{"description":"Documents matching 'risk harm individuals including information'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=risk+harm+individuals+including+information&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS; collectively referred to as the \"Services\") rescind the regulatory definition of \"harm\" in our Endangered Species Act (ESA or the Act) regulations. This rescission removes the regulatory definition of \"harm\" from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in Title 50 parts 17 and 222.","document_number":"2026-14195","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/14/2026-14195/rescinding-the-definition-of-harm-under-the-endangered-species-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-14/pdf/2026-14195.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14195.pdf?1783717208","publication_date":"2026-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"},{"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":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"limited independent guidance while <span class=\"match\">risking</span> confusion about the continuing legal significance of the rescinded portions of the regulation.\n \n \n Nor do the Services choose to add a new regulatory definition for “<span class=\"match\">harm</span>.” Given that “take” is defined in the statute, and that the role and meaning of the term “<span class=\"match\">harm</span>” within the larger definition of “take” was expertly explicated by Justice Scalia in his \n Sweet Home \n dissent—an interpretation which we have herein adopted—we find that maintaining a freestanding definition of “<span class=\"match\">harm</span>” is unnecessary. Moreover, at"},{"title":"Prohibition on the Use of Reputation Risk by Regulators","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are adopting a final rule to codify the elimination of reputation risk from their supervisory programs. Among other things, the rule prohibits the agencies from criticizing or taking adverse action against an institution on the basis of reputation risk. The rule also prohibits the agencies from requiring, instructing, or encouraging an institution to close an account, to refrain from providing an account, product, or service, or to modify or terminate any product or service on the basis of a person or entity's political, social, cultural, or religious views or beliefs, constitutionally protected speech, or solely on the basis of politically disfavored but lawful business activities perceived to present reputation risk. The rule further forbids the agencies from taking any supervisory action or other adverse action against an institution, a group of institutions, or the institution-affiliated parties of any institution that is designed to punish or discourage an individual or group from engaging in any lawful political, social, cultural, or religious activities, constitutionally protected speech, or, for political reasons, lawful business activities that the agencies or its personnel disagree with or disfavor.","document_number":"2026-06947","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06947/prohibition-on-the-use-of-reputation-risk-by-regulators","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06947.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06947.pdf?1775738713","publication_date":"2026-04-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"particular <span class=\"match\">risks</span>. In 1995, the OCC launched an examination program it called “supervision by <span class=\"match\">risk</span>” that led to the current <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based supervision approach to examinations. In the supervision by <span class=\"match\">risk</span> program, the OCC focused on nine categories of <span class=\"match\">risk</span>: credit <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, interest rate <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, liquidity <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, price <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, foreign exchange <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, transaction <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, compliance <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, strategic <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, and reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. The program later morphed into the OCC's current <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based framework, which focuses on eight <span class=\"match\">risk</span> categories, with transaction <span class=\"match\">risk</span> renamed as"},{"title":"Suspended Counterparty Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is proposing to amend its Suspended Counterparty Program (SCP) regulation by removing the term \"reputational harm.\" This amendment would eliminate redundancy and affirm that FHFA's supervision of counterparty risk is based on material and measurable risks.","document_number":"2026-14036","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/13/2026-14036/suspended-counterparty-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-13/pdf/2026-14036.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14036.pdf?1783687512","publication_date":"2026-07-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY","name":"Federal Housing Finance Agency","id":174,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-housing-finance-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/174","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-housing-finance-agency"}],"excerpts":"financial <span class=\"match\">harm</span> or safety and soundness <span class=\"match\">risk</span> prong. \n \n Moreover, FHFA believes that the inclusion of the concept of “reputational <span class=\"match\">harm</span>” as a basis for regulatory action increases subjectivity and uncertainty in regulation. Although FHFA recognizes the importance of its regulated entities' reputations, most activities that could negatively impact a regulated entity's reputation do so through the traditional <span class=\"match\">risk</span> channels FHFA closely monitors (\n e.g., \n credit <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, market <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, and operational <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, among others). Focus on reputational <span class=\"match\">harm</span> potentially"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) is establishing a new Privacy Act system of records titled \"CFTC-59, Insider Risk Program Records.\" This system of records contains information that the Commission collects, maintains, and uses to administer its Insider Risk program and to detect, deter, and mitigate risks to individuals, facilities, information, equipment, networks, and systems within the CFTC. This newly established system of records will be included in the CFTC's inventory of record systems.","document_number":"2026-08978","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/06/2026-08978/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-06/pdf/2026-08978.