{"description":"Documents matching 'vulnerabilities specific covered contractor information'","count":3276,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=vulnerabilities+specific+covered+contractor+information&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems From Covered Foreign Entities","type":"Rule","abstract":"DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a prohibition on the procurement and operation of unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or assembled by an American Security Drone Act-covered foreign entity.","document_number":"2024-26061","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/12/2024-26061/federal-acquisition-regulation-prohibition-on-unmanned-aircraft-systems-from-covered-foreign","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-12/pdf/2024-26061.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26061.pdf?1731073563","publication_date":"2024-11-12","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":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"to FASC-maintained list on SAM.gov, and provide for more <span class=\"match\">specificity</span> than simply “prohibited” given other prohibitions that may be involved in a <span class=\"match\">specific</span> acquisition (\n e.g., \n debarred <span class=\"match\">contractor</span>, <span class=\"match\">contractor</span> with delinquent tax liabilities or felony convictions). This new term is defined as a UAS manufactured or assembled by an American Security Drone Act-<span class=\"match\">covered</span> foreign entity.\n \n \n It should also be noted that while the prohibition clearly applies to an American Security Drone Act-<span class=\"match\">covered</span> foreign entity that manufactures or assembles a UAS (\n i"},{"title":"Rescission of Executive Order 11246 Implementing Regulations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposes to rescind the regulations for Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, as amended. E.O. 11246 was revoked by E.O. 14173 on January 21, 2025. The E.O. 11246 regulations prohibited covered Federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin and required them to take affirmative action on those bases. They also prohibited these employers from taking adverse employment actions against applicants or employees because they inquired about, discussed, or disclosed information about their pay or their co-workers' pay, subject to certain limitations.","document_number":"2025-12276","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12276/rescission-of-executive-order-11246-implementing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12276.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12276.pdf?1751287531","publication_date":"2025-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"}],"excerpts":"contracts, and <span class=\"match\">covered</span> nonconstruction <span class=\"match\">contractors</span> to include a “Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 11246)” in solicitations for offers and bids on all Federal and federally assisted construction contracts or subcontracts. The notice includes <span class=\"match\">information</span> on minority and female participation goals applicable to the <span class=\"match\">contractor's</span> workforce. \n \n Section 60-4.2 also provides that construction <span class=\"match\">contractors</span>, contracting officers, applicants for construction contracts, and <span class=\"match\">covered</span> nonconstruction"},{"title":"Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) aims to further its actions in strengthening prohibitions on authorization of covered equipment and to clarify the rules and enforcement of such. The Commission seeks additional comment on modular transmitters and component parts in relation to covered equipment. The Commission addresses the partial court remand of the decision in its November 2022 EA Security R&O by proposing a definition of \"critical infrastructure\" as used on the Covered List and seeking comment on the implementation of that definition. The Commission also seeks comment on whether any modification to an authorized device by an entity identified on the Covered List should require a new application for certification. Finally, the Commission seeks comment on clarifying the scope of activities that constitute marketing of equipment and on measures to strengthen enforcement of marketing prohibitions.","document_number":"2025-21928","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/04/2025-21928/protecting-against-national-security-threats-to-the-communications-supply-chain-through-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-04/pdf/2025-21928.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21928.pdf?1764769515","publication_date":"2025-12-04","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":"authorization of <span class=\"match\">covered</span> equipment include modular transmitters that are on the <span class=\"match\">Covered</span> List. The Commission further prohibits the authorization of any device that includes a modular transmitter identified on the <span class=\"match\">Covered</span> List if the modular transmitter itself would be <span class=\"match\">covered</span> equipment. In this \n Second FNPRM, \n the Commission seeks further comment on whether it should prohibit authorization of equipment that includes other types of component parts on the grounds that the inclusion of such component parts would render the relevant device <span class=\"match\">covered</span> equipment"},{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"\n \n \n \n \n 4 \n  45 CFR 160.103 (definition of “Protected health <span class=\"match\">information</span>”).\n \n \n \n \n 5 \n  45 CFR 160.103 (definition of “Individually identifiable health <span class=\"match\">information</span>”).