{"description":"Documents matching 'scope work seeking recruit audit'","count":1808,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=scope+work+seeking+recruit+audit&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Recruitment and Relocation Incentive Waivers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to expand the authority to approve waivers of the normal payment limitations on recruitment and relocation incentives. An expansion of the waiver approval authority provides agencies with access to higher payment limitations for these flexibilities without requesting approval from OPM. In addition, this final rule gives agencies flexibility to set the length of the required service period for recruitment incentives to a period less than 6 months but not more than 4 years, which aligns the service requirements for recruitment incentives with those for relocation incentives.","document_number":"2025-22738","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22738/recruitment-and-relocation-incentive-waivers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22738.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22738.pdf?1765547113","publication_date":"2025-12-15","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":"pair them with <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> and relocation incentives to increase the strength of their offers.” Comment 11. \n \n We note that agencies may pay <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> and relocation incentives to employees receiving special rates. This information is addressed in OPM's fact sheets on <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> incentives \n 17 \n \n and relocation incentives.\n 18 \n \n \n \n \n 17 \n  Office of Personnel Management. “Fact Sheet: <span class=\"match\">Recruitment</span> Incentives.” \n https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/<span class=\"match\">recruitment</span>-relocation-retention-incentives/fact-sheets/<span class=\"match\">recruitment</span>-incentives/"},{"title":"Recission of Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is proposing to amend its regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services to be performed by temporary foreign workers in H-2A nonimmigrant status (H-2A workers) and enforcement of the contractual obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers. This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM or proposed rule) that would rescind provisions contained within a final rule published by the Department on April 29, 2024, which adopted a number of unnecessary, burdensome, and costly requirements on employers. Specifically, these provisions include, but are not limited to, substantial new requirements associated with the material terms and conditions offered by employers to H-2A workers that are not commonly provided to other U.S. workers, including progressive discipline policies for cause-based employment terminations, anti-retaliation measures for certain workers engaged in self-organization and other concerted activities, and expanding the authority and scope for a State Workforce Agency (SWA) to discontinue employment services to employers, which prevents those employers from accessing the H-2A program, while eliminating employers' option to request a hearing prior to the SWA's final determination. Further, the final rule imposed extensive highly-sensitive data collection requirements on employers related to their use of foreign labor recruiters, including personal names and physical addresses abroad, as well as detailed personal information associated with all owners of the employers, operators of the place(s) of employment, and supervisor(s) and manager(s) of workers employed under the terms of the work contract, with very limited or no practical utility to the agency's statutory decision making. A brief summary of this rulemaking can be found at www.regulations.gov by searching by the RIN: 1205-AC25.","document_number":"2025-12315","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12315/recission-of-final-rule-improving-protections-for-workers-in-temporary-agricultural-employment-in","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12315.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12315.pdf?1751287533","publication_date":"2025-07-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"excludes the worker's Sabbath and Federal holidays. The employer must offer a total number of hours to ensure the provision of sufficient <span class=\"match\">work</span> to reach the three-fourths guarantee. The <span class=\"match\">work</span> hours must be offered during the <span class=\"match\">work</span> period specified in the <span class=\"match\">work</span> contract, or during any modified <span class=\"match\">work</span> contract period to which the worker and employer have mutually agreed and that has been approved by the CO. \n (ii) The <span class=\"match\">work</span> contract period can be shortened by agreement of the parties only with the approval of the CO. In the event the worker begins working later"},{"title":"Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for unique beneficiaries for filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions (or H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended). Through this rule, DHS is implementing a weighted selection process that will generally favor the allocation of H-1B visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure H-1B workers at all wage levels, to better serve the congressional intent for the H-1B program. This rule will be effective in time for the FY 2027 registration season.","document_number":"2025-23853","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23853.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23853.pdf?1766497516","publication_date":"2025-12-29","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":"Federal program.