match\">witness</span> may file an objection within 5 days after notice of production of such <span class=\"match\">witness</span> is served stating with particularity the reasons why the party cannot produce a requested <span class=\"match\">witness</span>. The party serving the notice may move for an order with respect to such objection or failure to produce a <span class=\"match\">witness</span>. \n \n (t) \n Hearings and Related Matters: Rules of evidence"},{"title":"Modifications to the Regulations Implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Labor proposes to revise its implementing regulations for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The proposed revisions will better align the regulations with recent case law and executive orders, including Executive Order 14173, \"Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity\" and Executive Order 14219, \"Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative.\"","document_number":"2025-12233","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12233/modifications-to-the-regulations-implementing-section-503-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973-as","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12233.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12233.pdf?1751287526","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":"Federal Contract Compliance Program Office"}],"excerpts":"60-741—Guidelines on a Contractor's Duty To <span class=\"match\">Provide</span> <span class=\"match\">Reasonable</span> Accommodation \n \n \n 2. Although the contractor would not be expected to accommodate disabilities of which it is unaware, the contractor has an affirmative obligation to <span class=\"match\">provide</span> <span class=\"match\">reasonable</span> accommodation for applicants and employees of whose disabilities the contractor has actual knowledge. Section 60-741.44(d) <span class=\"match\">provides</span> that if an employee with a known disability is having significant difficulty performing his or her job and it is <span class=\"match\">reasonable</span> to conclude that the performance problem may"},{"title":"Fiscal Year (FY) 2029 Public Rate Design Methodology; Public Hearing and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment","type":"Notice","abstract":"BPA is proposing to adopt a new tiered rate design for setting its Priority Firm Power (PFp) rates for the period beginning October 1, 2028. The primary feature of the Public Rate Design Methodology (PRDM) is the establishment of two tiers of rates: one rate tier (Tier 1) will be based on generation output and costs attributed to BPA's current system resources and a second rate tier (Tier 2) will be based on the generation and costs associated with newly acquired resources.","document_number":"2024-26243","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/13/2024-26243/fiscal-year-fy-2029-public-rate-design-methodology-public-hearing-and-opportunities-for-public","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-13/pdf/2024-26243.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26243.pdf?1731419127","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"},{"raw_name":"Bonneville Power Administration","name":"Bonneville Power Administration","id":40,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/bonneville-power-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/40","parent_id":136,"slug":"bonneville-power-administration"}],"excerpts":"substantially related to the rates under consideration in the proceeding. \n See \n Rules of Procedure, section 1010.4(b)(8)(iii), (iv). If BPA revises the scope of the proceeding to include new issues, BPA will <span class=\"match\">provide</span> public notice on its website, present testimony or other information regarding such issues, and <span class=\"match\">provide</span> a <span class=\"match\">reasonable</span> <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to intervene and respond to BPA's testimony or other information. \n Id. \n \n 1. Matters Within the Scope of the PRDM-26 Proceeding \n \n The scope of PRDM-26 is limited to issues and evidence regarding the terms"},{"title":"Administrative False Claims Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"This amends the rules of practice prescribed by the Judicial Officer for ease of understanding and to reflect current practice.","document_number":"2025-13415","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/17/2025-13415/administrative-false-claims-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-17/pdf/2025-13415.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13415.pdf?1752669915","publication_date":"2025-07-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"POSTAL SERVICE","name":"Postal Service","id":410,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/postal-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/410","parent_id":null,"slug":"postal-service"}],"excerpts":"Officer's own initiative. A subpoena may require:\n \n (1) The deposition of a <span class=\"match\">witness</span> in the city or county where the <span class=\"match\">witness</span> resides, is employed, transacts business in person, or at another location convenient for the <span class=\"match\">witness</span> that is specifically determined by the Presiding Officer; \n (2) The testimony of a <span class=\"match\">witness</span> at a hearing; or, \n (3) The production of documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, and as appropriate, the appearance of a <span class=\"match\">witness</span> or custodian of such items designated in the subpoena at a deposition or hearing"},{"title":"Global Laser Enrichment, LLC; (Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility); Notice of Receipt of Application for License; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of License; Notice of Hearing and Commission Order; Opportunity To Request a [Contested] Hearing; and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Safeguards Information for Contention Preparation","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2026-04474","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/06/2026-04474/global-laser-enrichment-llc-paducah-laser-enrichment-facility-notice-of-receipt-of-application-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-06/pdf/2026-04474.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04474.pdf?1772718318","publication_date":"2026-03-06","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":"EIS in September 2026.\n 11 \n \n This hearing will be held under the authority of sections 53, 63, 189, 191, and 193 of the AEA. The applicant and the NRC staff are parties to the hearing. This mandatory hearing is distinct from the contested hearing <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> discussed below in Section III, “<span class=\"match\">Opportunity</span> to Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave to Intervene.”\n \n \n \n 11 \n  \n See id. \n at 2.