The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR· Rule

Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2026

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SUMMARY: As required by statute, the Department of Labor annually publishes a final rule updating the civil monetary penalties it assesses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) did not publish its October 2025 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) data due to a lapse in funding. Because the relevant law…

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT· Notice

Confidential Government Information Nondisclosure Agreement

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) requests comment on a draft nondisclosure agreement (NDA) for use by Federal agencies for both new and existing employees. The form is intended to document Federal employees' acknowledgment of, and agreement to comply with, current legal obligations to safeguard…

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES· Rule

Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issues this interim final rule with request for comments to amend its Foreign Quarantine Regulations. This interim final rule provides a procedure for the Secretary acting through the CDC…

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION· Rule

Event Data Recorders

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Parts 563 and 585 [Docket No. NHTSA-2025-0050] RIN 2127-AM78 Event Data Recorders Correction In rule document 2026-09849 published on pages 28432-28443 in the issue of Monday, May 18, 2026, make the following correction: § 563.7(A)…

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY· Proposed Rule

Revisions to the Blanket Certificate Program

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to revise its blanket certificate regulations to expand the scope and scale of projects that interstate natural gas pipelines may construct without a case-specific authorization order and to increase the cost limits for such projects, among other…

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Inflation Reduction Act Wage Rates and Wage Determinations

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour Division (WHD)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES· Notice

Notice of Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against Andes Virus

SUMMARY: The Secretary is issuing a Declaration pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d) to provide liability protection for activities related to medical countermeasures against Andes virus consistent with the terms of the Declaration.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were…

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE· Notice

Reporting for Calendar Year 2025 on Offsets Agreements Related to Sales of Defense Articles or Defense Services to Foreign Countries or Foreign Firms

SUMMARY: 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 for the sale of defense articles or defense services to foreign countries or foreign firms that are subject to offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value.…

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