{"description":"Documents matching 'security department responsible making decisions'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=security+department+responsible+making+decisions&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Frontline Decision Making in the Adjudication of Applications; Request for Comments","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of the Chairman of ACUS is requesting public input on frontline decision making in the adjudication of applications for benefits, loans, grants, licenses, and the like. \"Frontline decision making\" refers to processes that agencies use to render an initial determination, often based on a review of the application and supporting documentation, which precedes a hearing before an administrative law judge or other agency adjudicator. Responses to this request may inform an ongoing ACUS project, Frontline Decision Making in the Adjudication of Applications, which, if warranted, may recommend best practices for agencies to use.","document_number":"2026-08118","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/27/2026-08118/frontline-decision-making-in-the-adjudication-of-applications-request-for-comments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-27/pdf/2026-08118.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08118.pdf?1777034708","publication_date":"2026-04-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES","name":"Administrative Conference of the United States","id":566,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/administrative-conference-of-the-united-states","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/566","parent_id":null,"slug":"administrative-conference-of-the-united-states"}],"excerpts":"those <span class=\"match\">responsible</span> for more formal adjudication and policy development. \n Specific Topics for Public Comment \n ACUS welcomes views, information, and data on all aspects of frontline <span class=\"match\">decision</span> <span class=\"match\">making</span> in the adjudication of applications in which there is a later opportunity for a hearing. For this project, ACUS intends to research frontline <span class=\"match\">decision</span> <span class=\"match\">making</span> at agencies such as the Social <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Administration; the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; the <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Veterans Affairs; the U.S. Small Business Administration; and the <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Labor"},{"title":"Implementing Regulation for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Environmental Effects of the Department of Veterans Affairs Actions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this interim final rule to amend its agency procedures for implementing the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Since VA last updated its NEPA regulations in 1989, Congress amended NEPA through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality rescinded its NEPA regulations, and substantial changes have occurred in VA's delivery of care and benefits to veterans. The revisions to VA's NEPA regulations improve the efficiency and quality of VA's NEPA process and align the NEPA process with decision-making across VA by more clearly focusing on the planning stages of VA actions, improving consistency in NEPA implementation throughout VA, updating the VA categorical exclusion list to reflect current VA activities, and complying with NEPA, as revised.","document_number":"2026-11973","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11973/implementing-regulation-for-national-environmental-policy-act-nepa-environmental-effects-of-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11973.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11973.pdf?1781268314","publication_date":"2026-06-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"to benchmark how other agencies have similarly found these activities to not have the potential for significant impacts. These other agencies include the Air Force, Army, Bureau of Prisons, <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Homeland <span class=\"match\">Security</span>, <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Housing and Urban Development, <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of the Interior, <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Justice, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Navy, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. VA also includes the professional opinion of VA staff to support CATEXs 1, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13"},{"title":"Marketable Treasury Securities Redemption Operations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing in final form amendments to the terms and conditions for marketable Treasury securities redemption (buyback) operations. These amendments reflect expanded direct offer submission eligibility, update the certification statements to participate in buyback operations, enhance clarity, and make conforming changes to several sections of the buyback regulations to reflect Treasury's current practices.","document_number":"2026-06070","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/30/2026-06070/marketable-treasury-securities-redemption-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-30/pdf/2026-06070.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06070.pdf?1774615516","publication_date":"2026-03-30","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":"Fiscal Service","name":"Fiscal Service","id":585,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fiscal-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/585","parent_id":497,"slug":"fiscal-service"}],"excerpts":"offered to the Treasury <span class=\"match\">Department</span>. We will state the minimum offer amount in the redemption operation announcement.\n \n \n Multiple \n means the smallest additional par amount of a <span class=\"match\">security</span> that may be offered to the Treasury <span class=\"match\">Department</span>. We will state the multiple in the redemption operation announcement.