{"description":"Documents matching 'records telework contractor personnel invoices'","count":32,"total_pages":2,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=records+telework+contractor+personnel+invoices&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"DOL Acquisition Regulation: Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation System","type":"Rule","abstract":"With this final rule, the Department of Labor (DOL) is revising the Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation (DOLAR) to remove provisions from the regulation that were redundant or obsolete. The final rule also codifies the use of certain contractual provisions that DOL has developed and deployed in recent years. Those newly codified contractual provisions address a range of matters, including government property, continuity of operations, system requirements, records management, telework policy for contractor personnel, submission of invoices, mandatory training for contractors, organizational conflicts of interest, and notification of changes to the scope of a contract. The final rule also includes revisions intended for greater clarity. Finally, the final rule removes provisions from the prior regulation that were DOL internal operating procedures.","document_number":"2024-17141","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/16/2024-17141/dol-acquisition-regulation-department-of-labor-acquisition-regulation-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-16/pdf/2024-17141.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17141.pdf?1723725924","publication_date":"2024-08-16","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":"them. \n The term federal <span class=\"match\">record</span>: \n (a) Includes DOL <span class=\"match\">records</span>. \n (b) Does not include personal materials. \n (c) Applies to <span class=\"match\">records</span> created, received, or maintained by <span class=\"match\">contractors</span> pursuant to their DOL contract. \n (d) May include deliverables and documentation associated with deliverables. \n B. Requirements \n (a) <span class=\"match\">Contractor</span> shall comply with all applicable <span class=\"match\">records</span> management laws and regulations, as well as National Archives and <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Administration (NARA) <span class=\"match\">records</span> policies, including but not limited to, the Federal <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Act (44 U.S.C. chs. 21,"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is proposing numerous amendments to all system of records notices (SORN). There are amendments affecting multiple SORNs and amendments to specific SORNs.","document_number":"2024-19638","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/09/2024-19638/privacy-act-of-1974-systems-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-09/pdf/2024-19638.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19638.pdf?1725626717","publication_date":"2024-09-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION","name":"Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation","id":405,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/405","parent_id":null,"slug":"pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation"}],"excerpts":"PBGC is proposing to amend the <span class=\"match\">Record</span> Source Categories section to specify that PBGC may receive <span class=\"match\">records</span> from an individual's attorney or other authorized representative. \n \n (15) PBGC is proposing to update the categories of <span class=\"match\">records</span> and <span class=\"match\">record</span> sources of PBGC-11, Call Detail <span class=\"match\">Records</span> \n \n PBGC is proposing to amend the Categories of <span class=\"match\">Records</span> and <span class=\"match\">Record</span> Source Categories sections of PBGC 11: Call Detail <span class=\"match\">Records</span> (last published at 83 FR 6261 (February 13, 2018)) to clarify that the system of <span class=\"match\">records</span> may include <span class=\"match\">records</span> from PBGC-issued communications"},{"title":"DOL Acquisition Regulation: Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation System","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing to revise the Department of Labor Acquisition Regulations (DOLAR), in its entirety in order to update and streamline agency procurement regulations consistent with the Federal Acquisition Reform Act, and the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act. The proposed updates remove provisions that are redundant or obsolete and codify the use of certain contractual provisions that DOL has developed and deployed in recent years in order to put potential contractors on notice of these provisions and to formalize their usage. The provisions address a range of matters, including: government property, continuity of operations, system requirements, records management, telework policy for contractor personnel, submission of invoices, mandatory training for contractors, organizational conflicts of interest, and changing the scope of a contract. Proposed edits have also been made to existing language for clarity and streamlining purposes and do not change the substantive meaning of those provisions. The proposed revision will also remove provisions in the current DOLAR that are DOL internal operating procedures, which need not be published in the Code of Federal Regulations in order for them to take effect. The current DOLAR supplements the executive branch-wide Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to address matters specific to the Department of Labor relating to its procurement of goods and services. It also includes certain rules governing private entities doing business with DOL.","document_number":"2023-17739","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/05/2023-17739/dol-acquisition-regulation-department-of-labor-acquisition-regulation-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-09-05/pdf/2023-17739.