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  • Social Security Number Fraud Prevention

    by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/02/2020.

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to implement the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017. This statute directed agencies to issue regulations that prohibit the inclusion of an individual's Social Security account number (Social Security number or SSN) on any document sent through the mail...

  • Review and Issuance of Agency Guidance Documents

    by the Agriculture Department on 06/03/2020.

    This final rule amends the U.S. Department of Agriculture's administrative regulations by adding procedural regulations for the review and issuance of agency guidance documents.

  • Patent Term Adjustment Reductions in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu.

    by the Patent and Trademark Office on 06/16/2020.

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is revising the rules of practice pertaining to patent term adjustment in view of the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) in Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu (Supernus). The Federal Circuit in Supernus held that a reduction of patent term...

  • Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

    by the Justice Department on 06/24/2020.

    The Federal Bureau of lnvestigation (FBI), a component of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), is finalizing without changes its Privacy Act exemption regulations for the system of records titled, ``National Crime Information Center (NCIC),'' JUSTICE/ FBI-001, which were published as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...

  • Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020

    by the Patent and Trademark Office on 08/03/2020.

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) sets or adjusts patent fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Act or AIA), as amended by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 (SUCCESS Act). The USPTO is a business-like operation where the demand for patent...

  • Review and Issuance of Agency Guidance Documents

    by the Agriculture Department on 09/08/2020.

    In a final rule published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2020, and effective on July 6, 2020, we amended the U.S. Department of Agriculture's administrative regulations by adding procedural regulations for the review and issuance of agency guidance documents as mandated by Executive Order. The final rule contained an incorrect email address...

  • Disclosure of Certain Protected Records Without Written Consent

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 10/09/2020.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final with no changes, a proposed rule amending its regulations on disclosure of certain records. Recent changes in law, to include the VA MISSION Act of 2018, now authorize VA to disclose certain protected records to non- VA entities for purposes of providing health care or performing other...

  • Compliance With Court Orders by Personnel and Command Sponsored Family Members

    by the Army Department on 10/14/2020.

    This final rule removes DoD's regulation concerning policies on compliance with court orders by DoD employees and DoD Members. The purpose of the DoD Instruction on which this rule is based is to provide internal guidance to DoD Components on cooperation with law enforcement agencies. Although civil authorities, who may be considered the public...

  • Availability of Records

    by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board on 10/22/2020.

    The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is amending its regulations to update the procedures by which it makes its employees and records available in response to subpoenas in legal proceedings in which the FRTIB is not a party.

  • Trademark Fee Adjustment

    by the Patent and Trademark Office on 11/17/2020.

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is setting or adjusting certain 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 changes will allow the USPTO to continue to recover...