\n \n \n Offer \n means an offer to deliver for redemption a stated par amount of a specific <span class=\"match\">security</span> to the Treasury <span class=\"match\">Department</span> at a stated price.\n \n \n Price \n means the dollar amount to be paid for a <span class=\"match\">security</span> expressed as a percent of its current par amount"},{"title":"Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Processing of Department of the Army Permits","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule removes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations, used for evaluating permit applications, which were promulgated to supplement now-rescinded Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations, and replaces them with a new regulation that also address requests for permission under Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Further, the Army is also making conforming changes to its regulations to eliminate references to Appendix B and other NEPA implementation regulations. In addition, this interim final rule requests comments on this action and related matters to inform Army's decision making.","document_number":"2025-12360","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12360/procedures-for-implementing-nepa-processing-of-department-of-the-army-permits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-03/pdf/2025-12360.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12360.pdf?1751394610","publication_date":"2025-07-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers","name":"Engineers Corps","id":142,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/engineers-corps","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/142","parent_id":103,"slug":"engineers-corps"}],"excerpts":"Engineer. This is because for most permitting actions <span class=\"match\">decision</span> <span class=\"match\">making</span> authority has been delegated to the District Engineer (see \n e.g., \n 33 CFR 325.8(b)). However, some <span class=\"match\">decisions</span> are required to be elevated to the Division Engineer or other higher authority (see \n e.g., \n 33 CFR 325.8(c)). In cases in which <span class=\"match\">decision</span> <span class=\"match\">making</span> authority is elevated to a higher authority, the responsibilities ascribed to the District Engineer in this Part are similarly elevated to that higher authority <span class=\"match\">making</span> the <span class=\"match\">decision</span>.\n \n Subpart B—NEPA and General Concepts \n Section"},{"title":"Marketable Treasury Securities Redemption Operations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) proposes to amend the terms and conditions for marketable Treasury securities redemption (buyback) operations. These proposed amendments reflect expanded direct offer submission eligibility, update the certification statements to participate in buyback operations, enhance clarity, and make conforming changes to several sections of the buyback regulations to reflect Treasury's current practices.","document_number":"2026-00598","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/14/2026-00598/marketable-treasury-securities-redemption-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-14/pdf/2026-00598.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00598.pdf?1768311925","publication_date":"2026-01-14","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":"Fiscal Service","name":"Fiscal Service","id":585,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fiscal-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/585","parent_id":497,"slug":"fiscal-service"}],"excerpts":"par amount of a <span class=\"match\">security</span> that may be offered to the Treasury <span class=\"match\">Department</span>. We will state the multiple \n \n in the redemption operation announcement.\n \n \n Offer \n means an offer to deliver for redemption a stated par amount of a specific <span class=\"match\">security</span> to the Treasury <span class=\"match\">Department</span> at a stated price.\n \n \n Price \n means the dollar amount to be paid for a <span class=\"match\">security</span> expressed as a percent of its current par amount.\n \n \n Redemption operation \n means a competitive process by which the Treasury <span class=\"match\">Department</span> accepts offers of marketable Treasury <span class=\"match\">securities</span> that by their"},{"title":"Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule (\"IFR\") amends Department of Justice (\"Department\" or \"DOJ\") regulations to streamline administrative appellate review by the Board of Immigration Appeals (\"Board\" or \"BIA\") of decisions by Immigration Judges by making review of such decisions on the merits discretionary, by setting appropriate times for briefing in cases that are reviewed on the merits, and by streamlining other aspects of the appellate process to ensure timely adjudications and avoid adding to the already sizeable backlog at the Board. Additionally, the Department is making various technical and non- substantive changes to its regulations.","document_number":"2026-02326","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02326/appellate-procedures-for-the-board-of-immigration-appeals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02326.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02326.pdf?1770299111","publication_date":"2026-02-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Executive Office for Immigration Review","name":"Executive Office for Immigration Review","id":149,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-for-immigration-review","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/149","parent_id":268,"slug":"executive-office-for-immigration-review"}],"excerpts":"(“IFR”) amends <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Justice (“<span class=\"match\">Department</span>” or “DOJ”) regulations to streamline administrative appellate review by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board” or “BIA”) of <span class=\"match\">decisions</span> by Immigration Judges by <span class=\"match\">making</span> review of such <span class=\"match\">decisions</span> on the merits discretionary, by setting appropriate times for briefing in cases that are reviewed on the merits, and by streamlining other aspects of the appellate process to ensure timely adjudications and avoid adding to the already sizeable backlog at the Board. Additionally, the <span class=\"match\">Department</span> is <span class=\"match\">making</span> various technical"},{"title":"Modernizing Security Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to revise its regulations to modernize security and fitness-for-duty requirements to enhance efficiency, consistent with Executive Order 14300, \"Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.