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-17739.pdf?1693572315","publication_date":"2023-09-05","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":"them. \n The term federal <span class=\"match\">record</span>: \n (a) Includes DOL <span class=\"match\">records</span>. \n (b) Does not include personal materials. \n (c) Applies to <span class=\"match\">records</span> created, received, or maintained by <span class=\"match\">contractors</span> pursuant to their DOL contract. \n (d) May include deliverables and documentation associated with deliverables. \n B. Requirements \n (a) <span class=\"match\">Contractor</span> shall comply with all applicable <span class=\"match\">records</span> management laws and regulations, as well as National Archives and <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Administration (NARA) <span class=\"match\">records</span> policies, including but not limited to, the Federal <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Act (44 U.S.C. chs. 21,"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, and 41","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement. The E.O. directs the elimination of excessive acquisition regulations to stop the inefficient use of American taxpayer dollars. The FAR Council is issuing twelve proposed rules that collectively will streamline the FAR in its entirety. This rule proposes revisions to FAR parts 6, 7, 10, 18, 26, 37, 41, and 52.","document_number":"2026-12560","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12560/federal-acquisition-regulation-revolutionary-federal-acquisition-regulation-overhaul-parts-6-7-10-18","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12560.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12560.pdf?1782132314","publication_date":"2026-06-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"Office of Federal Procurement Policy","name":"Federal Procurement Policy Office","id":184,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-procurement-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/184","parent_id":280,"slug":"federal-procurement-policy-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"subject to the Contracting Officer's approval. The <span class=\"match\">Contractor</span> must provide sufficient experienced <span class=\"match\">personnel</span> during the phase-in, phase-out period to ensure that the services called for by this contract are maintained at the required level of proficiency. \n (c) The <span class=\"match\">Contractor</span> must allow as many <span class=\"match\">personnel</span> as practicable to remain on the job to help the successor maintain the continuity and consistency of the services required by this contract. The <span class=\"match\">Contractor</span> also must disclose necessary <span class=\"match\">personnel</span> <span class=\"match\">records</span> and allow the successor to conduct on-site interviews"},{"title":"Federal Management Regulation; Aligning the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) With the Administration's Deregulatory Priorities","type":"Rule","abstract":"GSA is issuing a final rule to streamline and update multiple parts of the FMR to ensure adherence to statutory requirements and improve the effectiveness of the management of aviation, Federal advisory committees, mail, motor vehicles, personal property, real property, and transportation.","document_number":"2025-22915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22915/federal-management-regulation-aligning-the-federal-management-regulation-fmr-with-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-16/pdf/2025-22915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22915.pdf?1765806319","publication_date":"2025-12-16","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":"inspection and use.\n \n \n (e) \n Advisory committee <span class=\"match\">records</span>. \n Official <span class=\"match\">records</span> generated by or for an advisory committee must be retained for the duration of the advisory committee. Upon termination of the advisory committee, the <span class=\"match\">records</span> must be processed in accordance with the Federal <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Act, 44 U.S.C. chapters 21 and 29 through 33, and regulations issued by the National Archives and <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Administration (see 36 CFR parts 1220, 1222, 1228, and 1234), or in accordance with the Presidential <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Act, 44 U.S.C. chapter 22.\n \n \n \n \n Subpart E—Advice"},{"title":"Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2024-05871","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/20/2024-05871/statement-of-organization-functions-and-delegations-of-authority","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-20/pdf/2024-05871.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05871.pdf?1710852327","publication_date":"2024-03-20","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":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"of Administrative Operations: (1) executes the office's budget; (2) provides human resource services regarding all aspects of <span class=\"match\">personnel</span> management, workforce planning, and the allocation and utilization of <span class=\"match\">personnel</span> resources; (3) coordinates the business management functions for the office's grants programs; (4) plans, directs, and coordinates office-wide administrative management activities (\n e.g., \n budget, <span class=\"match\">personnel</span>, procurements, delegations of authority); (5) coordinates and supports the office's quality and internal control efforts; and"},{"title":"Video Relay Service Improvements","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) modifies its rules to promote improvement in the efficacy and quality of video relay service (VRS) supported by the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund. The modifications: increase the portion of monthly VRS minutes that may be handled by communications assistants (CAs) working at home; reduce the amount of prior interpreting experience required of VRS CAs who work at home; and allow VRS providers to use contract CAs, subject to conditions, for up to 30% of their monthly call minutes. These changes increase providers' flexibility to hire communications assistants from a wider pool of qualified sign-language interpreters. The Commission also modifies its rules to improve the process for registered VRS users to place calls to the United States while traveling abroad.","document_number":"2024-05942","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/21/2024-05942/video-relay-service-improvements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-21/pdf/2024-05942.