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OIRA Report Highlights Examples of Agencies Seeking to Strengthen Public Participation and Community Engagement in the Regulatory...

The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) published a blog item on August 14, 2024, announcing the availability of a report highlighting examples of agencies seeking to...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

OIRA Will Offer Training Sessions on Effective Participation in the Public Comment Process

As part of its efforts to strengthen public engagement in the federal regulatory process, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced on July 10, 2024, that...more

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OSHA’s Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard in Focus: Analysis and Review

On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a proposed rule on “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.” The rule would apply to all employers and be...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OSHA Heat Standard Heads to White House for Review

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OSHA has been working a proposed standard for indoor and outdoor heat illness since 2021. This month the proposed standard has been sent to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review. ...more

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Beltway Buzz - June 2024 #2

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

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OSHA’s Proposed Heat Illness Prevention Standard Is at the White House for Review: What’s Next?

On June 11, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sent its proposed standard on indoor/outdoor heat illness prevention to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for...more

BakerHostetler

How FTC History Did Not Affect the FTC’s Approach to Non-Competes (but Should Have?): From the Nader Report to the Present

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On April 23, the FTC issued its much-anticipated Final Rule banning worker non-competes. The Final Rule targets the Biden administration’s goal of reducing barriers to employee mobility....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Regulatory Race Is On: The Biden Administration Sprints to Issue Key Health Policies

The upcoming election, and the approaching end of the President’s four-year term, introduce additional dynamics into the agencies’ rulemaking process and even the guidance process. From now through the November election, the...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Updated Federal Overtime Rule Cleared by White House

The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of the updated federal overtime rule on April 10, 2024. We can expect publication of the final rule in the Federal Register any day now,...more

TNG Consulting

Important 2024 Title IX Regulations Release Update

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The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed its review of the new Title IX rule and has cancelled the remaining meetings that were publicly posted,...more

Dickinson Wright

Title IX Update

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It is now spring, and if you are an educational entity, it is now the season to begin preparations for summer professional development for the upcoming school year. So you may be wondering: 1) What is going on with Title IX?...more

Franczek P.C.

Title IX Athletics Final Rule Likely Delayed Until After the Election

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As a quick update for our education clients, the Biden administration purportedly plans to delay the release date of the Title IX final rule on transgender athletes until after the presidential election. While the Department...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

MSHA Respirable Crystalline Silica Rule Clears OMB Review – Final Rule Is Imminent

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We have an important update to share about the status of MSHA’s Respirable Crystalline Silica rulemaking, officially proposed as Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection....more

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After a Long Warm-Up, OSHA’s Proposed ‘Walkaround Rule’ Gets OIRA’s Final Approval to Run (in the Federal Register)

A yearslong saga seems to be coming to an end now that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has completed its review of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “walkaround rule,” 29...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

OSHA’s Worker Walkaround Rule Clears OMB Review – Final Rule Is Imminent

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We have an important update to share about the status and now more clear outcome of OSHA’s rulemaking for a Worker Walkaround Designation Process Rule. Thursday, OMB updated the entry on its website about the Worker...more

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OSHA Sends Proposed Final “Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process” Rule to OMB

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In early 2023, OSHA revealed plans for a rulemaking for a Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process Rule that would amend existing regulation 29 CFR § 1903.8(c), which governs participation by third parties in OSHA...more

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FDA’s Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) Final Rule Under OIRA Review

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On March 1, 2024, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (“OIRA”), Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), Executive Office of the President received the final version of FDA’s rule on regulation of laboratory...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Update: The DOL’s New Overtime Rule is Officially in the Pipeline

Following up on our previous blog post about the DOL’s Proposed Rule raising minimum salary thresholds for exempt workers, we are now getting closer to game time. The DOL recently submitted a proposed Final Rule through the...more

King & Spalding

A Brief Overview of the Federal Rulemaking Process in the United States

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Since the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) in the United States, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have issued notices of proposed regulations...more

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Beltway Buzz - March 2024 #2

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Making Moves – FDA’s LDT Proposed Rule Sent to OMB for Review

As of Monday March 4, 2024—just three months after the end of its comment period on December 4, 2023—FDA’s rule on regulation of laboratory developed tests (“LDTs”) as medical devices is under review by the Office of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Working Overtime: Is Publication of DOL’s OT Exemption Rule Imminent?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: With DOL’s overtime exemption rule currently under White House review, we could see its publication sooner rather than later. ...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Higher USCIS Filing Fees Could Be Coming Very Soon

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Last January I posted about "An Unwelcome Update to Start 2023: USCIS Proposing Rule to Raise Filing Fees; Set Specific Filing Fees for Different Types of I-129 Filings". That unwelcome proposal to start 2023 may become an...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

Update: USCIS Poised to Increase Immigration Filing Fees

On Monday, January 8, 2024, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) received the final rule outlining the increased fees for US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) filings. Normally, OIRA...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

White House Clears Independent Contractor Final Rule

On January 2, 2024, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The...more

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