{"description":"Documents matching 'they supplement prior alert facilitate'","count":4129,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=they+supplement+prior+alert+facilitate&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Wireless Emergency Alerts; Emergency Alert System","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to broaden the circumstances in which alert originators may send Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) messages using the \"Public Safety Message\" classification, which can allow consumers greater flexibility in how messages are presented on their mobile device, including the potential ability to silence alerts. The Commission also seeks comment on whether subscribers should be empowered to further customize their receipt of WEA messages, as well as additional steps that wireless providers, equipment manufacturers, and operating system developers can take to reduce the rate at which subscribers opt out of WEA.","document_number":"2025-04125","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/18/2025-04125/wireless-emergency-alerts-emergency-alert-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-18/pdf/2025-04125.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04125.pdf?1742215509","publication_date":"2025-03-18","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":"connection with” a National Alert, Imminent Threat Alert, or AMBER Alert. We propose to remove that limitation. When the Commission adopted the Public Safety Message classification, it understood that these messages were “intended to provide supplemental instructions about how to protect life or property during an AMBER Alert, Presidential Alert, or Imminent Threat Alert.” We seek comment on whether broadening the scope of Public Safety Messages by removing the requirement that they “supplement” a prior alert would facilitate the use of WEA for situations"},{"title":"Modernization of the Nation's Alerting Systems","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) begins a reexamination of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) from the ground up and seeks comment on whether fundamental changes could make these alerting systems more effective, efficient, and better able to serve the public's needs. EAS was introduced 31 years ago, and WEA was introduced 13 years ago, using the technology available at the time. The Commission seeks comment on what goals these alerting systems should aim to achieve, whether these systems are currently effective at achieving these goals, and what steps should be taken to modernize these systems to improve their usefulness and better leverage modern technology while minimizing burdens on stakeholders.","document_number":"2025-16333","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/26/2025-16333/modernization-of-the-nations-alerting-systems","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-26/pdf/2025-16333.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16333.pdf?1756125960","publication_date":"2025-08-26","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":"sole initiators of alerts via the nation's alert and warning systems because of their unique responsibilities, such as their roles in protecting public safety? Would allowing only government agencies to originate alerts preserve public trust in alert and warning systems and maintain democratic accountability?\n \n C. Transmission Capabilities of Alerting Systems \n \n The Commission seeks comment on the alert transmission capabilities that a national public alert and warning system must have to achieve its objectives. What are alert originators' expectations"},{"title":"The Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) amends its regulations governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) to add a new event code, MEP, to allow alert originators to issue an alert to the public about missing and endangered persons (MEP) whose circumstances do not meet the criteria of \"America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response\" (AMBER) alerts.","document_number":"2024-19530","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/06/2024-19530/the-emergency-alert-system-and-wireless-emergency-alerts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-06/pdf/2024-19530.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19530.pdf?1725540316","publication_date":"2024-09-06","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":"services to adults.” Ashanti Alerts are intended to aid in the search and recovery of missing persons over the age of 17 who fall outside the scope of AMBER Alerts and Silver Alerts.\n \n \n 5. Under the Ashanti Alert Act, BJA, among other things, must work with “States and Indian Tribes to encourage the development of additional Ashanti Alert plans in their network” and “establish voluntary guidelines for States and Indian Tribes to use in developing Ashanti Alert plans that will \n \n promote compatible and integrated Ashanti Alert plans throughout the United"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"electronic prior authorization for all drugs through the Prior Authorization API and NCPDP standards beginning on October 1, 2027.\n \n Our proposals regarding the prior authorization of drugs are similar to the provisions finalized for non-drug items and services in the 2024 CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule (89 FR 8897) but with special consideration to existing policies, operational processes, and standards for the electronic prior authorizations of drugs. The proposals would require impacted payers to support electronic prior authorization"},{"title":"The Emergency Alert System","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or the Commission) proposes and seeks comment on implementing a multilingual alert processing model for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) through which brief, pre-scripted (or \"template\") alert messages that have been pre-translated into the 13 most commonly spoken non-English languages in the United (as well as in English), can be initiated by alert originators for distribution to the public by the TV and radio broadcasters, cable service providers, and other \"EAS Participant\" services that make up the EAS public alert distribution system. The NPRM also seeks comment a wide range of specific technical, operational, cost and implementation timing issues related to the template alert distribution model.","document_number":"2024-04899","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/07/2024-04899/the-emergency-alert-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-07/pdf/2024-04899.