Vol. 1 · No. 827Friday, August 22, 2025

Small business rule changes: 12 entries flagged for owners.

Owner-readable summary of Federal Register, SBA, DOL, OFAC, and compliance updates published on Friday, August 22, 2025. Scanned 12 source documents matching small-business terms; 12 warranted a closer look.

Department of Labor· Notice

QPS Evaluation Services, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition

Stage 4·first seen 288d ago·effective in 0d

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for QPS Evaluation Services, Inc. as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

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Department of Labor· Notice

Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition

Stage 19·first seen 1162d ago·effective in 0d

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition of Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

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Department of Labor· Notice

CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition

Stage 16·first seen 1162d ago·effective in 165d

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the application of CSA Group & Testing Certification Inc., for expansion of the recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.

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Department of Labor· Notice

DEKRA Certification Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition and Proposed Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards

Stage 12·first seen 539d ago·effective in 201d

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the application of DEKRA Certification Inc., for expansion of the recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application. Additionally, OSHA proposes to add two test standards to the NRTL Program's…

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Federal Communications Commission· Notice

Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information…

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Federal Communications Commission· Notice

Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information…

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Federal Communications Commission· Notice

Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information…

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Federal Communications Commission· Notice

Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Proposed Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Apprentice and Training Fund (the Fund) Located in St. Louis, Missouri

comments close in 45d

SUMMARY: This proposed exemption would permit the sale by the Fund of real property to the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council (the Sale). Without this exemption, the Sale would be prohibited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

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Department of Labor· Notice

Senior Executive Service; Appointment of Members to the Performance Review Board

SUMMARY: Federal Register Title 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4) provides that Notice of the Appointment of the individual to serve as a member of the Performance Review Board of the Senior Executive Service shall be published in the.

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Department of State· Notice

Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions Pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters

SUMMARY: The Department of State is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on the Department of the Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) based on the Department of State's determination,…

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Department of the Treasury· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing updates to the identifying information of one or more persons currently included in OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). OFAC is also publishing the names of one or more persons…

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