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08978.pdf?1777985137","publication_date":"2026-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","name":"Commodity Futures Trading Commission","id":77,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-futures-trading-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/77","parent_id":null,"slug":"commodity-futures-trading-commission"}],"excerpts":"detecting insider <span class=\"match\">risks</span>; preventing insider <span class=\"match\">risks</span> by establishing a secure operating environment that protects <span class=\"match\">individuals</span>, facilities, <span class=\"match\">information</span>, equipment, networks, and <span class=\"match\">information</span> systems; responding to insider <span class=\"match\">risks</span>; and implementing response measures. An Insider is any person who has or had authorized access to or knowledge of the CFTC's resources, <span class=\"match\">including</span> employees, facilities, <span class=\"match\">information</span>, equipment, networks, and systems. An Insider <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> is a <span class=\"match\">risk</span> that an insider will use their authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to <span class=\"match\">harm</span> the security"},{"title":"Prohibition on Use of Reputation Risk by Regulators","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, the agencies) are issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to codify the elimination of reputation risk from their supervisory programs. Among other things, the proposed rule would prohibit the agencies from criticizing or taking adverse action against an institution on the basis of reputation risk. The proposed rule would also prohibit the agencies from requiring, instructing, or encouraging an institution to close an account, to refrain from providing an account, product, or service, or to modify or terminate any product or service on the basis of a person or entity's political, social, cultural, or religious views or beliefs, constitutionally protected speech, or solely on the basis of politically disfavored but lawful business activities perceived to present reputation risk.","document_number":"2025-19715","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/30/2025-19715/prohibition-on-use-of-reputation-risk-by-regulators","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-30/pdf/2025-19715.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19715.pdf?1761741909","publication_date":"2025-10-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"particular <span class=\"match\">risks</span>. In 1995, the OCC launched an examination program it called “supervision by <span class=\"match\">risk</span>” that led to the current <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based supervision approach to examinations. In the supervision by <span class=\"match\">risk</span> program, the OCC focused on nine categories of <span class=\"match\">risk</span>: credit <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, interest rate <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, liquidity <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, price <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, foreign exchange <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, transaction <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, compliance <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, strategic <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, and reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. The program later morphed into the OCC's current <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based framework, which focuses on eight <span class=\"match\">risk</span> categories, with transaction <span class=\"match\">risk</span> renamed as"},{"title":"Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations; Extension of Public Comment Period","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is extending the public comment period on our notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled \"Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations\" by seven days. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted and will be fully considered.","document_number":"2026-09208","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/08/2026-09208/risk-management-and-financial-assurance-for-ocs-lease-and-grant-obligations-extension-of-public","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-08/pdf/2026-09208.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09208.pdf?1778157921","publication_date":"2026-05-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Ocean Energy Management","name":"Ocean Energy Management Bureau","id":575,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/ocean-energy-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/575","parent_id":253,"slug":"ocean-energy-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":"posted to \n https://www.regulations.gov, \n <span class=\"match\">including</span> any personal <span class=\"match\">information</span> provided with the submission. For further instructions on protecting personally identifiable <span class=\"match\">information</span>, see “Public Availability of Comments” under \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> \n .\n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> CONTACT: \n \n Karen Thundiyil, Office Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs, BOEM, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, at email address \n regulatory.affairs@boem.gov, \n or at telephone number (202) 742-0970.\n \n <span class=\"match\">Individuals</span> in the United States who are deaf, deafblind"},{"title":"Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations by adding a risk-informed, performance-based, and technology-inclusive regulatory framework for commercial nuclear plants in response to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA). The current application and licensing requirements were primarily developed to address license requests concerning light water- cooled reactors and operational requirements for those types of reactors. This final rule responds to NEIMA by creating an alternative, technology-inclusive regulatory framework to accommodate licensing of future commercial nuclear plants, including advanced reactor designs that may not employ light-water technology.","document_number":"2026-06048","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/30/2026-06048/risk-informed-technology-inclusive-regulatory-framework-for-advanced-reactors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-30/pdf/2026-06048.