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-04899.pdf?1709732734","publication_date":"2024-03-07","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":"internet-based, or “Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)” system. The legacy EAS distributes alerts over-the-air from one broadcast station antenna to another. Alerts can also be sent over the internet in CAP format for distribution to EAS Participants via the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. Alerts can be initiated in multiple languages in both the legacy and CAP-based EAS architectures.\n \n \n The Commission has taken various actions over the years to promote multilingual alerting, such as tasking bodies with"},{"title":"Emergency Alert System; Wireless Emergency Alerts","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules for commercial mobile service providers that have elected to participate in the Wireless Emergency Alert system (WEA) (Participating CMS Providers) to support WEA messages in the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. as well as English and American Sign Language. Participating CMS Providers are to support this expanded multilingual alerting by enabling mobile devices to display message templates that will be pre-installed and stored on the mobile device. The Commission also directs its Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau to seek comment on various implementation details of the multilingual alerting requirements and future expansion to additional languages. In addition, to help personalize emergency alerts, the Commission requires participating wireless providers to support the inclusion of maps in WEA messages that show the alert recipient's location relative to the geographic area where the emergency is occurring, and establishes a Commission-hosted database to provide the public with easy-to-access information on WEA availability. Wireless providers will be required to supply information on whether they participate in WEA and, if so, the extent of WEA availability in their service area and on the mobile devices that they sell. Last, to support more effective WEA performance and public awareness, the amended rules enable alerting authorities to send two local WEA tests per year that the public receives by default, provided that the alerting authority takes steps to ensure that the public is aware that the test is, in fact, only a test.","document_number":"2023-27236","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/15/2023-27236/emergency-alert-system-wireless-emergency-alerts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-15/pdf/2023-27236.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27236.pdf?1702561517","publication_date":"2023-12-15","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":"template alert message in the mobile device's default language chosen by the consumer.\n \n 5. Promoting multilingual WEA through templates will enhance the flexibility that alerting authorities have in communicating with their communities. There may be times where the benefit of delivering an Alert Message to the public as soon as possible outweighs the need for additional context that freeform text could provide. The Commission does not require alerting authorities to use templates, but require CMS Providers to support them should alerting authorities"},{"title":"Facilitating Earlier Filing of Certain Electronically Submitted H-2A Petitions","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends DHS regulations to modify the timing of when USCIS must receive a valid temporary labor certification when an H-2A petitioner electronically files a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker requesting unnamed beneficiaries.","document_number":"2025-19235","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19235/facilitating-earlier-filing-of-certain-electronically-submitted-h-2a-petitions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19235.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19235.pdf?1759263309","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"after DOL approves the H-2A TLC application. As electronic filing is a more efficient process than paper filing and offers greater potential for future development of further processing efficiencies, DHS believes that it is appropriate to limit the concurrent processing facilitated by this rule to electronically filed petitions as an incentive for H-2A petitioners to choose to electronically file their petitions. Since USCIS has recently made electronic filing available to H-2A petitioners, DHS anticipates fast and widespread adoption of electronic"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules that would help ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. When the Commission first adopted 911 reliability rules in 2013, the transition to NG911 was in its very early stages. Since then, many state and local 911 Authorities have made significant progress in deploying NG911 capabilities in their jurisdictions. This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) is the next step in fulfilling the Commission's commitment to facilitate the NG911 transition and to ensure that the transition does not