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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is holding a closed meeting on April 30, 2025, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. This meeting is to review and evaluate contract proposals and will take place via a video-assisted format. The meeting is closed to the public to protect confidential information such as trade secrets and personal data. For more details, contact Dr. Poonam Tewary at the National Institutes of Health.

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 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 National Human Genome Research Institute is holding a closed meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors on April 28, 2025. The meeting will take place virtually from 3:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. and will focus on reviewing and evaluating the qualifications and performance of personnel and investigators. This meeting is private to protect the privacy of individuals being assessed. The contact person for the meeting is Shawn M. Burgess, who can be reached at the National Institutes of Health.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is holding two closed meetings to discuss grant applications for special emphasis panels. The first meeting on February 26, 2021, will focus on device-based treatments for substance use disorders. The second meeting, scheduled for March 3, 2021, will review research on HIV/AIDS through computational neuroscience. These meetings are closed to the public to protect confidential information and personal privacy.

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 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.