What did Commerce Department publish on Jan. 14?

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Offsets in Military Exports.

The Department includes the Census Bureau, which is used to determine many factors about American life. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department is involved in misguided foreign trade policies and is home to many unneeded programs.

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 Commerce Department on Jan. 14

Title
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico; Requirement for a Descending Device or Venting Tool
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 23 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic; Amendment 10
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas
Notice of Designation of the Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 84-Houston, Texas; Authorization of Production Activity; Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas (Houston) Inc. (Forklifts/Work Trucks and Related Subassemblies/Kits); Houston, Texas
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Offsets in Military Exports