\n \n \n H. Out of <span class=\"match\">Scope</span> \n \n Numerous commenters provided comments outside the <span class=\"match\">scope</span> of this rulemaking (\n e.g., \n comments <span class=\"match\">seeking</span> changes in regulations and agency policies unrelated to the changes proposed in the NPRM). DHS provides a brief overview of the out of <span class=\"match\">scope</span> comments below. However, DHS is not providing substantive responses to those comments as they address policy questions beyond the limited changes proposed and cannot be resolved through this rulemaking. Comments that DHS considered out of <span class=\"match\">scope</span> include:\n \n • General comments"},{"title":"Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OSHA is proposing to issue a new standard, titled Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. The standard would apply to all employers conducting outdoor and indoor work in all general industry, construction, maritime, and agriculture sectors where OSHA has jurisdiction, with some exceptions. It would be a programmatic standard that would require employers to create a plan to evaluate and control heat hazards in their workplace. It would more clearly set forth employer obligations and the measures necessary to effectively protect employees from hazardous heat. OSHA requests comments on all aspects of the proposed rule.","document_number":"2024-14824","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/30/2024-14824/heat-injury-and-illness-prevention-in-outdoor-and-indoor-work-settings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-30/pdf/2024-14824.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14824.pdf?1724935516","publication_date":"2024-08-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"drink room temperature water during exercise and refrigerated water while on rest breaks. Two different rest/<span class=\"match\">work</span> cycles were tested, including (1) current practice: 1 hour of <span class=\"match\">work</span> and 30 minutes of rest, followed by 1 hour of <span class=\"match\">work</span> and 15 minutes rest, and a final 1 hour <span class=\"match\">work</span> period; and (2) experimental: 1 hour of <span class=\"match\">work</span> and 15 minutes rest, followed by three half hour <span class=\"match\">work</span> periods separated by 10-minute rest periods and, and a final half hour <span class=\"match\">work</span> period. OSHA observes that in the current practice group, average core temperature only increased by more"},{"title":"Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2025 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers","type":"Rule","abstract":"DHS, in consultation with DOL, is exercising time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 authority and increasing the total number of noncitizens who may receive an H-2B nonimmigrant visa by up to 64,716 for the entirety of FY 2025. These supplemental visas will be distributed in four allocations throughout the fiscal year. This rule reserves 20,000 of these visas for nationals of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, or Costa Rica. All visas will be available only to businesses that are suffering or will suffer impending irreparable harm, as attested by the employer. In addition, DHS is again providing temporary portability flexibility.","document_number":"2024-28017","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/02/2024-28017/exercise-of-time-limited-authority-to-increase-the-numerical-limitation-for-fy-2025-for-the-h-2b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-02/pdf/2024-28017.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28017.pdf?1732715146","publication_date":"2024-12-02","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"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"\n Additional <span class=\"match\">Recruitment</span> \n \n In addition to the <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> already conducted in connection with a valid TLC, to ensure the <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> has not become stale, employers that wish to obtain visas for their workers under 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(xv), and who file an I-129 petition 30 or more days after the certified start date of <span class=\"match\">work</span> on the TLC must conduct additional <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> for U.S. workers. As noted in the 2015 H-2B Interim Final Rule, U.S. workers <span class=\"match\">seeking</span> employment in temporary nonagricultural jobs typically do not search for <span class=\"match\">work</span> months in advance"},{"title":"Internet-Based Telecommunications Relay Service Modernization","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to modernize its telecommunications relay services (TRS) rules and seeks comment on the use of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for speech-to- text conversion and advanced text-to-speech technologies for Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service; the need for metrics for IP Relay quality; the compatibility of IP Relay with Real-Time Text (RTT) technology; adding captioning functionality to Video Relay Service (VRS) platforms; amending VRS calling rules for calls to U.S. embassies and consulates by U.S. residents while traveling abroad; adjusting VRS call center requirements; streamlining TRS provider certification and user registration processes; updating or eliminating obsolete rules; and closing outdated dockets. With these proposals, the Commission presents targeted reforms that align internet-based TRS with twenty-first century technological advancements in relay services that can better serve the needs of persons with disabilities while securing the viability and enhancing the effectiveness and functional equivalency of internet-based TRS.","document_number":"2026-05213","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/17/2026-05213/internet-based-telecommunications-relay-service-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-17/pdf/2026-05213.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05213.pdf?1773665121","publication_date":"2026-03-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"compliance requirements. The Commission <span class=\"match\">seeks</span> comment on this proposal and its underlying rationale.\n \n \n Duplicative <span class=\"match\">Audit</span> Authority. \n Section 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(E)(\n 5 \n ) of the Commission's rules grants the Commission authority to <span class=\"match\">audit</span> TRS providers and ensure access to all data collected by the TRS Fund administrator, concurrently affirming the Fund administrator's authority to perform <span class=\"match\">audits</span> of TRS providers reporting data to it. The Commission proposes to delete this provision in its entirety because this <span class=\"match\">audit</span> authority is comprehensively provided"},{"title":"Adjusting and Indexing Certain Regulatory Thresholds","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is inviting comment on a proposed rule that would amend certain regulatory thresholds in the FDIC's regulations to reflect inflation. Specifically, the proposal would generally update such thresholds to reflect inflation from the date of initial implementation or the most recent adjustment, and provide for future adjustments pursuant to an indexing methodology. The changes set forth in this proposal would provide a more durable regulatory framework by helping to preserve, in real terms, the level of certain thresholds set forth in the FDIC's regulations, thereby avoiding the undesirable and unintended outcome where the scope of applicability for a regulatory requirement changes due solely to inflation rather than actual changes in an institution's size, risk profile or level of complexity.","document_number":"2025-14132","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/28/2025-14132/adjusting-and-indexing-certain-regulatory-thresholds","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-28/pdf/2025-14132.