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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is announcing a virtual public meeting for the North Carolina Advisory Committee on March 11, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. ET. The meeting will discuss a report on civil rights and the child welfare system in North Carolina. The public can attend via a Zoom webinar link or by phone, and they may submit written comments within 30 days after the meeting. For those needing additional accommodations, they should contact the commission at least ten business days before the meeting.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, has announced a virtual public meeting of the Western Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) scheduled for January 14, 2025. This meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain Time and is open to the public, requiring prior registration. The agenda will cover topics such as the Tribal Partnership and Reserved Treaty Rights Program and updates from field managers, with a public comment period set for 3:30 p.m. Attendees can participate virtually, and detailed minutes will be made available on the RAC's web page.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is holding a closed meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors from April 11 to April 13, 2021. This meeting is not open to the public because it will discuss and evaluate sensitive information, such as the qualifications and performance of personnel, and the competence of individual researchers. The meeting will take place virtually at the Porter Neuroscience Research Center in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information, contact Dr. Lorna W. Role via email at lorna.role@nih.gov.

The Department of Commerce issued a correction notice for a previous document seeking public comments on the High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS). The correction updates information about the timing of data collections, stating that the survey content originally scheduled for March will now happen in May, while the April survey will proceed as planned. The notice also invites the public to comment on the necessity and effectiveness of the survey process, ensuring that any feedback is considered in the request for approval. Comments will be public record, although personal information may not be kept private.

The Census Bureau within the Department of Commerce is seeking public comments on proposed revisions to its information collection about state and local government tax revenues. The Census Bureau plans to update surveys related to property, state, and non-property taxes by adding new categories such as cannabis and sports betting sales taxes, while removing others like license taxes from quarterly collections. This notice invites feedback on the revisions and aims to ensure that data collection methods are efficient and maintain relevancy. The deadline for submitting comments is March 16, 2021.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases will hold a closed meeting for the review and evaluation of grant applications from February 13-14, 2025. The meeting will be virtual, and it is closed to the public because it involves discussions that might reveal confidential information or personal details. The contact person for this meeting is Dr. Jian Yang. This meeting is part of the work undertaken by the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is requesting public feedback on a proposed information collection effort related to the Family Options Study. This study aims to assess the long-term impacts of different housing and service interventions on homeless families. HUD intends to update contact information for 2,241 families who participated in the study to conduct a followup survey approximately eleven years after their initial enrollment. Comments are invited from the public regarding the necessity, accuracy, and burden of this information collection.

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering is holding a closed meeting of its Board of Scientific Counselors on June 23-24, 2025. This meeting is closed to the public to discuss internal programs and evaluate the qualifications, performance, and competence of individual investigators, as releasing such information could invade personal privacy. The meeting will take place in person at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. For more information, Richard D. Leapman, Ph.D. can be contacted via email.

The National Institutes of Health is holding a series of closed meetings to evaluate grant applications pertaining to genomic research. These meetings, conducted by the National Human Genome Research Institute, will take place as virtual sessions on March 18, March 29, and April 2, 2021. The purpose of these sessions is to review and discuss sensitive grant information, which includes confidential trade secrets and personal data that prevent public access. Ken D. Nakamura, Ph.D., is the scientific review officer overseeing these meetings.

The Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Interior Department, is seeking to renew approval for collecting information from people visiting their recreational areas. This effort aims to gather up-to-date data on visitor use to improve recreation programs. The agency is inviting public comments on this proposed information collection, which involves a survey conducted twice a year across various sites. The feedback collected will help the Bureau to address visitor needs and ensure the recreation facilities meet current demands.