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The U.S. Coast Guard has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval to continue collecting information for the Marine Transportation System Recovery. This information helps assess the status of ports and facilities following disruptions, such as natural disasters. The request for comments is open until March 29, 2021. The Coast Guard uses this data to devise recovery strategies to protect and repair essential infrastructure.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, also known as AmeriCorps, has issued a final rule to update the civil monetary penalties in its regulations in line with inflation, following the guidelines set by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The penalties related to Restrictions on Lobbying have been adjusted from a range of $24,497 to $244,957 to a new range of $25,133 to $251,321. Similarly, the penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act has been raised from a maximum of $13,946 to $14,308. These changes take effect immediately as of January 14, 2025, without prior public notice or comment due to the non-discretionary nature of the updates.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division announced its intent to submit a request for an information collection regarding the FBI Expungement and Sealing Form (FD-1114) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This request is intended to ensure information accuracy within the FBI's systems and is required by federal regulations. The public has until April 28, 2025, to provide comments on the proposed collection. The information collection targets state, local, tribal, and federal governments, with an estimated 147,610 respondents and a total annual burden of 8,611 hours.

The President of the United States issued a memorandum on December 11, 2024, delegating specific functions and authorities under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 to several high-ranking officials. These officials include the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy, as well as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Each official is tasked with certain responsibilities related to sections 1352 and 1353 of the Act, and they are to consult with each other as needed. Additionally, the Secretary of Defense is instructed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. This request involves a three-year plan to pre-test surveys to enhance the quality and usability of data collection instruments, ensuring data is collected efficiently and accurately. Comments from the public are invited, especially those that address the necessity, accuracy, and potential burden of the proposed data collection. Feedback can be submitted via the specified online or mail channels before the deadline, March 16, 2021.

The Office of Management and Budget has established new rates for recovering costs from third parties who are liable for inpatient medical services provided by military treatment facilities. These rates were previously set on October 1, 2019, for billing medical insurers, but a different approval authority is now required for tort liability billing. The rates take effect with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register and remain effective until further notice. Additional information is available on the Health.mil website.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has published a Notice regarding the delegation of authority to allocate funds. This delegation, effective February 11, 2025, was made under the 2023 Appropriations Act for the Executive Office of the President. The Director of the OMB, Russell T. Vought, has given the Program Associate Directors the power to distribute funds as authorized by law, while also allowing them to pass on this power if needed. This new delegation cancels any previous ones, but the Director still retains the ultimate authority to allocate funds directly.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is asking the public to comment on a document they plan to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. This document involves collecting information for managing grant payments using the Line of Credit Control System (LOCCS). HUD is interested in hearing from people about whether this information collection is necessary, if the estimates of its impact are accurate, and how the process might be improved or made less burdensome. Comments must be submitted by March 31, 2025.

The Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is seeking public comments on a new information collection request for the COPS Community Policing Advancement Performance Report. This report is used by law enforcement agencies that receive COPS grant funding. The public has until February 21, 2025, to provide feedback on the proposed collection, which aims to improve community policing. The estimated time for each respondent to complete the application is 11 hours, and participation is voluntary.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a new information collection using Google Forms. This collection is a part of USAID's Occupational Safety & Health (OHS) program and is aimed at gathering data on workplace injuries and illnesses as mandated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the OSH Act of 1970. The collected data will be used to improve workplace safety and health programs and assess workplace safety progress. Comments from the public are welcome and should be submitted within 30 days of this notice's publication.