Nomenclature Change Related to Assistant General Counsel Titles

What it does

The Department is effectuating nomenclature changes throughout Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations to remove all references to an outdated official title ("Assistant General Counsel for Employment, Litigation and Information") and replace them with updated references to the appropriate official (the "Assistant General Counsel for Litigation and Strategic Support" or the "Assistant General Counsel for Information Security and Emerging Technologies"). This action is necessary to reflect the current structure and roles within the Department and to ensure that the regulations at Title 15 remain up to date and refer the public to the appropriate officials. This action is intended to promote clarity and efficiency without making any substantive changes to any regulations.

The Commerce Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

3 parts of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

15 CFR 2, 15 CFR 4, 15 CFR 15

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Commerce Department has published 19 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 2 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0605-AA95 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

The rule is effective November 4, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 15 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register