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  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 14161
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women plans to submit a request for an extension of an existing information collection to the Office of Management and Budget. This request involves the OVW Notice of Funding Opportunity Template, a tool used to guide applications for grants under the Violence Against Women Act. The process affects entities like governments, schools, and organizations applying for funding. Community members are encouraged to give feedback on areas such as reducing the time burden and improving the collection's effectiveness until April 28, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The government wants to make sure it's doing a good job helping people who stop violence against women, and they're asking for ideas from everyone to make it better. They're checking how their forms and questions are used and want to make it easier and faster for people to fill them out.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 9978
    Reading Time:about 40 minutes

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing and seeking public feedback on a proposed rule change by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This proposal aims to amend Rule 7.35C to allow NYSE to facilitate a Trading Halt Auction if a security doesn't reopen by 3:30 p.m. after a market-wide circuit breaker halt, known as an "MWCB Halt." The proposal includes changes such as widening the price range for these reopening auctions and allowing certain market maker interests to remain active. The SEC is also considering whether these changes meet the legal standards to ensure fair and orderly markets and is inviting comments from the public by March 10, 2021.

    Simple Explanation

    The big agency in charge of keeping the stock market fair, called the SEC, is checking on some new rules the New York Stock Exchange wants to try out. These rules are about what to do when the market has to take a break because everything's going a little crazy, like making sure they can start trading again before it gets too late in the day.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 8536
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), part of the Department of Justice, is seeking public feedback on their planned information gathering under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This involves collecting data on the number of law enforcement employees working as of October 31 across various agencies, including federal, state, and local bodies. The proposed information collection aims to update the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program with details about police employees, which will be included in publications like Crime in the Nation. Interested parties are invited to comment on aspects such as the necessity, accuracy, and burden of the information collection over the next 60 days.

    Simple Explanation

    The FBI wants to know how many police officers are working and is asking people to help by sharing their thoughts on this plan. They want to make sure it's not too much work for people to tell them these numbers.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 9452
    Reading Time:about 95 minutes

    NYSE Arca, Inc. has proposed a rule change to allow for the listing and trading of shares of the Grayscale Litecoin Trust under its new rule, 8.201-E, which covers Commodity-Based Trust Shares. This proposal aims to turn the Grayscale Litecoin Trust into an exchange-traded product, making it easier for investors to gain exposure to Litecoin (LTC) on a regulated exchange. The Trust currently holds about $215.4 million worth of LTC and is the largest LTC investment fund, which allows investors to engage without directly purchasing the cryptocurrency. The Securities and Exchange Commission is soliciting public feedback on the proposed rule change.

    Simple Explanation

    NYSE Arca wants to list and trade shares of a big Litecoin fund, making it easier for people to buy and sell Litecoin on a regular exchange without having to buy the actual digital coins. The rules and details about how it works are a bit complicated, so they are asking people to share their thoughts on the idea.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 8546
    Reading Time:about 17 minutes

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing a rule change proposed by NYSE American, LLC. The proposal suggests temporarily waiving the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF) for December 2024, aiming to prevent fee collections from exceeding regulatory costs. The fee would resume on January 1, 2025, at the same rate. The SEC temporarily suspended this proposal to allow more time for public feedback and further evaluation of its consistency with relevant laws and fairness in terms of fee allocation.

    Simple Explanation

    The SEC is looking at a plan from a stock exchange to stop charging a special fee just for December 2024 to make sure they don't collect too much money. The fee would start again in January, but they want to hear what people think first.