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Updated Oct 13, 2026
Management and Budget Office; Federal Procurement Policy Office; Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Comments close Jul 23
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition …
Management and Budget Office; Federal Procurement Policy Office; Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Comments close Jul 23
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition …
Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Defense Department; Air Force Department
On June 9, 2026, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement …
Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration / Comments close Aug 3
These special conditions are issued for the Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX airplane. This airplane, as modified by Honeywell Aerospace US LLC (Honeywell) will …
Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration / Comments close Aug 3
These special conditions are issued for the Dassault Aviation (Dassault) Model Falcon 900EX airplane. This airplane, as modified by Honeywell Aerospace US LLC (Honeywell), …
Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
State Department / Comments close Aug 14
In support of the policy directed in Executive Order 14268 to reduce rules and regulations involved in the development, execution, and monitoring of foreign …
Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Defense Department
The Deputy Secretary of Defense has determined that the entities listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice satisfy the requirements to be …
Defense Department
DoD is finalizing revisions to implement requirements of section 1257 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. This statute prohibits assistance …
Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard / Comments close Aug 7
The Coast Guard is proposing to amend regulations to conform to requirements in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which required …
Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
This notice announces that B/E Aerospace, Inc. has surrendered its supplemental type certificates (STC) ST01796WI to the FAA. This action is intended to inform …
Federal Communications Commission / Comments close Aug 4
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that kicks off a process to examine …
Commerce Department; National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, previously announced the formation of the Artificial …
Commerce Department; International Trade Administration; Trade Representative, Office of United States
On September 5, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14346 (Modifying the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and Security …
Federal Communications Commission
In this document, the Space Bureau (Bureau or we) within the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on potential revisions to the set of …
Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau / Comments close Jun 15
This notice is to remind the public that U.S. firms are required to report annually to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) information on contracts …
Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
The Coast Guard is establishing temporary regulations, including special local regulations and multiple safety and security zones, and to temporarily suspend certain anchorage grounds …
Commerce Department; Foreign-Trade Zones Board
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