The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Wednesday, February 15, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until February 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM EST (Pro Forma) The Senate Stands Adjourned Until February 15, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST Acting Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources John R. Bass attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria J. Nuland attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez is on travel to Moldova and France from February 8-15, 2023. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee is on travel to South Africa, Nigeria, and Ethiopia from February 5-19, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Mallory Stewart is on travel to Florida from February 14-15, 2023. . . . Daily Weather Map National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ National Forecast Charts National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?day=1 NOAA Tide Predictions - Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1396 NOAA Observed Water Levels - Station 8594900 Washington DC Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8594900 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8594900 February 13, 2023 - February 15, 2023 The 15th Annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums https://www.exchangemonitor.com/go/nuclear-deterrence-summit-2023/agenda/ https://www.exchangemonitor.com/go/nuclear-deterrence-summit-2023/ February 15, 2023 - February 16, 2023 National Science Board Meeting National Science Foundation https://beta.nsf.gov/events/national-science-board-meeting-130/2023-02-15 February 15, 2023 - February 16, 2023 10th Meeting of Lead Reviewers for the Review of Biennial Reports and National Communications of Annex I Parties United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) https://unfccc.int/event/10th_BRNC_LRsMeeting2023 February 15, 2023 - February 16, 2023 IdeaSquare Open Doors! CERN https://indico.cern.ch/event/1148809/ February 15, 2023 - February 16, 2023 OECD Tax and Development Days 2023 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) https://www.oecd.org/tax/tax-and-development-days.htm February 15, 2023 - February 16, 2023 Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative® Multi-Disciplinary Working Group MDWG Meeting National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://heal.nih.gov/node/42486 February 15, 2023 - February 16, 2023 EWONAP Basic Financial Management Training Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American Programs https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/ih/codetalk/calendar February 15, 2023 - February 17, 2023 94th meeting of the Accreditation Panel United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) https://unfccc.int/event/94th-meeting-of-the-accreditation-panel February 15, 2023 - February 17, 2023 Inclusive Leadership Summit 2023 - Inclusion in the Workplace German Marshall Fund of the United States https://www.gmfus.org/event/inclusive-leadership-summit-2023-inclusion-workplace February 15, 2023 - February 17, 2023 Exec. Ed. Online: Conflict, Feedback, and Negotiation for Physician Leaders Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/event/exec-ed-online-conflict-feedback-and-negotiation-for-physician-leaders-2/ February 15, 2023 - February 18, 2023 NASS 2023 Winter Conference The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) https://www.nass.org/events/nass-2023-winter-conference February 15, 2023 - February 20, 2023 LEG 43 Meeting United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) https://unfccc.int/event/leg-43 February 15, 2023 TBD Special IEA Ministerial Meeting With 40 Countries on Gas Markets and Supply Security International Energy Agency (IEA) https://www.iea.org/events/special-iea-ministerial-meeting-on-gas-markets-and-supply-security February 15, 2023 TBD Monthly Oil Market Report (OMR) - March 2023 International Energy Agency (IEA) https://www.iea.org/events/oil-market-report-march-2023 February 15, 2023 TBD Advisory Committee on Information security and data privacy (ACSEC) Technical Committee Meeting International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:41:0::::FSP_ORG_ID:11906 February 15, 2023 2:30 AM EST E-Meeting ITU-T Study Group 5: Q7/5 E-Waste, Circular Economy, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations https://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/lists/rgmdetails.aspx?id=13526&Group=5 3:15 AM EST OCHA/UNHCR - Press Conference: Joint Launch of the Ukraine Regional Refugee Response Plan and Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan 2023 United Nations 3:30 AM EST Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers Session, With Invitees Finland and Sweden - Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence #DefMin North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/2/pdf/230214-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_51267.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_211219.htm 4:00 AM EST Meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group - Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence #DefMin North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/2/pdf/230214-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_51267.