What does NPR stand for?

To date, no draft regulations have been published but the FCC is expected to lodge a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) later this month.

Comments to the FTC's Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking are due by May 20, 2009.

Among the issues raised in the notice of proposed rulemaking are: What is a contractor's liability if it sells counterfeit products to the government?

Key excerpts from Environmental Protection Agency, White House and other government documents on the Bush administration's decision rejecting regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act: "I believe this Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking demonstrates the Clean Air Act .

In December 2004, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to examine the existing rule that requires cellular phones to be turned off once an aircraft leaves the ground in order to avoid interfering with cellular network systems on the ground.

An expedited rulemaking authority "would be limited to circumstances in which, in response to an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, representatives of relevant interests including manufacturers, efficiency advocates and state officials negotiate on their own initiative and submit a joint comment to DOE proposing an energy conservation standard for a product," says DOE.

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), has published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register soliciting comments regarding whether to amend the regulations concerning the use of the word "pure" or its variants in the labeling and advertising of alcohol beverage products.

The Federal Reserve Board, on October 11, 2005, issued for public comment a second advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) concerning the open-end (revolving) credit rules of the Board's Regulation Z (Truth in Lending), which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA).