WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has issued an information collection notice entitled "ATSDR Exposure Investigations." This notice extends a currently approved information collection and seeks to allow an additional 30 days for public and agency comments. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry uses this generic clearance to conduct exposure investigations following chemical releases  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a notice of information collection and request for comment entitled "National Security and Critical Technology Assessments of the U.S. Industrial Base." This notice is in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, inviting public and Federal agency comments on proposed and continuing information collections. This process helps the agency assess the impact of its information co  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued an information collection notice entitled "CHIP State Plan Eligibility." This notice is part of a "generic" clearance process, which provides an expedited way for agencies to obtain approval for information collections that are typically voluntary, low-burden, and uncontroversial. This process helps the agency assess the impact of its collection requirements   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a notice entitled "Minimum Essential Coverage." This collection is an extension of a currently approved information collection. It pertains to specific types of health coverage that are designated as minimum essential coverage, as outlined in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This designation helps ensure that individuals receive adequate health  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has issued an information collection notice entitled "Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Carryover and Reallotment Report." This request is for a reinstatement of approval with minor changes to the report. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program statute and regulations require grant recipients to report certain information to the U.S. Department of Health and  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Children's Bureau has issued an information collection notice entitled "Evaluation of the Center for Legal and Judicial Innovation and Advancement (Previously Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative)." This collection relates to survey instruments used with legal and judicial staff participating in strategic planning workshops and attorney and judi  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Children's Bureau has issued an information collection notice entitled "Regional Partnership Grants National Cross-Site Evaluation and Evaluation Technical Assistance." This notice extends an approved information collection with changes and is intended for a national cross-site evaluation of the seventh cohort of the Children's Bureau's Regional Partnership Grants. The ev  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard has issued an information collection notice entitled "Advanced Notice of Vessel Arrival." This notice signifies the U.S. Coast Guard's intention to submit an Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget, seeking an extension of approval for this collection without change. The request describes the information the agency seeks to gather from the public, and the U.S. Coast Guard invite  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a notice of information collection entitled "Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program Application." As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has submitted a request for approval of this collection to the Office of Management and Budget. This application process allows potential grant recipients to request funding under the agency's Carbon Monoxide Pois  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued an information collection notice entitled "Standard for Omnidirectional CB Base Antennas." As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission requests comments on a proposed extension of approval for information collection requirements linked to the Safety Standard for Omnidirectional Citizens Band Base Station Antennas. The Office of Management and Budget previously appr  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a notice of information collection entitled "Pool Safely Grant Program Application." As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has submitted a request for approval of this collection to the Office of Management and Budget. This application process allows potential grant recipients to request funding under the CPSC's Pool Safely Grant Program. This program   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has issued a 60-day notice and request for comments concerning its information collection activities related to the "Application for Allowance in Duties." U.S. Customs and Border Protection will submit this information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This process involves publishing th  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has issued a 60-day notice and request for comments entitled "Application to use Automated Commercial Environment." U.S. Customs and Border Protection will submit this information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This process involves publishing the information collection in the Federal  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has issued a 60-day notice and request for comments entitled "United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act." U.S. Customs and Border Protection will submit this information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This process involves publishing the information collection in the Federal  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has issued an information collection notice entitled "Drawback Process Regulations." This notice invites comments as U.S. Customs and Border Protection prepares to submit an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval. The collection relates to regulations that provide refunds of duties, taxes, and fees for merchandise imported into the Unit  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has issued a 60-day notice and request for comments concerning its information collection activities related to the collection titled "NAFTA Regulations and Certificate of Origin." This notice seeks public input as U.S. Customs and Border Protection prepares to submit an Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval. This process, mandated by   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has issued a 60-day notice and request for comments entitled "Commercial Invoice." U.S. Customs and Border Protection will submit this information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This process involves publishing the information collection in the Federal Register to gather comments from  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a notice and request for comments entitled "Hours of Service of Drivers Regulations." This notice is part of the plan to submit an Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking to renew this collection, which covers regulations requiring motor carriers to install  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service has submitted an information collection requirement entitled "WIC & FMNP Outreach, Innovation, and Modernization Evaluation." This action falls under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, inviting comments on whether the information collection is necessary and practical. It also seeks input on the accuracy of burden estimates, ways to improve clarity, and methods to minimize the reporting burden, inc  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service has submitted an information collection requirement entitled "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Mobile Payment Pilots (MPPs)." This action invites public comments on this proposed collection, aligning with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Food and Nutrition Service is authorized to allow up to five Mobile Payment Pilots to test the use of personal mobile devices, such as cell  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service has issued a notice entitled "WIC Tribal Organizations and U.S. Territories Study." This notice invites public comments on a proposed new information collection for the WIC Tribal Organizations and U.S. Territories Study, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service administers the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for W  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The General Services Administration has issued a notice and request for comments entitled "Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery." Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, the General Services Administration will submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend a previously approved information collection. This collection focuses on gathering qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary has published a summary of a proposed information collection for public comment, entitled "Federalwide Assurance Form." This notice is in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Office for Human Research Protections is requesting a revision of this currently approved collection. The purpose of the Federalwide Assurance form is to simplify the process for institutions enga  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a notice entitled "Family Self-Sufficiency." This notice seeks approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the information collection described. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is requesting public comment on this proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment. This   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a notice entitled "Section 184 and 184A Loan Guarantee Program." This notice seeks approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is requesting public comment on this proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has issued a notice entitled "Foreign-Trade Zone Applications." This notice invites public and Federal agency comments on a continuing information collection, which helps the agency assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested in the Federal Register on March 31, 2025, during a 60-day comment p  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice of information collection entitled "Contributions of Motor Vehicles, Boats, and Airplanes." This action is in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Internal Revenue Service is inviting comments on this information collection request. This process helps the agency assess the impact and minimize the burden of its information collection requirements, ensuring the i  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice of information collection entitled "Voluntary Customer Surveys to Implement E.O. 12862 Coordinated by the Corporate Planning and Performance Division on Behalf of All IRS Operations Functions." This action is in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Internal Revenue Service is inviting comments on this information collection request. This process helps the agenc  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a notice entitled "Hospice Request for Certification in the Medicare Program." This collection is a reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection. The CMS-417 form is used to initiate the certification process for hospices that are joining the Medicare program. It also helps update certification details when hospices already participating u  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a notice entitled "Managed Care Plan Medical Loss Ratio Reporting Template." This notice seeks public comment on a proposed information collection that falls under the "generic" clearance process, an expedited method for agency collection requests that are typically voluntary, low-burden, and uncontroversial. This approach helps the agency assess the impact o  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a notice entitled "Medicaid Managed Care Rate Development Guide." This notice seeks public comment on information collections believed to be generic, falling under an expedited "generic" clearance process. This process allows agencies to obtain approval for information collection requests that are usually voluntary, low-burden, and do not raise substantive or  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a notice entitled "Medicaid 1915(l) State Plan Option to Provide Medical Assistance for Eligible Individuals Who Are Patients in Eligible Institutions for Mental Diseases." This notice seeks public comment on a proposed information collection request, which falls under the "generic" clearance process. This expedited method allows agencies to gain approval for  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a notice entitled "Medicare Authorization to Disclose Personal Health Information." This collection is a revision of a previously approved information collection. Its primary goal is to provide a way for Medicare beneficiaries to authorize Medicare to share their protected health information with a third party. This process is essential for ensuring that heal  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration has issued an information collection notice entitled "Certification Requirements for Funeral Honors Providers." This notice announces that the National Cemetery Administration will submit this information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for review and comment. The purpose of this information, collected using VA Form 40-10190, is to ensure that funeral honors activities p  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The National Endowment for the Arts, a part of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, has issued a notice of proposed collection and comment request entitled "Blanket Justification for NEA Funding Application Guidelines and Reporting Requirements." As part of its ongoing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Endowment for the Arts conducts a preclearance consultation program. This program provides the public and feder  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The National Credit Union Administration has issued a notice and request for comments entitled "Travel Management." This action signifies the agency's intent to submit this information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance. This process ensures that information collections are necessary and designed to minimize public reporting burden, aligning with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is a  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued an information collection notice entitled "Alaska American Fisheries Act Reports." This continuing information collection is crucial for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, to manage the American Fisheries Act program and lessen salmon bycatch. The National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, oversees groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleu  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a notice entitled "General Licensee Registration"(NRC Form 664). This notice invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget approval for an existing information collection. The information collection, titled NRC Form 664, is specifically for General Licensee Registration. This process helps the agency ensure that the collection of information is necessary, practical, and minimizes the   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The National Science Foundation has issued an information collection notice entitled "Grantee Reporting Requirements for the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program." This submission for Office of Management and Budget review is the second notice for public comment under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; the first notice received no comments. The National Science Foundation is forwarding the proposed submission for clearance while publishing t  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education has issued an information collection notice entitled "Campus Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act Survey." This notice proposes an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request. It is being conducted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Department of Education is seeking public comments to help assess the impact of its information collectio  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has issued a notice of request for extension of Office of Management and Budget approval of information collection entitled "Administrative Appeals." The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information contained in its regulation on Rules for Administrative Review of Agency Decisions. This notic  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has issued a notice of request for extension of Office of Management and Budget approval of information collection entitled "Filings for Reconsideration." The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information for filings for reconsideration. This collection is part of its regulation on Rules for A  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has issued a notice of request for extension of Office of Management and Budget approval of information collection entitled "Substantial Cessation of Operations." The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget extend approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act for this information collection. This collection is necessary to fulfill various reporting obligations that arise   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Railroad Retirement Board has issued an information collection notice entitled "Application for Benefits Due but Unpaid at Death." This notice seeks comments as the Railroad Retirement Board forwards an Information Collection Request to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review and approval. The collection is necessary to administer benefits that accrued but were not paid due to the death of an employee, as outlined in the Railroad Unempl  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Small Business Administration has issued a 60-day notice and request for comments entitled "SBA Lender and Microloan Intermediary Reporting Requirements." The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget for this information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, federal agencies are required to publish such notices to allow 60 days for public comment before submitting the col  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an information collection notice entitled "Rules 300-304 of Regulation Crowdfunding (Intermediaries)." This action stems from the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and requests an extension for a previously approved collection of information. The rules establish requirements for intermediaries involved in the offer and sale of securities through crowdfunding. For example, Rule 300 states that an intermediary must  more