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_211219.htm 4:00 AM EST Sixth Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of Central Asia Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) https://www.fao.org/europe/events/detail-events/en/c/1629207/ 4:00 AM EST 5th Meeting, 73rd Session, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10ledzwso 4:00 AM EST Joint Launch of the Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan and the Regional Refugee Response Plan for Ukraine United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k1pb2zzb5u 4:00 AM EST Working Group on Effective Treaty Implementation (WGETI) - Arms Trade Treaty United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k1p9qxshjz 4:00 AM EST 1953rd Meeting, 84th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1jkbia30u 5:00 AM EST Plenary Meeting of Electoral Group I United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/plenary-meeting-electoral-group-i-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230127221205/https://www.unesco.org/en/event/plenary-meeting-electoral-group-i-1 5:00 AM EST (15th Meeting - STSC Plenary) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k1p4rszu9z 5:30 AM EST The Impact of Model Realism on Interpretations of the Galactic Center Excess CERN https://indico.cern.ch/event/1241258/ 6:00 AM EST Official Photo (with Invitees Finland and Sweden) - Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence #DefMin North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/2/pdf/230214-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_51267.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_211219.htm 6:00 AM EST The Military Balance 2023 Launch International Institute for Strategic Studies https://www.iiss.org/events/2023/02/the-military-balance-2023-launch 6:45 AM EST Press Conference by the NATO Secretary General - Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence #DefMin North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/2/pdf/230214-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_51267.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_211219.htm 7:00 AM EST Meeting of the Evaluation Body of the 2023 Cycle - 2003 Convention United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/meeting-evaluation-body-2023-cycle-2003-convention-0 https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.unesco.org/en/event/meeting-evaluation-body-2023-cycle-2003-convention-0 7:00 AM EST The Future of Social and Demographic Statistics United Nations Statistics Division https://unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/statcom/side-events/54 https://unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/events-details/un54sc-15022023-M-future-of-social-abd-demographic-statistics 8:00 AM EST Theory Colloquia - Non-Invertible Symmetries CERN https://indico.cern.ch/event/1236662/ 8:00 AM EST China-Russia Relations One Year into the Ukraine War Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/02/15/china-russia-relations-one-year-into-ukraine-war-event-8029 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-tP39hFc0 8:00 AM EST Science Show - Seize the data CERN https://indico.cern.ch/event/1232162/ 8:00 AM EST Learning from PEER: The Journey Towards Comprehensive Sexuality Education United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/learning-peer-journey-towards-comprehensive-sexuality-education https://www.unesco.org/gem-report/en/articles/learning-peer-journey-towards-comprehensive-sexuality-education 8:30 AM EST Defense Secretary Holds Press Conference at NATO Headquarters Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, as he and other defense chiefs wrap up a two-day meeting ahead of the one-year mark of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/#/?currentVideo=31151 https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31151 https://www.c-span.org/video/?526049-1/defense-secretary-holds-press-conference-nato-headquarters 8:30 AM EST 2023 Economic Indicator Release: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services January 2023 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/retail 8:30 AM EST POSTPONED A Preview of the Texas Legislative Session LBJ Presidential Library https://www.lbjlibrary.org/events/future-forum/2023-02-15_preview-texas-legislative-session 9:00 AM EST One Year Later: The War In Ukraine And The MENA Region | Political And Security Reverberations Middle East Institute https://mei.edu/events/one-year-later-war-ukraine-and-mena-region-political-and-security-reverberations 9:00 AM EST Trade Winds: Challenging China's Critical Mineral Dominance Peterson Institute for International Economics https://www.piie.com/events/challenging-chinas-critical-mineral-dominance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzY4VNImVSM 9:00 AM EST (16th meeting - STSC Plenary) Outer Space: Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 60th session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qqmx5233 9:00 AM EST 1954th Meeting, 84th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1d/k1dmveosz1 9:00 AM EST Working Group on Treaty Universalization (WGTU) - Arms Trade Treaty United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wgh5j5da 9:00 AM EST EU Energy Security: A Conversation with VP Maroš Šefčovič and Dr. Ernest