\n \n \n \n \n 6 \n  At times throughout this NPRM, the Department uses the terms “health <span class=\"match\">information</span>” or “individuals' health <span class=\"match\">information</span>” to refer generically to health <span class=\"match\">information</span> pertaining to an individual or individuals. In contrast, the Department's use of the term “IIHI” refers to a category of health <span class=\"match\">information</span> defined in HIPAA, and “PHI” is used to refer specifically to a category"},{"title":"Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) clarifies that rules prohibiting authorization of covered equipment include modular transmitters and adopts a prohibition on authorization of devices that include modular transmitters that are covered equipment. The Commission also adopts a procedure to limit previously granted authorizations of covered equipment to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of such equipment. It further discusses the broad scope of the prohibition on authorization of equipment identified on the Covered List by clarifying the term \"produced by\" as used in the Commission's rules concerning covered equipment and clarifying the prohibition on modification to previously authorized covered equipment.","document_number":"2025-21001","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21001/protecting-against-national-security-threats-to-the-communications-supply-chain-through-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21001.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21001.pdf?1763991936","publication_date":"2025-11-25","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":"authorization of <span class=\"match\">covered</span> equipment include modular transmitters and adopts a prohibition on authorization of devices that include modular transmitters that are <span class=\"match\">covered</span> equipment. The Commission also adopts a procedure to limit previously granted authorizations of <span class=\"match\">covered</span> equipment to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of such equipment. It further discusses the broad scope of the prohibition on authorization of equipment identified on the <span class=\"match\">Covered</span> List by clarifying the term “produced by” as used in the Commission's rules concerning <span class=\"match\">covered</span> equipment"},{"title":"Protecting Our Communications Networks by Promoting Transparency Regarding Foreign Adversary Control","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to protect the Nation's communications networks against foreign adversary threats by proposing to expand foreign ownership disclosure requirements for covered Commission-issued licenses and authorizations. The proposed certification and information collection requirements would fill gaps in the Commission's existing rules and give the Commission, and the public, a new and comprehensive view of threats from foreign adversaries in the communications sector. Specifically, the Commission proposes to apply new certification and disclosure requirements on entities holding every type of license, permit, or authorization, rather than only certain specific licenses, as the Commission currently does. Furthermore, the Commission proposes to go beyond foreign ownership to also cover all regulated entities controlled by or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary.","document_number":"2025-11360","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/20/2025-11360/protecting-our-communications-networks-by-promoting-transparency-regarding-foreign-adversary-control","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-20/pdf/2025-11360.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11360.pdf?1750250720","publication_date":"2025-06-20","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":"structured and what <span class=\"match\">information</span> should be required?\n \n We propose to make the certifications and <span class=\"match\">information</span> collected available to the public, and seek comment on our proposal. Should we publish all <span class=\"match\">information</span> or only a subset of the <span class=\"match\">information</span> collected? If we were to publish a subset, how should we determine what to publish? \n Should we require additional <span class=\"match\">information</span> from Regulatees with reportable Foreign Adversary Control? Is there additional <span class=\"match\">information</span> that could be useful in explaining direction or control? Should we seek <span class=\"match\">information</span> on the extent"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Certain Semiconductor Products and Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to partially implement a section of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 which prohibits executive agencies from procuring or obtaining certain products and services that include covered semiconductor products or services effective December 23, 2027.","document_number":"2026-03065","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-03065/federal-acquisition-regulation-prohibition-on-certain-semiconductor-products-and-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-17/pdf/2026-03065.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03065.pdf?1770990325","publication_date":"2026-02-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"Office of Federal Procurement Policy","name":"Federal Procurement Policy Office","id":184,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-procurement-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/184","parent_id":280,"slug":"federal-procurement-policy-office"},{"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":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"2023). \n Additionally, a <span class=\"match\">contractor</span> or subcontractor that provides a notification to the Government, <span class=\"match\">contractor</span>, or subcontractor regarding <span class=\"match\">covered</span> semiconductor products or services in electronic products or services manufactured or assembled by such <span class=\"match\">contractor</span> or subcontractor shall not be subject to civil liability nor determined to be not a presently responsible <span class=\"match\">contractor</span> on the basis of such notification, if the <span class=\"match\">contractor</span> or subcontractor makes a comprehensive and documentable effort to identify and remove the <span class=\"match\">covered</span> semiconductor products"},{"title":"Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice is issuing a final rule to implement Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024 (Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government- Related Data by Countries of Concern), by prohibiting and restricting certain data transactions with certain countries or persons.","document_number":"2024-31486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-31486/preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-31486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31486.pdf?1735911918","publication_date":"2025-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"number—would not constitute <span class=\"match\">covered</span> personal identifiers.” \n \n The data in this example does not