The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Thursday, May 4, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until May 5, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT (Pro Forma - back May 9, 2023) The Senate Stands Adjourned Until May 4, 2023 at 10:00 AM EDT Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma 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. Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf is on travel to Iraq and Jordan from April 29-May 5, 2023. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Todd D. Robinson is on travel to South Africa and Ghana from May 4-9, 2023. . . . Welcome to Hope For The Warriors 2023 Memorial Day 30x30 Challenge. This Memorial Day challenge was made to get YOU moving and motivate you to incorporate any type of physical movement for 30 days for a minimum of 30 minutes. https://support.hopeforthewarriors.org/event/2023-memorial-day-30-x-30-challenge/e475876 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 A.F. Branco Cartoon – White House Deadbeat https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-white-house-deadbeat/ grrrgraphics Ben Garrison - New Twitter Boss Same as the Old Twitter Boss https://grrrgraphics.com/new-twitter-boss-same-as-the-old-twitter-boss/ RealityBites by Broc Smith - There are Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics https://rofcbybroc.com/2023/05/03/there-are-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/ Stonetoss Comics @stone_toss - Trans Soldiers https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/1653792474521796611 Jumble Daily https://fun.chicagotribune.com/game/tca-jumble-daily Congressional Record (Most Recent Issue) https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record Supreme Court Intervenes in IL Gun Ban Case National Association for Gun Rights https://nationalgunrights.org/resources/news/supreme-court-intervenes-in-il-gun-ban-case/ Campaign 2024 Declared Candidates https://www.c-span.org/campaign/?2024 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 May 4, 2023 - May 5, 2023 1st Global Joint Summit of Human and Veterinary Medicines Regulatory Authorities to Preserve Antimicrobials World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/05/04/default-calendar/human-and-veterinary-medicines-regulatory-authorities-summit - On 4-5 May 2023, the 1st Global Joint Summit of Human and Veterinary Medicines Regulatory Authorities to Preserve Antimicrobials will take place, with the objective of phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics. May 4, 2023 - May 5, 2023 Economics of Education Program Meeting, Spring 2023 National Bureau of Economic Research https://www.nber.org/conferences/economics-education-program-Meeting-spring-2023 https://www.youtube.com/nbervideos May 4, 2023 - May 5, 2023 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov will participate in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states in India. https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/russian-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrov-to-take-part-in-sco-foreign-ministers-meeting20230427214020/ May 4, 2023 - May 5, 2023 Data Privacy Protection and the Conduct of Applied Research: Methods, Approaches and Their Consequences, Spring 2023 National Bureau of Economic Research https://www.nber.org/conferences/data-privacy-protection-and-conduct-applied-research-methods-approaches-and-Their-consequences https://www.youtube.com/nbervideos May 4, 2023 - May 6, 2023 8th Global Forum on Urban Resilience & Adaptation ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability https://iclei.org/events/8th-global-forum-on-urban-resilience-adaptation/ MAY 4, 1776 Rhode Island became the first North American colony to renounce its allegiance to King George III. https://on-this-day.com/cgi-bin/otd/amrevotd.pl MAY 4, 1945 Liberation of Denmark https://www.kb.dk/en/inspiration/liberation May 4, 2023 ISO/TC 85/SC 6 Reactor Technology Working Group Meeting ISO (International Organization for Standardization) https://www.iso.org/committee/50354.html#meetings May 4, 2023 National Day of Prayer: 2023 Theme - Pray Fervently in Righteousness and Avail Much James 5:16b "The Effective, Fervent Prayer of a Righteous Man Avails Much." https://www.nationaldayofprayer.org/2023_theme May 4, 2023 Remembrance of the Dead: National WWll Memorial Day Netherlands https://www.4en5mei.nl/ https://dutchreview.com/culture/society/national-remembrance-day-the-netherlands/ May 4, 2023 TBD Secretary Mayorkas Visits the Southern Border Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas visits the U.S.-Mexico border. The secretary recently announced the establishment of migration centers in Latin America to ease the flow of migrants across the southern border as Title 42 restrictions are lifted. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527878-1/secretary-mayorkas-visits-southern-border May 4, 2023 1:00 AM EDT Federal Reserve Chair Holds News Conference Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discusses the board’s decision on interest rates, inflation and other monetary policy actions during a news conference. https://www.c-span.org/video/?523969-1/federal-reserve-chair-holds-news-conference 2:43 AM EDT High School Advanced Placement - U.S. History Exam 2023. Jason Stacy and Matthew Ellington, co-authors of "Fabric of a Nation: A Brief History with Skills and Sources, for the AP US History Course," talked about the Advanced Placement U.S. History Exam. They explained how this year's exam is structured, provided strategies for answering questions and analyzing historical documents. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?527373-1/high-school-advanced-placement-us-history-exam-2023 3:00 AM EDT Burundi Review - 43rd Session of Universal Periodic Review United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18lievama 3:00 AM EDT Executive Board Bureau Meeting World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP) https://executiveboard.wfp.org/Meeting/1525 https://web.archive.org/web/20221231184225/https://executiveboard.wfp.org/meeting/1525 4:00 AM EDT 7th Meeting, 32nd session of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k15/k1586bkxut 6:00 AM EDT Ukrainian President Zelensky "No Peace Without Justice" Speech at the Hague The Hague, Netherlands https://nos.nl/artikel/2473745-oekraiense-president-zelensky-in-nederland-speech-in-den-haag-op-agenda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6mPQRJOMFU 7:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Viewers responded to the question “What’s the top issue facing the U.S. right now?” https://www.c-span.org/video/?527855-2/open-phones&playEvent 7:00 AM EDT NCD Hard Talks Webinar: SEAHEARTS for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Control: All Hands on Deck World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/05/04/default-calendar/ncd-hard-talks-webinar--seahearts-for-cvd-control--all-hands-on-deck 8:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Kevin Kuhlman on State of Small Businesses in the U.S. National Federation of Independent Business Vice President Kevin Kuhlman discusses the state of small business post pandemic , how current economic conditions are affecting business owners and how new tax proposals from the Biden Administration could https://www.c-span.org/video/?527855-3/kevin-kuhlman-state-small-businesses-us&playEvent 8:00 AM EDT 11th Annual NoVA B2G Matchmaking Conference & Expo Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce https://novab2g.restonchamber.org/ 8:15 AM EDT Applying Foresight to Reach SDGs: A Global Public Health Perspective World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/05/04/default-calendar/applying-foresight-to-reach-sdgs--a-global-public-health-perspective 8:30 AM EDT Luxembourg Review - 43rd Session of Universal Periodic Review United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1i4y03sde 8:30 AM EDT U.S. Agriculture in Drought - Released after 8:30 a.m. ET every Thursday National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/AgInDrought.pdf 8:30 AM EDT World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Weekly Export Sales Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/weekly-export-sales-118 8:30 AM EDT 2023 Economic Indicator Release: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services March 2023 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/ 8:40 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527855-4/open-phones&playEvent 9:00 AM EDT 8th Meeting, 32nd session of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1h9peaaq1 9:00 AM EDT The Social Breakdown: The Poverty of Family, Community, and Religious Life in America American Enterprise Institute https://www.aei.org/events/the-social-breakdown-the-poverty-of-family-community-and-religious-life-in-america/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmPhcul8NE 9:00 AM EDT The Anti-Monopoly Summit 2023 Economic Liberties https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2023/05/chair-khan-aag-kanter-fireside-chat-anti-monopoly-summit-2023 https://antimonopolysummit.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MUdBWApI9k 9:00 AM EDT Vulnerability Management with the CDM Agency Dashboard & AWARE 1.5 (CDM143) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/events/vulnerability-management-cdm-agency-dashboard-aware-15-cdm143 9:00 AM EDT Launch of the Climate-Health Economic Framework World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/05/04/default-calendar/launch-of-the-climate-health-economic-framework 9:00 AM EDT Executive Business Meeting - Judge Nominees Senate Judiciary Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334086 https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/05/04/2023/executive-business-meeting 9:15 AM EDT Washington Journal: Marianne Williamson Discusses Her 2024 Presidential Bid Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson discusses her platform, policy objectives and what she sees as her path to victory https://www.c-span.org/video/?527855-5/marianne-williamson-discusses-2024-presidential-bid&playEvent 9:30 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Phones Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527855-6/open-phones&playEvent 9:30 