WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census has released the following public communication on Feb. 18, 2025, from Beta Analytic, Miami, Florida: * * * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive No. 8 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)--Request for Comments on Possible Revisions for 2027 │ Stakeholder Engagement This comment is intended to recommend the use of the carbon-14 testing method to determine the share of biogenic carbon content of renewable products, fuel more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census has released the following public communication on Feb. 18, 2025, from Emergent Global Spirals Consulting: * * * RPC Subcommittee Response to The Census Bureau's Race/Ethnicity Code List Decoupling the Black American historical identity and experience from the curse of a fantastical "colorblind" meme/1 is imperative. Under such subterfuge, the anti-fairness antagonists run the rhetorical gambit with claims that nobody is Black to everybody is Black. Hence, when the d more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census has released the following public communication on Feb. 19, 2025, from Metameta LLC: * * * We reviewed several, if not all of the over 200 comments, at random, and found each highlighting a deficiency or two in the latest NAICS structure. We can safely extrapolate and conclude that all previous iterations of these quinquennial updates were no different. But infrequency does not seem to be the only reason why General Services Administration (GSA) came up with its own s more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census has released the following public communication dated Feb. 18, 2025, from MacDougall Solutions LLC on behalf of Space Explorations Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, California. Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Honorable Russell Vought Director, Office of Management and Budget On Behalf of the Economic Classification Policy Committee New Executive Office Building 725 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20503 Re: Docket ID: USBC-2024-0032 2022 North American Industry  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 18, 2025, from the American Apparel and Footwear Association and eight collaborators. The collaborators were American Chemistry Council, American Petroleum Institute, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association, National Association for Surface Finishing, National Council of Textile Organizations, National Mining Association, Printing United Alliance and U.S. Chamber of Commerce: * * * To: Ms. Benita Best-Wong Deputy Assi more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from Environmental Defense Fund and seven collaborators. Here are excerpts: * * * To: UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts Docket No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360 * * * Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University, Coalition of Community Organizations (COCO), Deep  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Jan. 27, 2025, from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies: * * * To: Brandi Echols Health and Ecological Criteria Division Office of Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20460 RE: Draft National Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health for Perfluorooctanoic Acid, Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid, and Perfluorobutane Sulfonic Acid, more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 20, 2025, from South Platte Renew, Englewood, Colorado: * * * To: Adrian Hanley Engineering and Analysis Division Office of Water (4303T) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 RE: EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0328 - Methods Update Rule * * * Dear EPA, South Platte Renew (SPR) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Methods Update Rule. SPR's comments are focused on t more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has released the following public communication on Feb. 20, 2025, from Red Sparrow Inc.: * * * Subject: Ensuring Compatibility and Interoperability in Agricultural Aircraft Operations Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the FAA's information collection process for agricultural aircraft operators under 14 CFR Part 137. We appreciate the FAA's commitment to enhancing safety, compliance, and operational efficiency within this essential more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released the following public communication on Feb. 19, 2025, from Eagle Express Inc.: * * * Brokers circumvent 49 CFR Sec. 371.3 by requiring carriers to sign waivers that nullify their right to review transactional records. This regulation mandates brokers to maintain and provide access to financial records for transparency and to prevent price manipulation. However, these waivers effectively strip carriers of this protection, underm more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Federal Trade Commission has released the following public communication on Feb. 21, 2025, from New York Parents of Children With Gender-Dysphoria: * * * Petition to Establish a Truth Commission on Gender Dysphoria and Transgenderism. The undersigned hereby demand an independent commission to investigate the astonishing rise in gender dysphoria over the last 25 years. A rise so startling that it could represent either an immediate national healthcare emergency or an alarming social contagion. This phenomenon has im more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 7, 2025, from the American Pistachio Growers, Fresno, California: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office of the Assistant Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Docket No. HHS-OASH-2024-0017-0001) * * *  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 6, 2025, from the American Society for Nutrition, Rockville, Maryland: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Designated Federal Officer Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket No. HHS-OASH-2024-0017; Comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Jan. 16, 2025, from Heidi LeBlanc, co-chair of the Association of SNAP Nutrition Education Administrators: * * * ASNNA Comments to US DHHS and USDA on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee My name is Heidi LeBlanc, and I co-chair ASNNA, the Association of SNAP Nutrition Education Administrators. We appreciate the opportunity to offer our organization's views on priorities for the gove more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 7, 2025, from the California Walnut Commission, Folsom: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD HHS/OASH Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 * * * Dear Ms. de Jesus: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the very important task of utilizing the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) Report to create the 2025-2030 Dietary G more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication on Feb. 5, 2025, from the Calorie Control Council: * * * To: Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD, HHS/OASH Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Docket HHS-OASH-2024-0017 * * * Dear Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: The Calorie Control Council is an international association representing manufacturers of lowca more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Here are excerpts: * * * To: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Attn: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket HHS-OASH-2024-0017; Request for Public Comments on the Scientific Rep more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, California: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Senior Nutrition Advisor HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Request for Public Comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee * * * At ChangeLab Solutions, our mission is to create healthier communities fo more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Chef Ann Foundation: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office of the Assistant Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Re: Docket HHS-OASH-2022-0021, 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) Committee * * * To Ms. de Jesus, Thank you for the opportunity to comment o more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from Chobani LLC: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD HHS/OASH Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) 1101 Wootton Parkway Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Docket OASH-2024-0017 -0441 * * * Chobani, LLC appreciates the opportunity to provide comments regarding the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee Scientific Report to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, Georgia. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Janet de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Request for Public Comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Docket No. more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Tribal Health Department, St. Ignatius, Montana: * * * On behalf of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) Tribal Health Department, I extend our gratitude to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) for its thoughtful deliberations, and to you for facilitating this vital process. As the revision process for the Dietary Guidelines for  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from Farm Sanctuary, Mercy For Animals and Transfarmation Project: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Designated Federal Officer Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to inform the develop more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for a Livable Future, Baltimore, Maryland: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Designated Federal Officer, 2025 DGA Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 Docket No. HHS-OASH-2024-0017 * * * Dear Ms. de Jesus, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the 2025 Dietary G more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell: * * * To: Brandon L. Taylor, Director Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 * Dr. Tameka Owens, Acting Administrator Food and Nutrition Service Department of Agriculture Braddock Metro Cent more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 5, 2025, from Lipton Teas and Infusions, Hoboken, New Jersey. Here are excerpts: * * * RE: Comments on the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) * * * Lipton Teas and Infusions/1, the world's largest tea company, appreciates the opportunity to provide comments for review by HHS and USDA. We were pleased and applaud USDA and HHS with the recommendation of unsweetened tea as a beverage option for consu more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket HHS-OASH-2024-0017: Request for Public Comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 D more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Southern Shrimp Alliance, Tarpon Springs, Florida. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Designated Federal Officer 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 DietaryGuidelines@hhs.gov Re: Docket No. HHS-OASH-2024-0017: Comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dieta more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells, Arizona: * * * To: Ms. Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket HHS-OASH-2024-0017 - Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee * * * Dear Ms. De Jesus: We are grateful to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) for its deliberat more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the U.S. Alcohol Policy Alliance: * * * Comments regarding Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee compiled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). The U.S. Alcohol Policy Alliance (USAPA) urges HHS to prioritize the comprehensive Alcohol Intake & Health Study produced by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Undera more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: * * * To: Anthony Archeval Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC 20201 Re: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information (Docket No. HHS-OCR-0945-AA22;  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 7, 2025, from United Egg Producers: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Re: Docket No. HHS-OASH-2024-0017-0001 * * * Dear Ms. de Jesus: These comments on the report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Ad more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 7, 2025, from the United Sorghum Checkoff Program, Lubbock, Texas: * * * Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), HHS 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 * * * Dear Janet M. de Jesus, The United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP), a producer-funded organization dedicated to improving the sorghum in more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the University of California CalFresh Healthy Living, Sacramento: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office of the Assistant Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Re: Docket HHS-OASH-2022-0021, 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee * * * Dear Ms. de Jesus, We ap more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication on Feb. 23, 2025, from the University of Maryland Medical System: * * * Comments on Proposed HIPAA Cybersecurity Updates Introduction The University of Maryland Medical System is the largest healthcare provider organization in the state, delivering approximately 25% of all hospital-based care in Maryland. UMMS recognizes the importance of safeguarding Protected Health Information (PHI) and ensuring HIPAA compliance. The pr more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Vegetarian Resource Group, Baltimore, Maryland: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on vegetarianism and the interrelated issues of health, nutrition, environment, ethics, and world hunger.  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from the Washington State Department of Health: * * * To: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health United States Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Request for Public Comment on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee published  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from the American Institute of CPAs: * * * To: Internal Revenue Service, Room 5203 CC:PA:01:PR (IRS REG-116610-20) P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 * Ms. Elizabeth Kastenberg Acting Director Office of Professional Responsibility Internal Revenue Service Washington, DC 2024 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20224 * Mr. William Prater Seni more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Feb. 23, 2025, from the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Internal Revenue Service CC:PA:01:PR (REG- 116610-20) Room 5203 P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Re: Comments on Proposed Regulations Governing Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service (REG-116610-20; 12/26/24) * * * To Whom It May Concern: The Internal Revenue Service Advis more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication on Feb. 24, 2025, from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, Sandy, Utah: * * * To Whom it May Concern, This letter is being sent to you on behalf of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts(R) (also referred to herein as "NACVA(R)") regarding the proposed amendments to Circular 230 ("Proposed Rule"). Specifically, NACVA wishes to address the following language in the more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Feb. 24, 2025, from the State Bar of Texas Tax Section: * * * To: Internal Revenue Service RE: Comments on Proposed Regulations under 31 CFR Part 10, reprinted as Treasury Department Circular No. 230 (REG-11661020) * * * Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas, I am pleased to submit the enclosed response to the request of the Department of the Treasury (the "Treasur more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Feb. 24, 2025, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic Pennsylvania: * * * To: CC:PA:01:PR (REG-116610-20) Internal Revenue Service, Roorn 5203 P.0 Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 RE: IRS-2024-0063 -- Public Comment Request Notice * * * I. Summary The University of Pittsburgh School of Law's Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic (the "Clinic") offers this s more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure has received the following public communication dated Feb. 17, 2025, from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, and Rep. Henry C. "Hank" Johnson Jr., D-Georgia: * * * To: Honorable John D. Bates Chair, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure One Columbus Circle NE Washington, D.C. 20544 * * * Dear Judge Bates: We write to supplement our initial comment on the Advisory Committee's proposed amendments to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from John Gourley, owner of the Micronesian Environmental Services, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands: * * * To: Mr. John Rippe Office of Protected Resources, NMFS 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Re: Proposed Listing for Ten Species of Giant Clams under the Endangered Species Act (NOAA-NMFS-2017-0029) * * * I am respectfully submitting these comments on  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released the following public communication dated Feb. 10, 2025, from Covington & Burling LLP on behalf of Ligado Networks LLC, Reston, Virginia. Here are excerpts: * * * To: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION Washington, D.C. 20230 In the Matter of Impact of L-Band MSS 'Direct-to-Device' Operations on GPS Docket No. NTIA-2024-0005 COMMENTS OF LIGADO NETWORKS LLC * * * more ST