{"description":"Documents matching 'valid reliable fiscal data under'","count":4809,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=valid+reliable+fiscal+data+under&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-National Technical Assistance Center To Improve State Capacity To Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C Fiscal Data","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces the priority for the National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C Fiscal Data Center (Fiscal Data Center) under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program. The Department may use this priority for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. This priority replaces the priority published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2014, and the priority published on June 16, 2020. We will use the priority to award a cooperative agreement for a Center to provide technical assistance (TA) to improve the capacity of States to meet the fiscal data collection requirements under Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This Fiscal Data Center will support States in collecting, reporting, and determining how to best analyze and use their IDEA Part B and Part C fiscal data to establish and meet high expectations for each child with a disability and will customize its TA to meet each State's specific needs.","document_number":"2025-11599","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11599/technical-assistance-on-state-data-collection-national-technical-assistance-center-to-improve-state","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11599.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11599.pdf?1750769110","publication_date":"2025-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"the Part C Annual State Application. \n The <span class=\"match\">Fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center must be designed to achieve, at a minimum, the following expected outcomes: \n (a) Increased capacity of States to collect, report, analyze, and use high-quality IDEA Part B and Part C <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">data</span>; \n (b) Increased capacity of States to accurately perform calculations related to IDEA Part B and Part C statutory and regulatory <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> requirements, and submit <span class=\"match\">valid</span> and <span class=\"match\">reliable</span> <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">data</span> <span class=\"match\">under</span> IDEA Part B and Part C; \n (c) Improved State <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> infrastructure to communicate and coordinate"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-National Technical Assistance Center To Improve State Capacity To Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C Fiscal Data","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for a Technical Assistance on State Data Collection--Technical Assistance on State Data Collection--National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C Fiscal Data.","document_number":"2025-11607","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11607/applications-for-new-awards-technical-assistance-on-state-data-collection-technical-assistance-on","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11607.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11607.pdf?1750769111","publication_date":"2025-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"the Part C Annual State Application. \n The <span class=\"match\">Fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center must be designed to achieve, at a minimum, the following expected outcomes: \n (a) Increased capacity of States to collect, report, analyze, and use high-quality IDEA Part B and Part C <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">data</span>; \n (b) Increased capacity of States to accurately perform calculations related to IDEA Part B and Part C statutory and regulatory <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> requirements, and submit <span class=\"match\">valid</span> and <span class=\"match\">reliable</span> <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">data</span> <span class=\"match\">under</span> IDEA Part B and Part C; \n (c) Improved State <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> infrastructure to communicate and coordinate"},{"title":"Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-National Technical Assistance Center To Improve State Capacity To Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C Fiscal Data","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) proposes a priority for a National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C Fiscal Data Center (Fiscal Data Center) under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program. The Department may use this priority for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. We take this action to focus attention on an identified national need to provide technical assistance (TA) to improve the capacity of States to meet the fiscal data collection requirements under Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This Fiscal Data Center will support States in collecting, reporting, and determining how to best analyze and use their IDEA Part B and Part C fiscal data to establish and meet high expectations for each child with a disability and will customize its TA to meet each State's specific needs.","document_number":"2025-00985","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-00985/technical-assistance-on-state-data-collection-national-technical-assistance-center-to-improve-state","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2025-00985.