satisfy the definition of “<span class=\"match\">covered</span> personal identifiers.” Therefore, such data would not be considered sensitive personal data under § 202.249, and a transaction involving such data would not be a <span class=\"match\">covered</span> data transaction under § 202.210. In relevant part, § 202.301 only prohibits U.S. persons from knowingly engaging in a <span class=\"match\">covered</span> data transaction involving data brokerage with a country of concern or <span class=\"match\">covered</span> person. Because there is no <span class=\"match\">covered</span> data transaction,"},{"title":"Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"With this final rule, DoD establishes the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program in order to verify contractors have implemented required security measures necessary to safeguard Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The mechanisms discussed in this rule will allow the Department to confirm a defense contractor or subcontractor has implemented the security requirements for a specified CMMC level and is maintaining that status (meaning level and assessment type) across the contract period of performance. This rule will be updated as needed, using the appropriate rulemaking process, to address evolving cybersecurity standards, requirements, threats, and other relevant changes.","document_number":"2024-22905","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-22905/cybersecurity-maturity-model-certification-cmmc-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-22905.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22905.pdf?1728650732","publication_date":"2024-10-15","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":"provider to share security documentation with a customer or C3PAO since they limit dissemination of this <span class=\"match\">information</span> due to operational security needs. Another commenter noted that the proposed rule does not <span class=\"match\">cover</span> all types of <span class=\"match\">information</span> that <span class=\"match\">contractors</span> may handle, such as classified <span class=\"match\">information</span>, export-controlled <span class=\"match\">information</span>, or proprietary <span class=\"match\">information</span> and they recommended the DoD clarify applicability of the CMMC program for these types of <span class=\"match\">information</span>.\n \n \n Response: \n Although some commercially based Cloud Service Offerings (CSOs) may experience limitations"},{"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":"collects network outage <span class=\"match\">information</span> in the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) and infrastructure status <span class=\"match\">information</span> in the Disaster <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Reporting System (DIRS). This <span class=\"match\">information</span> is sensitive for reasons concerning national security and commercial competitiveness, and the Commission thus treats it as presumptively confidential. The Commission makes this <span class=\"match\">information</span> available to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) National Cybersecurity \n \n and Communications Integration Center but does not share the <span class=\"match\">information</span> more broadly with other"},{"title":"Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Activities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The DoD is finalizing revisions to the eligibility criteria for the voluntary Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Program. These revisions will allow all defense contractors who own or operate an unclassified information system that processes, stores, or transmits covered defense information to benefit from bilateral information sharing. DoD is also finalizing changes to definitions and some technical corrections for readability.","document_number":"2024-04752","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/12/2024-04752/department-of-defense-dod-defense-industrial-base-dib-cybersecurity-cs-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-12/pdf/2024-04752.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-04752.pdf?1710161113","publication_date":"2024-03-12","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":"from <span class=\"match\">contractors</span> that requires protection, see the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the DIB Cybersecurity Activities located at: \n https://dodcio.defense.gov/Portals/0/Documents/DIB_PIA.pdf. \n The PIA provides detailed procedures for handling personally identifiable <span class=\"match\">information</span> (PII), attributional <span class=\"match\">information</span> about the strengths or <span class=\"match\">vulnerabilities</span> of <span class=\"match\">specific</span> <span class=\"match\">covered</span> <span class=\"match\">contractor</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> systems, <span class=\"match\">information</span> providing a perceived or real competitive advantage on future procurement action, and <span class=\"match\">contractor</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> marked as proprietary or"},{"title":"Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information (RFI) solicits stakeholder feedback on potential regulatory changes that might be included in a potential upcoming CRUSH proposed rule, as well as other programmatic changes that could be implemented to make CMS more effective in crushing fraud to protect taxpayer dollars and the Americans we serve.","document_number":"2026-03968","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/27/2026-03968/request-for-information-rfi-related-to-comprehensive-regulations-to-uncover-suspicious-healthcare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-27/pdf/2026-03968.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03968.pdf?1772054108","publication_date":"2026-02-27","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":"mail or courier delivery only. This ZIP code specifies the agency's physical location.]\n \n \n For <span class=\"match\">information</span> on viewing public comments, see the beginning of the \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> \n section.