{"description":"Documents matching 'risk integrity efficiency service make'","count":7263,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=risk+integrity+efficiency+service+make&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Suitability and Fitness","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending the Federal Government personnel vetting adjudicative processes for determining suitability and taking suitability actions. The final rule will improve the efficiency, rigor, and timeliness by which OPM and agencies vet individuals for risk to the integrity and efficiency of the service and make clear that individuals who engage in serious misconduct while employed in Federal service are subject to the same suitability procedures and actions as applicants for employment. It also ensures that suitability determinations and actions are applied consistently with Merit System Principles.","document_number":"2026-13154","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13154/suitability-and-fitness","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13154.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13154.pdf?1782737115","publication_date":"2026-06-30","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":"appropriately vet individuals for <span class=\"match\">risk</span> to the <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> and <span class=\"match\">efficiency</span> of the <span class=\"match\">service</span>. More expeditious removal of individuals found to negatively impact the <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> or <span class=\"match\">efficiency</span> of the <span class=\"match\">service</span> will reduce <span class=\"match\">risks</span> posed by such individuals as well as costs to agencies, allowing them to spend resources on mission <span class=\"match\">services</span> rather than administrative processes. In addition, providing the option for a suitability action for post-employment conduct when an employee has engaged in serious misconduct instances will achieve better <span class=\"match\">risk</span> protection than Chapter 75"},{"title":"Suitability and Fitness","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing amendments to the Federal Government personnel vetting adjudicative processes for determining suitability and taking suitability actions. The purpose of the proposed rule is to improve the efficiency, rigor and timeliness by which OPM and agencies vet individuals for risk to the integrity and efficiency of the service, and to make clear that individuals who engage in serious misconduct while employed in Federal service are subject to the same suitability procedures and actions as applicants for employment.","document_number":"2025-10067","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/03/2025-10067/suitability-and-fitness","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-03/pdf/2025-10067.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10067.pdf?1748868321","publication_date":"2025-06-03","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":"definitions for “Competitive <span class=\"match\">service</span> or career Senior Executive <span class=\"match\">Service</span>” and “Core duty” to read as follows: \n \n § 731.101 \n \n (a) * * * \n \n \n Competitive <span class=\"match\">service</span> or career Senior Executive <span class=\"match\">Service</span> \n —For the purposes of this part, “Competitive <span class=\"match\">service</span> or career Senior Executive <span class=\"match\">Service</span>” refers to a position in the competitive <span class=\"match\">service</span>, a position in the excepted <span class=\"match\">service</span> where the incumbent can be noncompetitively converted to the competitive <span class=\"match\">service</span>, or a career appointment to a position in the Senior Executive <span class=\"match\">Service</span>.\n \n \n \n Core duty \n means a"},{"title":"Prohibition on Use of Reputation Risk by NCUA","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The National Credit Union Administration Board (Board) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to codify the elimination of reputation risk from its supervisory program. Among other things, the proposed rule would prohibit the agency from criticizing or taking adverse action against an institution, defined as an entity for which the NCUA makes or will make supervisory determinations or other decisions, either solely or jointly on the basis of reputation risk. The proposed rule would also prohibit the agency 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 on the basis of politically disfavored but lawful business activities perceived to present reputation risk.","document_number":"2025-19623","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/21/2025-19623/prohibition-on-use-of-reputation-risk-by-ncua","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-21/pdf/2025-19623.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19623.pdf?1760964309","publication_date":"2025-10-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. The proposed rule would not prohibit criticism, supervisory feedback, or other actions to address traditional <span class=\"match\">risk</span> channels related to safety and soundness and compliance with applicable laws, including credit <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, interest rate <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, and transaction <span class=\"match\">risk</span> (including cybersecurity, information security, and illicit finance), provided that such criticism, supervisory feedback, or other actions addressing these other <span class=\"match\">risks</span> is not a pretext by examiners aimed at reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. \n \n Under the proposed rule, the NCUA would <span class=\"match\">make</span> one conforming"},{"title":"EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022; Ensuring the Integrity of the EB-5 Program; Automatic Revocation of Petitions for Immigrant Classification","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would implement the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), which the President signed on March 15, 2022. The RIA substantially reforms and adds significant integrity provisions to the employment-based, fifth preference (EB-5) visa category for alien investors and the associated Regional Center Program. In general, under the EB-5 program, aliens are eligible to apply for lawful permanent resident status in the United States if they make the necessary investment in a new commercial enterprise in the United States and create 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers.","document_number":"2026-13392","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13392/eb-5-reform-and-integrity-act-of-2022-ensuring-the-integrity-of-the-eb-5-program-automatic","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-02/pdf/2026-13392.