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06048.pdf?1774615514","publication_date":"2026-03-30","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":"comprehensive <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metric or set of metrics and associated <span class=\"match\">risk</span> performance objectives against which calculated values of the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metrics are compared. The comprehensive <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metrics or set of metrics and associated <span class=\"match\">risk</span> performance objectives support a performance-based approach to developing an appropriate combination of design features and programmatic controls to prevent or mitigate LBEs other than DBAs. The applicant must propose the comprehensive <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metric or set of metrics and associated <span class=\"match\">risk</span> performance objectives, and the comprehensive <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metric"},{"title":"Licensing Requirements for Microreactors and Other Reactors With Comparable Risk Profiles","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to establish a risk-informed and performance- based regulatory framework for rapid licensing of new microreactors and other reactors with comparable risk profiles and for high-volume deployment of these reactors. The proposed rule would provide a flexible set of licensing pathways, reduce regulatory burden, and ensure that safety and security requirements remain commensurate with the potential hazards posed by these facilities.","document_number":"2026-08550","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08550/licensing-requirements-for-microreactors-and-other-reactors-with-comparable-risk-profiles","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08550.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08550.pdf?1777553125","publication_date":"2026-05-01","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":"” \n Proposed § 57.7, “Completeness and accuracy of <span class=\"match\">information</span>,” would govern the completeness and accuracy of <span class=\"match\">information</span> provided to the NRC. These requirements would be equivalent to those in §§ 50.9 and 52.6, both entitled “Completeness and accuracy of <span class=\"match\">information</span>.” \n Proposed § 57.8, “<span class=\"match\">Information</span> collection requirements: OMB approval,” would establish requirements for <span class=\"match\">information</span> collection requirements and OMB approval. These requirements would be equivalent to those in § 50.8, “<span class=\"match\">Information</span> collection requirements: OMB approval.” \n Proposed"},{"title":"Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards Revisions; Equipment and Services Produced or Provided by Certain Entities Identified as Risks to National Security","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) directs the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization, to develop new or modified Reliability Standards that address the sufficiency of responsible entities' supply chain risk management plans related to the identification of and response to supply chain risks. Further, the Commission directs NERC to develop modifications related to supply chain protections for protected cyber assets. This final action also terminates a related notice of inquiry.","document_number":"2025-18394","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18394/supply-chain-risk-management-reliability-standards-revisions-equipment-and-services-produced-or","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-23/pdf/2025-18394.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18394.pdf?1758545114","publication_date":"2025-09-23","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":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"existing tools to track and mitigate identified <span class=\"match\">risks</span> under their entity-defined SCRM programs, <span class=\"match\">including</span> standardized questionnaires and third-party certifications.\n 100 \n \n AWS further adds that NERC and the Commission can “support standardization of SCRM by simplifying access to quality supply chain <span class=\"match\">risk</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> most relevant to the electric sector and by clarifying compliance expectations,” such as building or endorsing supply chain <span class=\"match\">risk</span> registries and guidance resources or building upon existing <span class=\"match\">risk</span> registry models.\n 101 \n \n Similarly, IRC supports"},{"title":"Regulatory Capital Rule (Regulation Q): Risk-Based Capital Surcharges for Global Systemically Important Bank Holding Companies; Systemic Risk Report (FR Y-15)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is inviting public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the Board's rule that identifies and establishes risk-based capital surcharges for U.S. global systemically important bank holding companies (GSIBs). The proposal would also amend the Systemic Risk Report (FR Y-15), which is the source of inputs to the implementation of the GSIB framework under the capital rule. The proposal would make several changes to better align surcharges with risk. First, it would modify certain coefficients used to calculate GSIB surcharges under method 2 of the GSIB surcharge framework to reflect changes in the financial system and the economy and provide for annual adjustments for real economic growth and inflation going forward. Second, the proposal would modify the measurement and weighting of the weighted short-term wholesale funding systemic indicator. Third, for certain systemic indicators currently measured as of a single date each year, the proposal would require measurement based on average values to reduce the effects of temporary changes to indicator values around measurement dates. Fourth, the proposal would reduce cliff effects and enhance the sensitivity of the surcharge to changes in a GSIB's systemic risk profile. Fifth, to improve risk capture, the proposal would also make improvements to the measurement of some systemic indicators used in the GSIB surcharge framework and the framework for determining prudential standards for large banking organizations. In addition to these changes, the proposal would make several amendments to the FR Y-15 to improve the consistency of data reporting and streamline the reporting process.","document_number":"2026-05961","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-05961/regulatory-capital-rule-regulation-q-risk-based-capital-surcharges-for-global-systemically-important","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-27/pdf/2026-05961.