\n \n \n B. The mandatory hearing will be conducted by an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Licensing Board), designated by the Chief Administrative Judge of the"},{"title":"Implementation of the Administrative False Claims Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule establishes procedural regulations for the Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA) at the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). The AFCA is at 31 U.S.C. 3801 through 3812. The AFCA requires the promulgation of rules and regulations necessary to implement the AFCA.","document_number":"2026-07877","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/23/2026-07877/implementation-of-the-administrative-false-claims-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-23/pdf/2026-07877.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07877.pdf?1776861910","publication_date":"2026-04-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY","name":"Federal Labor Relations Authority","id":176,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-labor-relations-authority","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/176","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-labor-relations-authority"}],"excerpts":"minimum, the presiding officer must issue an order that:\n \n (i) Sets the hearing in a location permissible under 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(4); \n (ii) <span class=\"match\">Provides</span> the written notice required by 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(2)(A); \n (iii) Governs the exchange of <span class=\"match\">witness</span> lists, statements, and exhibits; \n (iv) Ensures the defendant has an <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to present their case, to submit rebuttal evidence, and to conduct such <span class=\"match\">cross-examination</span> as may be required for a full and true disclosure of the facts; and \n (v) Includes in any written notice of a hearing to a defendant a description"},{"title":"Rules Governing Motion To Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board","type":"Rule","abstract":"The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) modifies its rules of practice governing amendment practice in trial proceedings under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) to make permanent certain provisions of the Office's motion to amend pilot program (MTA pilot program) and to revise the rules that allocate burdens of persuasion in connection with motions to amend (MTAs). These rules provide a patent owner with the option of issuance of preliminary guidance in response to an MTA and the option of filing one additional revised MTA. Further, these rules clarify that a preponderance of evidence standard applies to any new ground of unpatentability raised by the Board, and that when exercising the discretion to grant or deny an MTA or to raise a new ground of unpatentability, the Board may consider all evidence of record in the proceeding. The rules further provide that the Board may consider information identified in response to a Board-initiated request for examination assistance, and that the results of that assistance will be added to the record. The rules better ensure the Office's role of issuing robust and reliable patents, and the predictability and certainty of post-grant trial proceedings before the Board. These rules relate to the Office trial practice for inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review (PGR), and derivation proceedings that implemented provisions of the AIA providing for trials before the Office.","document_number":"2024-21134","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/18/2024-21134/rules-governing-motion-to-amend-practice-and-procedures-in-trial-proceedings-under-the-america","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-18/pdf/2024-21134.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-21134.pdf?1726577117","publication_date":"2024-09-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Patent and Trademark Office","name":"Patent and Trademark Office","id":402,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/patent-and-trademark-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/402","parent_id":54,"slug":"patent-and-trademark-office"}],"excerpts":"program, the preliminary guidance <span class=\"match\">provides</span>, at a \n \n minimum, an initial discussion about whether there is a <span class=\"match\">reasonable</span> likelihood that the original MTA meets statutory and regulatory requirements for an MTA and whether the petitioner (or the record then before the Office, including any opposition to the MTA and accompanying evidence) establishes a <span class=\"match\">reasonable</span> likelihood that the substitute claims are unpatentable. See MTA pilot program notice, 84 FR 9500.\n \n \n Under the amended rules, preliminary guidance will <span class=\"match\">provide</span> the Board's initial, preliminary"},{"title":"Rescission of Executive Order 11246 Implementing Regulations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposes to rescind the regulations for Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, as amended. E.O. 11246 was revoked by E.O. 14173 on January 21, 2025. The E.O. 11246 regulations prohibited covered Federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin and required them to take affirmative action on those bases. They also prohibited these employers from taking adverse employment actions against applicants or employees because they inquired about, discussed, or disclosed information about their pay or their co-workers' pay, subject to certain limitations.","document_number":"2025-12276","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12276/rescission-of-executive-order-11246-implementing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12276.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12276.pdf?1751287531","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"}],"excerpts":"members. Due regard shall be given to the convenience of <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> in scheduling their testimony so that they will be detained no longer than reasonably necessary. \n (c) The party or prospective <span class=\"match\">witness</span> may file an objection within 5 days after notice of production of such <span class=\"match\">witness</span> is served stating with particularity the reasons why the party cannot produce a requested <span class=\"match\">witness</span>. The party serving the notice may move for an order with respect to such objection or failure to produce a <span class=\"match\">witness</span>. \n \n \n § 60-30.18 \n \n In any hearing, decision, or administrative"},{"title":"Service Standard Changes","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commission is acknowledging a recently-filed Postal Service request for an advisory opinion regarding planned changes to its processing and transportation networks. This document invites public comments on the request and addresses several related procedural steps.","document_number":"2024-23853","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/17/2024-23853/service-standard-changes","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-17/pdf/2024-23853.