\" The proposed revisions are intended to reduce regulatory burden, where appropriate, while continuing to provide reasonable assurance that safety and security will be adequately maintained at NRC-licensed facilities.","document_number":"2026-12989","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12989/modernizing-security-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12989.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12989.pdf?1782391523","publication_date":"2026-06-26","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":"Facility <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Clearance and Safeguarding of National <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Information and Restricted Data. \n The NRC is proposing to revise 10 CFR part 95, “Facility <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Clearance and Safeguarding of National <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Information and Restricted Data,” to remove requirements that are duplicative and to ensure alignment with 32 CFR part 117, “National Industrial <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).” These changes would provide references to the applicable provisions of 32 CFR part 117 for implementation of the National Industrial <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Program"},{"title":"Amended Record of Decision for the Continued Operation of the Nevada National Security Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada","type":"Notice","abstract":"The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi- autonomous agency within the United States Department of Energy (DOE), is issuing this amendment to the December 30, 2014, Record of Decision (ROD) for the Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada National Security Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada (DOE/EIS-0426) (SWEIS). In this Amended ROD (AROD), NNSA announces its decision to implement the actions and operations described in a 2024 Supplement Analysis (SA) to the earlier SWEIS. The SA assessed the potential environmental impacts of projects/changes that have occurred at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) and off- site locations in the State of Nevada, since publication of the SWEIS and ROD, or are expected to occur within approximately the next five years. Based on the analysis, NNSA determined that the potential impacts associated with the actions and operations evaluated in the SA: would not be significantly different than impacts presented in the SWEIS; would not constitute a substantial change to the actions evaluated in the SWEIS relevant to environmental concerns; there are no significant new circumstances or information relevant to environmental concerns; and no additional National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation is required at this time.","document_number":"2024-16689","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-16689/amended-record-of-decision-for-the-continued-operation-of-the-nevada-national-security-site-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-30/pdf/2024-16689.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16689.pdf?1722257126","publication_date":"2024-07-30","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":"National Nuclear Security Administration","name":"National Nuclear Security Administration","id":359,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-nuclear-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/359","parent_id":136,"slug":"national-nuclear-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"record of <span class=\"match\">decision</span>. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n The National Nuclear <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous agency within the United States <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Energy (DOE), is issuing this amendment to the December 30, 2014, Record of <span class=\"match\">Decision</span> (ROD) for the \n Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of the <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Energy/National Nuclear <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Administration Nevada National <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada \n (DOE/EIS-0426) (SWEIS). In this Amended ROD (AROD), NNSA announces its <span class=\"match\">decision</span> to implement"},{"title":"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary: Notice of Court Vacatur","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document implements the judicial vacatur of the Department's 2024 final rule defining who is a \"fiduciary\" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This document also reflects the judicial vacatur of the Department's 2024 amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (PTE 2020-02) and the judicial vacatur of portions of the preamble to PTE 2020-02; and republishes in full the operative text of PTE 2020-02 (as originally published on December 18, 2020).","document_number":"2026-05492","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/20/2026-05492/retirement-security-rule-definition-of-an-investment-advice-fiduciary-notice-of-court-vacatur","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-20/pdf/2026-05492.