AM EDT Assessing President Yoon's State Visit with ROK Ambassador: The Capital Cable #70 Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/assessing-president-yoons-state-visit-rok-ambassador-capital-cable-70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NTkbVxcCsQ 9:30 AM EDT Hearing on "Rule by Law: China's Increasingly Global Legal Reach" U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission https://www.uscc.gov/hearings/rule-law-chinas-increasingly-global-legal-reach 9:30 AM EDT Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to Travel to Miami, Florida, with Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson to Discuss Technical Education and After-School Programming Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/secretary-cardona-travel-miami-florida-congresswoman-frederica-s-wilson-discuss-technical-education-and-after-school-programming 9:30 AM EDT Open/Closed: Hearing to Receive Testimony on Worldwide Threats; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217. Senate Armed Services Committee ^ WITNESSES Honorable Avril D. Haines Director of National Intelligence ^ Lieutenant General Scott D. Berrier, USA Director of Defense Intelligence Agency ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334074 https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-04/ https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-worldwide-threats - Intelligence Officials Testify on Worldwide Threats Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier testify on worldwide threats before the Senate Armed Services Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527736-1/intelligence-officials-testify-worldwide-threats 9:50 AM EDT Chair Khan and AAG Kanter Fireside Chat at Anti-Monopoly Summit 2023 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2023/05/chair-khan-aag-kanter-fireside-chat-anti-monopoly-summit-2023 9:50 AM EDT Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath Laying Ceremony in Honor of President of Philippines https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31861 10:00 AM EDT Law Enforcement Voices Pushing for an Assault Weapons Ban Washington Post Live and Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) https://www.policeforum.org/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/05/04/law-enforcement-voices-pushing-an-assault-weapons-ban/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gbBsUBABmk 10:00 AM EDT (Part 1) Intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1lv45lnmd 10:00 AM EDT (5th meeting, closing, time to be confirmed) Committee on Information, 45th Session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qa6ivv5g 10:00 AM EDT India Roundtable on Financial Inclusion United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k14/k14o1r8jt1 10:00 AM EDT (7th meeting) 2023/3rd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1d/k1dxdyxb8x 10:00 AM EDT Israel at a Crossroads on its 75th Anniversary Stimson Center https://www.stimson.org/event/israel-at-a-crossroads-on-its-75th-anniversary/ 10:00 AM EDT Global Reverberations of Russia’s War on Ukraine: Perspectives on Africa Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/global-reverberations-russias-war-ukraine-perspectives-africa 10:00 AM EDT Attend the 16th Annual Design Day United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/attend-16th-annual-design-day 10:00 AM EDT Interdisciplinary Approaches to Reveal Parasite Vulnerabilities National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42974 10:00 AM EDT Vocal Motor Control Mechanisms in Non-Human Primates: New Insights Into the Evolution of Human Speech National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://research.ninds.nih.gov/seminars-events/nih-systems-neuroscience-seminar-series https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42331 10:00 AM EDT U.S. Senate: Senate Session The Senate will consider the nomination of Colleen Shogan to be Archivist of the United States, leading the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). They will also work on other executive and judicial nominations. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527860-1/senate-session 10:00 AM EDT Commodity Programs, Credit, and Crop Insurance - Part 2: Industry Perspectives on Risk Management and Access to Credit Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee ^ WITNESSES Mr. Gus Barker President and CEO First Community Bank Newell, IA Testifying on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America ^ Mr. Phillip D. Morgan Chief Executive Officer Southern AgCredit Ridgeland, MS Testifying on behalf of the Farm Credit Council ^ Mr. Jase Wagner President and CEO Compeer Financial Sun Prairie, WI Testifying on behalf of the Farm Credit Council ^ Mr. William Cole Owner and Agent Cole Agency Batesville, MS Testifying on behalf of the Crop Insurance Professionals Association as Chairman ^ Mr. James Korin President NAU Country Insurance Ramsey, MN Testifying on behalf of the American Association of Crop Insurers ^ Mr. Jason Meador Head Rural Community Insurance Services Zurich North America Anoka, MN and Schaumburg, IL Testifying on behalf of