What did Labor Department publish on Dec. 23?

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Proposed Individual Exemption To Replace Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2000-45, Involving Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGMI), Formerly Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (Salomon Smith Barney), Located in New York, NY.

The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Labor Department on Dec. 23

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Notice of Proposed Individual Exemption To Replace Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2000-45, Involving Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGMI), Formerly Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (Salomon Smith Barney), Located in New York, NY
Prohibited Transaction Exemptions and Grant of Individual Exemptions involving: 2008-15, Popular, Inc., Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, and Popular Financial Holdings, Inc. (collectively, the Applicants), D-11396; and 2008-16, BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock, and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (PNC) (collectively, the Applicants), D-11453