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00985.pdf?1737121514","publication_date":"2025-01-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C <span class=\"match\">Fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center (<span class=\"match\">Fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center) <span class=\"match\">under</span> the Technical Assistance on State <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Collection program. The Department may use this priority for competitions in <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> year (FY) 2025 and later years. We take this action to focus attention on an identified national need to provide technical assistance (TA) to improve the capacity of States to meet the <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection requirements <span class=\"match\">under</span> Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This <span class=\"match\">Fiscal</span> <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center will support States in collecting"},{"title":"Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-IDEA Data Management Center","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces a priority for the IDEA Data Management Center (Center) under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program. The Department may use this priority in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. This priority replaces the priority published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2014, and the priority published on July 10, 2020. We will use the priority to award a cooperative agreement for a Center to provide technical assistance (TA) to improve the capacity of States to meet the data collection and reporting requirements under Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).","document_number":"2025-11608","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11608/technical-assistance-on-state-data-collection-idea-data-management-center","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11608.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11608.pdf?1750769111","publication_date":"2025-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"State <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Collection program is to improve the capacity of States to meet IDEA <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection and reporting requirements. Funding for the program is authorized <span class=\"match\">under</span> section 611(c)(1) of IDEA, which gives the Secretary authority to reserve not more than one-half of one percent of the amounts appropriated <span class=\"match\">under</span> Part B for each <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> year to provide TA activities, where needed, to improve the capacity of States to meet the <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection and reporting requirements <span class=\"match\">under</span> Parts B and C of IDEA. The maximum amount the Secretary may reserve <span class=\"match\">under</span> this"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-IDEA Data Management Center","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for a Technical Assistance on State Data Collection--IDEA Data Management Center.","document_number":"2025-11610","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11610/applications-for-new-awards-technical-assistance-on-state-data-collection-idea-data-management","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11610.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11610.pdf?1750769111","publication_date":"2025-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"States address challenges with <span class=\"match\">data</span> management procedures and <span class=\"match\">data</span> systems architecture and better meet current and future IDEA Part B and Part C <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection and reporting requirements. The <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Management Center's work will comply with the privacy and confidentiality protections <span class=\"match\">under</span> IDEA and FERPA. The <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Management Center will not provide the Department with access to child-level <span class=\"match\">data</span> and will further ensure that such <span class=\"match\">data</span> is de-identified, as defined in 34 CFR 99.31(b)(1).\n \n The <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Management Center must be designed to achieve, at a minimum"},{"title":"Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-IDEA Data Management Center","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) proposes a priority for an IDEA Data Management Center, under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program. The Department may use this priority for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. We take this action to focus attention on an identified national need to provide technical assistance (TA) to improve the capacity of States to meet the data collection requirements under Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The IDEA Data Management Center (Data Management Center) will assist States in collecting, reporting, and determining how to best analyze and use their Part B and Part C data to establish and meet high expectations for each child with a disability by enhancing, streamlining, and integrating IDEA Part B data into their State longitudinal data systems (SLDS), and IDEA Part C data and IDEA Part B preschool special education data into their early childhood integrated data system (ECIDS). A brief summary of the proposed rule is available at www.regulations.gov/docket/ED-2024-OSERS- 0114.","document_number":"2024-25862","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-25862/technical-assistance-on-state-data-collection-idea-data-management-center","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-25862.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25862.pdf?1730900733","publication_date":"2024-11-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"processes to gather <span class=\"match\">data</span> for their required <span class=\"match\">data</span> submissions, resulting in different degrees of reliability in the <span class=\"match\">data</span> collected.