the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334055 https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/commodity-programs-credit-and-crop-insurance_-part-2-industry-perspectives-on-risk-management-and-access-to-credit 10:00 AM EDT The Default on America Act: Blackmail, Brinkmanship, and Billionaire Backroom Deals Senate Budget Committee ^ WITNESSES: Dr. Mark Zandi Chief Economist Moody's Analytics ^ Mr. Fred Krupp President Environmental Defense Fund ^ Ms. Abigail Ross Hopper President And CEO Solar Energy Industries Association ^ Mr. Brian Riedl Senior Fellow Manhattan Institute ^ Dr. Jason J. Fichtner, PhD Vice President & Chief Economist Bipartisan Policy Center ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334082 https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/the-default-on-america-act-blackmail-brinkmanship-and-billionaire-backroom-deals - Senate Hearing on House GOP Debt Plan Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics' chief economist, along with others, testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on the House-passed proposal to tie raising the debt limit to cuts in federal spending. https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/the-default-on-america-act-blackmail-brinkmanship-and-billionaire-backroom-deals 10:00 AM EDT Hearings to Examine Holding Executives Accountable After Recent Bank Failures Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334084 https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/holding-executives-accountable-after-recent-bank-failures 10:00 AM EDT An Oversight Hearing to Examine the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ^ WITNESSES: The Honorable Willie L. Phillips Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ^ The Honorable James Danly Commissioner Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ^ The Honorable Allison Clements Commissioner Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ^ The Honorable Mark C. Christie Commissioner Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334070 https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2023/5/full-committee-hearing-to-conduct-oversight-of-ferc 10:00 AM EDT Hearings to Examine Proposed Budget Estimates and Justification for Fiscal Year 2024 for the National Institutes of Health Senate Appropriations Committee ^ WITNESSES: Dr. Lawrence Tabak Acting Director National Institutes of Health ^ Dr. Monica Bertagnolli Director National Cancer Institute ^ Dr. Joshua Gordon Director National Institutes of Mental Health ^ Dr. Richard Hodes Director National Institute on Aging ^ Dr. Nora Volkow Director National Institute on Drug Abuse ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334081 https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334073 https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fy-2024-funding-request-and-budget-justification-for-the-national-institutes-of-health - Nat'l Institutes of Health Acting Director Testifies on President's 2024 Budget The National Institutes of Health Acting Director Lawrence Tabak testifies on the president’s 2024 budget request for the agency before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527864-1/natl-institutes-health-acting-director-testifies-presidents-2024-budget 10:15 AM EDT The ECB Podcast: President Lagarde Presents the Latest Monetary Policy Decisions European Central Bank https://pod.link/ecbpodcast 10:15 AM EDT Nominations Senate Foreign Relations Committee ^ NOMINEES Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath Ms. Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Peru ^ Arthur W. Brown Mr. Arthur W. Brown, of Pennsylvania, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Ecuador ^ Yael Lempert Ms. Yael Lempert, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ^ Roger F. Nyhus Mr. Roger F. Nyhus, of Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334083 https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-05-04-2023 10:30 AM EDT Global Diplomatic Engagement: Prospects for US-Japan Cooperation Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/global-diplomatic-engagement-prospects-for-us-japan-cooperation/ 10:30 AM EDT Ask the Expert: Canna Lilies (Online Q&A) United States Botanic Garden (USBG) https://www.usbg.gov/ https://app.livestorm.co/u-s-botanic-garden/ask-the-expert-canna-lillies-online-q-and-a 11:00 AM EDT Journalists in Exile: How Foreign Reporters Are Coping After Their Work Pushed Them From Home National Press Club https://www.press.org/events/journalists-exile-how-foreign-reporters-are-coping-after-their-work-pushed-them-home 11:00 AM EDT Job Fair at Naval Station Norfolk Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52432/ 11:00 AM EDT NIH Annual Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Research Conference Day 2 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43059 11:00 AM EDT FDIC and OCC Host Banker Roundtable Supporting Native American Homeownership in North and South Dakota Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/events/2023-05-04-native-american-homeownership.html 11:00 AM EDT The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing; The Vice President attends Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 11:00 AM EDT Senator Sanders News Conference on Federal Minimum Wage Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks with reporters about the federal minimum wage. