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  • Public Information; Communications With State and Foreign Government Officials

    by the Food and Drug Administration on 03/07/2000.

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing final regulations governing communications with State and foreign government officials. The rule states that FDA may disclose confidential commercial information to international organizations having responsibility to facilitate global or regional harmonization of standards and requirements....

  • Outer Burial Receptacles

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 04/18/2000.

    By statute the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is authorized to provide a monetary allowance for each new burial in a VA national cemetery where a privately-purchased outer burial receptacle is used in lieu of a government-furnished graveliner. This document proposes to establish a mechanism for implementing these provisions.

  • Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

    by the Justice Department on 04/20/2000.

    The Department of Justice is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from subsections (c)(3) and (4); (d); (e)(1), (2), (3), (5), and (8); and (g) of the Privacy Act. 5 U.S.C. 552a. This system of records is maintained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and is entitled ``Attorney/Representative Complaint/Petitiion Files,...

  • Testimony by Employees and the Production of Records in Legal Proceedings

    by the Social Security Administration on 05/10/2000.

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) is proposing to establish procedures governing testimony by SSA employees and the production of official records and information in legal proceedings to which SSA is not a party. This proposed rule provides procedures, requirements, and information on how SSA will handle these matters and expressly...

  • Revision of Freedom of Information Act Regulations

    by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 07/10/2000.

    This proposed rule would amend HUD's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations in their entirety. The rule would implement the amendments made by the Electronic Freedom of Information Act to FOIA. The proposed rule would also rewrite the FOIA regulations using plain language. Plain language is an approach to writing that promotes responsive,...

  • Food Additives: Food Contact Substance Notification System

    by the Food and Drug Administration on 07/13/2000.

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to implement the premarket notification process for food contact substances (FCS's) established by the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA) of 1997. Once implemented, the notification process will be the primary method for authorizing new uses of food additives that are FCS's....

  • Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

    by the Justice Department on 09/05/2000.

    The Department of Justice proposes to exempt a Privacy Act system of records from the following subsections of the Privacy Act: The system of records is CaseLink Document Database for Office of Special Counsel--Waco, JUSTICE/OSCW-001 as described in today's notice section of the Federal Register. The system of records may contain information...

  • Access to Documents by Former Employees of the Department

    by the Justice Department on 11/15/2000.

    This final rule establishes procedures under which former employees of the Department of Justice may request access to documents that they originated, reviewed, or signed while employees of the Department, for the purpose of responding to an official inquiry by a federal, state, or local government entity or professional licensing authority. The...

  • Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

    by the Justice Department on 12/01/2000.

    The Department of Justice is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from subsections (c)(3) and (4); (d)(1)(2)(3) and (4); (e)(1), (2), (3), (5), and (8); and (g) of the Privacy Act, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k). This system of records is maintained by the Office of Special Counsel--Waco (OSCW) and is entitled ``CaseLink Document...

  • Outer Burial Receptacles

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 12/08/2000.

    By statute the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is authorized to provide a monetary allowance for each new burial in a VA national cemetery where a privately-purchased outer burial receptacle is used in lieu of a government-furnished graveliner. This document establishes a mechanism for implementing these provisions.

  • Availability for Public Disclosure and Submission to FDA for Public Disclosure of Certain Data and Information Related to Human Gene Therapy or Xenotransplantation

    by the Food and Drug Administration on 01/18/2001.

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend the biologics licensing regulations regarding confidentiality of information. The amendments would add provisions that would make available for public disclosure, and require submission for public disclosure of, certain data and information related to human gene therapy or...

  • National Instant Criminal Background Check System Regulation

    by the Justice Department on 01/22/2001.

    The United States Department of Justice (``DOJ'' or ``the Department'') is publishing a final rule amending the DOJ regulation implementing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (``NICS'') pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (``Brady Act''): to establish a reduced retention period of 90 days for information...

  • Revision of Freedom of Information Act Regulations

    by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 01/22/2001.

    This final rule amends HUD's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations in their entirety. It implements the statutory requirements of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA) and makes various streamlining and organizational changes to improve the clarity of the regulatory text. Additionally, this rule incorporates a plain language...

  • Testimony by Employees and the Production of Records and Information in Legal Proceedings; Correction

    by the Social Security Administration on 03/12/2001.

    This document contains corrections to the final regulations which were published on January 12, 2001 (66 FR 2805). The regulations implement procedures governing testimony by SSA employees and the production of official records and information in legal proceedings to which SSA is not a party.

  • Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

    by the Justice Department on 04/04/2001.

    The Department of Justice is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from subsections (c)(3) and (4), (d), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(4)(G) and (H), (e)(5), (f), and (g) of the Privacy Act, 552 U.S.C. 552a. This system of records is maintained by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys and the ninety-four United States Attorneys' offices...

  • Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

    by the Justice Department on 04/04/2001.

    The Department of Justice proposes to exempt a Privacy Act System of records from subsections (c)(3) and (4), (d), (e)(1), (2), and (3), (e)(4)(G) and (H), (e)(5) and (8), and (g) of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. This system of records is the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), ``National Automated Immigration Lookout System (NAILS),...

  • Law and Order on Indian Reservations

    by the Indian Affairs Bureau on 05/03/2001.

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is amending its regulations contained in 25 CFR Part 11 to add the Santa Fe Indian School property (Southwest Region, New Mexico) to the listing of courts of Indian offenses. This amendment will establish a Court of Indian Offenses for a period not to exceed one year. It is necessary to establish a Court of...

  • U.S. Flags for Burials of Certain Members of the Selected Reserve

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 05/18/2001.

    This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to reflect changes made by The Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1999. These changes concern issuance of United States flags for burials of certain members of the Selected Reserve.

  • Children Born Outside the United States; Applications for Certificate of Citizenship

    by the Justice Department on 06/13/2001.

    This rule implements Title I of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA), Public Law 106-395. First, this rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by adding a new part which addresses application procedures for foreign-born children residing in the United States pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent...

  • Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

    by the Justice Department on 07/05/2001.

    The Department of Justice is exempting a Privacy Act System of records for subsections (c)(3), and (4), (d), (e)(1), (2), and (3), (e)(4)(G) and (H), (e)(5) and (8), and (g) of the Privacy act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. This system of records is maintained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and is entitled ``National Automated Immigration...