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13392.pdf?1782909918","publication_date":"2026-07-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"Homeland Security \n EB-5 Employment-Based Fifth Preference \n EIA Economic Impact Analysis \n FIRRMA Foreign Investment <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Review Modernization Act of 2018 \n FR Federal Register \n FY Fiscal Year \n GAAS Generally Accepted Auditing Standards \n GAO Government Accountability Office \n GS General <span class=\"match\">Service</span> \n GSA General <span class=\"match\">Services</span> Administration \n HSA Homeland Security Act \n INA Immigration and Nationality Act \n INS Immigration and Naturalization <span class=\"match\">Service</span> \n IPO Immigrant Investor Program Office \n IRFA Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis \n JCE Job-Creating Entity"},{"title":"Suitability Action Appeals","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing amendments to the review process for suitability actions. The purpose of the proposed rule is to streamline suitability action appeals procedures, thereby improving the efficiency, rigor and timeliness by which OPM and agencies resolve challenges to suitability actions and ensure the integrity and efficiency of the service.","document_number":"2026-02449","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02449/suitability-action-appeals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02449.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02449.pdf?1770299126","publication_date":"2026-02-06","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":"on the <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> or <span class=\"match\">efficiency</span> of the <span class=\"match\">service</span>,” such as criminal or dishonest conduct, and deception or fraud in examination or appointment. 5 CFR 731.101, 731.201, 731.202. The objective of the suitability and fitness adjudicator is to establish a reasonable expectation that employment or continued employment of an individual either would or would not protect the <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> or promote the <span class=\"match\">efficiency</span> of the <span class=\"match\">service</span>. 5 CFR 731.201. When there is evidence that the individual's employment would not protect the <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> or promote the <span class=\"match\">efficiency</span> of the"},{"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":"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":"Prohibition on the Use of Reputation Risk","type":"Rule","abstract":"On October 21, 2025, the Board issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to codify the elimination of reputation risk from its supervisory framework. This change aligns with Executive Order 14331, \"Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans.\" Effective September 25, 2025, the NCUA ceased examining for reputation risk. This final rule affirms that the agency will not consider reputation risk--whether alone or in combination with other factors--in supervisory determinations or other decisions, nor will it take adverse actions on that basis.","document_number":"2026-12856","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12856/prohibition-on-the-use-of-reputation-risk","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12856.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12856.pdf?1782305119","publication_date":"2026-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"definition of reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span> and prohibitions of 12 CFR 791.22 communicate that the prohibition on the consideration of reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span> applies to all agency personnel and to the examination of their <span class=\"match\">service</span> providers.\n 19 \n \n Thus, the intended scope of the rule is broad. However, to avoid doubt, the Board \n \n further clarifies that adverse actions against CUSOs on the basis of reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, and examination for or consideration of reputation <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, as defined herein, are all prohibited for all agency personnel and <span class=\"match\">service</span> providers. The term “"},{"title":"Proposed Revisions to the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk and the Guidelines for Account and Services Requests","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is issuing a notice and request for comment on proposed revisions to the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR Policy), including the proposed addition of a new Part IV, to accommodate the provision by Reserve Banks of special-purpose accounts that would clear and settle certain payment activity (Payment Accounts). The Board is also proposing updates to its guidelines for Federal Reserve Banks (Reserve Banks) to utilize in evaluating requests for access to Reserve Bank account and services (Account Access Guidelines or Guidelines) to accommodate requests for access to Payment Accounts. Finally, the Board is encouraging Reserve Banks to pause decisions on requests for Reserve Bank accounts and services from institutions that are Tier 3 under the Account Access Guidelines until the Board has completed its policy development process on the Payment Account proposal.","document_number":"2026-10375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10375/proposed-revisions-to-the-federal-reserve-policy-on-payment-system-risk-and-the-guidelines-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10375.pdf?1779453911","publication_date":"2026-05-26","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":"access to the Fedwire Securities <span class=\"match\">Service</span> means that a participant may only use the <span class=\"match\">service</span> to <span class=\"match\">make</span> securities transfers that will not result in a debit or credit to a Master Account other than a transaction fee.