Moniz Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/eu-energy-security-conversation-vp-maros-sefcovic-and-dr-ernest-moniz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs-P8HG2PnA 9:00 AM EST Episode 1: Existing Challenges and Solutions on Combating Counterfeiting of ICT Devices International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/webinars/cs-ict/20230215/Pages/default.aspx 9:00 AM EDT Open House Session on UNEP FI's 2023 Climate Risk Programme United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) https://www.unepfi.org/themes/climate-change/open-house-session-on-unep-fis-2023-climate-risk-programme/ https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/17290/572110 9:00 AM EDT DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: What Kinshasa Tells Us About the Impact of Flooding on Urban Transport and Accessibility World Resources Institute (WRI) https://www.wri.org/events/2023/2/digitaltransport4africa-dt4a-webinar-series-what-kinshasa-tells-us-about-impact 9:00 AM EDT The Israel-Palestine Conflict at 75: The Domestic and Regional Landscape International Institute for Strategic Studies https://www.iiss.org/events/2023/02/the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-at-75 9:00 AM EDT Joint Meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee Food and Drug Administration https://www 9:30 AM EST.fda.gov/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-calendar/february-15-2023-joint-meeting-nonprescription-drugs-advisory-committee-and-anesthetic-and-analgesic 9:00 AM EDT Daily U.S. Agricultural Weather Highlights - Released No Later Than 9:00 a.m. ET Every Day National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TODAYSWX.pdf 9:30 AM EST 2023 Midwest Cyber Workshop Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis https://www.chicagofed.org/events/2023/midwest-cyber-workshop 9:30 AM EST FirstNet Authority Combined Board and Board Committees Meeting, February 2023 FirstNet Authority Board, First Responder Network Authority, Department of Commerce https://www.firstnet.gov/newsroom/events/firstnet-authority-combined-board-and-board-committees-meeting-february-2023 9:30 AM EST Full Committee Hearing: To Receive Testimony on Global Security Challenges and Strategy Senate Armed Services Committee ^ WITNESSES Dr. Bonny Lin Director, China Power Project and Senior Fellow, Asian Security Center for Strategic & International Studies ^ Dr. Fiona Hill Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe The Brookings Institution ^ Mr. Roger Zakheim Director Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333568 https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-global-security-challenges-and-strategy https://www.c-span.org/video/?526070-1/hearing-global-challenges-security-concerns 9:45 AM EST Security Council Media Stakeout United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k1ywsau8w6 10:00 AM EST (4th meeting) Open-ended working group on conventional ammunition - Third substantive session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13erpzq0k 10:00 AM EST High-Level Solidarity Roundtable in Support of the 2023 Northern Central America Humanitarian Response Plan United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1cus1kaq6 10:00 AM EST 6th Meeting, 73rd Session, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1ok62w4n7 10:00 AM EST 13th plenary meeting - 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1uke30zl2 10:00 AM EST The situation in the Middle East - Security Council, 9261st meeting United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1a89005by 10:00 AM EST Rooted, Resisting, Revolutionary: Collecting and Connecting our Power for Conscious Change (SPH Students Only Virtual Workshop) University of Michigan School of Public Health https://sph.umich.edu/events/event.php?ID=9954 10:00 AM EST 10th OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) http://mneguidelines.oecd.org/global-forum/ 10:00 AM EST Tracking Water Resources from Space: Challenges and Targeted Solutions for the MENA Region Middle East Institute https://mei.edu/events/tracking-water-resources-space-challenges-and-targeted-solutions-mena-region 10:00 AM EST The War in Ukraine One Year On Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/war-ukraine-one-year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcERDZR9lpo 10:00 AM EST Your Next Move for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/02152023/your-next-move-military-spouses-and-caregivers 10:00 AM EST 2023 Economic Indicator Release: Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales December 2022 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/mtis/ 10:00 AM EST State Job Openings and Labor Turnover for December 2022 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jltst.toc.htm 10:00 AM EST Hearings to Examine the Future of Low Carbon Transportation Fuels and Considerations for a National Clean Fuels Program Senate Environment and Public Works Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333568 https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/2/the-future-of-low-carbon-transportation-fuels-and-considerations-for-a-national-clean-fuels-program 10:00 AM EST Hearings to Examine the Federal Aviation Administration's NOTAM System Failure and Its Impacts on a Resilient National Airspace Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee ^ Witness: Billy Nolen, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333594 https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2023/2/the-federal-aviation-administration-s-notam-system-failure-and-its-impacts-on-a-resilient-national-airspace https://www.c-span.org/video/?526041-1/faa-admininistrator-testifies-january-system-outage 10:00 AM EST Hearings to Examine Climate-Related Economic Risks and Their Costs to the Federal Budget and the Global Economy Senate Budget Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333595 https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/climate-related-economic-risks-and-their-costs-to-the-federal-budget-and-the-global-economy 10:00 AM EST Hearings to Examine Pending Nominations Senate Judiciary Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333598 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/02/15/2023/nominations 10:15 AM EDT U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Travels to Jackson, Mississippi, to Discuss Out-of-School Time and Teacher Pipeline Programming Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/secretary%E2%80%AFcardona-travels-jackson-mississippi-discuss-out-school-time-and-teacher-pipeline-programming 10:30 AM EST Countering Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Senate Foreign Relations Committee ^ WITNESSES 1. The Honorable Todd Robinson Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. ^ 2. The Honorable Anne Milgram Administrator Drug Enforcement Administration U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. ^ 3. The Honorable Dr. Rahul Gupta Director Office of National Drug Control Policy Executive Office of the President Washington, D.C. ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333596 https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/countering-illicit-fentanyl-trafficking - Gov't Officials Testify on Fentanyl Trafficking Officials from the State Department, Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy testify on fentanyl trafficking. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525972-1/govt-officials-testify-fentanyl-trafficking 10:30 AM EST Hearings to Examine the Nomination of Daniel I. Werfel, of the District of Columbia, to Be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury Senate Finance Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333597 https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-the-honorable-daniel-i-werfel-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-commissioner-of-internal-revenue-for-the-term-expiring-november-12-2027 https://www.c-span.org/video/?525971-1/irs-commissioner-nominee-testifies-confirmation-hearing 10:45 AM EST Training and Doctrine Command TRADOC Leader Professional Development LPD: The Accessions Operating Environment - Live-Stream https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/30947 11:00 AM EST Emancipation and the Unjust Past European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDetails/12580 11:00 AM EST Neural Operators for Weather Forecasting and Climate-Change Mitigation ai for Good Is Organized by ITU in Partnership With 40 UN Sister Agencies and Co-convened With Switzerland https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/neural-operators-for-weather-forecasting-and-climate-change-mitigation/ 11:00 AM EST NIH Transcription Interest Group Webinars National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42240 11:00 AM EST Decoding the Molecular Logic of Vascular Endothelial Cell Diversification and Specialization in the Brain National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42089 11:00 AM EST Using Covidence for Conducting Your Review National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://www.covidence.org/ https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42221 11:00 AM EST Nikki Haley Debuts Presidential Campaign in Charleston, SC Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and Republican governor of South Carolina, makes her first appearance as a 2024 Republican presidential candidate at an event with supporters in Charleston, SC. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525936-1/nikki-haley-debuts-presidential-campaign-charleston-sc 11:30 AM EDT Methodological Approaches on How to Measure Risk of Poverty with Income and Wealth The Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP) at George Washington University and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), with the support of the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report office (UNDP HDRO) https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eQ711D0TTIuAqXGLmDEbTg https://calendar.gwu.edu/multidimensional-quality-employment-latin-america 11:30 AM EDT Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman delivers remarks and participates in a moderated conversation on the U.S. approach to the People’s Republic of China Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-15-2023/ https://www.brookings.edu/events/a-conversation-on-the-us-approach-to-the-peoples-republic-of-china-with-deputy-secretary-of-state-wendy-r-sherman/ 11:30 AM EDT The Shifting Conversations Around Issues Impacting Women’s Health Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/02/15/shifting-conversations-around-issues-impacting-womens-health/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSpV_lXl8OI 