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23853.pdf?1729082713","publication_date":"2024-10-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Postal Regulatory Commission","id":409,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/postal-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/409","parent_id":null,"slug":"postal-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"conforms to the policies of title 39, United States Code. \n See id. \n The Postal Service <span class=\"match\">provides</span> the direct testimony of five <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> and identifies a sixth individual to serve as its institutional <span class=\"match\">witness</span> and <span class=\"match\">provide</span> information relevant to the Postal Service's proposal that is not provided by other Postal Service <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span>. \n See \n Request at 50-52. Table 3 below details the Postal Service's direct case, organized by <span class=\"match\">witness</span>.\n \n \n Table 3—Postal Service <span class=\"match\">Witnesses</span> \n \n   \n   \n   \n \n \n 1. Stephen Hagenstein \n \n • Description of the proposed revisions"},{"title":"Implementation of the Administrative False Claims Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would establish procedural regulations for the Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA) at the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). The Administrative False Claims Act is at 31 U.S.C. 3801 through 3812.","document_number":"2025-12638","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/08/2025-12638/implementation-of-the-administrative-false-claims-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-08/pdf/2025-12638.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12638.pdf?1751892312","publication_date":"2025-07-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY","name":"Federal Labor Relations Authority","id":176,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-labor-relations-authority","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/176","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-labor-relations-authority"}],"excerpts":"minimum, the presiding officer must issue an order that:\n \n (i) Sets the hearing in a location permissible under 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(4); \n (ii) <span class=\"match\">Provides</span> the written notice required by 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(2)(A); \n (iii) Governs the exchange of <span class=\"match\">witness</span> lists, statements, and exhibits; \n (iv) Ensures the defendant has an <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to present their case, to submit rebuttal evidence, and to conduct such <span class=\"match\">cross-examination</span> as may be required for a full and true disclosure of the facts; and \n (v) Includes in any written notice of a hearing to a defendant a description"},{"title":"Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2028 Proposed Power and Transmission Rate Adjustments; Public Hearing and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment","type":"Notice","abstract":"Bonneville is initiating a rate proceeding under the Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) to establish power, transmission, and ancillary and control area services rates for the period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. Bonneville has designated this proceeding Docket No. BP-26.","document_number":"2024-26244","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/13/2024-26244/fiscal-year-fy-2026-2028-proposed-power-and-transmission-rate-adjustments-public-hearing-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-13/pdf/2024-26244.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26244.pdf?1731419127","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"},{"raw_name":"Bonneville Power Administration","name":"Bonneville Power Administration","id":40,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/bonneville-power-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/40","parent_id":136,"slug":"bonneville-power-administration"}],"excerpts":"related to the rates under consideration in the proceeding. \n See \n Rules of Procedure, section 1010.4(b)(8)(iii), (iv). If Bonneville revises the scope of the proceeding to include new issues, Bonneville will <span class=\"match\">provide</span> public notice on its website, present testimony or other information regarding such issues, and <span class=\"match\">provide</span> a <span class=\"match\">reasonable</span> <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to intervene and respond to Bonneville's testimony or other information. \n Id. \n \n 1. Expense and Capital Cost Forecasts \n Bonneville's forecasts of its expense and capital costs are not determined in rate proceedings"},{"title":"Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings (Rules of Practice) govern adjudication proceedings conducted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB issued a proposal to rescind amendments it adopted to the Rules of Practice on February 22, 2022, and March 29, 2023 (2022 and 2023 amendments). The 2022 and 2023 amendments that the Bureau proposed to rescind included a new deposition process, amendments concerning timing and deadlines, bifurcation of proceedings, the process for deciding dispositive motions, and requirements for issue exhaustion, as well as other technical changes. After considering the comments on the proposal, the CFPB has decided to rescind the amendments as proposed, except as related to narrow clarificatory and procedural changes.","document_number":"2025-19687","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/29/2025-19687/rules-of-practice-for-adjudication-proceedings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-29/pdf/2025-19687.