WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has released the following public communication dated March 12, 2025, from the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Inc., Cary, North Carolina. Here are excerpts: * * * FROM: Angela L. Larsen-Gray, Erik B. Schilling, and Darren A. Miller SUBJECT: Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2024-0137; Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Monarch Butterfly and Designation of Critical Habitat * * * On De  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 6, 2025, from Premier Inc.: * * * To: The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20201 RE: HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information (RIN 0945-AA22) * * * Dear Secretary Kennedy: Premier Inc. appreciates the oppo  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from Jeremy Maxwell, vice president of Veradigm, Raleigh, North Carolina: * * * To: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 RE: Docket# HHS-OCR-2024-0020 * * * I am pleased to submit our comments to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights' (OCR)  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released the following public communication dated Feb. 28, 2025, from LMNT Consulting, Charlotte, North Carolina: * * * To: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff * * * LMNT Consulting (LMNT) is pleased to provide comments on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) draft regulation 10 CFR Part 53, Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framewo  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- National Vanguard Consortium LLC (NVC), a small business based in Liberty Hill, Texas, has had its protest denied by the General Accountability Office (GAO). NVC challenged the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) award of an armed security guard services contract to Strategic Security Corporation, a small business located in Smithtown, New York. FEMA issued a request for proposals (RFP) for armed guard services to safeguard federal employees, visitors, and prope  more