11:30 AM EST Business Meeting to Consider Nominations Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333599 https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nominations2823 12:00 PM EST Ghost Particle Screening With Director Geneva Guerin CERN https://indico.cern.ch/event/1248246/ 12:00 PM EST Thriving with Everyday Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Well-Being and Academic Success Series University of Michigan School of Public Health https://sph.umich.edu/events/event.php?ID=9900 12:00 PM EST Future Generation: Exploring the New Baseline for Electricity in the Presence of the Inflation Reduction Act Resources for the Future (RFF) https://www.rff.org/events/rff-live/future-generation-exploring-the-new-baseline-for-electricity-in-the-presence-of-the-inflation-reduction-act/ 12:00 PM EST Climate Action in Nigeria: Risks, Urgencies, and Opportunities Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/events/climate-action-in-nigeria-risks-urgencies-and-opportunities/ 12:00 PM EST Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly. United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1k7hammqi 12:00 PM EST Frederick Faculty Seminar: Structural View of dsRNA Processing by Rnase III Enzymes: Sequence Specificity, Ruler Based Mechanism, and Cleavage Site Assembly National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42416 12:00 PM EST Veteran Career Success Workshop Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53283/ 12:00 PM EST Medal of Honor Forum Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute https://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs-events/events-calendar/medal-of-honor-forum-2023/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXE6m8vgw50 12:00 PM EST Neonatal Pharmacology - 2022-2023 Principles of Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Course Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) https://www.infinityconferences.org/event/9dbb1cdf-b535-416e-a945-50e9fac4db07/summary https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42160 12:05 PM EST Virtual Town Hall Series - Test Development and Validation During Public Health Emergencies Monkeypox (mpox) and COVID-19 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/workshops-conferences-medical-devices/virtual-town-hall-series-test-development-and-validation-during-public-health-emergencies-monkeypox 12:30 PM EST Prioritizing Response and Recovery for US Persons Wrongfully Detained Abroad Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/prioritizing-response-and-recovery-for-us-persons-wrongfully-detained-abroad/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZVuBKk5mHc 12:30 PM EST Learning Without Violence: A School Violence Prevention Virtual Summit University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center in partnership with the National Center for School Safety and the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention https://injurycenter.umich.edu/2023-school-violence-prevention-summit/ 1:00 PM EST Turkey's New Foreign Policy: Ankara's Ambitions, Regional Responses, and Implications for the United States Foreign Policy Research Institute https://www.fpri.org/event/2023/turkeys-new-foreign-policy-ankaras-ambitions-regional-responses-and-implications-for-the-united-states/ 1:00 PM EST Confronting Saddam Hussein Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/02/15/confronting-saddam-hussein-event-8028 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4kcpwdtLPY 1:00 PM EST Continental Career Information Session - PACT Act Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53325/ 1:00 PM EST Virtual Hiring Fair: Financial Services Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52521/ 1:00 PM EST Blue Ridge Honor Flight Information Session - Jefferson, NC Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52948/ 1:00 PM EST NITAAC IT GWAC Training: CIO CS National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42356 1:00 PM EST Veterans Experience Live: Pacific Island Q&A Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52781/ 1:00 PM EST HEADS Center Seminar Series: Trends in Medicaid Policy and Formal Home Care Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2023/heads-center-seminar-series-trends-in-medicaid-policy-and-formal-home-care 1:00 PM EST Legacy of Slavery: Forum on Legacy of Slavery Report Recommendations, Part II Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/diversity/event/legacy-of-slavery-forum-on-legacy-of-slavery-report-recommendations-part-ii/ 1:00 PM EST Supporting an Informed Citizenry with State Legislative Research Strategies and Tools American Library Association https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=824 1:00 PM EST Implementing Microgrids in the Federal Sector: Introduction to Microgrids Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy https://www.energy.gov/eere/femp/events/implementing-microgrids-federal-sector-introduction-microgrids 1:00 PM EST Career Credentials for Military Spouses and Caregivers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/events/02152023/career-credentials-military-spouses-and-caregivers 1:00 PM EST Overview: Clinical Pharmacology Considerations for Neonatal Studies Food and Drug Administration