inadvertently create vulnerabilities in the nation's critical public safety networks. The FNPRM proposes to update the definition of \"covered 911 service provider\" in the Commission's existing 911 reliability rules to ensure that the rules apply to service providers that control or operate critical pathways and components in NG911 networks. It also proposes to update the reliability standards for providers of critical NG911 functions to ensure the reliable delivery of 911 traffic to NG911 delivery points, and proposes to establish NG911 interoperability requirements for interstate transfer of 911 traffic between Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets). In addition, the FNPRM proposes to modify the certification and oversight mechanisms in the current 911 reliability rules to improve reliability and interoperability in NG911 systems while minimizing burdens on service providers, and proposes to empower state and local 911 Authorities to obtain reliability and interoperability certifications directly from covered 911 service providers.","document_number":"2025-09279","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/04/2025-09279/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-04/pdf/2025-09279.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09279.pdf?1748954707","publication_date":"2025-06-04","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":" \n 218 \n \n NG911 Transition Order \n at *53, para. 157; \n see also, e.g., Facilitating the Deployment of Text-to-911 and Other Next Generation 911 Applications; Framework for Next Generation 911 Deployment, \n PS Docket Nos. 11-153, 10-255, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 7556, 7598, para. 119 (2013), 78 FR 32169 (May 29, 2013) (“[T]he FCC has authority under the CVAA to require action that is not limited to the disability community.”) (\n Bounce-Back Order \n ); \n Facilitating the Deployment of Text-to-911 and Other Next Generation 911 Applications;"},{"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":"to exhaust the supply of supplemental visas.\n 126 \n \n \n \n \n 126 \n \n See, e.g., https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-reaches-h-2b-cap-for-first-half-of-fiscal-year-2026. \n \n \n \n \n Table 5—Form I-129 Petitions per Supplemental H-2B Visa Allocation, FY 2021 Through FY 2025 \n \n Supplement \n \n Supplement\n amount \n \n \n Total Form I-129\n petitions received \n \n \n Total Form I-129\n beneficiaries \n \n \n Beneficiaries\n per Form I-129 \n petition \n \n \n \n 2021 Supplement * \n 22,000 \n 2,180 \n 31,274 \n 14.35 \n \n \n 2022 Supplement ** \n 55,000 \n 4,046 \n 61"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) adopts rules to ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with internet Protocol (IP)- based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must be designed to safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. The rules require entities essential to delivering emergency calls in the NG911 environment to implement common sense measures to safeguard the reliability of NG911 networks and reduce the risk of 911 outages, and require certain entities to report on their support for NG911 interoperability. The rules also eliminate unnecessary and burdensome legacy rules to increase flexibility and encourage technical innovation to make NG911 services reliable, interoperable, and accessible to all.","document_number":"2026-13998","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/10/2026-13998/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-10/pdf/2026-13998.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13998.pdf?1783601118","publication_date":"2026-07-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"despite their essential and expanding role in maintaining the continuity of 911 service.\n 72 \n \n Other NG911 capabilities fall within the category of “functional equivalents” under the prior rules, yet, as we detail below, the record demonstrates that many new providers of these capabilities have not recognized that the prior rules apply to them. Moreover, the prior reliability rules are inherently static, such that tethering NG911 “functional equivalents” to the legacy environment does not allow the rules to scale effectively to accommodate the continued"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to introduce an update to the Privacy Act system of records, USDA/FNS-5, \"Information on Persons Disqualified from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,\" which is retitled to \"USDA/FNA-5, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Information on Persons Disqualified from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and on Households in the Quality Control Universe.\" This system is owned, administered, and secured by the Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA). The primary purpose of this system is to assist in the administration and enforcement of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The purpose of this modification is to clarify and expand what systems and records this system of records (SOR) covers and includes program and technical updates to the system. This includes modifying SNAP Quality Control (QC) records that had been contained in FNS-7 SORN, which will now be covered under FNA-5. All records formerly covered under USDA/FNS-7 will be maintained within SNAP-QCS and used in conjunction with the Electronic Disqualified Recipient System (eDRS) for program integrity and statutory QC requirements. Consolidation ensures continued Privacy Act coverage and eliminates duplicative SORNs. Proposed technical changes include adding another location, maintenance, and storage of records to include electronic records.","document_number":"2026-12997","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/29/2026-12997/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-29/pdf/2026-12997.