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05942.pdf?1710938716","publication_date":"2024-03-21","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":"and regularly analyze the <span class=\"match\">records</span> and data produced by such monitoring to proactively address possible waste, fraud, and abuse; \n (D) Keep all <span class=\"match\">records</span> pertaining to home workstations, except <span class=\"match\">records</span> of the content of interpreted conversations, for a minimum of five years; and \n (E) Conduct random and unannounced inspections of at least five percent (5%) of all home workstations, including their home environments, in each 12-month period. \n \n (v) \n Commission audits and inspections. \n Home workstations and workstation <span class=\"match\">records</span> shall be subject to review"},{"title":"Schedule of Fees","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document proposes fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 and future FYs relating to the registration of importers and the importation of motor vehicles not certified as conforming to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS). In addition to proposing new fee amounts, this document also proposes three modifications to existing provisions of part 594. The first seeks to modify our assessment of the administrative costs of registered importer (RI) renewals by authorizing collection of inspection costs as part of the inspected entity's monthly invoice instead of adding those costs to its annual renewal fee. The second proposal would seek to adjust how a vehicle inspection fee is determined in cases where an RI requests inspection of a vehicle subject to an eligibility petition. Finally, the third proposal would clarify circumstances in which NHTSA (the Agency) would charge additional fees for submission of conformity packages with errors or omissions. The fees in this update are mandated by statute and are necessary to maintain the RI program.","document_number":"2022-19560","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/14/2022-19560/schedule-of-fees","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-09-14/pdf/2022-19560.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-19560.pdf?1663073118","publication_date":"2022-09-14","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":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"basis.\n \n \n In setting a value for this new fee, NHTSA calculated the direct costs (contract and professional staff time, computer costs, and costs for <span class=\"match\">record</span> assembly, marking, shipment, and storage) by surveying the resources being used to process and review 21,000 conformity packages each year. The analysis concluded that the work consumed annual staff time equivalent to 1.75 data entry <span class=\"match\">personnel</span>, .37 computer programmers and .90 safety and compliance analysts. \n Id. \n at 50880. Similar surveys were made of the costs in maintaining computer links"},{"title":"National Organic Program (NOP); Strengthening Organic Enforcement","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rulemaking amends the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic regulations to strengthen oversight and enforcement of the production, handling, and sale of organic agricultural products. The amendments protect integrity in the organic supply chain and build consumer and industry trust in the USDA organic label by strengthening organic control systems, improving farm to market traceability, and providing robust enforcement of the USDA organic regulations. Topics addressed in this rulemaking include: applicability of the regulations and exemptions from organic certification; National Organic Program Import Certificates; recordkeeping and product traceability; certifying agent personnel qualifications and training; standardized certificates of organic operation; unannounced on-site inspections of certified operations; oversight of certification activities; foreign conformity assessment systems; certification of producer group operations; labeling of nonretail containers; annual update requirements for certified operations; compliance and appeals processes; and calculating organic content of multi-ingredient products.","document_number":"2023-00702","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/19/2023-00702/national-organic-program-nop-strengthening-organic-enforcement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-19/pdf/2023-00702.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-00702.pdf?1674049514","publication_date":"2023-01-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"abbreviations or acronyms in their OSP; this will facilitate on-site inspections and <span class=\"match\">record</span> audits by certifying agents, and help ensure that <span class=\"match\">records</span> are “readily understood and audited” (§ 205.103(b)(2)). \n \n Explicit identification of products as organic is required for audit trail <span class=\"match\">records</span> (\n i.e., \n “transaction” or “external” <span class=\"match\">records</span>). “Internal” <span class=\"match\">records</span> do not need to provide explicit organic identification (\n e.g., \n “100 percent organic”). However, all systems of <span class=\"match\">records</span> must be “in sufficient detail as to be readily understood and audited” to meet"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2023","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Publication of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (\"E.O.\") 12866, \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" (58 FR 51735, as amended) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,\" (76 FR 3821) and E.O. 14094, \"Modernizing Regulatory Review,\" (88 FR 21879). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), published in the fall and spring, helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete publication of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 29 Federal agencies and 69 Federal agency regulatory agendas available to the public at www.reginfo.gov. The Fall 2023 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the Regulatory Plan and agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.","document_number":"2024-00476","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/09/2024-00476/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2023","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-09/pdf/2024-00476.