WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 26, 2024, from the American Kidney Fund, Rockville, Maryland: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Blvd Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: CMS-1805-P: Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 26, 2024, from CSL Vifor, Glattbrugg, Switzerland: * * * To: Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1805-P Mail Stop C4-26-05 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850 Re: [CMS-1805-P] Medicare Program; End  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has released the following public communication dated Oct. 29, 2024, from Forterra, Clarksburg, Maryland: * * * To: Ms. Joo Chung, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency (ATSD(PCLT)) 4800 Mark Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700 RE: Docket ID: DoD-2021-OS-0071, Comments on Proposed Revisions to 32 C.F.R. 3 on Other Transaction (OT) Agreements for Prototype  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 31, 2024: Student Debt Relief Based on Hardship for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loans), the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins) Program, and the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations related to the Higher Education   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication dated Oct. 31, 2024, from AccessLex Institute and 30 collaborators: * * * To: Matthew Soldner, Acting Director, Institute of Education Sciences U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, D.C. 20202 RE: Docket ID ED-2024-IES-0116 * * * This letter is submitted on behalf of the 25 undersigned organizations and 8 individuals. We are enthusiastic about the potential for  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication dated Oct. 31, 2024, from Chun Ying Wang, vice president of insights at Braven: * * * To: Institute of Education Sciences 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202 Docket ID ED-2024-IES-0116 * * * To Whom it May Concern: I appreciate the opportunity to comment on behalf of Braven on the Institute of Education Science's Request for Information on how to improve data user experiences t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication dated Oct. 30, 2024, from the Data Quality Campaign: * * * To: Juliana Pearson Manager of the Strategic Collections & Clearance Governance and Strategy Division US Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave, SW, LBJ, Room 4C210 Washington, DC 20202-1200 Re: Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0111 & ED-2024-SCC-0112 * * * Dear Ms. Pearson: On behalf of the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), I write to p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication on Nov. 4, 2024, from Oakland Schools: * * * To: Manager of the Strategic Collections & Clearance Governance and Strategy Division U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave, SW, LBJ, Room 4C210 Washington, DC 20202-1200 In re: Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0112 * * * To Whom It May Concern: In response to the proposed revisions to the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication on Oct. 28, 2024, from Rail Pollution Protection Pittsburgh: * * * We submit that since the EPA's Vinyl Chloride exposure analysis must take into account unplanned incidents -the EPA is obligated to include risks related to exposures resulting from transportation of vinyl chloride by rail. To fully and properly perform this analysis, the EPA is additionally urged to coordinate this is  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) received the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Outstanding Public Sector Award this weekend during their annual conference on November 3. Special Assistant to the EXIM President and Chair, Laly Rivera Perez, accepted the award in person on behalf of EXIM Chair Reta Jo Lewis. This award marks an   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) received the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Outstanding Public Sector Award this weekend during their annual conference on November 3. Special Assistant to the EXIM President and Chair, Laly Rivera Perez, accepted the award in person on behalf of EXIM Chair Reta Jo Lewis. This award marks an historic milestone in the partnership  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 31, 2024, from AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket Number FDA-2024-N-3924 Response to FDA Call for Comments Digital Health Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Dock  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 31, 2024, from Bionews: * * * To: Robert M. Califf, M.D. Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, Maryland 20993 * Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, Maryland 209  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a notice on Oct. 31, 2024, entitled "Marketplace Quality Standards". SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning eac  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a notice on Oct. 31, 2024, entitled "Reentry Demonstration Initiative". SUMMARY: On May 28, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) guidance related to the "generic" clearance process. Generally, this is an expedited process by which agencies may obtain OMB's approval of collection of information requests that are "usually volunta  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration issued a notice on Oct. 31, 2024, entitled "Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network". SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration issued a notice on Oct. 31, 2024, entitled "Maternal and Child Health Jurisdictional Survey Instrument for the Title V MCH Block Grant Program". SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 31, 2024: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; List of Petitions Received SUMMARY: HRSA is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of HHS is named as  more