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12997.pdf?1782477908","publication_date":"2026-06-29","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":"Food and Nutrition Administration","name":"Food and Nutrition Administration","id":625,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/625","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-administration"}],"excerpts":"“Information on Persons Disqualified from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” which is retitled to “USDA/FNA-5, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—Information on Persons Disqualified from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and on Households in the Quality Control Universe.” This system is owned, administered, and \n \n secured by the Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA). The primary purpose of this system is to assist in the administration and enforcement of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The purpose"},{"title":"Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041)","type":"Rule","abstract":"DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate contractual requirements related to the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program rule, titled Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program. This final DFARS rule also partially implements a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 that directed the Secretary of Defense to develop a consistent, comprehensive framework to enhance cybersecurity for the U.S. defense industrial base.","document_number":"2025-17359","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/10/2025-17359/defense-federal-acquisition-regulation-supplement-assessing-contractor-implementation-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-10/pdf/2025-17359.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17359.pdf?1757421911","publication_date":"2025-09-10","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":"Defense Acquisition Regulations System","name":"Defense Acquisition Regulations System","id":97,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-acquisition-regulations-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/97","parent_id":103,"slug":"defense-acquisition-regulations-system"}],"excerpts":"effective date of the final rule and in any resulting contracts. The contracting officer may decide to include the clause in a solicitation issued prior to the effective date of the final rule, provided that any resulting contracts are awarded on or after the effective date of the final rule. Contracting officers also have the discretion to bilaterally incorporate the clause in contracts awarded prior to the effective date of the clause, with appropriate consideration. See FAR 1.108(d).\n \n Until three years after the effective date of the rule, a"},{"title":"Self-Regulatory Organizations; Investors Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for Industry Members Related to Certain Historical Costs of the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail Incurred Prior to January 1, 2022","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2026-09340","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09340/self-regulatory-organizations-investors-exchange-llc-notice-of-filing-and-immediate-effectiveness-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-12/pdf/2026-09340.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09340.pdf?1778503523","publication_date":"2026-05-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"7, 2023) (\n https://www.catnmsplan.com/events/part-2-cat-billing-webinar \n ).\n \n \n \n • \n CAT Alert. \n CAT LLC has published a detailed CAT Alert that describes how FCAT, as the Plan Processor acting on behalf of CAT LLC, will calculate applicable fees, issue invoices to and collect payment from CAT Executing Brokers.\n 212 \n \n \n \n \n 212 \n \n See \n CAT Alert 2023-02 (Oct. 12, 2023) (\n https://www.catnmsplan.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/10.12.23-CAT-Alert-2023-02.pdf \n ).\n \n \n \n • \n Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). \n CAT LLC also has continued"},{"title":"Emergency Alert System; Wireless Emergency Alerts","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes requirements for commercial mobile service providers (CMS Providers) that have elected to participate in the Wireless Emergency Alert system (WEA) to make WEA more accessible, including to people who primarily speak a language other than English or Spanish and people with disabilities who cannot access messages displayed in conventional formats. Additionally, the document proposes to weave WEA more seamlessly into people's lives through increased flexibility in whether an attention signal or vibration is triggered when a WEA is triggered. The document also proposes performance measures for WEA to satisfy and greater transparency for alerting stakeholders regarding where and on what devices they offer WEA as well as information about WEA performance. These requirements would assist the millions of people who do not speak English or Spanish, as well as those with disabilities, understand and respond to WEA messages, and result in a more precise and tailored use of WEA through increased flexibility and options for consumers and alerting authorities. With this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Further Notice), the Commission seeks comment on the proposed rules and any suitable alternatives.","document_number":"2023-12725","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/06/21/2023-12725/emergency-alert-system-wireless-emergency-alerts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-21/pdf/2023-12725.