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14132.pdf?1753447511","publication_date":"2025-07-28","agencies":[{"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":"standards; (7) specifying that the duties of the <span class=\"match\">audit</span> committee include the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the independent public accountant, including ensuring that <span class=\"match\">audit</span> engagement letters do not contain unsafe and unsound limitation of liability provisions; (8) requiring certain communications by independent public accountants to <span class=\"match\">audit</span> committees; (9) establishing retention requirements for <span class=\"match\">audit</span> working papers; (10) requiring boards of directors to adopt written criteria for evaluating an <span class=\"match\">audit</span> committee member's independence and provide"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule focuses on deregulatory actions identified in HHS regulations regarding Health information technology standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria and certification programs for health information technology, and information blocking. This proposed rule seeks to reduce burden, offer flexibility to both developers and providers, and support innovation through the removal and revisions of certain certification criteria and regulatory provisions. This proposed rule also seeks to address reported misuse and abuse of information blocking definitions and exceptions.","document_number":"2025-23896","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23896/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-astponc-deregulatory-actions-to-unleash-prosperity","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23896.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23896.pdf?1766438109","publication_date":"2025-12-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"EHI. \n B. Infeasibility Exception Revisions \n \n We propose and <span class=\"match\">seek</span> comments on revisions to two separate conditions of the Infeasibility Exception (45 CFR 171.204). Specifically, we propose to remove the “\n third party <span class=\"match\">seeking</span> modification use” \n condition (§ 171.204(a)(3)) and to revise or remove the “\n manner exception exhausted” \n condition (§ 171.204(a)(4)).\n \n 1. Third Party <span class=\"match\">Seeking</span> Modification Use Condition \n \n In the HTI-1 Final Rule, we finalized the “\n third party <span class=\"match\">seeking</span> modification use” \n condition of the Infeasibility Exception (§ 171"},{"title":"Prohibiting Illegal Discrimination in Registered Apprenticeship Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to remove undue regulatory burdens on registered apprenticeship program sponsors. The Department's proposal would rescind certain regulatory provisions that it believes are unlawful. It also includes conforming, technical changes to the Department's regulation that addresses Labor Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs. This proposed rule would streamline and simplify sponsors' obligations, while maintaining broad and effective nondiscrimination protections for apprentices and those seeking entry into apprenticeship programs. A brief summer of this document may be found at regulations.gov by searching by the RIN 1205- AC21.","document_number":"2025-12317","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12317/prohibiting-illegal-discrimination-in-registered-apprenticeship-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12317.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12317.pdf?1751287534","publication_date":"2025-07-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"a person's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age must never be considered by a sponsor as a basis for either rejecting or granting preferential treatment to anyone <span class=\"match\">seeking</span> admission to a registered apprenticeship program. \n Accordingly, this proposed revision to part 30 <span class=\"match\">seeks</span> to ensure genuine equality of opportunity for all persons enrolled in (or <span class=\"match\">seeking</span> admission into) an apprenticeship program by restoring the original focus and purpose of the 1963 version of the regulation: namely, to require that all registered apprenticeship"},{"title":"Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes to revise the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance to improve government- wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance. OMB is proposing revisions that would improve transparency, accountability, and oversight for Federal awards across the Federal Government. This includes ensuring that American tax dollars are not wasted or misused, activities performed under Federal awards are consistent with law and policy, and recipients are held accountable when they fail to meet relevant standards. The revisions also aim to ensure that basic American principles of equality and equal opportunity are upheld throughout all stages of the award making process and that unlawful discrimination is no longer permitted. Proposed changes also include providing further clarification on the regulatory status of the OMB requirements and on the process for future updates to the government- wide requirements. Finally, OMB also proposes changes to reduce recipient burden. The listed Federal grant-making agencies propose conforming changes to their respective adopting regulations, or, in the case of some agencies and other entities, establishing new adopting regulations or policies. The proposed changes reflect the administration's commitment to transparency, accountability, and proper oversight for the Federal grantmaking process. The proposed regulations seek to ensure that American tax dollars are ultimately used to serve the needs of the American public.","document_number":"2026-10817","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-29/pdf/2026-10817.