\n \n \n \n 3 \n  See \n https://data.ed.gov/dataset/idea-section-618-<span class=\"match\">data</span>-products-state-level-<span class=\"match\">data</span>-files. \n \n \n States with fragmented <span class=\"match\">data</span> systems are more likely to have missing or duplicate <span class=\"match\">data</span>. For example, if a State collects and maintains <span class=\"match\">data</span> on disciplinary removals of children with disabilities in a special education <span class=\"match\">data</span> system but maintains <span class=\"match\">data</span> on the demographics of all children in another <span class=\"match\">data</span> system, the State"},{"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":"workers authorized <span class=\"match\">under</span> the relevant <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> year supplemental cap. This is because DHS estimates that not all of the workers requested in the approved petitions will eventually obtain a visa. For instance, although DHS approved petitions for 15,672 beneficiaries <span class=\"match\">under</span> the FY 2018 cap increase, the Department of State <span class=\"match\">data</span> shows that as of January 15, 2019, it issued only 12,243 visas <span class=\"match\">under</span> that cap increase. Similarly, DHS approved petitions for 12,294 beneficiaries <span class=\"match\">under</span> the FY 2017 cap increase, but the Department of State <span class=\"match\">data</span> shows that it issued"},{"title":"Review of the Commission's Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2025","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts its regulatory fee schedule to assess and collect regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY 25).","document_number":"2025-17218","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/08/2025-17218/review-of-the-commissions-assessment-and-collection-of-regulatory-fees-for-fiscal-year-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-08/pdf/2025-17218.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17218.pdf?1757076324","publication_date":"2025-09-08","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":"9(e)(2) Exemption. \n <span class=\"match\">Under</span> the de minimis rule, and pursuant to the Commission's analysis <span class=\"match\">under</span> Section 9(e)(2) of the Act, a regulatee is exempt from paying regulatory fees if the sum total of all of its annual regulatory fee liabilities is $1,000 or less for the <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> year. The de minimis threshold applies only to filers of annual regulatory fees, not regulatory fees paid through multi-year filings, and it is not a permanent exemption. Each regulatee will need to reevaluate the total annual fee liability \n \n each <span class=\"match\">fiscal</span> year to determine whether"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2027. As required by statute, this proposed rule includes the classification and weighting factors for the IRF prospective payment system's case-mix groups and a description of the methodologies and data used in computing the prospective payment rates for FY 2027. It also continues the third year of the 3-year phaseout of the rural adjustment, which began in FY 2025. This proposed rule includes a solicitation for public comments on alternative data sources for the IRF PPS wage index; proposes to require all therapy treatments or therapy evaluations to begin within 36-hours from midnight on the day of admission; proposes to require a patient's current functional status be documented on the preadmission screening; proposes requirements for the initial Interdisciplinary Team meeting; and includes a request for information on potential future IRF PPS payment reform. Additionally, the proposed rule includes updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program. Furthermore, the proposed rule includes changes to the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program.","document_number":"2026-06642","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06642/medicare-program-inpatient-rehabilitation-facility-prospective-payment-system-for-federal-fiscal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06642.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06642.pdf?1775160907","publication_date":"2026-04-06","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":"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":"recent available <span class=\"match\">data</span> to update the CMG relative weights and ALOS values. For FY 2027, we are using the FY 2025 IRF claims and FY 2024 IRF cost report <span class=\"match\">data</span> (CMS Form 2552-10, OMB No 0938-0050). These <span class=\"match\">data</span> are the most current and complete <span class=\"match\">data</span> available at the time of this proposed rule. Currently, only a small portion of the FY 2025 IRF cost report <span class=\"match\">data</span> is available for analysis, but the majority of the FY 2025 IRF claims <span class=\"match\">data</span> are available for analysis. \n In this FY 2027 IRF PPS proposed rule, we are proposing that if more recent <span class=\"match\">data</span> become available"},{"title":"Disclosure of Records","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) within the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing regulations to implement statutory requirements under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 that require Treasury to provide certain U.S. savings bond information to States. A State receiving the information with respect to an applicable savings bond may use the information to locate the owner of the bond pursuant to Treasury's regulations and the State's own standards and requirements under abandoned property rules and regulations of the State. Under the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, Treasury is required to issue regulations or guidance to protect the privacy of savings bond owners, prevent fraud, and ensure that information disclosed to a State is used solely to locate savings bond owners.","document_number":"2024-29988","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29988/disclosure-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29988.