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-12725.pdf?1687265123","publication_date":"2023-06-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"personalize alerts and bolster awareness. Industry commenters did not oppose. CSRIC VIII observes that “maps are commonly used to depict alert location across a variety of alert dissemination methods (\n e.g., \n TV, social media)” and states that presenting WEA alert messages via mapping applications on the device “could help the recipient better understand the boundaries of the Alert Area and the device's location relative to the Alert Area.” CSRIC VIII concludes that location-aware maps should be incorporated into WEA such that alert message “text"},{"title":"Supplemental Evidence and Data Request on Prehospital EMS Blood Transfusion and Fluid Interventions for Hemorrhagic Shock","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from the public. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our review on Prehospital EMS Blood Transfusion and Fluid Interventions for Hemorrhagic Shock, which is currently being conducted by the AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program. Access to published and unpublished pertinent scientific information will improve the quality of this review.","document_number":"2024-27679","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/26/2024-27679/supplemental-evidence-and-data-request-on-prehospital-ems-blood-transfusion-and-fluid-interventions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-26/pdf/2024-27679.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27679.pdf?1732542339","publication_date":"2024-11-26","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":"Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality","name":"Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality","id":5,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agency-for-healthcare-research-and-quality","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/5","parent_id":221,"slug":"agency-for-healthcare-research-and-quality"}],"excerpts":"Opinion papers. \n \n \n \n • Time series \n • Studies published prior to 1990, to focus on contemporary evidence and practices relevant to current prehospital hemorrhagic shock resuscitation protocols. \n \n \n \n \n • For CQ1 only: qualitative studies that specifically collect data about barriers to and facilitators of implementing prehospital blood product transfusion programs (\n e.g., \n descriptive case studies, evaluations, QI reports), interviews, focus groups\n \n \n Abbreviations: AVPU = Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive; CQ = Contextual Question; ED ="},{"title":"Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) is proposing to amend its regulation governing the use of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network by Federal agencies. Our regulation incorporates, with some exceptions, updates to the Nacha Operating Rules and the Nacha Operating Guidelines (Operating Rules & Guidelines), which govern the use of the ACH Network by Federal agencies. This proposed rule addresses changes that Nacha has made since the publication of the 2021 Operating Rules & Guidelines, including Supplement #1-2021. These changes include amendments in the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Operating Rules & Guidelines, including supplements thereto, issued before the date of this notice.","document_number":"2024-17413","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/09/2024-17413/federal-government-participation-in-the-automated-clearing-house","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-09/pdf/2024-17413.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17413.pdf?1723121127","publication_date":"2024-08-09","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":"BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE","name":"Bureau of the Fiscal Service","id":196,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/bureau-of-the-fiscal-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/196","parent_id":497,"slug":"bureau-of-the-fiscal-service"}],"excerpts":"Network participants and facilitate fraud-prevention strategies that \n \n may reduce the incidence of improper payments.\n \n (d) 2024 Operating Rules & Guidelines, Supplement #1-2024 Changes \n On April 12, 2024, Nacha published Supplement #1-2024 to the 2024 Nacha Operating Rules (Supplement #1-2024). Supplement #1-2024 included several updates to the Nacha Operating Rules ACH risk management requirements and made several other updates. \n (i) Risk Management Requirements \n The risk management topics covered in Supplement #1-2024 include clarifying"},{"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":"for H-2B classification under petitions filed pursuant to the FY 2017 supplemental cap increase.\n 26 \n \n In FY 2018, USCIS received petitions for more than 15,000 beneficiaries during the first 5 business days of filing for the supplemental cap and held a lottery on June 7, 2018. The total number of H-2B workers approved toward the FY 2018 supplemental cap increase was 15,788.\n 27 \n \n The vast majority of the H-2B petitions received under the FY 2017 and FY 2018 supplemental caps requested premium processing (Form I-907) \n 28 \n \n and were adjudicated"},{"title":"Concept Release on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Disclosures and Enhancements to Asset-Backed Securities Registration","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is publishing this concept release to solicit comments on whether to amend the asset-level disclosure requirements for residential mortgage-backed securities in Item 1125 of Regulation AB and whether to revise generally the definition of \"asset-backed security\" and/or other definitions in Item 1101 of Regulation AB. The Commission is considering these steps to expand issuer and investor access to the registered asset-backed securities markets and facilitate enhanced capital formation and liquidity while maintaining appropriate investor protections.","document_number":"2025-19152","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/01/2025-19152/concept-release-on-residential-mortgage-backed-securities-disclosures-and-enhancements-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-01/pdf/2025-19152.