FEDE Office of the Federal Register / National Archives and Records Administration · Rulemaking audits
Federal Communications Commission | Proposed Rule | The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) issues a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on a broad set of additional measures to strengthen the security and integrity of its equipment authorization program. The measures include bifurcating the Covered List into producer/provider-based and production location-based categories; addressing "white labeling" of covered equipment; hardware and software bill of materials (HBOM/SBOM) disclosure requirements; further prohibitions or presumptions against authorizing equipment containing Covered List components or software; certification requirements for devices.
CABI Office of the Federal Register / National Archives and Records Administration · Rulemaking audits
Health and Human Services Department, Children and Families Administration | Notice | The ACF, ORR announces the intent to award a single-source cooperative agreement in an amount of up to $150,000,000 to Burke Law Group, a law firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The purpose of this proposed award is to provide legal orientation, legal consultation, and attorney-of-record representation services for eligible unaccompanied alien children (UACs) during immigration proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and in hearings and proceedings before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) while children remain in ORR care. The proposed award also includes.
EPA Office of the Federal Register / National Archives and Records Administration · Rulemaking audits
Environmental Protection Agency | Proposed Rule | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove a revision to the Arizona State implementation plan (SIP) as meeting the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the 2012 fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or "standards"). The EPA is proposing to approve the portions of Arizona's submission addressing prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) requirements in the permitting jurisdictions of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQ.
FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits
What GAO Found The Department of Education provides student loan servicers with instruction for implementing program changes via formal documents known as change requests. Change requests outline new or modified requirements for servicers and can vary in their complexity. For example, Education could require servicers to carry out tasks ranging from sending straightforward borrower communications to implementing major repayment plan changes. Examples of Tasks Student Loan Servicers Carry Out for Education The servicers reported facing challenges in implementing Education’s instruction for program changes. All four servicers raised concerns about the number of clarifying questions they neede.
FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits
What GAO Found The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began posting its estimated savings on a web page known as the Wall of Receipts on February 17, 2025. As of July 7, 2026, the Wall of Receipts reported savings of $110 billion across contracts, grants, and leases, but some savings estimates are incorrect or lack supporting evidence. While DOGE provided some information about estimated savings, several issues limit the transparency and reliability of these reported savings. DOGE was not transparent regarding methodologies used to calculate savings. Specifically, DOGE did not use its stated methodology to calculate the majority of savings associated with the contracts reported as t.
CABI U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits
What GAO Found The Department of Commerce has continued to implement the semiconductor facilities and equipment incentives program, and awardees have made progress on milestones. Since July 2025, Commerce has awarded nine new projects, for a total of 49 projects across 24 companies. When setting award amounts, Commerce considered new factors as compared to prior awards, such as whether the company would provide equity in exchange for funding. Commerce also amended existing awards for 14 companies. As of April 2026, awardees had completed all required milestones by their due dates, but some milestones had fallen behind anticipated schedules. Commerce has disbursed $13.1 billion to awardees—a.
FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits
What GAO Found The Department of Defense (DOD) uses international agreements and arrangements to achieve political, economic, and military objectives. For example, these could include cooperatively developing and producing a military system with a foreign partner. From fiscal years 2021 through 2025, DOD established 303 acquisition-related international arrangements with an associated dollar value of $64 billion. However, both the number and dollar value of these arrangements declined over this period. DOD officials said that factors like personnel shortages and lengthy review and approval timelines contributed to this decline. Decline in DOD International Arrangements, Fiscal Years (FY) 20.
FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits
What GAO Found The Carbon Oxide Sequestration Credit (45Q) is a tax credit provided for certain carbon oxides that are captured at emission sources or directly from the air and either stored underground or used to produce products. The credit has been amended multiple times, including by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which added new credit features. More recently, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act created parity in credit values across uses of captured carbon. As of March 2026, there were 33 carbon capture facilities in the U.S., with additional facilities planned. The number of 45Q credit claims more than tripled from 2019 to 2023, according to IRS data. The Internal Revenue Service.
CABI Office of the Federal Register / National Archives and Records Administration · Rulemaking audits
Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Notice | The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. The EFP would allow federally permitted fishing vessels to fish outside fishery regulations in support of exempted fishing activities proposed by Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act require publication of this notification to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on app.
CABI Office of the Federal Register / National Archives and Records Administration · Rulemaking audits
Health and Human Services Department, Food and Drug Administration | Rule | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) received objections and requests for a public hearing submitted by Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, on behalf of Micro-Tracers, Inc. (Micro-Tracers or objector), on the order granting a color additive petition (3C0323) requesting that we repeal specified regulations to no longer provide for the safe use of FD&C Red No. 3 in food (including dietary supplements) and ingested drugs. After reviewing the objections, we have concluded that the objections do not raise issues of material fact that justify a hearing. We are also providing notice that the administrative stay of the..
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Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration | Proposed Rule | FAA proposes to eliminate the prescriptive list of required items in emergency medical kits and first aid kits and replace it with a performance-based requirement to ensure contents are practical and sufficient to allow crewmembers to address the most common medical emergencies that occur onboard commercial aircraft. FAA seeks to increase flexibility for operators while maintaining predictability for operators to equip their onboard medical kits. This rule would also remove an outdated reference to certain emergency medical kits modified on April 12, 2004. This action is necessary to address requirements in the FAA.
FEDE U.S. Government Accountability Office · Audits audits
What GAO Found Intercollegiate athletics at four-year colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are organized into divisions, subdivisions, and conferences. Division I (DI) colleges compete at the highest level and can offer students full athletics scholarships. Division II (DII) colleges typically offer partial athletics scholarships. In both divisions, expenses for most athletic programs were greater than the revenue they generated, according to GAO’s analysis of NCAA data for the 2014–15 and 2023–24 academic years. In the 2023–24 academic year, the 352 DI colleges reported spending a total of $20.8 billion on athletics, which largely went to team and game expenses (.