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19687.pdf?1761655506","publication_date":"2025-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"or leave to call a surrebuttal <span class=\"match\">witness</span> and to submit a surrebuttal report by that <span class=\"match\">witness</span>. \n (b) No party may call an expert <span class=\"match\">witness</span> at the hearing unless he or she has been listed and has provided reports as required by this section, unless otherwise directed by the hearing officer at a scheduling conference. Each side will be limited to calling at the hearing five expert <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span>, including any rebuttal or surrebuttal expert <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span>. A party may file a motion seeking leave to call additional expert <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> due to extraordinary circumstances"},{"title":"Amendments to the Federal Railroad Administration's Procedures for Service of Documents in Railroad Safety Enforcement Proceedings","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule updates FRA's railroad safety enforcement procedures and rules of practice to require electronic service of documents. This rule also establishes procedures to implement new authority regarding civil penalties for alleged Federal railroad safety violations. Finally, this rule makes other necessary administrative updates, such as correcting addresses.","document_number":"2026-08021","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/24/2026-08021/amendments-to-the-federal-railroad-administrations-procedures-for-service-of-documents-in-railroad","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-24/pdf/2026-08021.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08021.pdf?1776948316","publication_date":"2026-04-24","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 Railroad Administration","name":"Federal Railroad Administration","id":185,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-railroad-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/185","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-railroad-administration"}],"excerpts":"employee as a <span class=\"match\">witness</span> and state generally why the <span class=\"match\">witness</span> will be required. \n \n \n \n 6. Revise § 209.8(a) to read as follows: \n \n § 209.8 \n \n (a) Any party to a proceeding under subpart B, C, D, or G of this part may take the testimony of any person, including a party, by deposition upon oral examination on order of the presiding officer following the granting of a motion under paragraph (b) of this section. Depositions may be taken before any disinterested person who is authorized by law to administer oaths. The attendance of <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> may be compelled"},{"title":"Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings; Rescission","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is proposing to rescind the amendments it adopted to the Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings (Rules of Practice) on February 22, 2022, and March 29, 2023.","document_number":"2025-08344","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/13/2025-08344/rules-of-practice-for-adjudication-proceedings-rescission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-13/pdf/2025-08344.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08344.pdf?1747053913","publication_date":"2025-05-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"or leave to call a surrebuttal <span class=\"match\">witness</span> and to submit a surrebuttal report by that <span class=\"match\">witness</span>. \n (b) No party may call an expert <span class=\"match\">witness</span> at the hearing unless he or she has been listed and has provided reports as required by this section, unless otherwise directed by the hearing officer at a scheduling conference. Each side will be limited to calling at the hearing five expert <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span>, including any rebuttal or surrebuttal expert <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span>. A party may file a motion seeking leave to call additional expert <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> due to extraordinary circumstances"},{"title":"Trade Regulation Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\" or \"Commission\") recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking (\"NPRM\") in the Federal Register, titled \"Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees,\" which would prohibit unfair or deceptive practices relating to fees for goods or services, specifically, misrepresenting the total costs of goods and services by omitting mandatory fees from advertised prices and misrepresenting the nature and purpose of fees. The NPRM announced the opportunity for interested parties to present their positions orally at an informal hearing. Seventeen commenters requested to participate at the informal hearing. The Commission's Chief Presiding Officer, the Chair, has appointed an Administrative Law Judge for the Federal Trade Commission, the Honorable Jay L. Himes to serve as the presiding officer of the informal hearing.","document_number":"2024-06468","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/27/2024-06468/trade-regulation-rule-on-unfair-or-deceptive-fees","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-27/pdf/2024-06468.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06468.pdf?1711457122","publication_date":"2024-03-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"section 18(b)(1) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 57a(b)(1), which requires the Commission to <span class=\"match\">provide</span> the <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> for an informal hearing in section 18 rulemaking proceedings, the NPRM also announced the <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> for interested persons to present their positions orally at an informal hearing. Eight of the commenters requested the <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to present their position orally or participate at an informal hearing. Nine additional commenters requested the <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to participate in a hearing if one were held but did not request a hearing themselves"},{"title":"Procedural Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the \"Commission\") is an independent adjudicatory agency that provides trials and appellate review of cases arising under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the \"Mine Act\"). Trials are held before the Commission's Administrative Law Judges, and appellate review is provided by a five-member Review Commission appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. This rule makes final revisions to many of the Commission's procedural rules. The Commission makes these changes in a continued effort to ensure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of all proceedings before the Commission.","document_number":"2025-00703","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-00703/procedural-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-00703.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00703.pdf?1737035116","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION","name":"Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission","id":180,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-mine-safety-and-health-review-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/180","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-mine-safety-and-health-review-commission"}],"excerpts":"service shall be filed with the Commission or the ALJ.