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05492.pdf?1773864911","publication_date":"2026-03-20","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":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"transaction that: \n (1) For sales to a Plan or an IRA: \n (A) Involves a U.S. dollar denominated debt <span class=\"match\">security</span> issued by a U.S. corporation and offered pursuant to a registration statement under the <span class=\"match\">Securities</span> Act of 1933, a U.S. Treasury <span class=\"match\">Security</span>, a debt <span class=\"match\">security</span> issued or guaranteed by a U.S. federal government agency other than the U.S. <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Treasury, a debt <span class=\"match\">security</span> issued or guaranteed by a government-sponsored enterprise, a municipal <span class=\"match\">security</span>, a certificate of deposit, an interest in a Unit Investment Trust, or any investment permitted to"},{"title":"Tanker Security Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule implements the Tanker Security Program (TSP) and makes certain changes to the TSP interim final rule (IFR) published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022, in response to public comments received on the IFR, feedback from stakeholders, and MARAD's own experience during initial program administration. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to establish TSP, comprised of a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product tank vessels of the United States. The TSP Fleet is intended to meet national defense and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping. TSP supports the United States maritime industries and workforce to promote national security and economic resilience.","document_number":"2026-12547","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12547/tanker-security-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12547.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12547.pdf?1782132312","publication_date":"2026-06-23","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":"Maritime Administration","name":"Maritime Administration","id":282,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/maritime-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/282","parent_id":492,"slug":"maritime-administration"}],"excerpts":"numbers available. The report's gap analysis found a clear and critical need for a tanker <span class=\"match\">security</span> program to increase U.S.-flagged tanker capacity, to reduce the risk of reliance on foreign-flagged tankers for the most important fuel missions, and to ensure the <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of War (DOW) \n 1 \n \n has sufficient tanker capabilities to meet NDS objectives.\n \n \n \n 1 \n  Reference to the <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of War is made pursuant to E.O. 14347, \n Restoring the United States <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of War \n (90 FR 43893 (Sept. 10, 2025).\n \n \n \n In response to the NDAA FY20 Fuel Tanker"},{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","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":"that a comprehensive and updated <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Rule is critical to accomplishing these directives and to the <span class=\"match\">Department's</span> effectiveness as the SRMA for the Healthcare and Public Health sector.\n \n \n \n 11 \n  Presidential Memorandum on National <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure <span class=\"match\">Security</span> and Resilience, National <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Memorandum/NSM-22, The White House (Apr. 30, 2024), \n https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/04/30/national-<span class=\"match\">security</span>-memorandum-on-critical-infrastructure-<span class=\"match\">security</span>-and-resilience/ \n (“Critical infrastructure"},{"title":"National Forests and Grasslands in Texas; Oil and Gas Leasing Availability Analysis Environmental Impact Statement; Revised","type":"Notice","abstract":"A previous notice for this project was published in 2019 (84 FR 44843) when the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) was also preparing for forest plan revision; however, the need for the project, expected relationship to the forest plan, and responsible official have changed since that publication. This notice is revising the previous Notice of Intent to announce that the USDA Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Under Secretary proposes to prepare the EIS for Oil and Gas Leasing Availability and issue the project decision. The proposed action and alternatives will identify lands that would be made available for future oil and gas leasing, any additional stipulations applied to oil and gas activities on those lands, and if the decision would require an amendment to the 1996 NFGT Revised Land and Resource Management Plan (forest plan). The Planning, Administrative Reviews, and Litigation System identification number for the project is 56882.","document_number":"2026-07974","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/23/2026-07974/national-forests-and-grasslands-in-texas-oil-and-gas-leasing-availability-analysis-environmental","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-23/pdf/2026-07974.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07974.pdf?1776861924","publication_date":"2026-04-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Forest Service","name":"Forest Service","id":209,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/209","parent_id":12,"slug":"forest-service"}],"excerpts":"to the forest plan, and <span class=\"match\">responsible</span> official have changed since that publication. This notice is revising the previous Notice of Intent to announce that the USDA Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Under Secretary proposes to prepare the EIS for Oil and Gas Leasing Availability and issue the project <span class=\"match\">decision</span>. The proposed action and alternatives will identify lands that would be made available for future oil and gas leasing, any additional stipulations applied to oil and gas activities on those lands, and if the <span class=\"match\">decision</span> would require an amendment"},{"title":"Announcement of Requirements and Registration for “EHIgnite Challenge”","type":"Notice","abstract":"The EHIgnite Challenge addresses data usability challenges in single patient electronic health information (EHI) exports. This challenge seeks to incentivize the development of tools, platforms, and workflows that transform single patient EHI exports into usable, readable, and actionable information that supports clinical care, patient engagement, and informed decision-making.","document_number":"2026-10068","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10068/announcement-of-requirements-and-registration-for-ehignite-challenge","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10068.