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00476.pdf?1707399919","publication_date":"2024-02-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"}],"excerpts":"claim exemptions for certain <span class=\"match\">records</span> in the INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative <span class=\"match\">Records</span>, system of <span class=\"match\">records</span> from one or more provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k), because of criminal, civil or administrative law enforcement requirements. \n DOI Law Enforcement <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Management System (LERMS) System of <span class=\"match\">Records</span> (1090-AB28) \n This proposed rule would revise the Department's Privacy Act regulations at 43 CFR 2.254 to claim exemptions for certain <span class=\"match\">records</span> in the INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Management System (LERMS)"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2025 Rates; Quality Programs Requirements; and Other Policy Changes","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); and makes other policy- related changes.","document_number":"2024-17021","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/28/2024-17021/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-and-the-childrens-health-insurance-program-hospital-inpatient","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-28/pdf/2024-17021.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17021.pdf?1722960072","publication_date":"2024-08-28","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":"special need to retain a <span class=\"match\">record</span> or group of <span class=\"match\">records</span> at least 30 days before the normal disposition date, we proposed that the <span class=\"match\">records</span> must be maintained for such period of time determined by CMS (89 FR 36473). We also proposed that, if CMS notifies the TEAM participant of a special need to retain <span class=\"match\">records</span> or there has been a termination, dispute, or allegation of fraud or similar fault against the TEAM participant or its TEAM collaborators, the TEAM participant must notify its TEAM collaborators of the need to retain <span class=\"match\">records</span> for the additional period"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2022","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Publication of the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (\"E.O.\") 12866, \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" (58 FR 51735) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,\" (76 FR 3821). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), published in the fall and spring, helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan can be found online at www.reginfo.gov and a reduced print version can be found in the Federal Register. Information regarding obtaining printed copies can also be found on the Reginfo.gov website (or below, VI. How Can Users Get Copies of the Plan and the Agenda?). The Fall 2022 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the Regulatory Plan and agency regulatory flexibility agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency regulatory flexibility agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The complete Fall 2022 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 29 Federal agencies and 67 Federal agency regulatory agendas.","document_number":"2023-02113","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/22/2023-02113/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2022","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-02-22/pdf/2023-02113.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-02113.pdf?1676987125","publication_date":"2023-02-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"}],"excerpts":"Presidential <span class=\"match\">records</span>. NARA also issues regulations relating to the National Historical Publications and <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Commission (NHPRC) grant programs. \n In 2014, the Federal <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Act required the Archivist of the United States to issue regulations with standards for the reproduction of <span class=\"match\">records</span> by photographic, microphotographic, or digital processes with a view to the disposal of the original <span class=\"match\">records</span>. In 2019, NARA issued 36 CFR 1236, Subchapter D, Digitizing Temporary <span class=\"match\">Records</span>. In 2020, NARA drafted a new Subchapter E, Digitizing Permanent <span class=\"match\">Records</span>. These"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission or SEC) proposes to revise 28 Privacy Act systems of records. The revisions are the result of a comprehensive review of SEC SORNs and conform to new requirements prescribed in OMB Circular No. A-108. This notice also includes a Table of Contents of the agency's full inventory of Privacy Act Notices, which re-designates and renumbers the systems of records to provide a better guide to the system notices.","document_number":"2020-28601","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/28/2020-28601/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-12-28/pdf/2020-28601.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-28601.pdf?1608731143","publication_date":"2020-12-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"retirement and leave <span class=\"match\">records</span> described in this notice form a part of the information contained in the Department of the Interior's integrated Federal <span class=\"match\">Personnel</span> and Payroll System (FPPS). <span class=\"match\">Personnel</span> <span class=\"match\">records</span> contained in the FPPS are covered under the government-wide system of <span class=\"match\">records</span> notice published by the Office of <span class=\"match\">Personnel</span> Management (OPM/GOVT-1) and Commission's system of <span class=\"match\">records</span> notice, SEC-39, <span class=\"match\">Personnel</span> Management Employment and Staffing Files. \n <span class=\"match\">RECORD</span> SOURCE CATEGORIES: \n <span class=\"match\">Records</span> source is from individuals on whom the <span class=\"match\">records</span> are maintained, official"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) proposes to modify multiple existing systems of records notices to provide updated routine uses in accordance with OMB Memorandum M-17-12, to update the format in accordance with OMB Circular A-108, and to provide descriptions of previously published routine uses for purposes of consistency and transparency. Contact information is also being provided for the system manager.","document_number":"2020-15468","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/17/2020-15468/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-17/pdf/2020-15468.