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AI Summary: This notice is an Executive Order issued by the President establishing a federal directive to suppress tick and mosquito populations and address the health and economic harms they cause across the United States, with a specific initial focus on the District of Columbia. The document directs federal agencies, including the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Health and Human Services, to collaborate on a targeted campaign to significantly reduce invasive mosquito and tick numbers by 2028 using land management, natural predators, and advanced technologies such as sterile insect techniques and biotechnology. Additionally, the order mandates the development of a regulatory framework for novel pest control methods, the advancement of research and prize competitions for diagnostics, preventions, and treatments for vector-borne diseases and alpha-gal syndrome, and the exploration of allergy warning labels for food and drug products containing significant amounts of alpha-galactose.