\n \n \n \n In addition to credit <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, the Account Access Guidelines include an assessment of a wide range of <span class=\"match\">risks</span> to the Reserve Banks that can arise from the provision of an account and <span class=\"match\">services</span>, such as operational and cyber <span class=\"match\">risks</span>. Today, Reserve Banks mitigate cyber and operational <span class=\"match\">risk</span> through strong <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management controls and processes"},{"title":"Request for Information Pertaining to the CFIUS Known Investor Program and Streamlining the Foreign Investment Review Process","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Investment Security, within the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department), is seeking public input on how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) may streamline aspects of its foreign investment review process, including through the Known Investor Program as described below, while maintaining its rigorous analysis that identifies and addresses national security risk. This request for information (RFI) may inform CFIUS's development of statutory and/or regulatory reform proposals to increase efficiencies. The Treasury Department plans to make all submissions publicly available at https://www.regulations.gov.","document_number":"2026-02481","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/09/2026-02481/request-for-information-pertaining-to-the-cfius-known-investor-program-and-streamlining-the-foreign","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-09/pdf/2026-02481.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02481.pdf?1770385509","publication_date":"2026-02-09","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 Investment Security","name":"Investment Security Office","id":603,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/investment-security-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/603","parent_id":497,"slug":"investment-security-office"}],"excerpts":"foreign investment review process, including through the Known Investor Program as described below, while maintaining its rigorous analysis that identifies and addresses national security <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. This request for information (RFI) may inform CFIUS's development of statutory and/or regulatory reform proposals to increase <span class=\"match\">efficiencies</span>. The Treasury Department plans to <span class=\"match\">make</span> all submissions publicly available at \n https://www.regulations.gov. \n \n \n \n DATES: \n Written comments are requested on or before March 18, 2026. \n \n \n ADDRESSES: \n Submission of comments"},{"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":"\n \n \n 21 \n  \n Supply Chain <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Mgmt. Reliability Standards Workshop, \n Docket No. RM24-4-000 (Mar. 20, 2025), \n https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-staff-issues-agenda-notice-workshop-supply-chain-<span class=\"match\">risk</span>-management-reliability. \n \n \n D. Notice of Inquiry \n \n 11. In September 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Inquiry, Equipment and <span class=\"match\">Services</span> Produced or Provided by Certain Entities Identified as <span class=\"match\">Risks</span> to National Security, seeking \n \n comments on the potential <span class=\"match\">risks</span> posed by the use of equipment and <span class=\"match\">services</span> provided by certain entities"},{"title":"Suitability and Fitness","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule revising regulations governing the Federal Government personnel vetting investigative and adjudicative processes for determining suitability and fitness. This final rule establishes requirements and standards for agencies to properly vet individuals to assess risk to the integrity and efficiency of the service. The regulations establish the requirements for when investigations must be conducted for appointments to the civil service, to work as a contractor employee, or to work in a Department of Defense Non appropriated Fund position. This final rule establishes the requirement for enrolling these populations, including low, moderate, and high risk, into continuous vetting. Furthermore, this rule provides adjudicative criteria for assessing suitability and fitness for much of the civil service. Nothing in this rule shall be read in derogation of any individual's rights under Title VII of the U.S. Code.","document_number":"2024-29799","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29799/suitability-and-fitness","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29799.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29799.pdf?1734443143","publication_date":"2024-12-18","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":"that end, the standard that a suitability action “will protect the <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> or promote the <span class=\"match\">efficiency</span> of the <span class=\"match\">service</span>” has been in place since 2000 when it was last updated to add the phrase “protect the <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> . . . of the <span class=\"match\">service</span>.” In addition to considering the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> to an agency's accomplishment of its duties or responsibilities, or potential interference or prevention of effective <span class=\"match\">service</span> in the position, an important facet of the standard for suitability is the <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> of the merit system and fair and open competitions for positions. The"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule describes alternatives to modify the limit on the total payment rate and other requirements for State directed payments in Medicaid managed care. We propose these