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf?1779984020","publication_date":"2026-05-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services 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This proposed revision is intended to reduce <span class=\"match\">audit</span> burden by requiring a statutory foundation and prevent agencies from layering on additional <span class=\"match\">audit</span> requirements by regulation if not required by law. This revision balances proper oversight with limiting administrative burden, ensuring that core <span class=\"match\">audit</span> authority"},{"title":"Grant Guideline; Notice","type":"Notice","abstract":"This guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to FY 2026 State Justice Institute grants.","document_number":"2025-19664","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/27/2025-19664/grant-guideline-notice","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-27/pdf/2025-19664.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19664.pdf?1761309906","publication_date":"2025-10-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE","name":"State Justice Institute","id":477,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-justice-institute","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/477","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-justice-institute"}],"excerpts":"etc.) as direct costs.\n \n \n f. <span class=\"match\">Audit</span> Requirements \n \n 1. 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This proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"independent qualified <span class=\"match\">auditing</span> entity that follows generally accepted government <span class=\"match\">auditing</span> standards to perform annual independent external financial and programmatic <span class=\"match\">audits</span> that address compliance with 45 CFR part 155, subparts D and E, or other 45 CFR part 155 requirements as specified by HHS. State Exchanges must provide HHS the <span class=\"match\">audit</span> results, including CAPs to address any <span class=\"match\">audit</span>-identified material weaknesses or significant deficiencies, and we monitor these CAPs until findings are resolved, pursuant to § 155.1200(c)(2). 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These supplemental visas will be distributed in several allocations. 20,000 visas made available in this rule will be reserved for nationals of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, or Costa Rica. All visas will be available only to businesses that are suffering or will suffer impending irreparable harm, as attested by the employer. In addition, DHS is again providing temporary portability flexibility.","document_number":"2023-25493","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/17/2023-25493/exercise-of-time-limited-authority-to-increase-the-numerical-limitation-for-fy-2024-for-the-h-2b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-17/pdf/2023-25493.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25493.pdf?1700142507","publication_date":"2023-11-17","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"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"\n Additional <span class=\"match\">Recruitment</span> \n \n In addition to the <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> already conducted in connection with a valid TLC, to ensure the <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> has not become stale, employers that wish to obtain visas for their workers under 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(xiv), and who file an I-129 petition 30 or more days after the certified start date of <span class=\"match\">work</span> on the TLC must conduct additional <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> for U.S. workers. As noted in the 2015 H-2B Interim Final Rule, U.S. workers <span class=\"match\">seeking</span> employment in temporary nonagricultural jobs typically do not search for <span class=\"match\">work</span> months in advance"},{"title":"Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2026 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, is exercising time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 authority to issue up to, but not more than, an additional 64,716 visas for the fiscal year. All of these supplemental visas will be available only to those American businesses that are suffering or will suffer impending irreparable harm, i.e., those facing permanent and severe financial loss, as attested by the employer. These supplemental visas will be distributed in three allocations based on the petitioner's start date of need through the end of the fiscal year.","document_number":"2026-02131","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/03/2026-02131/exercise-of-time-limited-authority-to-increase-the-fiscal-year-2026-numerical-limitation-for-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-03/pdf/2026-02131.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02131.pdf?1769807723","publication_date":"2026-02-03","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"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"H-2B applications covering 47,488 worker positions with a <span class=\"match\">work</span> start date of October 1, 2025, and 10,062 H-2B applications covering 162,603 worker positions with a <span class=\"match\">work</span> start date of April 1, 2026. \n See \n DOL Announcement, “July 9, 2025. OFLC Publishes List of Randomized H-2B Applications Submitted July 3-5, 2025, for Employers <span class=\"match\">Seeking</span> H-2B Workers Starting October 1, 2025” and “January 5, 2026. OFLC Publishes List of Randomized H-2B Applications Submitted January 1-3 for Employers <span class=\"match\">Seeking</span> H-2B Workers Starting April 1, 2026,” respectively.\n \n \n"},{"title":"Streamlining Probationary and Trial Period Appeals","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to change the circumstances and procedures for adjudicating appeals from employees covered by these provisions and terminated during their probationary or trial periods and supervisors and managers who fail to complete their probationary periods. This change follows the President's rescinding of the regulations at subpart H of part 315 of this chapter as directed by Executive Order 14284. As proposed, employees would file appeals limited to: discrimination based on partisan political reasons or marital status; and failure to follow procedures for terminations based upon pre-appointment reasons. OPM would replace the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) as the adjudicative agency for all appeals. Employees who wish to pursue claims of discrimination under statutes administered by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) would not be allowed to raise these claims with OPM.","document_number":"2025-23974","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/30/2025-23974/streamlining-probationary-and-trial-period-appeals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-30/pdf/2025-23974.