https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/overview-clinical-pharmacology-considerations-neonatal-studies-02152023 1:00 PM EST The NINDS Topics in Clinical Research Seminar Series Lecture, the Informed Consent Process: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42409 1:00 PM EST Pre Application Webinar for PAR 23 037: Multisite Clinical Research Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Advance Research for Women, Children, Pregnant/lactating Individuals, & Persons With Disabilities National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42253 1:00 PM EST "Remember the Maine": 125th Anniversary Discussion National Archives https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/remember-the-maine-125th-anniversary-discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRV8t1oAFvU 1:00 PM EST PAR-23-037: Multisite Clinical Research Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Advance Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Individuals, and Persons with Disabilities Pre-application Webinar National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48986 1:25 PM EST The President departs the White House Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 1:30 PM EST Pritzker Fellow Robin Rue Simmons on Why Reparations & the Status of HR40 University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=5590 https://politics.uchicago.edu/speaker-series/upcoming-events?id=5590 1:30 PM EST U.S.-UK Trade Agreement: Now is the Time Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/us-uk-trade-agreement-now-time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhR8IR0qD8s 1:30 PM EST Sixth Meeting of the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/sixth-meeting-joint-federal-state-task-force-electric-transmission-02152023 2:00 PM EDT Lessons from Ukraine for Maritime East Asia Henry L. Stimson Center https://www.stimson.org/event/lessons-from-ukraine-for-maritime-east-asia/ 2:00 PM EDT Animated Film Premiere & Discussion: "We Dare Not Fail: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen" Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum https://www.fdrlibrary.org/events-calendar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz_4dSnzRAg 2:00 PM EDT Mitigating Climate Risk Through Localized Data Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/mitigating-climate-risk-through-localized-data/ 2:00 PM EDT Europe Awakened: An Assessment After a Year of War Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/europe-awakened-assessment-after-year-war https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3smq2Q8zbQ 2:00 PM EDT Webinar on a New Funding Opportunity for RNA Tools/Biotechnology National Science Foundation (NSF) https://beta.nsf.gov/events/webinar-new-funding-opportunity-rna/2023-02-15 2:15 PM EST Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price Department of State https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept 2:30 PM EDT Can Capitalists Save Capitalism? with Brad DeVos American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1492/1676489400000 2:30 PM EDT President Biden delivers remarks on the progress we are making building an economy from the bottom up and the middle out, and about his vision to grow the economy, lower costs, and reward work, not wealth – while reducing the deficit. Lanham, MD https://www.c-span.org/video/?526086-1/pres-biden-delivers-remarks-economy-maryland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plEnNgpumBY 2:30 PM EDT Business Meeting to consider S. 70, S. 277 & S. 385 Senate Indian Affairs Committee ^ S.70, Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/70 ^ S.277, A bill to take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/277 ^ S.385, A bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/385 ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/333641 https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearing/business-meeting-consider-s-70-s-277-s-385 3:00 PM EDT Q-FARM Seminar - Quantum Matter and Clock: From Emergent Phenomena to Fundamental Physics, Jun Ye (JILA) Q-FARM - Quantum Science and Engineering at Stanford https://qfarm.stanford.edu/events/q-farm-seminar/jun-ye-jila 3:00 PM EDT Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Removal of Confederate Monuments Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/02/15/richmond-mayor-removal-confederate-monuments/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiDaoRuc7Vc 3:00 PM EDT (5th meeting) Open-ended working group on conventional ammunition - Third substantive session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1sch9v6cv 3:00 PM EDT Stanford Health Policy Seminar: Atheen Venkataramani Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine https://fsi.stanford.edu/events/stanford-health-policy-seminar-atheen-venkataramani 3:00 PM EDT Heroes Connect: Military to Manufacturing featuring Cargill Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53101/ 3:00 PM EDT Online Caregiver Chat Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52785/ 3:00 PM EDT Finding Pictures: Lens on American History — Japanese American World War II Incarceration Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-408017/finding-pictures-lens-on-american-history-japanese-american-world-war-ii-incarceration/2023-02-15/ 3:00 PM EDT The Fate of the 'Asian Peace': A Conversation on Regional Stability in East Asia and the Pacific United States Institute of Peace https://www.usip.org/events/fate-asian-peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CIexLoggVA 3:00 PM EDT Vegetables Annual Summary - This annual report contains data concerning vegetable production, use, value, and pricing. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/02870v86p 3:00 PM EST Broiler Hatchery - This report is published weekly on Wednesday and includes the number of broiler chicks placed and eggs set for the published states and United States for the most recent completed week along with the revisions for the preceding five weeks. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/gm80hv35d 3:00 PM EST Turkey Hatchery - This report contains the Total U.S. number of turkey eggs in incubators on first of current month and poults placed during preceding month, including previous month revisions. National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/k643b117x 3:00 PM EST National Dairy Products Sales Report - Federal statute (7 USC 1637b) requires USDA to collect and release dairy product sales information for butter, cheddar cheese, dry whey, and nonfat dry milk, no later than 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday of each week (unless affected by a Federal Holiday). Agricultural Marketing Service - Dairy Program - Market Information Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/zs25x847n 3:00 PM EST Geography and Map Division Virtual Orientation Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-407702/geography-and-map-division-virtual-orientation/2023-02-14/ 3:00 PM EST USDA Agricultural Projections to 2032 Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/#!topicid=&subtopicid=&series=OCE&authorid=&page=1&sortfield=date&sortascending=falseLOGIN 3:00 PM EST Congressional Budget Office Officials Release Economic Outlook Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel releases the CBO’s 10-year budget and economic outlook for 2023 and answers press questions on the reports https://www.cbo.gov/about/press-center https://www.c-span.org/video/?526068-1/congressional-budget-office-officials-release-economic-outlook 3:30 PM EST Don't Burn Your Brand: Intellectual Property for Food Businesses United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/dont-burn-your-brand-intellectual-property-food-businesses 3:40 PM EST The President arrives at the White House Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 4:00 PM EDT International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the Media National Press Club (NPC) https://www.press.org/events/international-humanitarian-law-and-media-webinar 4:00 PM EDT Stanford Health Policy Seminar: Atheen Venkataramani Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford School of Medicine https://healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/events/stanford-health-policy-seminar-atheen-venkataramani 4:00 PM EDT Successful Inventing: Licensing Your Product or Concept United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/successful-inventing-licensing-your-product-or-concept 4:00 PM EDT IIG Seminar - Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells in Cancer - HHS Only National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42417 https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/immunology-seminars https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48940 4:30 PM EST Pritzker Fellow Beto O'Rourke on What Texas Means for the Future of American Democracy University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=5560 https://politics.uchicago.edu/speaker-series/upcoming-events?id=5560 5:00 PM EST Navigating the GEOINT Career Landscape 2023 - Tonya Wilkerson, Deputy Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) https://usgif.org/event/navigating-the-geoint-career-landscape-2023/ 5:15 PM EST Prigov's Distant Planets: A Presentation of the Project The Harriman Institute at Columbia University https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/prigovs-distant-planets-a-presentation-of-the-project/ 6:00 PM EST Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya attends a reception in honor of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-15-2023/ 6:30 PM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken hosts a dinner in honor of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-15-2023/ 6:30 PM EST Celebrating Black History Month - Welcome to the Mosaic: The Rise of Black Mayors in American Cities University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/eventRegistration.jsp?event=5530& https://politics.uchicago.edu/speaker-series/upcoming-events?id=5530 7:00 PM EST Q&A: Author Javier Zamora on Migrating from El Salvador to the United States as a Nine-Year-Old Poet and author Javier Zamora talked about the treacherous, 3,000-mile journey he made from El Salvador to the United States when he was 9 years old. He made the trip, along with a group of strangers, to reunite with his parents. https://www.c-span.org/video/?523278-1/qa-javier-zamora 7:00 PM EST Successful Inventing: Licensing Your Product or Concept Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53073/ 8:00 PM EST 2023 Great Books: Pragmatism and Truth Aspen Institute https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/2023-great-books-Session-4/