WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on July 23: Alexandria Technical and Community College, Alexandria, Minnesota (N00189-20-D-Z800); Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland (N00189-20-D-Z801); Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (N00189-20-D-Z802); Ashford University, San Diego, California (N00189-20-D-Z803); Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota (N00189-20-D  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Twenty-eight organizations have issued a joint public comment on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposed rule entitled "Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors and Other New Technologies; Proposed Rule". The comment was written on July 15, 2020, and posted on July 20, 2020: The comment was co-signed by Tim Judson of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Takoma Park, Maryland; Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear, Takoma Park, Maryland; Vina Colley of the N  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Thirty-six orthopaedic specialty and state societies have issued a joint public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hos  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Tamar Thompson, vice president for government affairs and policy at Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Prom  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- David Witherell, senior director for payment systems at Baystate Health, Springfield, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperabili  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Malisa Schuyler, vice president for government affairs at Beth Israel Lahey Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the LongTerm Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Intero  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Mark Battaglini, senior vice president for global government affairs and public policy at Bluebird Bio Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Kate Walsh, president and CEO at the Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the LongTerm Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements fo  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- M. Ali Aziz-Sultan, chief of the Vascular Endovascular Divisions in the Neurosurgery Department at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rachael Stelly, policy counsel at the Computer and Communications Industry Association, has issued a public comment on the Office of U.S. Trade Representative's notice entitled "Initiation of Section 301 Investigations of Digital Services Taxes". The comment was written on July 14, 2020, and posted on July 15, 2020: * * * COMMENTS OF THE COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CCIA) Pursuant to the request for comments published by the Office of the United State  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Patricia McMullin, executive director of the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperabili  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Corey Cutler, medical director for stem cell transplantation at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promotin  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Caron Jacobson, medical director for the immune effector cell therapy program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule (40 CFR 141, 142), published in the Federal Register, entitled: "Drinking Water: Final Action on Perchlorate". The rule was issued by Andrew Wheeler, Administrator. DATES: For purposes of judicial review, the regulatory determination in this document is issued as of July 21, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Hernandez, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division (Mail  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Federal Trade Commission has issued a proposed rule (16 CFR Part 423), published in the Federal Register, entitled: "Trade Regulation Rule on Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel and Certain Piece Goods". The proposed rule was issued by Secretary April J. Tabor. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 21, 2020. Parties interested in an opportunity to present views orally should submit a request to do so as explained below, and such request  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on July 20: General Dynamics Missions Systems Inc., McLeansville, North Carolina, was awarded a $13,553,807 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only modification to a previously-awarded contract (N61331-11-C-0017) to exercise an option for engineering support for ongoing development, test and production of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SMCM UU  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a proposed rule (24 CFR Part 5 and 576), published in the Federal Register July 24, entitled: "Making Admission or Placement Determinations Based on Sex in Facilities Under Community Planning and Development Housing Programs". The proposed rule was issued by Secretary Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. DATES: Comment Due Date: September 22, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Hughes, Chief of Staff, U.S. Departme  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Janet Donovan, member of the Immigration Justice Task Force has issued a public comment on the Executive Office for Immigration Review's proposed rule entitled "Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review". The comment was written on July 13, 2020, and posted on July 16, 2020: * * * Our background and our opposition to the proposed changes to regulations We, the members of the Immigration Justice Task Force of First Parish U  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- David Perry, president and CEO of Indigo Agriculture Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's notice entitled "Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders on Agricultural Innovations". The comment was written on July 10, 2020, and posted on July 21, 2020: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit these comments and suggestions on "research goals and informed product goals to facilitate transformative breakthroughs t  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Department of Justice has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on July 20, entitled: "Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act". The notice was issued by Henry S. Friedman, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. * * * On July 14, 2020, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed consent decree with the Uni  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Katie Swift, manager of regulatory compliance at Liphatech Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has issued a public comment on the Environmental Protection Agency's notice entitled "Pesticide Registration Review: Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Rodenticides". The comment was written on July 6, 2020, and posted on July 23, 2020: * * * As a registrant of anticoagulant rodenticide products, we appreciate this opportunity to provide comments on the i  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Ryan Stanton, political director of the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Haupauge, New York, has issued a public comment on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's notice entitled "Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Vineyard Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts". The comment was written on July 8, 2020, and posted on July 15, 2020: * * * My name is Ryan Stanton, I am the Political Director of th  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Emily Dorris, director of pharmacy at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's notice entitled "Hazardous Drugs: Draft NIOSH List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings, 2020; Procedures; and