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Updated Oct 13, 2026
Federal Communications Commission / Comments close Dec 7
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes to expand opportunities for direct-to-device (D2D) communications by permitting certain …
Homeland Security Department; Transportation Security Administration
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is soliciting individuals to participate in technical roundtables that will provide input to TSA relevant to the development of …
Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration / Comments close Oct 2
FAA proposes to implement certain Special Air Traffic Rules in the airspace in the vicinity of the President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT), …
State Department
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the Department of State give notice that the attached Notifications of Proposed Commercial Export Licenses were submitted …
State Department
The Department of State (the Department), pursuant to its regulations and in the interest of the national security and foreign policy of the United …
State Department / Comments close Sep 28
The Department of State (the Department) amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to remove from the U.S. Munitions List (USML) certain aircraft …
Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau
Federal Communications Commission / Comments close Sep 23
In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) and the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) seek comment on proposing to …
Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing one entity from the Entity List …
Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revises the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing two addresses associated with Arrow Electronics …
Commerce Department; International Trade Administration / Comments close Aug 19
In Proclamation 10908 of March 26, 2025, "Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States," the President imposed additional tariffs on …
Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and …
Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Comments close Sep 16
NOAA announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts of issuing an exploration license to The Metals …
Management and Budget Office; Federal Procurement Policy Office; Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This agenda provides summary descriptions of regulations being developed by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council in compliance with Executive Order 12866 "Regulatory Planning and …
Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is easing export controls on certain Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) and related parts, components, accessories, …
Defense Department
The Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs issues this notice announcing implementation of a three-year demonstration project to provide reimbursement for cryopreservation of …
Commerce Department; National Institute of Standards and Technology / Comments close Oct 13
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established and operates the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), which provides the U.S. government repository of standards-based …
Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard / Comments close Sep 11
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a permanent security zone extending 40 yards into the navigable waters of the main channel of Los …
Defense Department; Engineers Corps / Comments close Sep 10
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is proposing to revise the existing regulations for a restricted area within Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach …
Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration / Comments close Oct 9
FAA proposes to amend regulations to extend the existing exception for U.S. military pilots from the requirement to hold an FAA third-class medical certificate …
Federal Communications Commission / Comments close Sep 8
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) issues a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on a broad set of additional measures …
Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau / Comments close Nov 4
The Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") is publishing this temporary final rule to restrict the exportation of black mass and tungsten waste and …
Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Federal Communications Commission / Comments close Sep 2
In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) and the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) seek comment on proposing to …
Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
This action establishes Prohibited Area 75 (P-75) in the vicinity of the New York, NY, residence of the President of the United States. The …
Defense Department; Navy Department
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Department of the Navy (DoN) announces its decision to conduct land- based training for ongoing …
Federal Communications Commission
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Report and Order, Order of Proposed Modification, and Order on Reconsideration (Order), that expands …
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