WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has released the following public communication dated Feb. 17, 2025, from the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Rockville, Maryland: * * * To: Hon. John D. Bates Chair, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure Judicial Conference of the United States One Columbus Circle, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20544 Re: USC-RULES-AP-2024-0001--Request for Comments on Proposed Amendments to Federal Rule of Appellate 29 * * * Dear more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the following public communication dated Feb. 18, 2025, from the Southern Environmental Law Center: * * * To: Secretary Sean Duffy U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Re: USDOT Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) Interim Guidelines (DOT- OST-2024-0120) * * * Dear Secretary Duffy: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Department of Transportation's  more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication on Feb. 18, 2025, from Stephen A. Wooderson, CEO of the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, Rockville, Maryland: * * * I am pleased to be able to comment on the Notice of Proposed Priority for the National Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center (NVRTAC). Please see comments below organized by subject: We agree that this NVRTAC needs to provide progr more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has released the following public communication dated Feb. 14, 2025, from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Silver Spring, Maryland: * * * Public Comments Processing Attn: FWS-HQ-ES-2024-0157 To: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service MS:PRB/3W 5275 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 Re: Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2024-0157; Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Giraffe. * * * The As more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-309) on the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act (S. 1171), which aims to amend Chapter 131 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 19, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Purpose and Summary  more ST