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10068.pdf?1779117307","publication_date":"2026-05-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"Interpretability and Ease of Use (Up to 40 pts) \n • Novelty of the approach to <span class=\"match\">making</span> EHI data actionable, readable, and interpretable. \n • Use of user-centered design principles to create intuitive tools or interfaces. \n • Ease of use for intended end users, including patients, clinicians, and care teams. \n • Creative approaches to summarization, integration, or interaction with EHI data. \n • Potential to improve care coordination, patient engagement, or clinical <span class=\"match\">decision</span>-<span class=\"match\">making</span>. \n Potential for Integration and Scaling (Up to 20 pts) \n • Practicality"},{"title":"Record of Decision: Issuance of a Loan to Lithium Nevada Corp. for the Construction and Startup of the Thacker Pass Project","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) announces its decision to issue a loan under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which established the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan (ATVM) program, to Lithium Nevada Corp. (LNC), for the Thacker Pass Project (Project) located in Humboldt County, Nevada. The LPO loan covers Phase 1 of the Project, which entails the construction of lithium processing to include a sulfuric acid plant, lithium processing facility, and associated infrastructure. The Project is designed to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate, a critical component in the manufacturing of manufacture of eligible advanced technology vehicles and qualifying components.","document_number":"2024-25481","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/01/2024-25481/record-of-decision-issuance-of-a-loan-to-lithium-nevada-corp-for-the-construction-and-startup-of-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-01/pdf/2024-25481.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25481.pdf?1730378731","publication_date":"2024-11-01","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"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Record of <span class=\"match\">decision</span> (ROD). \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The U.S. <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Energy (DOE or the <span class=\"match\">Department</span>) announces its <span class=\"match\">decision</span> to issue a loan under the Energy Independence and <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Act of 2007, which established the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan (ATVM) program, to Lithium Nevada Corp. (LNC), for the Thacker Pass Project (Project) located in Humboldt County, Nevada. The LPO loan covers Phase 1 of the Project, which entails the construction of lithium processing to include a sulfuric acid plant, lithium processing facility"},{"title":"National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule modifies the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removes various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. USDA is taking this action in response to the Council on Environmental Quality's rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations (which USDA's NEPA regulations were designed to supplement), statutory changes to NEPA, executive orders, and case law. Comments are voluntarily requested on this action to inform USDA's decision-making.","document_number":"2025-12326","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12326/national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-03/pdf/2025-12326.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12326.pdf?1751394610","publication_date":"2025-07-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"outline the procedures by which the U.S. <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of Agriculture (hereinafter USDA or the <span class=\"match\">Department</span>) will integrate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) into <span class=\"match\">decision</span>-<span class=\"match\">making</span> processes. Specifically, this part: describes the process by which USDA determines what actions are subject to NEPA's procedural requirements and the applicable level of NEPA review; ensures that relevant environmental information is identified and considered early in the process in order to ensure informed <span class=\"match\">decision</span> <span class=\"match\">making</span>; enables USDA to conduct coordinated, consistent"},{"title":"Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certification Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts measures to strengthen national security and encourage reciprocity in testing and certification. The FCC creates a fast-track priority review process for devices subject to Pre-Approval Guidance (PAG) for applications tested in Trusted Test Labs. Also, updates post-market surveillance and enforcement procedures, and establishes confidential reporting channels for industry participants to raise concerns about violations or national security threats. Lastly, directs development of a consolidated list of prohibited entities to streamline applicant screening and aligns ownership reporting timelines for publicly traded companies with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requirements.","document_number":"2026-09822","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/15/2026-09822/promoting-the-integrity-and-security-of-telecommunications-certification-bodies-measurement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-15/pdf/2026-09822.