changes based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (the Act) with respect to prepaid inpatient health plans and prepaid ambulatory health plans, and section 1903(m)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, which require that contracts between States and managed care organizations to provide payments under a risk- based contract for services and associated administrative costs that are actuarially sound. This rule also proposes to set a limit for certain targeted Medicaid payments in Medicaid fee-for-service. We propose this change based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Act with respect to certain targeted Medicaid payments which require that payments be consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and services are available under the plan at least to the extent that such care and services are available to the general population in the geographic area.","document_number":"2026-10292","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10292/medicaid-program-medicaid-managed-care-state-directed-payments-and-medicaid-fee-for-service-targeted","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-22/pdf/2026-10292.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10292.pdf?1779308109","publication_date":"2026-05-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":" Fee-for-<span class=\"match\">Service</span> Supplemental Payments \n Section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Act requires States to “assure that payments are consistent with <span class=\"match\">efficiency</span>, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and <span class=\"match\">services</span> are available under the plan at least to the extent that such care and <span class=\"match\">services</span> are available to the general population in the geographic area.” States are responsible for developing FFS rates to pay providers for furnishing health care <span class=\"match\">services</span> to beneficiaries who receive covered <span class=\"match\">services</span> through the"},{"title":"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles; Compressed Hydrogen Storage System Integrity; Incorporation by Reference","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule establishes two new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) specifying performance requirements for all motor vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel source. The final rule is based on Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 13, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles. FMVSS No. 307, \"Fuel system integrity of hydrogen vehicles,\" specifies requirements for the integrity of the fuel system in hydrogen vehicles during normal vehicle operations and after crashes. FMVSS No. 308, \"Compressed hydrogen storage system integrity,\" specifies requirements for the compressed hydrogen storage system to ensure the safe storage of hydrogen onboard vehicles. These two standards will reduce deaths and injuries from fires due to hydrogen fuel leakages and/or explosion of the hydrogen storage system.","document_number":"2024-31367","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2024-31367/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-fuel-system-integrity-of-hydrogen-vehicles-compressed","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2024-31367.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31367.pdf?1737035114","publication_date":"2025-01-17","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":"similar to other motor fuels. NHTSA has already set regulations ensuring the safe containment of other motor vehicle fuels such as gasoline in FMVSS No. 301, “Fuel system <span class=\"match\">integrity</span>,” and compressed natural gas (CNG) in FMVSS No. 304, “Compressed natural gas fuel container <span class=\"match\">integrity</span>,” and the fuel <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> systems of those fuels in FMVSS No. 301 and FMVSS No. 303, “Fuel system <span class=\"match\">integrity</span> of compressed natural gas vehicles,” respectively. No such standards currently exist in the United States covering vehicles that operate on hydrogen. Accordingly, this"},{"title":"Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL)","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the Federal regulations for State Driver's Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) issuing commercial driving credentials to non-domiciled individuals. This final rule reaffirms, with minor changes, the provisions of the interim final rule (IFR) published on September 29, 2025. Specifically, this final rule limits eligibility for non-domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits (CLPs) and Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs) for foreign-domiciled individuals to those who hold specific, verifiable employment-based nonimmigrant status. This rule reaffirms the IFR requirements, aligning the issuance of non- domiciled CDLs with FMCSA's statutory mandate to ensure the fitness of all drivers who operate a CMV. By limiting eligibility to statuses subject to enhanced consular vetting of driver history and interagency screening, FMCSA restores the integrity of the CDL system, closes a significant safety gap, and enhances the safety of the traveling public.","document_number":"2026-02965","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02965/restoring-integrity-to-the-issuance-of-non-domiciled-commercial-drivers-licenses-cdl","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-13/pdf/2026-02965.