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05961.pdf?1774529110","publication_date":"2026-03-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"}],"excerpts":"the measurement of systemic <span class=\"match\">risk</span> profiles in the GSIB surcharge framework. Specifically, as discussed in section I of this \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> \n , the proposal would make multiple adjustments to the calculation of method 1 and method 2 scores so that these scores, and the related GSIB surcharges, more accurately reflect the systemic <span class=\"match\">risk</span> profiles of GSIBs.\n \n The accurate measurement of systemic <span class=\"match\">risk</span> profiles is crucial for the functioning of the GSIB surcharge framework. In particular, accurate systemic <span class=\"match\">risk</span> measurement helps achieve the"},{"title":"Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application: Renewal Applications for VLN® King and VLN® Menthol King, Cigarette Products Submitted by 22nd Century Group Inc.","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing the availability for public comment of modified risk tobacco product applications (MRTPAs) for renewal of existing MRTP orders for two cigarette products submitted by 22nd Century Group Inc.","document_number":"2026-09544","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/13/2026-09544/modified-risk-tobacco-product-application-renewal-applications-for-vln-king-and-vln-menthol-king","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/pdf/2026-09544.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09544.pdf?1778589921","publication_date":"2026-05-13","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":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"electronically, <span class=\"match\">including</span> attachments, to \n https://www.regulations.gov \n will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment does not include any confidential <span class=\"match\">information</span> that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical <span class=\"match\">information</span>, your or anyone else's Social Security number, or confidential business <span class=\"match\">information</span>, such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact <span class=\"match\">information</span>, or other <span class=\"match\">information</span> that identifies"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) interprets and implements the community engagement requirement in Medicaid under section 1902(xx) of the Social Security Act. States are required to implement the new requirement no later than January 1, 2027. This IFC specifies the requirements and expectations for States, including the Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries who must demonstrate community engagement as a condition of their eligibility, the types of qualifying activities that satisfy the community engagement requirement, the criteria to meet an exception from the requirement (that is, be deemed compliant), and the criteria to meet a specified exclusion from the requirement. It also specifies requirements for verification of qualifying activities, outreach to affected populations, steps States must take if they determine individuals are noncompliant, and additional operational considerations for States. Finally, this IFC specifies implementation timing and establishes new State reporting requirements.","document_number":"2026-11094","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11094/medicaid-program-community-engagement-requirement-for-certain-individuals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11094.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf?1780346707","publication_date":"2026-06-03","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":"statutory definition of applicable <span class=\"match\">individual</span>. \n For <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> applying for, or enrolled in, coverage under the State plan, only <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> eligible for or enrolled in the adult group under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the Act (implemented at § 435.119 of the regulations) could be applicable <span class=\"match\">individuals</span>. <span class=\"match\">Individuals</span> eligible for or enrolled in any other mandatory or optional State plan eligibility groups are not applicable <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> subject to the community engagement requirement. For example, <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> enrolled under the State plan in"},{"title":"Draft Guidance for Reducing Risk From Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) in Biosolids; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Feedback","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available a draft memorandum that would, if finalized, provide guidance to operators of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and related facilities, landowners and farmers, State and Tribal water agencies, and the public on ways to reduce potential risks posed by perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in biosolids, as well as seeking feedback on potential next steps. The EPA is soliciting public comments on the draft memorandum and next steps for 60 days. This draft guidance memorandum does not have the force and effect of law, nor does it bind the public in any way. This draft guidance memorandum cannot be relied on by any person in litigation against the United States. The intent of draft guidance memorandum is to provide non-binding or voluntary recommendations for how to mitigate risks from PFOA and PFOS in sewage sludge and biosolids based on information currently available to the EPA.","document_number":"2026-13615","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13615/draft-guidance-for-reducing-risk-from-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa-and-perfluorooctane-sulfonic-acid","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13615.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13615.pdf?1782996325","publication_date":"2026-07-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"potential <span class=\"match\">risks</span> they pose. Second, the Draft <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Assessment only evaluated sewage sludge management practices with higher potential for human health <span class=\"match\">risk</span> in hypothetical scenarios that do not reflect the majority of land application in the U.S. In these higher-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> hypothetical scenarios, the Draft <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Assessment found that PFOA and PFOS in sewage sludge may contaminate soil, livestock, food crops, fish, and drinking water. However, the agency did not estimate how often these higher-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> scenarios occur in the U.S. Nor did the agency assess <span class=\"match\">risks</span> to"},{"title":"Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application: Applications for ZYN Products Submitted by Swedish Match U.S.A., Inc.","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity to provide public comment on modified risk tobacco product applications (MRTPAs) submitted by Swedish Match U.S.A., Inc. for ZYN oral pouch products containing nicotine derived from tobacco.","document_number":"2025-10821","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-10821/modified-risk-tobacco-product-application-applications-for-zyn-products-submitted-by-swedish-match","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-10821.