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09822.pdf?1778762728","publication_date":"2026-05-15","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":"efforts to strengthen the integrity and <span class=\"match\">security</span> of the Equipment Authorization Program. Building on the foundation established in the \n First EA Integrity Report and Order, \n 90 FR 38045 (August 7, 2025), this action addresses emerging national <span class=\"match\">security</span> risks and supply chain vulnerabilities by refining the Commission's rules governing Telecommunications Certification Bodies (TCBs), test laboratories, and laboratory accreditation bodies.\n \n \n The Commission adopts measures to strengthen national <span class=\"match\">security</span> and incentivize domestic testing and certification"},{"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":"PCAs are ancillary equipment that reside behind a <span class=\"match\">responsible</span> entity's electronic access point within a <span class=\"match\">responsible</span> entity's electronic <span class=\"match\">security</span> perimeter, the exploitation of PCAs directly puts at risk the interconnected BES Cyber Systems housed in the same electronic <span class=\"match\">security</span> perimeter. A supply chain attack could potentially make use of a compromised PCA to bypass the electronic <span class=\"match\">security</span> perimeter to directly attack medium and high impact BES Cyber Systems within the same electronic <span class=\"match\">security</span> perimeter. \n \n 59. The Commission explained that since"},{"title":"Practices Before the Department of the Interior","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) will make comprehensive procedural changes to Federal regulations governing hearings and appeals proceedings before the Department of the Interior's administrative tribunals. We will modify and update our regulations located in title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations in part 4 to: promote expeditious and meaningful review of administrative decisions; reflect changes in the law; reorganize and streamline procedures and retitle subparts to improve clarity to parties; consolidate redundant language; eliminate outdated procedures; and allow OHA to continue to modernize its practice and keep pace with technological and other advancements, including the establishment of a regulatory framework for an electronic filing and case docket management system.","document_number":"2024-30358","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2024-30358/practices-before-the-department-of-the-interior","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-10/pdf/2024-30358.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30358.pdf?1736171118","publication_date":"2025-01-10","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"bureau or office <span class=\"match\">decision</span> is in effect. Doing so eliminates a needless disincentive to pursuing optional administrative appeals.\n \n The final subparagraph (b)(3) will clarify the status of a bureau or office <span class=\"match\">decision</span> that has been appealed and for which the Director or an Appeals Board has issued a final <span class=\"match\">decision</span> on appeal. Once the Director or an Appeals Board issues a final <span class=\"match\">decision</span>, that <span class=\"match\">decision</span> becomes the final agency action of the <span class=\"match\">Department</span>, and the underlying <span class=\"match\">decision</span> is no longer the final agency action for the <span class=\"match\">Department</span>. Accordingly, even"},{"title":"Requirements for Site Security and Production Handling; Applying for Commingling and Allocation Approval","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to revise its regulations governing site security and production handling and commingling applications to reflect Congress's direction in section 50101(d)(3) of the \"One Big Beautiful Bill Act\" (OBBB) and policy direction in Executive Orders (E.O.s) entitled, Unleashing American Energy and Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's \"Department of Government Efficiency\" Deregulatory Initiative and policy guidance in Secretary's Order (S.O.) 3418, entitled, Unleashing American Energy. The BLM is proposing to revise the regulations to allow for commingling of production more broadly to promote oil and gas production on Federal, Indian, private and State lands. Commingling of production can reduce an operator's cost which could extend the economic life of a well, thereby allowing the operator to continue producing from a well that might otherwise be abandoned.","document_number":"2026-01926","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01926/requirements-for-site-security-and-production-handling-applying-for-commingling-and-allocation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01926.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01926.pdf?1769694322","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":"2026. The BLM is not obligated to consider any comments received after this date in <span class=\"match\">making</span> its <span class=\"match\">decision</span> on the final rule. \n \n Information Collection Requirements: \n This proposed rule includes revised information-collection requirements that must be approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). If you wish to comment on the information collection requirements, please note that those comments should be sent directly to OMB. OMB is required to make a <span class=\"match\">decision</span> concerning the collection of information contained in this proposed rule between 30"},{"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":"ACTION: \n Request for information. \n \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n The Office of Investment <span class=\"match\">Security</span>, within the U.S. <span class=\"match\">Department</span> of the Treasury (Treasury <span class=\"match\">Department</span>), 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 <span class=\"match\">security</span> risk. This request for information (RFI) may inform CFIUS's development of statutory"}]}