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02965.pdf?1770844509","publication_date":"2026-02-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"IFR will impact core local government <span class=\"match\">services</span> supported by CDL holders, including: public transit and school bus <span class=\"match\">services</span>; highway and road maintenance and repair; response to inclement weather; utilities <span class=\"match\">services</span>; and disaster response, mitigation, and recovery. Public Rights Project on behalf of Local Governments cited a 2022 survey by the American Public Transportation Association that found that 96 percent of transit agencies faced workforce shortages, with 84 percent of agencies reporting impacts on <span class=\"match\">service</span>, adding that the IFR will exacerbate"},{"title":"Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, \"the Agency\") is proposing to amend the procedural framework rule for conducting existing chemical risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). When conducting an existing chemical risk evaluation under TSCA, EPA must determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to a potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation identified as relevant to the risk evaluation, under the conditions of use. In this action, EPA proposes to rescind or revise certain 2024 amendments to the procedural framework rule to effectuate the best reading of the statute and ensure that the procedural framework rule does not impede the timely completion of risk evaluations or impair the effective and efficient protection of health and the environment.","document_number":"2025-18431","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18431/procedures-for-chemical-risk-evaluation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-23/pdf/2025-18431.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18431.pdf?1758545119","publication_date":"2025-09-23","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":"amend the procedural framework rule for conducting existing chemical <span class=\"match\">risk</span> evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). When conducting an existing chemical <span class=\"match\">risk</span> evaluation under TSCA, EPA must determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> factors, including unreasonable <span class=\"match\">risk</span> to a potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation identified as relevant to the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> evaluation, under the conditions of use. In this action, EPA proposes"},{"title":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Fifth Preference (EB-5) Fee Rule","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to adjust Employment-Based Immigration, Fifth Preference (EB-5) immigration benefit request fees charged by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This rule also proposes to codify certain elements of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 and implement new statutory requirements. DHS intends for the rule to provide USCIS with the resources necessary to accomplish the goals of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 and enhance and maintain the integrity of the EB- 5 program.","document_number":"2025-19642","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/23/2025-19642/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-employment-based-immigrant-visa-fifth-preference-eb-5-fee","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-23/pdf/2025-19642.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19642.pdf?1761137106","publication_date":"2025-10-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"Study Results and Proposed Fee Adjustments \n 1. Proposed EB-5 Immigration Benefit Request Fee Adjustments \n 2. EB-5 Technology Fee \n 3. Form I-527, Amendment to Legacy Form I-526 \n V. EB-5 <span class=\"match\">Integrity</span> Fund Fees and Penalties \n A. EB-5 <span class=\"match\">Integrity</span> Fund \n B. Current EB-5 <span class=\"match\">Integrity</span> Fund Fees \n C. Proposed Inflation Adjustment to EB-5 <span class=\"match\">Integrity</span> Fund Fees \n D. EB-5 <span class=\"match\">Integrity</span> Fund Penalties \n 1. Proposed Penalties \n 2. Calculation of Investors To Determine Amount Owed \n 3. Timeline and Payment Process \n E. Technical Change \n VI. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements"},{"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":"allow the use of a previously endorsed or approved <span class=\"match\">risk</span> methodology or other <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-informed approach in lieu of meeting specific prescriptive requirements in 10 CFR part 71 if a fueled reactor would be used as the transportation package. The NRC endorsed a limited use of a <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-informed methodology for accident conditions specifically for a transportable microreactor (SECY-24-0062, “<span class=\"match\">Risk</span>-Informed Methodology for a Future Transportable TRISO-Based Micro-Reactor Package Application”). This endorsed <span class=\"match\">risk</span> methodology is an example of one approach developed"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) adopts rules to ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with internet Protocol (IP)- based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must be designed to safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. The rules require entities essential to delivering emergency calls in the NG911 environment to implement common sense measures to safeguard the reliability of NG911 networks and reduce the risk of 911 outages, and require certain entities to report on their support for NG911 interoperability. The rules also eliminate unnecessary and burdensome legacy rules to increase flexibility and encourage technical innovation to make NG911 services reliable, interoperable, and accessible to all.","document_number":"2026-13998","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/10/2026-13998/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-10/pdf/2026-13998.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13998.pdf?1783601118","publication_date":"2026-07-10","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":"reduce the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of future outages in transitional and end-state NG911 networks and to streamline and reduce the burdens of our approach: \n \n • \n Covered 911 <span class=\"match\">service</span> providers. \n We update our definition of covered 911 <span class=\"match\">service</span> providers (CSPs) to identify categories of providers whose operations are essential to NG911 call delivery, whose failure could cause significant outages, and who therefore must meet enhanced reliability standards under the Commission's framework. Our updated CSP definition includes operators of Emergency <span class=\"match\">Services</span> IP networks"},{"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"}]}