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10821.pdf?1750164310","publication_date":"2025-06-18","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":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"electronically, <span class=\"match\">including</span> attachments, to \n https://www.regulations.gov \n will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment does not include any confidential <span class=\"match\">information</span> that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical <span class=\"match\">information</span>, your or anyone else's Social Security number, or confidential business <span class=\"match\">information</span>, such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact <span class=\"match\">information</span>, or other <span class=\"match\">information</span> that identifies"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, notice is given that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to establish a new system of records titled, \"OPM/Internal-3, Information Technology, Information System, and Network Activity and Access Records.\" This new system is established to reflect changes in technology, including the increased ability of OPM to link individuals to information technology, information system, or network activity, and to better describe OPM's records linking individuals to reported cybersecurity incidents or their access to certain OPM information technologies, information systems, and networks through the internet or other authorized connections.","document_number":"2025-19092","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/01/2025-19092/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-01/pdf/2025-19092.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19092.pdf?1759236309","publication_date":"2025-10-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"network. This includes: <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> who use authorized OPM <span class=\"match\">information</span> technology, <span class=\"match\">information</span> systems, and/or networks to send or receive OPM <span class=\"match\">information</span> or OPM related communications, access internet sites, or access any OPM <span class=\"match\">information</span> technologies, <span class=\"match\">information</span> systems, or OPM <span class=\"match\">information</span>; <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> from outside OPM who communicate electronically with OPM users, OPM <span class=\"match\">information</span> technologies, OPM <span class=\"match\">information</span> systems, and/or OPM networks; <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> reporting, tracking, documenting and/or otherwise associated with cybersecurity incident and/or"},{"title":"Pierce County Planning and Public Works Flood Risk Reduction Structures Maintenance and Operations Habitat Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment; Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application","type":"Notice","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), have received an incidental take permit (ITP) application from the Pierce County Department of Planning and Public Works (Pierce County; applicant), including a habitat conservation plan (HCP) for maintenance and operations of flood risk reduction structures in Pierce County, Washington. Pierce County submitted an ITP application and HCP pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) also received an ITP application from Pierce County and, concurrent with this notice, has also published a notice of availability for comment on the ITP application, the applicant's HCP, and, as the lead Federal agency under the National Environmental Policy Act, a draft environmental assessment (draft EA) analyzing the potential effects of issuance of the respective ITPs. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on these documents.","document_number":"2025-13815","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/23/2025-13815/pierce-county-planning-and-public-works-flood-risk-reduction-structures-maintenance-and-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-23/pdf/2025-13815.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13815.pdf?1753188309","publication_date":"2025-07-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"associated with this action. Before <span class=\"match\">including</span> your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying <span class=\"match\">information</span> in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—<span class=\"match\">including</span> your personal identifying <span class=\"match\">information</span>—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can request in your comment that we withhold your personal identifying <span class=\"match\">information</span> from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Moreover, all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> identifying themselves as representatives"},{"title":"Small Business Investment Company Information System Modification","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to modify its system of records, titled Small Business Investment Company Information System (SBICIS) (SBA SBICS 40), to update its inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. Publication of this notice complies with the Privacy Act and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-108 and Circular A-130. System of Records Notice (SORN) titled, Small Business Investment Company Information System (SBA SBICS 40), serves as a centralized and automated framework for the organization, retrieval, and analysis of information which supports the SBA's oversight and risk management roles for the SBIC program and SBA's technical assistance to and related support of any Capital Assistance Program (defined below).","document_number":"2025-16172","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/25/2025-16172/small-business-investment-company-information-system-modification","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-25/pdf/2025-16172.