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-15468.pdf?1594903538","publication_date":"2020-07-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD","name":"Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board","id":189,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-retirement-thrift-investment-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/189","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-retirement-thrift-investment-board"}],"excerpts":"POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF <span class=\"match\">RECORDS</span>: \n <span class=\"match\">Records</span> are maintained in paper and electronic form, including on computer databases, all of which are stored in a secure location. \n POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF <span class=\"match\">RECORDS</span>: \n <span class=\"match\">Records</span> are retrieved by name; or Social Security number. \n POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF <span class=\"match\">RECORDS</span>: \n <span class=\"match\">Records</span> are maintained in accordance with the General <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Schedules issued by the National Archives and <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Administration (NARA) or an FRTIB <span class=\"match\">records</span> disposition schedule. \n ADMINISTRATIVE"},{"title":"Emergency Broadband Benefit Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) established the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program) to support broadband services and devices to help low-income households. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) established an Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund of $3.2 billion in the Treasury of the United States for the fiscal year 2021, to remain available until expended. The CAA directed the Commission to use the fund to establish the EBB Program, under which eligible low-income households may receive a discount off the cost of broadband service and certain connected devices during an emergency period related to the COVID-19 pandemic.","document_number":"2021-07456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/13/2021-07456/emergency-broadband-benefit-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-04-13/pdf/2021-07456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-07456.pdf?1618231517","publication_date":"2021-04-13","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":"symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other <span class=\"match\">record</span> and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the <span class=\"match\">record</span>, has the same legal effect as a written signature. \n (b) For the purposes of this subpart, an electronic <span class=\"match\">record</span>, defined by the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act as a contract or other <span class=\"match\">record</span> created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means, constitutes a <span class=\"match\">record</span>. \n \n \n \n \n [FR Doc. 2021-07456 Filed 4-12-21; 8:45 am] \n BILLING CODE 6712-01-P"},{"title":"Rural eConnectivity Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), hereinafter referred to as \"RUS\" or \"the Agency\", is issuing a final rule to establish the Rural eConnectivity Program. The Rural eConnectivity Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. This rule describes the eligibility requirements, the application process, the criteria that will be used by RUS to assess applicants' creditworthiness and outlines the application process. In addition, the Agency is seeking comments on the final rule.","document_number":"2021-03443","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/26/2021-03443/rural-econnectivity-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-02-26/pdf/2021-03443.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-03443.pdf?1614260717","publication_date":"2021-02-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Rural Utilities Service","name":"Rural Utilities Service","id":460,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-utilities-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/460","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-utilities-service"}],"excerpts":"General Field Representatives (GFR) did a good job of surveying existing networks. <span class=\"match\">Contractors</span> hired by USDA did not \n \n fulfill their responsibilities which resulted in RUS not adhering to the requirements to not fund networks where at least 10/1 mbps service exists. The comment lists two specific scenarios. Respondent recommends that RUS avoid using <span class=\"match\">contractors</span>, but if they must be used, better training is needed. Agency GFRs should work more closely with <span class=\"match\">contractors</span> to ensure that they fulfill their duties to accurately verify whether service exists"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Final Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals","type":"Rule","abstract":"We are revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems for FY 2021 and to implement certain recent legislation. We are also making changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals. In addition, we are providing the market basket update that will apply to the rate- of-increase limits for certain hospitals excluded from the IPPS that are paid on a reasonable cost basis, subject to these limits for FY 2021. We are updating the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) for FY 2021. In this FY 2021 IPPS/LTCH PPS final rule, we are finalizing changes to the new technology add-on payment pathway for certain antimicrobial products and other changes to new technology add-on payment policies, and the collection of market-based rate information on the Medicare cost report for cost reporting periods ending on or after January 1, 2021 and finalizing the adoption of a market-based MS- DRG relative weight methodology beginning in FY 2024. We are establishing new requirements or revising existing requirements for quality reporting by acute care hospitals and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals. We also established new requirements and revised existing requirements for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs. We are also establishing performance standards for the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, and updating policies for the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program.","document_number":"2020-19637","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/18/2020-19637/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-09-18/pdf/2020-19637.