LANHAM, Maryland, Nov. 7 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today announced the inaugural meeting of the Baltimore Vacants Reinvestment Council, marking a significant milestone in the state's commitment to addressing vacancy in Baltimore City. The council will tap key community, corporate, philanthropic and government leaders to leverage targeted investments to move at le  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Award-winning Original Series Highlights the Best of Maryland Agriculture from the Appalachian Mountains to the Coastal Plain and Everywhere Between * * * Maryland Public Television's (MPT) original series Maryland Farm & Harvest returns for its 12th season on Tuesday, November 12 with the first of 13 new half-hour episodes. A two-minute teaser video for the upcoming season is avai  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 7 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 6, 2024, on the 2024 Presidential Election results: * * * The Maryland State House is the place where General George Washington resigned his military commission in 1783-the first time in our nation's history where the peaceful transfer of power took place and set the precedent for how electoral transitions should occur in this country. And this Tuesday, tens of millions of Americans went to the p  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Nov. 7, 2024, on the passage of Ballot Question 1, solidifying the right to an abortion in the state constitution: * * * "We've been clear since Day One of the Moore-Miller Administration that Maryland will lead the fight to protect reproductive freedom. And this week, the people of Maryland raised their hands to guide this work, voting overwhelmingly to enshrine reproductive freedom into our state con  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * This week, we celebrate National STEM Day, which falls on November 8. Jobs in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are found throughout the country, but are more highly concentrated in some areas than others. In May 2023, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California, and California-Lexington Park, Maryland, had the hig  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 31, 2024: Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to revise the NRC's regulations by adding a risk-informed, performance-based, and technology-inclusive regulatory framework for commercial nuclear plants in response to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernizati  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news: Compared to those who experienced a low level of adversity in childhood, people who experienced a high level of childhood adversity were more likely to die by suicide or substance use in middle adulthood, according to a study of nearly 50,000 people conducted by researchers at NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institu  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command issued the following news: By Parker Martin The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) hosted a Soldier touchpoint event at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Edgewood, Maryland to test out new unmanned drones equipped with a set of microsensors developed in conjunction with the Republic of Korea's (ROK) Agency for Defense Development (ADD). Soldier touc  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: * * * Paving the way for innovation in healthcare and economic advancement * * * TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announces the panel "FDA Modernization: Opportunities for Patient Impact and Economic Development" to take place at the upcoming 2024 Entrepreneur Expo at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel on December 4, 2024. The session will fo  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: * * * Attendees will hear from Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of the FDA's CBER, as he shares initiatives FDA is taking to accelerate approval of regenerative medicine therapies * * * TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announces a fireside chat titled "Advancing Regenerative Medicine: FDA's Role in Accelerating Approvals for Innovative Therapies" that wi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty for his role in a bribery scheme to give kickbacks to a U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) official in exchange for the official's efforts to influence the award of lucrative federal contracts, announced U.S. Attorney Hamdani. Court documents charge Christopher Cassity aka Mac, Glenwood, Maryland, with one count of honest servi  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The U.S. Navy tested its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station's (UMCS) ability to command an unmanned aircraft in flight for the first time Nov. 5, paving the way for future unmanned aviation operations. As part of an effort to advance technology for future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) initiated a joint demonstration   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- U.S. Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Defense Personal Property Management Office (DPMO) in coordination with the military services and U.S. Coast Guard has authorized transportation offices servicing customers located at the following installations to begin ordering Global Household Goods (GHC) shipments during the month of November: 1. Redstone A  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 7 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: By Hadiyah Brendel The Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics (PMB) department at the Uniformed Services University (USU) has taken an innovative approach to teaching systems thinking by incorporating the board game Friday Night at the ER(R) into its medical curriculum. Aimed at the medical school class of 2028, the department's Leadership in Health Systems (LHS) course directors, Navy Cmdr. (Dr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued a 65-page report in October 2024 entitled "Freedom to Move - Investing in Transportation Choices for a Clean, Prosperous, and Just Future." The report was written by Kevin X. Shen, Dave Cooke, Emmanuell De Barros, Mike Christensen, Kim Mitchell and Dorothy Wiley. Here are excerpts: * * * HIGHLIGHTS More transportation options such as transit, walking, and biking, are good for the environment, the economy, and social equity. Yet   more