Its new request for comments seeks to help fill a need for "additional, focused comment on certain specific topics" that the FCC found necessary after reviewing comments submitted in response to the National Broadband Plan notice of inquiry (NOI), and from a series of staff workshops the FCC has been holding "to promote an open dialogue between the FCC and key constituents on matters important to the National Broadband Plan.
Based upon comments received in response to its earlier request for comments in May 1999, the Board has concluded that the Federal Reserve Banks' deposit deadlines and pricing practices for ACH transactions they exchange with private-sector ACH operators should be modified and is now requesting comments on specific modifications that it is considering.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with request for comments today to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Request For Comments The guidance requests public comments concerning several issues, including the following: Additional methodologies and technologies to add to the list, including methods to protect the security of data in use Whether limited data sets should be treated as unusable, unreadable or indecipherable to unauthorized persons Whether there is potential for conflict between the HITECH Act and state breach notification laws Whether covered entities or business associates expect to have to send multiple notices of a single breach because of existing laws The circumstances in which the HITECH Act's exceptions to the definition of "breach" are expected to apply The time frame for providing comments is short.
