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11/13/2024

SEC Approves Standardized Options Listing Procedures

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved an amendment to the Joint Industry Plan for standardized options, allowing for technical changes to facilitate listing and trading of these options.

11/13/2024

FAA Amends Class E Airspace at Zanesville, OH

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has amended the Class E airspace at Zanesville Municipal Airport in Ohio, updating its geographic coordinates and coinciding with the FAA's aeronautical database, following the decommissioning of the Zanesville VOR as part of the VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program.

11/13/2024

FCC Modifies System of Records to Comply with Privacy Act

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has updated its 'FCC/OGC-5, Pending Civil Cases' system to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and to publish notice of the records in the Federal Register.

11/13/2024

Federal Subsistence Board Membership Regulations in Alaska Corrected

The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture are correcting an amendatory instruction in the Federal Register regarding the composition of the Federal Subsistence Board, which oversees subsistence taking and uses of fish and wildlife on public lands in Alaska.

11/13/2024

USDA Updates Genetic Engineering Exemption for Exempt Plants

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adding two new modifications to plants that qualify for exemption from regulations governing genetic engineering, allowing for more streamlined and simplified descriptions of these modifications, and clarifying the types of modifications achievable through conventional breeding methods.

11/13/2024

Federal Government Seeks Comments on Annual Economic Survey

The U.S. government is requesting public comments on its Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES), a collection of data submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, as part of its ongoing efforts to gather information on the nation's economy.

11/13/2024

Use of Federal Real Property To Assist the Homeless

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are updating their regulations to make suitable Federal real properties available to States, local government agencies, and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organizations to assist the homeless, incorporating required statutory changes and current practices.

11/13/2024

U.S. Treasury Department Adopts Final Rule to Strengthen Burma Sanctions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has finalized a rule to enhance the Burma Sanctions Regulations, which were originally published in June 2021, to better implement a February 2021 Executive Order related to Burma, and includes additional guidance and definitions to aid in compliance.

11/12/2024

Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals With Acute Kidney Injury, Conditions for Coverage for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program, and End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2025 and revises payment rates for renal dialysis services.

11/12/2024

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Approval of Application by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, dba QUAD A, for Continued CMS-Approval of Its Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Accreditation Program

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, dba QUAD A, has received approval for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for Ambulatory Surgical Centers participating in Medicare or Medicaid programs.

11/12/2024

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative Determination of Circumvention Pursuant to Settlement Agreement

The U.S. Department of Commerce is amending its final determination that Vietnamese Cells and Modules are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on solar cells and modules from China, following a settlement agreement with Red Sun Energy Long An Company Limited.