There were 13 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Aug. 5, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Advisory Committee on Veterans' Employment, Training and Employer Outreach (ACVETEO): Meeting, was submitted on August 4, 2023.

The Labor Department published nine the week before, marking a 44.4 percent increase.

The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.

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 Labor Department in week ending Aug. 5

Title	Publication Date
Advisory Committee on Veterans' Employment, Training and Employer Outreach (ACVETEO): Meeting	08/04/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Programmatic and Performance Requirement	08/04/2023
Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH), Request for Nominations	08/04/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Sealing of Abandoned Areas	08/04/2023
Ballard Marine Construction Bay Park Conveyance Tunnel Project; Application for Permanent Variance and Interim Order; Grant of Interim Order; Request for Comments	08/04/2023
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Standard Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	08/03/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Records of Tests and of Examinations of Personnel Hoisting Equipment	08/01/2023
Applied Research Laboratories of South Florida, LLC; Voluntary Termination of Recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory	08/01/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Hoist Operators' Physical Fitness	08/01/2023
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Escape and Evacuation Plans	08/01/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; O*NET Data Collection Program	07/31/2023
Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions Involving J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., J.P. Morgan Advisors (Formerly, J.P. Morgan Securities; JPMS Brokerage), and Chase Wealth Management Located in New York, New York	07/31/2023
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH); Request for Nominations	07/31/2023