\n \n \n (b) \n Fees payable to <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span>. \n Subpoenaed <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid in the district courts of the United States. The <span class=\"match\">witness</span> fees and mileage shall be paid by the party at whose request the <span class=\"match\">witness</span> appears, or by the Commission if a <span class=\"match\">witness</span> is subpoenaed on the motion of the Commission or an ALJ. This paragraph does not apply to Government employees who are called as <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> by the Government.\n \n \n (c) \n Motions to revoke or modify subpoenas. \n Any person"},{"title":"General Services Property Management Regulation (GSPMR); Nondiscrimination on the Basis of the Age Act Regulation for Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The General Services Administration (GSA) is publishing a rule to migrate, without policy change, GSA's regulations implementing the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (Age Act), from the government-wide Federal Property Management Regulation (FPMR) to the GSA regulations codified regulations in the General Services Property Management Regulations (GSPMR).","document_number":"2026-04486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/06/2026-04486/general-services-property-management-regulation-gspmr-nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-the-age-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-06/pdf/2026-04486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04486.pdf?1772718319","publication_date":"2026-03-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"and the standards of other enforcement agencies. \n Moreover, the regulation continues to be necessary because it <span class=\"match\">provides</span> protections for individuals interacting with GSA-funded programs; establishes clear expectations for GSA's recipients; supports GSA's compliance with government-wide civil rights responsibilities; and <span class=\"match\">provides</span> transparency, oversight, and accountability mechanisms to prevent age discrimination. GSA's regulation <span class=\"match\">provides</span> procedures to administer and authority to enforce the Age Act. \n No Substantive Policy Change \n The migration"},{"title":"Pharmacy Place, Llc; Decision and Order","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-19708","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/30/2025-19708/pharmacy-place-llc-decision-and-order","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-30/pdf/2025-19708.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19708.pdf?1761741908","publication_date":"2025-10-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","id":116,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/drug-enforcement-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/116","parent_id":268,"slug":"drug-enforcement-administration"}],"excerpts":"the weight attached to its asserted facts is to be determined in light of the lack of <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> for <span class=\"match\">cross-examination</span>. \n \n The Agency notes that the Written Statement is signed by Respondent's counsels, and that it does not attach any documentary evidence or declaration, let alone a declaration sworn to by a competent fact <span class=\"match\">witness</span>. In other words, the Written Statement is counsel argument untethered to evidence. As such, while the Written Statement <span class=\"match\">provides</span> the Agency with insight into Respondent's position concerning the OSC/ISO, it does not"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (Department) amends the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The purpose of these amendments is to better align the Title IX regulatory requirements with Title IX's nondiscrimination mandate. These amendments clarify the scope and application of Title IX and the obligations of recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department, including elementary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and other recipients (referred to below as \"recipients\" or \"schools\") to provide an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including through responding to incidents of sex discrimination. These final regulations will enable all recipients to meet their obligations to comply with Title IX while providing them with appropriate discretion and flexibility to account for variations in school size, student populations, and administrative structures.","document_number":"2024-07915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-07915/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-07915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07915.pdf?1713530716","publication_date":"2024-04-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"45(b)(6) and (7), require a recipient to <span class=\"match\">provide</span> each party with an equal <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to access the evidence that is relevant to the allegations of sex discrimination and not otherwise impermissible, or an accurate description of the evidence (and if the recipient <span class=\"match\">provides</span> a description, the parties may request and then must receive access to the underlying evidence), \n see \n § 106.45(f)(4), and require a recipient to <span class=\"match\">provide</span> a process to question parties and <span class=\"match\">witnesses</span> to assess the party's or <span class=\"match\">witness's</span> credibility when credibility is in dispute"},{"title":"Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, agency, or Commission) is proposing to revise the agency's rules of practice and procedure to streamline contested adjudications in NRC licensing proceedings in response to the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 (ADVANCE Act) and Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.","document_number":"2026-04187","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/03/2026-04187/streamlining-contested-adjudications-in-licensing-proceedings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-03/pdf/2026-04187.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04187.pdf?1772459115","publication_date":"2026-03-03","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":"NRC must <span class=\"match\">provide</span> petitioners with at least one <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to participate in an adjudication prior to closing the record. The proposed revisions to 10 CFR 2.326 would meet this standard because they would not close the record until well after the <span class=\"match\">opportunity</span> to request a hearing expires.\n \n \n Also, because the proposed revisions to 10 CFR 2.326 would automatically close the record in the specified circumstances, the NRC proposes to revise §§ 2.104, 2.105, and 2.309(b)(5) to require \n Federal Register \n notices announcing <span class=\"match\">opportunities</span> to request"}]}