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29988.pdf?1734443170","publication_date":"2024-12-18","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":"of the <span class=\"match\">Fiscal</span> Service (<span class=\"match\">Fiscal</span> Service) within the \n \n Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing regulations to implement statutory requirements <span class=\"match\">under</span> the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 that require Treasury to provide certain U.S. savings bond information to States. A State receiving the information with respect to an applicable savings bond may use the information to locate the owner of the bond pursuant to Treasury's regulations and the State's own standards and requirements <span class=\"match\">under</span> abandoned property rules and regulations of the State. <span class=\"match\">Under</span> the SECURE"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2026 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule updates the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2026. As required by statute, this final rule includes the classification and weighting factors for the IRF prospective payment system's case-mix groups and a description of the methodologies and data used in computing the prospective payment rates for FY 2026. It also continues the second year of the 3-year phaseout of the rural adjustment, which began in FY 2025. Additionally, the final rule includes updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program.","document_number":"2025-14780","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/05/2025-14780/medicare-program-inpatient-rehabilitation-facility-prospective-payment-system-for-federal-fiscal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-05/pdf/2025-14780.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14780.pdf?1754079306","publication_date":"2025-08-05","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":"recent available <span class=\"match\">data</span> to update the CMG relative weights and ALOS values. For FY 2026, we are using the FY 2024 IRF claims and FY 2023 IRF cost report <span class=\"match\">data</span> (CMS Form 2552-10, OMB No 0938-0050). These <span class=\"match\">data</span> are the most current and complete <span class=\"match\">data</span> available at the time of this final rule. Currently, only a small portion of the FY 2024 IRF cost report <span class=\"match\">data</span> is available for analysis, but the \n \n majority of the FY 2024 IRF claims <span class=\"match\">data</span> are available for analysis.\n \n In the FY 2026 IRF PPS proposed rule, we proposed that if more recent <span class=\"match\">data</span> became available"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2027","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This rule proposes changes and updates to the policies and payment rates used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for fiscal year 2027. This proposed rule also updates the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program.","document_number":"2026-06674","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/07/2026-06674/medicare-program-prospective-payment-system-and-consolidated-billing-for-skilled-nursing-facilities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-07/pdf/2026-06674.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06674.pdf?1775164507","publication_date":"2026-04-07","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":"5-month <span class=\"match\">data</span> submission deadline and would not be further impacted by a change in the <span class=\"match\">data</span> submission deadline. Therefore, only 2.69 percent of MDS assessments would be impacted by changing the <span class=\"match\">data</span> submission deadline from 4.5 months to require <span class=\"match\">data</span> submission by the 15th day of the second month after the end of the calendar quarter. \n c. Proposal To Revise the CDC NHSN <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Submission Deadlines \n Beginning with the FY 2029 SNF QRP, we are proposing that SNFs must complete their <span class=\"match\">data</span> submissions and make corrections to their CDC NHSN <span class=\"match\">data</span> where necessary"},{"title":"Expansion of Validated End User Authorization: Data Center Validated End User Authorization","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this rule, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand the Validated End User Authorization (VEU) program to include VEU Authorization for data centers located in specified destinations (\"Data Center VEU\" or \"Data Center VEU Authorization\"). This expansion of the VEU program to include Data Center VEU is intended to facilitate quick and reliable export or reexport of items on the Commerce Control List necessary for a data center, including advanced computing items, to preapproved trusted end users. Data Center VEU adopts much of the framework of the existing VEU program, with additional requirements. This expansion of eligibility is intended to update the VEU program to recognize the advancement and benefits of artificial intelligence. As under the original VEU Authorization Program, the U.S. government will rigorously review Data Center VEU candidates' applications subject to detailed and verifiable criteria.","document_number":"2024-22587","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/02/2024-22587/expansion-of-validated-end-user-authorization-data-center-validated-end-user-authorization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-02/pdf/2024-22587.