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Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 2.11.1998

Prevailing Rate Systems; Lead Agency Responsibility

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would change the lead agency responsibility for certain Federal Wage System (FWS) appropriated fund wage areas from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the Department of Defense (DOD). A lead agency under the FWS is the Federal agency designated by OPM to conduct local wage surveys and establish wage schedules for FWS employees according to local prevailing rates within a wage area. There are currently 133 FWS appropriated fund wage areas. DOD is currently the lead agency in 110 wage areas, and VA is the lead agency in 23 wage areas. VA has requested that OPM designate DOD as the lead agency in all of the wage areas where VA currently has lead agency responsibility. This change would make DOD the lead agency in all FWS wage areas and is proposed because it would make more efficient use of the resources devoted by agencies to determining FWS pay rates.

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Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 10/13/2026

Approved Initiation of a Voluntary Mediation Program

Notice is hereby given that the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Authority) has approved the initiation of a voluntary mediation program administered by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to assist parties with the resolution of negotiability disputes under section 7117(c) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.

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Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 10/13/2026

Mortgage and Loan Insurance Programs Under the National Housing Act-Debenture Interest Rates

This Notice announces changes in the interest rates to be paid on debentures issued with respect to a loan or mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration under the provisions of the National Housing Act (the Act). The interest rate for debentures issued under Section 221(g)(4) of the Act during the 6-month period beginning July 1, 2026, is 4\1/2\ percent. The interest rate for debentures issued under any other provision of the Act is the rate in effect on the date that the commitment to insure the loan or mortgage was issued, or the date that the loan or mortgage was endorsed (or initially endorsed if there are two or more endorsements) for insurance, whichever rate is higher. The interest rate for debentures issued under these other provisions with respect to a loan or mortgage committed or endorsed during the 6-month period beginning July 1, 2026, is 5 percent.

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Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 10/13/2026

Railroad Revenue Adequacy-2025 Determination

On October 8, 2026, the Board served a decision announcing the 2025 revenue adequacy determinations for the nation's Class I railroads. Four Class I railroads (BNSF Railway Company, CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Combined Railroad Subsidiaries, and Union Pacific Railroad Company) were found to be revenue adequate.

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