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-19637.pdf?1599077716","publication_date":"2020-09-18","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":" which can facilitate the process of producing electronic copies of medical <span class=\"match\">records</span> (78 FR 50834). \n \n Additionally, we monitor the medical <span class=\"match\">records</span> submissions to the CMS Clinical Data Abstraction Center (CDAC) <span class=\"match\">contractor</span>, and have found almost two-thirds of providers use the option to submit PDF copies of medical <span class=\"match\">records</span> as electronic files. We noted that paper submissions can be reimbursed at a higher rate than for electronic submissions, especially for longer <span class=\"match\">records</span> because paper submissions are reimbursed on a per page basis, while electronic"},{"title":"Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2019-20407","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/20/2019-20407/statement-of-organization-functions-and-delegations-of-authority","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-09-20/pdf/2019-20407.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-20407.pdf?1568897121","publication_date":"2019-09-20","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":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"including support to the HRSA Enterprise Governance Board and the Technical and Business Review Board in conducting such reviews; (3) implementing, coordinating, and administering the <span class=\"match\">records</span> management program for HRSA; and (4) establishing HRSA <span class=\"match\">records</span> management policy, HRSA <span class=\"match\">records</span> schedules, and provides training in compliance with National Archives and <span class=\"match\">Records</span> Administration standards. \n Division of Data and Information Services (RB55) \n \n The Division of Data and Information Services develops and maintains an overall data and information management"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) proposes the following changes to its system of records notices to: Amend a general routine use, rescind a duplicative system of records, establish a new system of records for collection of data from the agency website, add or amend routine uses in ten systems of records, make clarifying changes to all nineteen systems of records notices, and republish all existing systems of records notices. The PBGC determined that the proposed changes were necessary after conducting the biennial review of its systems of records notices.","document_number":"2018-02882","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/13/2018-02882/privacy-act-of-1974-systems-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-02-13/pdf/2018-02882.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-02882.pdf?1518443177","publication_date":"2018-02-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION","name":"Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation","id":405,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/405","parent_id":null,"slug":"pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation"}],"excerpts":"this system of <span class=\"match\">records</span> (see Prefatory Statement of General Routine Uses). \n POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF <span class=\"match\">RECORDS</span>: \n <span class=\"match\">Records</span> are maintained manually in paper and/or electronic form (including computer databases or discs). <span class=\"match\">Records</span> may also be maintained on back-up tapes, or on a PBGC or a <span class=\"match\">contractor</span>-hosted network. \n POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF <span class=\"match\">RECORDS</span>: \n Name. \n POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF <span class=\"match\">RECORDS</span>: \n \n <span class=\"match\">Records</span> are maintained and destroyed in accordance with the National Archives and <span class=\"match\">Record</span> Administration's"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is proposing to add an additional general routine use, add an additional routine use to PBGC-3, Employee Payroll, Leave, and Attendance Records, add an additional routine use to PBGC- 19, Office of General Counsel Case Management System, delete a routine use from PBGC-22, Telework and Alternative Worksite Records, establish a new system of records, PBGC-24, Participant Debt Collection, and make various technical and clarifying changes to eighteen existing systems of records.","document_number":"2016-21975","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/14/2016-21975/privacy-act-of-1974-systems-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-14/pdf/2016-21975.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-21975.pdf?1473770723","publication_date":"2016-09-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION","name":"Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation","id":405,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/405","parent_id":null,"slug":"pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation"}],"excerpts":"Remove a Routine Use From PBGC-22, <span class=\"match\">Telework</span> and Alternative Worksite <span class=\"match\">Records</span> \n \n In the process of reviewing its system of <span class=\"match\">records</span> notices, PBGC determined that Routine Use 2 in PBGC-22 is unnecessary. Routine 2 use states: “A <span class=\"match\">record</span> from this system may be disclosed to medical professionals to obtain information about an employee's medical background necessary to grant or deny approval of medical <span class=\"match\">telework</span>.” However, this system of <span class=\"match\">records</span> does not contain <span class=\"match\">records</span> pertaining to medical <span class=\"match\">telework</span>. Medical <span class=\"match\">telework</span> <span class=\"match\">records</span> are only contained in PBGC-21"}]}