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16172.pdf?1755866708","publication_date":"2025-08-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: \n Personal and commercial <span class=\"match\">information</span> (<span class=\"match\">including</span> name, address, telephone number, credit history, background <span class=\"match\">information</span>, business <span class=\"match\">information</span>, employer identification number, SBIC or CAP Entity License number, financial <span class=\"match\">information</span>, investor commitments, identifying number or other personal identifiers, regulatory compliance <span class=\"match\">information</span>) on <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> and portfolio companies named in SBIC or CAP Entity files. \n ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, <span class=\"match\">INCLUDING</span> CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: \n In"},{"title":"Request for Information on Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Services Sector","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is seeking comment through this request for information (RFI) on the uses, opportunities and risks presented by developments and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) within the financial sector. Treasury is interested in gathering information from a broad set of stakeholders in the financial services ecosystem, including those providing, facilitating, and receiving financial products and services, as well as consumer and small business advocates, academics, nonprofits, and others.","document_number":"2024-12336","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/12/2024-12336/request-for-information-on-uses-opportunities-and-risks-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-financial","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-12/pdf/2024-12336.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12336.pdf?1718032518","publication_date":"2024-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"}],"excerpts":"conditions of such offerings, as well as financial forecasting products and pattern recognition tools;\n \n \n • \n <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> management: \n Financial institutions' use and potential use of AI for managing various types of <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, <span class=\"match\">including</span> credit <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, market <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, operational <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, cyber <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, fraud and illicit finance <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, compliance <span class=\"match\">risk</span> (<span class=\"match\">including</span> fraud <span class=\"match\">risk</span>), reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, interest rate <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, liquidity <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, model <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, counterparty <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, and legal <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, as well as the extent to which financial institutions may be exploring the use of AI for treasury management"},{"title":"Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Request for Information Regarding the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information seeks input from the public on whether any additions or modifications are needed to the safe harbor regulations under the Federal anti-kickback statute or the exceptions to the civil monetary penalty provision prohibiting inducements to beneficiaries (the \"Beneficiary Inducements CMP\") for remuneration provided to individuals in connection with their participation in clinical trials.","document_number":"2026-12676","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12676/medicare-and-state-health-care-programs-fraud-and-abuse-request-for-information-regarding-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12676.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12676.pdf?1782141309","publication_date":"2026-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of Inspector General"}],"excerpts":"instructions and refer to file code OIG-2602-N. For <span class=\"match\">information</span> on viewing public comments, please see the \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> \n section.\n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> CONTACT: \n \n Chris Hinkle, (202) 465-6245 or \n christina.hinkle@oig.hhs.gov. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span>: \n \n \n Inspection of Public Comments: \n All comments received before the close of the comment period are available for viewing by the public, <span class=\"match\">including</span> any personally identifiable or confidential business <span class=\"match\">information</span> that is included in a comment. We post all comments"},{"title":"Request for Information, Training and Care Delivery Models for Safe Administration of Potential FDA-Approved Psychedelic Therapies in Ambulatory Clinical Settings","type":"Notice","abstract":"On April 18, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14401, \"Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness\", acknowledging that individuals suffering from serious mental illness may not always respond to existing therapies. This request for information (RFI) solicits stakeholder feedback on training and care delivery models that could be used to ensure safe and effective delivery of potential future Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- approved psychedelic drugs, including drugs administered in ambulatory clinic settings, such as health centers and rural health clinics.","document_number":"2026-14146","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/14/2026-14146/request-for-information-training-and-care-delivery-models-for-safe-administration-of-potential","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-14/pdf/2026-14146.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14146.pdf?1783946715","publication_date":"2026-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources & Services Administration"}],"excerpts":"sufficient time for mailed comments to be received before the close of the comment period. \n \n For <span class=\"match\">information</span> on viewing public comments, see the beginning of the \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> \n section.\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span>: \n \n Inspection of Public Comments: \n All comments received before the close of the comment period are available for viewing by the public, <span class=\"match\">including</span> any personally identifiable or confidential business <span class=\"match\">information</span> that is included in a comment. All comments received before the close of the comment period will be"}]}