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The President
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Proclamation 7743 of December 8, 2003

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 2003
By the President of the United States of America A

Presidential Documents : Veterans Affairs Department

The National Park Service is promulgating this rule to more effectively manage winter visitation and recreational use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway. This rule is issued in conjunction with the Winter Use Plans Final Environmental Impact Statement and the Final Supplemental

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the relocation cost principle to expand the use of reimbursement on a lumpsum basis to certain types of employee relocation costs.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify the point that the JavitsWagner O'Day (JWOD) program becomes a mandatory source of supplies and services and to update the address for the Committee for Purchase from People

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to update references and make editorial changes.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement sections 1014 and 1064 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 on requirements for debriefing unsuccessful offerors under competitive proposals.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule [[Page 69252]]
amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the insurance and indemnification cost principle, and the portion of the compensation for personal services cost principle relating to pension

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the placement of orders under existing contracts and agreements with contractors that have been debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to increase the blanket waiver threshold for small dollar value purchases from Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) by Federal agencies. By

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reflect changes in contract action reporting to the Federal Procurement Data SystemNext Generation (FPDSNG).

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the depreciation cost principle to improve clarity and structure, and remove unnecessary and duplicative language.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to replace Standard Form (SF) 254, ArchitectEngineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and SF 255, ArchitectEngineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 200118. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is available

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Veterans Affairs Department

We are adopting new disclosure requirements and amendments to existing disclosure requirements to enhance the transparency of the operations of boards of directors. Specifically, we are adopting enhancements to existing disclosure requirements regarding the operations of board nominating committees and a new disclosure requirement concerning the

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Veterans Affairs Department

This action promulgates national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for miscellaneous coating manufacturing facilities. The final rule establishes emission limits and work practice requirements for new and existing miscellaneous coating manufacturing operations, including process vessels, storage tanks, wastewater, transfer

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Veterans Affairs Department

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is adopting standards of conduct that apply uniformly to interstate natural gas pipelines and public utilities (jointly referred to as Transmission Providers). The standards of conduct will govern the relationships between regulated Transmission Providers and all of their Energy Affiliates. The new

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Veterans Affairs Department

The Department of Veterans Affairs proposes to amend the Appeals Regulations and Rules of Practice of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) by removing the Board's authority to develop evidence for initial consideration. Under its current Appeals Regulations and Rules of
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Practice, the Board is permitted to obtain evidence, clarify

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS : Veterans Affairs Department

The Department of the Treasury (``Treasury,'' or ``We,'' or ``Us'') is publishing for comment a proposed amendment to the customer protection rules in Sec. 403.4 of the regulations issued under the Government Securities Act of 1986 (``GSA''), as amended.\1\ This provision requires entities registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Treasury Department

Pursuant to authority delegated to the United States Trade Representative (``USTR'') in Presidential Proclamation 6969 of January 27, 1997 (62 FR 4415), USTR is making technical corrections to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTS'') as set forth in the annex to this notice. These modifications

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE : Trade Representative, Office of United States

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has determined that Mali has adopted an effective visa system and related procedures to prevent unlawful transshipment and the use of counterfeit documents in connection with shipments of textile and apparel articles and has implemented and follows, or is making substantial progress toward implementing

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE : Trade Representative, Office of United States

The Board is instituting a proceeding to determine the railroad industry's cost of capital for 2003. The decision solicits comments on: (1) The railroads' 2003 current cost of debt capital; (2) the railroads' 2003 current cost of preferred stock equity capital; (3) the railroads' 2003 cost of common stock equity capital; and (4) the 2003 capital

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

I hereby make the determination provided for in Section 5 of the Presidential Proclamation No. 7060, of December 12, 1997, that the suspension of entry into the United States as immigrants or nonimmigrants of senior officials of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and adult dependents of their immediate families is

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Department of State announces an open competition for an assistance award to support planning, implementing and evaluating a project to improve social studies education at the high school level in Armenia through subjectrelated curriculum development

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State, on behalf of the U.S.Afghan Women's Council and in cooperation with the Office of International Women's Issues of the U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition for grants to support a series of exchanges and training

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department