Public Notice

The United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development (RD), which is comprised of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS), and Rural Housing Service (RHS), is amending 14 program funding opportunities to remove references to the Biden Administration’s key priorities and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-related scoring criteria to bring them into compliance with the Executive Order, ‘‘Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing’’, issued on January 20, 2025.

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is delegated the authority to make final suitability determinations and take suitability actions regarding employees in the executive branch based on post-appointment conduct, consistent with applicable law.

The Federal Communications Commission waives the filing requirements in the network change disclosure rules adopted under section 251(c)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act) for a period of two years, unless the waiver is extended prior to its expiration. In the case of short-term network changes and copper retirements, our action also eliminates the associated Bureau public notice process, along with the objection process for interconnected service providers.

The Federal Communications Commission's Office of Managing Director (OMD) announces that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the second quarter of 2025 will be 0.366 or 36.6 percent. Contributions to the federal universal service support mechanisms are determined using a quarterly contribution factor calculated by the FCC. The FCC calculates the quarterly contribution factor based on the ratio of total projected quarterly costs of the universal service support mechanisms to contributors’ total projected collected end-user interstate and international telecommunications re

Through a series of Executive Orders, President Trump has called on administrative agencies to eliminate regulations. By this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission is taking action to promote the policies outlined by President Trump in those Executive Orders. Specifically, the FCC is seeking public input on identifying Commission rules for the purpose of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.

The Federal Communications Commission announces an auction of 200 licenses in the 1695– 1710 MHz, 1755–1780 MHz, and 2155–2180 MHz spectrum bands (collectively, the “AWS-3” bands), and seeks comment on the procedures to be used for the auction. This auction is designated as Auction 113.

The  Federal Communications Commission announced the E-Rate and Rural Health Care programs’ annual caps for funding year 2025. The adjusted amounts represent a 2.4 percent inflation-adjusted increase to both programs’ funding year 2024 annual caps. The E-Rate program funding cap for funding year 2025 is $5,058,637,966. The RHC program funding cap for funding year 2025 is $723,892,841.

Due to ongoing federal government realignment to meet the priorities of the new administration, the Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) will pause all grants and contracts related to the state’s allocation of the federal State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program. Given this uncertainty, the BDO wants potential applicants to avoid investing significant time and resources into preparing applications until the office receives more clarity on the future of the program from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

It is the policy of my Administration to focus the executive branch’s limited enforcement resources on regulations squarely authorized by constitutional Federal statutes, and to commence the deconstruction of the overbearing and burdensome administrative state.

It is the policy of my Administration to dramatically reduce the size of the Federal Government, while increasing its accountability to the American people.  This order commences a reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary.  Reducing the size of the Federal Government will minimize Government waste and abuse, reduce inflation, and promote American freedom and innovation. The non-statutory components and functions of the following governmental entities shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, and su