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The Board, a federally chartered, external advisory group composed of scientists from the public and private sectors, will review and provide advice on programmatic activities. 

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is accepting public comments on a proposed action to modify a system of records notice entitled “Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) Activities Records."

The National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program will host a Tribal Consultation to consult on the best practices for engaging with Tribal Nations to facilitate the inclusion of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in this program.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are hosting the Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge to demonstrate how AI tools can be used to predict unplanned hospital and skilled nursing facility adminissions and adverse effects.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled “Bispecific Antibody Development Programs.” This draft guidance provides recommendations to assist industry and other parties involved in the bispecific antibody drug development process.

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation, will hold a hearing titled "Status of the Boeing 737 MAX: Stakeholder Perspectives."

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing titled "Medical Experts: Inadequate Federal Approach to Opioid Treatment and the Need to Expand Care." 

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, will hold a hearing titled "Legislative Solutions to Make Our Nation’s Pipelines Safer." 

The hearing will focus on the opportunities the legitimate cannabis industry presents for small businesses in states with legal cannabis, as well as entrepreneurs from traditionally underserved communities.

The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy, will hold a hearing titled "Fossil Energy Research: Enabling Our Clean Energy Future." 

The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a hearing titled "Harnessing the Power of Community: Leveraging Veteran Networks to Tackle Suicide."

The purpose for this meeting will be review and discussion of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 mandated Relevant Pediatric Molecular Target List, particularly targets linked to cell lineage and targets on normal immune cells and cells in the tumor microenvironment.

The hearing will discuss the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and carbon pollution regulations from light duty cars and trucks.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold a full commission meeting. 

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing to examine opportunities and challenges for advanced geothermal energy development in the United States.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will hold a teleconference meeting of its Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee. Particularly, the Focus Area 1 (Strengthen Federal Coordination to Improve Care) workgroup will meet.

The National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program will host a Tribal Consultation to consult on the best practices for engaging with Tribal Nations to facilitate the inclusion of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in this program.

All of Us is committed to advancing efforts to identify and assess the ethical, legal, and social issues in research using the All of Us data resources to benefit both the program and the broader research community. 

The National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program will host a Tribal Consultation to consult on the best practices for engaging with Tribal Nations to facilitate the inclusion of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in this program.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations of scientific experts from a diverse range of disciplines to be considered for appointment to the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) and four SAB committees: the Agricultural Science Committee, the Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee, the Drinking Water Committee, and the Radiation Advisory Committee. 

The goal of this project is to assess the relevance and impact of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's contribution to guidelines and risk mitigation practices for safe handling of engineered nanomaterials in the workplace.

The conference will discuss opportunities for increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency and enhancing the resilience of the bulk power system through improved software. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a meeting of its Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental Health / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will hold a meeting of its Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. 

The Department of State (DOS) will hold a meeting to discuss the implications of Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) regimes on global health and biomedical research. In particular, DOS will focus on the effects of Nagoya Protocol and other ABS implementation on public health systems.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a meeting of their Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

The workshop will explore issues related to brain health throughout the life span, from birth through old age.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will hold a teleconference meeting of its Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee. Particularly, the Focus Area 2, 3, 4, and 5 workgroups will meet.

In this webinar, NASEM will gather government laboratory and private sector perspectives regarding the barriers and opportunities for deployment of hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technologies and fueling infrastructure in the US.

The purpose of this meeting is for the Task Force to collaborate with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to discuss payment and coverage policies for chronic and acute pain, service delivery models, access to therapies and medical devices, and other issues.

The Board of Scientific Counselors is a federal advisory committee that provides advice and recommendations to EPA's Office of Research and Development on technical and management issues of its research programs.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold a technical conference to discuss policy issues related to the reliability of the Bulk-Power System. 

The purpose of the hearing is to examine options for the interim and long-term storage of nuclear waste and to consider S 1234, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act.

The committee will hear from programs that integrate opioid and infectious disease treatment and prevention into their practice. The experiences of the panelists and their respective organizations will help to inform the committee’s deliberations, based on the Statement of Task.

The Committee is chartered to provide policy advice, information, and recommendations on a wide variety of pesticide regulatory developments and reform initiatives, evolving public policy, and program implementation issues associated with evaluating and reducing risks from pesticide use.

The FAA proposes collecting information pursuant to new requirements under the United States Code that limited recreational operations of unmanned aircraft must now apply for airspace authorizations in controlled airspace.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is soliciting nominations for five new non-Federal members of the Advisory Council to replace the five members whose terms will end September 30, 2019. 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking public comment on proposed data collection forms to support genomic data sharing or research purposes. Sharing research data supports the NIH mission and is essential to facilitate the translation of research results into knowledge, products, and procedures that improve human health.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking public comments on the clinical utility and safety concerns associated with the higher range of opioid analgesic dosing (both in terms of higher strength products and higher daily doses) in the outpatient setting.