\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span>: \n \n \n Inspection of Public Comments: \n All comments received before the close of the comment period are available for viewing by the public, including any personally identifiable or confidential business <span class=\"match\">information</span> that is included in a comment. We post all comments received before the close of the comment period"},{"title":"USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR): Security and Information Technology Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR) to incorporate a revised definition of \"information technology\" (IT) and new contract clauses relating to information security, cybersecurity, and IT resources. The purpose of these revisions is to provide increased oversight of contractor acquisition and use of IT resources.","document_number":"2024-05748","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/20/2024-05748/usaid-acquisition-regulation-aidar-security-and-information-technology-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-20/pdf/2024-05748.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05748.pdf?1710852314","publication_date":"2024-03-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Agency for International Development","name":"Agency for International Development","id":6,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agency-for-international-development","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/6","parent_id":null,"slug":"agency-for-international-development"}],"excerpts":"(4) The term “<span class=\"match\">information</span> technology” does not include any equipment that is acquired by a <span class=\"match\">contractor</span> incidental to a contract that does not require use of the equipment. \n \n (b) \n Approval Requirements. \n The Federal <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) requires Agency Chief <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Officer (CIO) review and approval of acquisitions of <span class=\"match\">information</span> technology and <span class=\"match\">information</span> technology services. Any <span class=\"match\">information</span> technology specified in the Schedule of this contract has already been approved by the CIO. The <span class=\"match\">Contractor</span> must not acquire"},{"title":"Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice proposes a rule to implement Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024 (Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government- Related Data by Countries of Concern), by prohibiting and restricting certain data transactions with certain countries or persons.","document_number":"2024-24582","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/29/2024-24582/provisions-pertaining-to-preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-29/pdf/2024-24582.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24582.pdf?1729628118","publication_date":"2024-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"brokerage with any foreign person that is not a <span class=\"match\">covered</span> person unless the U.S. person contractually requires that the foreign person refrain from engaging in a subsequent <span class=\"match\">covered</span> data transaction involving that data with a country of concern or <span class=\"match\">covered</span> person. This narrow circumstance is the only instance in which the proposed rule's regulation of <span class=\"match\">covered</span> data transactions could impact transactions involving third countries (\n i.e., \n U.S. persons' <span class=\"match\">covered</span> data transactions in which a country of concern or <span class=\"match\">covered</span> person is not a party).\n \n \n \n 59 \n  89"},{"title":"Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is modifying Wage and Hour Division regulations to replace its analysis for determining employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) with an analysis that is more consistent with judicial precedent and the Act's text and purpose.","document_number":"2024-00067","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/10/2024-00067/employee-or-independent-contractor-classification-under-the-fair-labor-standards-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-10/pdf/2024-00067.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00067.pdf?1704807918","publication_date":"2024-01-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"independent <span class=\"match\">contractors</span>. Accordingly, the Department believes that the guidance provided in this final rule will help protect employees from misclassification. Moreover, this final rule recognizes that independent <span class=\"match\">contractors</span> serve an important role in our economy and provides a consistent approach for those businesses that engage (or wish to engage) independent <span class=\"match\">contractors</span> as well as for those who wish to work as independent <span class=\"match\">contractors</span>. \n II. Background \n A. Relevant FLSA Definitions \n \n Enacted in 1938, the FLSA generally requires that <span class=\"match\">covered</span> employers"},{"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":"Cost share \n The maximum Federal share of project costs under this program is 80 percent. \n \n \n \n Table of Contents \n \n A. Program Description \n B. Federal Award <span class=\"match\">Information</span> \n C. Eligibility <span class=\"match\">Information</span> \n D. Application and Submission <span class=\"match\">Information</span> \n E. Application Review <span class=\"match\">Information</span> \n F. Federal Award Administration <span class=\"match\">Information</span> \n G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts \n H. Other <span class=\"match\">Information</span> \n \n A. Program Description \n Under FTA's Public Transportation Innovation Program (49 U.S.C. 5312), FTA may make grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, we are issuing public notice of our intent to modify an existing system of records entitled, Hearings and Appeals Case Control System (60-0009), last published on October 13, 1982. This notice publishes details of the modified system as set forth under the caption, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.","document_number":"2026-00132","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/08/2026-00132/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-08/pdf/2026-00132.