Risk Management Information". The comment was written on July 10, 2020, and posted on July 21, 2020: * * * We appreciate the opportunity given to provide comments and feedback on the 2020 Draft NIOSH List o  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Michael Sroczynski, senior vice president for government advocacy at the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Burlington, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the LongTerm Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Med  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on July 15, entitled: "National Historic Landmarks Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board; Notice of Public Meeting". The notice was issued by Alma Ripps, Chief, Office of Policy. DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Thursday, September 3, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CON  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on July 15, entitled: "Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to National Wildlife Refuge Complex Research, Monitoring, and Maintenance Activities in Massachusetts". The notice was issued by Donna S. Wieting, Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. DATES: Comments and informati  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Louis Starr, energy codes and standards engineer at the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Portland, Oregon, and Andrew deLaski, executive director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, Boston, Massachusetts, have issued a joint public comment on the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office's proposed rule entitled "Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Illuminated Exit Signs; Request for information". The comment was written on July 16, 2020, and  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- David Hardy, president and chief operating officer for North America at Orsted, Fredericia, Denmark, has issued a public comment on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's notice entitled "Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Vineyard Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts". The comment was written on July 2, 2020, and posted on July 15, 2020: * * * Acting Director Cruickshank and other members of the Bureau  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Noah Gottschalk, humanitarian policy lead, and Vicki Gass, central America policy advisor, at Oxfam America, Boston, Massachusetts, have issued a public comment on the Executive Office for Immigration Review's proposed rule entitled "Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review". The comment was written on July 15, 2020, and posted on July 21, 2020: * * * Oxfam America respectfully submits this comment to the EOIR's interim f  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Didier Jacobs, senior policy advisor at Oxfam America, Boston, Massachusetts, and Clark Gascoigne, interim executive director of the FACT Coalition, have issued a public comment on the Office of U.S. Trade Representative's notice entitled "Initiation of Section 301 Investigations of Digital Services Taxes". The comment was posted on July 15, 2020: * * * We thank the Office of the United States Trade Representative for the opportunity to comment on its investigations into  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Evan Loh, CEO of Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for El  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Lucy McDonough, director for market access North America at Philips Healthcare, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoper  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Richard Brooks, co-founder of Reliable Energy Analytics LLC, Westfield, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Department of Energy's notice entitled "Securing the United States Bulk-Power System". The comment was written on July 3, 2020, and posted on July 21, 2020: * * * Reliable Energy Analytics, LLC ("REA") submits these comments in response to the Department of Energy ("DOE") request for information ("RFI") regarding "The Department seeks public input on   more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Michael F. Sabitoni, president of the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council, Providence, has issued a public comment on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's notice entitled "Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Vineyard Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts". The comment was written and posted on July 15, 2020: * * * We are writing you today to thank your agency for its work in releasing   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sarah Burt, deputy managing attorney at Earthjustice, San Francisco, California, has issued a public comment on behalf of the Sierra Club on the Federal Aviation Administration's proposed rule entitled "Noise Certification of Supersonic Airplanes". The comment was written on July 13, 2020, and posted on July 14, 2020: * * * Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth (together, the "Commenters"), submits these comments on the Federal Aviation Admi  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Jeanine Levinson, director of budget and reimbursement at Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Inter  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Michael Gibbs, general counsel at T2 Biosystems Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requireme  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Peter E. Shearstone, vice president for global quality assurance and regulatory affairs at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medica  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Kathleen Farren, director of revenue and reimbursement at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperabi  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rev. Mary Katherine Morn, president and CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Executive Office for Immigration Review's proposed rule entitled "Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review". The comment was written on July 13, 2020, and posted on July 16, 2020: * * * The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) is a US-based international human  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Coast Guard has issued a rule (33 CFR Part 165), published in the Federal Register July 24, entitled: "Safety Zone; Northern Atlantic Ocean, Nahant, MA". The rule was issued by Eric J. Doucette, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Boston. DATES: This rule is effective without actual notice from July 24, 2020 through August 12, 2020. For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from July 22, 2020 through July 24, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATIO  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Jeffrey Kominers, member of Vineyard Power, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's notice entitled "Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Vineyard Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts and Public Meetings". The comment was posted on July 22, 2020: * * * I am Jeffrey Kominers and a member of Vineyard Power. I live in West Tisbury, MA on Martha's Vineyard. I'm a Vine  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Audrey Berner, engineering student at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's notice entitled "Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Vineyard Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts and Public Meetings". The comment was posted on July 20, 2020: * * * I am an engineering student at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and believe we need to chang  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Jonathan A. Rennert, CEO of Zoll Medical Corp., Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements f  more