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22587.pdf?1727700348","publication_date":"2024-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"expand the Validated End User Authorization (VEU) program to include VEU Authorization for <span class=\"match\">data</span> centers located in specified destinations (“<span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center VEU” or “<span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center VEU Authorization”). This expansion of the VEU program to include <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center VEU is intended to facilitate quick and <span class=\"match\">reliable</span> export or reexport of items on the Commerce Control List necessary for a <span class=\"match\">data</span> center, including advanced computing items, to preapproved trusted end users. <span class=\"match\">Data</span> Center VEU adopts much of the framework of the existing VEU program, with additional requirements"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2026","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule finalizes changes and updates to the policies and payment rates used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for fiscal year 2026. This final rule also updates the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program.","document_number":"2025-14679","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/04/2025-14679/medicare-program-prospective-payment-system-and-consolidated-billing-for-skilled-nursing-facilities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-04/pdf/2025-14679.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14679.pdf?1753992908","publication_date":"2025-08-04","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":"of the occupational wage <span class=\"match\">data</span> <span class=\"match\">under</span> the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) also excludes any wage <span class=\"match\">data</span> related to SNFs. Therefore, we believe that using the updated wage <span class=\"match\">data</span> exclusive of the occupational mix adjustment continues to be appropriate for SNF payments. As in previous years, we proposed to continue to use the pre-reclassified IPPS hospital wage <span class=\"match\">data</span>, without applying the occupational mix, rural floor, or outmigration adjustment, as the basis for the SNF PPS wage index. For FY 2026, the updated wage <span class=\"match\">data</span> are for hospital cost reporting"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2026 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2026. As required by statute, this proposed rule includes the proposed classification and weighting factors for the IRF prospective payment system's case-mix groups and a description of the methodologies and data used in computing the prospective payment rates for FY 2026. It also continues the second year of the 3-year phaseout of the rural adjustment, which began in FY 2025. Additionally, the proposed rule includes updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP).","document_number":"2025-06336","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/30/2025-06336/medicare-program-inpatient-rehabilitation-facility-prospective-payment-system-for-federal-fiscal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-30/pdf/2025-06336.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06336.pdf?1744402509","publication_date":"2025-04-30","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":"prescribe the form and manner and the timeframes for IRFs to submit <span class=\"match\">data</span> as specified for reporting for the IRF QRP. Thus, in the FY 2016 IRF PPS final rule (80 FR 47122), we finalized that IRFs will have approximately 4.5 months (135 days) after each quarterly <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection period to complete their <span class=\"match\">data</span> submissions and make corrections to such <span class=\"match\">data</span> where necessary. We did not receive any comments on the 4.5-month <span class=\"match\">data</span> submission timeframe. \n \n Public reporting of <span class=\"match\">data</span> collected <span class=\"match\">under</span> quality programs, such as the IRF QRP, is designed to provide consumers"},{"title":"Setting and Adjusting Trademark Fees During Fiscal Year 2025","type":"Rule","abstract":"The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sets or adjusts trademark fees, as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), as amended by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 (SUCCESS Act). The fee adjustments will provide the USPTO sufficient aggregate revenue to recover the aggregate costs of trademark operations in future years (based on assumptions and estimates found in the agency's Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Justification (FY 2025 Budget)), including implementing the USPTO 2022-2026 Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan).","document_number":"2024-26644","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/18/2024-26644/setting-and-adjusting-trademark-fees-during-fiscal-year-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-18/pdf/2024-26644.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26644.pdf?1731678322","publication_date":"2024-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Patent and Trademark Office","name":"Patent and Trademark Office","id":402,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/patent-and-trademark-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/402","parent_id":54,"slug":"patent-and-trademark-office"}],"excerpts":"allege use <span class=\"match\">under</span> section 1(c) of the Act on paper, per class—$250.00\n \n (ii) For filing an amendment to allege use <span class=\"match\">under</span> section 1(c) of the Act electronically, per class—$150.00 \n \n (3) \n Statement of use. \n (i) For filing a statement of use <span class=\"match\">under</span> section 1(d)(1) of the Act on paper, per class—$250.00\n \n (ii) For filing a statement of use <span class=\"match\">under</span> section 1(d)(1) of the Act electronically, per class—$150.00 \n (4) * * * \n (ii) For filing a request <span class=\"match\">under</span> section 1(d)(2) of the Act for a six-month extension of time for filing a statement of use <span class=\"match\">under</span> section"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Special Projects (FIPSE-SP)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Special Projects, Assistance Listing Number 84.116J. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.","document_number":"2025-19843","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/12/2025-19843/applications-for-new-awards-fund-for-the-improvement-of-postsecondary-education-special-projects","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-12/pdf/2025-19843.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19843.pdf?1762782305","publication_date":"2025-11-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"and 2)—$50,000,000, including $25,000,000 <span class=\"match\">under</span> Absolute Priority 1 and $25,000,000 <span class=\"match\">under</span> Absolute Priority 2. \n • Promoting Civil Discourse (Absolute Priority 3)—$60,000,000. \n • Promoting Accreditation Reform (Absolute Priorities 4 and 5)—$7,000,000, including $3,500,000 <span class=\"match\">under</span> Absolute Priority 4 and $3,500,000 <span class=\"match\">under</span> Absolute Priority 5. \n • Capacity-building for high-quality, short-term programs (Absolute Priorities 6 and 7)—$50,000,000, including $25,000,000 <span class=\"match\">under</span> Absolute Priority 6 and $25,000,000 <span class=\"match\">under</span> Absolute Priority 7. \n Contingent upon"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Expansion Grants","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the EIR program Expansion Grants (Expansion Grants).","document_number":"2025-17671","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/12/2025-17671/applications-for-new-awards-education-innovation-and-research-eir-program-expansion-grants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-12/pdf/2025-17671.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17671.pdf?1757594718","publication_date":"2025-09-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"to identify potential obstacles and success factors to scaling; and (6) the cost per student served by the grant.\n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Data</span> collection and reporting: \n (1) The <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection and reporting methods the applicant would use and why those methods are likely to yield <span class=\"match\">reliable</span>, <span class=\"match\">valid</span>, and meaningful performance <span class=\"match\">data</span>; and (2) the applicant's capacity to collect and report the quality of the performance <span class=\"match\">data</span>, as evidenced by quality <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection, analysis, and reporting in other projects or research.\n \n \n Project-Specific Performance Measures: \n Applicants"},{"title":"Fiscal Year 2025 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to submit applications for the Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program for up to $10,000,000 under the Public Transportation Innovation Program in multiple fiscal years. The strategic goal for this program is to make existing and new buses safer for their operators and vulnerable road users, and safer and more accessible for their passengers. The Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program seeks proposals to research standard bus designs, safety innovations and systems, and bus compartments that support these safety and accessibility goals. Additionally, this NOFO will require the development of detailed design specifications and production of a prototype that is available through a retrofit on existing buses and for installation in new buses.","document_number":"2024-26835","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/18/2024-26835/fiscal-year-2025-competitive-funding-opportunity-bus-safety-and-accessibility-research-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-18/pdf/2024-26835.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26835.pdf?1731678342","publication_date":"2024-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Transit Administration","name":"Federal Transit Administration","id":193,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/193","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-transit-administration"}],"excerpts":"requirements. A DMP must be provided as a condition of receiving FTA funds <span class=\"match\">under</span> the Section 5312 Research Program and should adequately identify: (1) The <span class=\"match\">data</span> to be collected; (2) how the <span class=\"match\">data</span> will further the goals of this effort; (3) how the <span class=\"match\">data</span> will be made accessible; and (4) how the <span class=\"match\">data</span> will be stored. DMPs can be updated over time if the scope of the project or the type of <span class=\"match\">data</span> that will be collected changes. FTA staff is available to assist recipients with complying with public <span class=\"match\">data</span> access requirements. \n FTA expects recipients to remove confidential"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Mid-Phase Grants","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the EIR program Mid-phase Grants (Mid-phase Grants).","document_number":"2025-17670","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/12/2025-17670/applications-for-new-awards-education-innovation-and-research-eir-program-mid-phase-grants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-12/pdf/2025-17670.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17670.pdf?1757594718","publication_date":"2025-09-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"to identify potential obstacles and success factors to scaling; and (6) the cost per student served by the grant.\n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Data</span> collection and reporting: \n (1) The <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection and reporting methods the applicant would use and why those methods are likely to yield <span class=\"match\">reliable</span>, <span class=\"match\">valid</span>, and meaningful performance <span class=\"match\">data</span>; and (2) the applicant's capacity to collect and report the quality of the performance <span class=\"match\">data</span>, as evidenced by quality <span class=\"match\">data</span> collection, analysis, and reporting in other projects or research.\n \n \n Project-Specific Performance Measures: \n Applicants"}]}