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00132.pdf?1767793510","publication_date":"2026-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"unable to provide <span class=\"match\">information</span> being sought. An individual is considered to be unable to provide certain types of <span class=\"match\">information</span> when: \n i. The individual is incapable or of questionable mental capability; \n ii. The individual cannot read or write; \n iii. The individual cannot afford the cost of obtaining the <span class=\"match\">information</span>; \n iv. The custodian of the <span class=\"match\">information</span> will not, as a matter of policy, provide it to the individual; or \n (b) the data is necessary to establish the validity of evidence or to verify the accuracy of <span class=\"match\">information</span> presented by the individual"},{"title":"TRICARE Coverage of Clinical Trials and Termination of Expanded Access Treatments","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD(HA)) issues this final rule regarding circumstances under which services and supplies related to emerging treatments may be covered under the TRICARE program. This rule finalizes provisions published in two interim final rules (IFRs) with request for comment, which temporarily added coverage for the treatment use of investigational drugs under U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized expanded access (EA) programs when for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and permitted coverage of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)-sponsored clinical trials for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19. This final rule discusses the DoD's decision not to make permanent the coverage of treatment use of investigational drugs under FDA EA programs while updating language for care associated with their administration and broadens the COVID-19 clinical trial benefit to include coverage of clinical trials sponsored or approved by any National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center or Institute to treat or prevent infectious diseases associated with a pandemic or epidemic. Lastly, the final rule expands TRICARE's clinical trial benefit by covering services and supplies provided in conjunction with Phase I, II, III, and IV clinical trials that are NIH-sponsored or approved and that involve a new treatment or cure for a specific condition or the treatment of a currently uncontrolled symptom or aspect of that condition, provided that the condition is severely debilitating, life- threatening, or a rare disease.","document_number":"2025-14206","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/28/2025-14206/tricare-coverage-of-clinical-trials-and-termination-of-expanded-access-treatments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-28/pdf/2025-14206.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14206.pdf?1753447522","publication_date":"2025-07-28","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":"Institutes due to the potential for large out-of-pocket costs when they would have participated had TRICARE <span class=\"match\">covered</span> these costs. Many of these NIH Centers and Institutes study <span class=\"match\">specific</span> organ systems or areas of research (\n e.g., \n diabetes and aging), and COVID-19 clinical trials sponsored or approved by these Centers and Institutes tend to study the short-term and long-term impact of COVID-19 in these <span class=\"match\">specific</span> areas of research, including <span class=\"match\">specific</span> short-term and long-term health problems caused by COVID-19, whereas NIAID COVID-19 clinical trials tend"},{"title":"Medicare Program; FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. This proposed rule also includes an analysis of Medicare non-hospice spending, including details regarding a hospice service and spending variation index (SSVI), and proposes to require that hospices provide the hospice election statement addendum to all Medicare beneficiaries at the time of hospice election. Additionally, this rule proposes conforming regulation text changes to discharge from hospice care regulations; regulation text changes to the face-to-face encounter regulations; and includes requests for information on community palliative care services; the construction of a hospice specific wage index; and the overlap between hospice and medical aid in dying (MAID). Finally, this rule proposes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program.","document_number":"2026-06604","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06604/medicare-program-fy-2027-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-and-hospice-quality-reporting","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06604.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06604.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":"Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.\n \n \n For <span class=\"match\">information</span> on viewing public comments, see the beginning of the \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> \n section.\n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> CONTACT: \n \n \n For general questions about hospice payment policy, send your inquiry via email to: \n hospicepolicy@cms.hhs.gov. \n \n For questions regarding the CAHPS® Hospice Survey, contact Lauren Fuentes at (410) 786-2290. \n For questions regarding the hospice quality reporting program, contact Jermama Keys at (410) 786-7778. \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span>: \n \n \n Inspection of Public"},{"title":"Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Third Quarter of Calendar Year 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period since the previous Federal Register notice. The purpose of this notice is to comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the period beginning on July 1, 2025 and ending on September 30, 2025.","document_number":"2026-13537","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13537/notice-of-regulatory-waiver-requests-granted-for-the-third-quarter-of-calendar-year-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13537.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13537.pdf?1782996315","publication_date":"2026-07-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"Federal Register \n notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. Each notice <span class=\"match\">covers</span> the quarterly period since the previous \n Federal Register \n notice. The purpose of this notice is to comply with the requirements of section 106 of the HUD Reform Act. This notice contains a list of regulatory waivers granted by HUD during the period beginning on July 1, 2025 and ending on September 30, 2025.\n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> CONTACT: \n For general <span class=\"match\">information</span> about this notice, contact Amanda Wahlig, Acting Associate General Counsel for Legislation"}]}