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19152.pdf?1759236316","publication_date":"2025-10-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"including asset-level or loan-level data, if such data is necessary for investors to independently perform due diligence and that the Commission set standards for the format of such disclosures to facilitate the comparison of such data across securities in similar types of asset classes.\n \n \n \n \n 18 \n \n See \n 2014 Regulation AB II Adopting Release at 57196. Prior to the adoption of Schedule AL, ABS issuers were required to provide aggregated information about the composition and characteristics of the underlying asset pool, tailored to the asset type"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the DoD is modifying and reissuing a current System of Records Notice (SORN) titled, \"Defense Manpower Data Center Data Base,\" DMDC 01. The SORN is being retitled \"Uniformed Services Human Resources Information System,\" to reflect the updated name of the underlying database. The system is designed to collect and maintain records that support a single central facility within the DoD. Its primary functions include assessing manpower trends, supporting personnel and readiness operations, conducting longitudinal statistical analyses, identifying current and former DoD civilians and Armed Forces personnel for the purpose of detecting fraud and abuse of pay and benefits programs, and registering eligible individuals and their authorized dependents for medical examinations, treatment, or other qualified benefits. The system also facilitates the collection of debts owed to the United States Government and to state and local governments. As part of this update, two routine uses are being revised to reflect changes in computer matching activities. Specifically, the proposed revisions expand the eligible population for data sharing with the Department of Education (DoE) to support a new computer matching program, and remove routine uses associated with the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS), as the DoD no longer participates in that program. Additional modifications throughout the SORN improve clarity and ensure the information reflects current operational practices.","document_number":"2026-04170","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/03/2026-04170/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-03/pdf/2026-04170.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04170.pdf?1772459113","publication_date":"2026-03-03","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"not contain any information identifying the individual about whom the earnings data pertains.\n \n \n (2) Bureau of Supplemental Security Income, to conduct computer matching programs regulated by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) for \n \n the purpose of verifying information provided to the SSA by applicants and recipients/beneficiaries, who are retired members of the Uniformed Services or their survivors, for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Special Veterans' Benefits (SVB). By law (42 U.S.C. 1006 and 1383), the SSA is required"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; and Quality Reporting Programs; Including the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Program; Request for Information on Strengthening the Standardization and Comparability of Hospital Price Transparency (HPT) Data; Prior Authorization; Accrediting Organization (AO) Deeming for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and Notices of Closure of Teaching Hospitals and Opportunities To Apply for Available Slots","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2027 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment systems. In addition, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program. There are no changes to the Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program. We propose to expand the prior authorization requirement to include additional Botulinum Toxin Injection services. We also propose to implement certain provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, for off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. In addition, this proposed rule announces notices of closure of teaching hospitals and opportunities to apply for available slots. This rule also requests information regarding potential approaches to improve comparability and standardization, particularly for complex contracting methodologies, of the HPT information reported in machine- readable files and consumer-friendly displays. We propose hospital AOs with deeming authority to assess compliance with certain Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) administrative requirements during accreditation and reaccreditation surveys. Finally, we are soliciting comments on a potential separate payment under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for domestic procurement of personal protective equipment and essential medicines.","document_number":"2026-13656","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13656/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13656.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13656.pdf?1782996328","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"documentation that will be needed in the absence of the prior authorization policy. The hourly rate reflects the time required for the additional clerical work of submitting the prior authorization request. We believe providers will need to educate their staff on what services are included in the prior authorization process. Following this education, the staff will know which services need prior authorization and will not need additional time or resources to determine whether a service requires prior authorization. We estimate that the total annual number"}]}