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23974.pdf?1767015915","publication_date":"2025-12-30","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":" benefits, and overhead, is equal to 200 percent of the wage rate, resulting in an assumed labor cost of $130.96, $91.88, and $154.76 per hour for the respective positions above. We estimate that each appeal will require 30 hours of <span class=\"match\">work</span> performed by an adjudicator, 1 hour of <span class=\"match\">work</span> by a paralegal, and 1 hours of <span class=\"match\">work</span> by a supervisory adjudicator. On average, probationer appeals require very limited time commitments to process because most cases are dismissed on jurisdictional grounds. Nonetheless, for cases where there is jurisdiction, OPM expects"},{"title":"Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations affecting temporary agricultural (H-2A) and temporary nonagricultural (H-2B) nonimmigrant workers (H-2 programs) and their employers. This rulemaking is intended to better ensure the integrity of the H-2 programs and enhance protections for workers.","document_number":"2024-29353","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29353/modernizing-h-2-program-requirements-oversight-and-worker-protections","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29353.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29353.pdf?1734443140","publication_date":"2024-12-18","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":"compliance with applicable laws, and records related to their prior <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> of H-2 workers; (2) identifying agents or intermediaries upon which <span class=\"match\">recruiters</span> rely, and creating processes to identify agents or intermediaries not voluntarily disclosed; (3) conducting periodic <span class=\"match\">audits</span> of <span class=\"match\">recruiters</span>' practices and finances and communicating policies against <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> fees; and \n • Ensure that all agreements with <span class=\"match\">recruiters</span> provide for a realistic fee structure that will not incentivize <span class=\"match\">recruiters</span> to pass costs to workers to remain profitable. \n The other advocacy"},{"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":"parts 383 and 384 and conduct an internal <span class=\"match\">audit</span> to identify all procedural and programming errors, training and quality assurance problems, insufficient policies and practices, and other issues that resulted in the issuance of any non-domiciled CLPs and CDLs that did not meet the standards of parts 383 and 384 (the <span class=\"match\">scope</span> of the <span class=\"match\">audit</span> was not limited to the issues identified in a State's APR); take immediate action to correct the deficiencies identified in SDLA's internal <span class=\"match\">audit</span>; as part of the State's <span class=\"match\">audit</span>, review all supporting documentation for"},{"title":"Administrative Requirements; Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Acts","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, made deregulatory actions pertaining to Federal financial assistance programs and subprograms authorized under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to better serve the American public, streamline government operations, and increase efficiencies for recipients of our financial assistance programs. This final rule reflects recent legislation; aligns with the Office of Management and Budget's administrative rules for Federal financial assistance; aligns with other laws, standards, and administrative processes; responds to comments and feedback on our 2019 rulemaking action; and provides clarity to help ensure consistency in administering our financial assistance programs and subprograms across the Nation.","document_number":"2026-00676","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/15/2026-00676/administrative-requirements-pittman-robertson-wildlife-restoration-and-dingell-johnson-sport-fish","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-15/pdf/2026-00676.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00676.pdf?1768398313","publication_date":"2026-01-15","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":"to provide parity to the definition of \n Wildlife restoration project \n (see below).\n \n \n \n Hunter <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> and recreational shooter <span class=\"match\">recruitment</span> \n Adding as defined under Public Law 116-94, included in the Act under 16 U.S.C. 669c(c)(4). \n \n \n Law enforcement \n Resolving a longstanding issue that has caused confusion and inconsistencies for what activities may be eligible under the Acts; clarifying these parameters allow us to broaden the <span class=\"match\">scope</span> of eligible activities that support the Acts but do not fall into the ineligible categories. \n \n \n"},{"title":"Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is adopting revised Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations to replace the existing Supervision Appeals Review Committee with an independent, standalone office to consider and decide supervisory appeals.","document_number":"2026-01433","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/26/2026-01433/guidelines-for-appeals-of-material-supervisory-determinations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-26/pdf/2026-01433.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01433.pdf?1769175922","publication_date":"2026-01-26","agencies":[{"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":"the support for the positions advanced by both parties. \n The proposal also limited the <span class=\"match\">scope</span> of the Office's review to the facts and circumstances as they existed prior to, or at the time the material supervisory determination was made, even if later discovered, and no consideration would be given to any facts or circumstances that occur or corrective action taken after the determination was made. The Office also would not consider aspects of an appeal that <span class=\"match\">seek</span> to change or modify FDIC policy or rules. Therefore, under the proposal, the Office could"}]}