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527876-1/senator-sanders-news-conference-federal-minimum-wage 11:10 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken delivers closing remarks at the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit National Harbor, Maryland https://www.selectusasummit.us/ https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-4-2023/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept 11:30 AM EDT Standard Essential Patent (SEP)/FRAND Disputes: How SMEs Can Utilize Mediation United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/standard-essential-patent-frand-disputes-how-smes-can-utilize-mediation 11:30 AM EDT Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya meets with Mauritanian National Commission for Human Rights President Ahmed Salem Bouhoubeyni Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-4-2023/ 11:50 AM EDT Holocaust Remembrance https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31820 12:00 PM EDT Time to Think Small - How Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planet's Biggest Problems Cato Institute https://www.cato.org/events/time-think-small-how-nimble-environmental-technologies-can-solve-planets-biggest-problems 12:00 PM EDT Reaching an Endgame in Ukraine Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/reaching-endgame-ukraine 12:00 PM EDT One-Day Trademarks Boot Camp United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/one-day-trademarks-boot-camp-5 12:00 PM EDT Intellectual Property Basics and Helpful Resources United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/intellectual-property-basics-and-helpful-resources-19 12:00 PM EDT NIH–FDA COVID SIG Lecture with Malik Peiris - In 2003, Professor Peiris and his research team discovered SARS-CoV National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42158 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49177 12:00 PM EDT NIH Redox Biology Interest Group: Mitochondrial Double Stranded RNA as a New DAMP for Mitochondrial Stress Signaling National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42900 12:00 PM EDT NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) Teams Q&A Webinar National Science Foundation https://beta.nsf.gov/events/nsf-innovation-corps-i-corpstm-teams-qa-webinar/2023-05-04 12:00 PM EDT Job Fair at Naval Station Norfolk Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52432/ 12:00 PM EDT Vetrepreneur Franchise Workshop - Online Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/55440/ 12:00 PM EDT Dallas Veterans Job Fair Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52433/ 12:45 PM EDT Commission Meeting - Open Meeting Federal Election Commission https://www.fec.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/ https://www.fec.gov/updates/may-04-2023-open-meeting/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0dw-dSSRB0 1:00 PM EDT Digital Report Launch: The Future Appetite for Alternative Proteins Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/digital-report-launch-future-appetite-alternative-proteins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkL29vFcRQk 1:00 PM EDT Bridging Faith and Science to Combat the Overdose Crisis Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative’s (CGI) Overdose Response Network, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and The Centre for Responsible Leadership https://www.clintonfoundation.org/events/overdose-response-network/bridging-faith-and-science-to-combat-the-overdose-crisis-2/ 1:00 PM EDT From Pathogenesis to Experimental Medicine: Meeting the Challenges of Old and Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Post COVID 19 Era National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43036 1:00 PM EDT NCI CURE Distinguished Scholars Seminar Health Equity Requires More Than the Sum of the Parts: the Colorectal Cancer Model National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43048 1:00 PM EDT The Power of Connection: How the Cancer Research Data Commons Enables Researchers to Connect Data, Computational Tools and Collaborators to Accelerate Discovery National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42986 1:00 PM EDT OFCCP and EEOC Introductions and Overviews for Federal Contractors and Employers Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/05042023/ofccp-and-eeoc-introductions-and-overviews-federal-contractors-and 1:00 PM EDT Public Webinar Patient-Focused Drug Development: Incorporating Clinical Outcome Assessments into Endpoints for Regulatory Decision Making – Draft Guidance Food and Drug Administration (FDA) https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/public-webinar-patient-focused-drug-development-incorporating-clinical-outcome-assessments-endpoints 1:00 PM EDT Informal Hearing Before the Administrative Law Judge on Government and Business Impersonation Rule Federal Trade Commission (FTC) https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/09/ftc-proposes-new-rule-combat-government-business-impersonation-scams https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2023/05/informal-hearing-administrative-law-judge-government-business-impersonation-rule https://kvgo.com/ftc/informal-hearing-may-4-2023 1:00 PM EDT Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield meets with Spanish Director General of Fine Arts Isaac Sastre de Diego Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-4-2023/ 1:00 PM EDT Hearings to examine preparing for the next public health emergency, focusing on reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ^ WITNESSES: PANEL I Dawn O'Connell Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response United States Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC ^ Rochelle Walensky MD, MPH Director United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA ^ Robert Califf MD Commissioner United States Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD ^ PANEL II Reshma Ramachandran MD, MPP, MHS Assistant Professor of Medicine Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT ^ Robert Weissman President Public Citizen Washington, DC ^ Martin Makary MD, MPH Professor Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD ^ https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334076 https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/preparing-for-the-next-public-health-emergency-reauthorizing-the-pandemic-and-all-hazards-preparedness-act - Public Health Officials Testify on Emergency Preparedness Top public health officials, including CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf, testify on preparing for future public health emergencies before the Senate Health Committee. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527865-1/public-health-officials-testify-emergency-preparedness 1:15 PM EDT Building Bridges with Technology: the role of Enhanced Equitable Connectivity, in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (STI Forum 2023 Side Event) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1n/k1nhpculn8 1:15 PM EDT Department Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel Department of State https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept 1:30 PM EDT "Understanding the Military Design Movement" with Dr. Ben Zweibelson American Institute for Economic Research https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1499/1683221400000 1:30 PM EDT NIH History Lecture with Victoria Harden, Ph.D. - Telling NIH History, Story by Story National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://history.nih.gov/ https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42847 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49384 1:30 PM EDT Scioscicomm SIG Meeting: Networking, Advice, and Requests! National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43015 1:45 PM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in the bilateral peace negotiation closing session with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov George Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-4-2023/ - TBD Secretary Blinken Participates in Peace Negotiations with Armenia and Azerbaijan Foreign Ministers Secretary Blinken participates in the bilateral peace negotiation closing session with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527877-1/secretary-blinken-participates-peace-negotiations-armenia-azerbaijan-foreign-ministers 2:00 PM EDT Home and Abroad Public Forum: U.S. Strategy and the War in Ukraine Council on Foreign Relations https://www.cfr.org/event/home-and-abroad-public-forum-us-strategy-and-war-ukraine 2:00 PM EDT Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfx345iS928 https://www.c-span.org/video/?527874-1/white-house-daily-briefing 2:00 PM EDT 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) - Technology Outlook and Evolution Association of Old Crows https://www.crows.org/page/5G_NTN 2:00 PM EDT NINDS Scientific Director Candidate Seminar: Vivian Cheung - NIH Only National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49491 2:00 PM EDT Teaming, Coordination Challenges, and Approaches to Cancer Care During Disasters and Public Health Emergencies National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42894 2:00 PM EDT Power Analyses to Plan Idiographic Clinical Trials, Illustrated for Prevention and Rare Diseases National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43031 2:00 PM EDT Natural Selection in the Human Genome National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42990 2:00 PM EDT Office Hours: Preparing your Phase I Proposal for America's Seed Fund at NSF National Science Foundation (NSF) https://new.nsf.gov/events/office-hours-preparing-your-phase-i-proposal/2023-05-04 2:00 PM EDT The Path to a Patent, Part IV: Learn How to Draft a Patent Application United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/path-patent-part-iv-learn-how-draft-patent-application-2 2:00 PM EDT Attend DOCX Filing Training United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/attend-docx-filing-training-154 2:00 PM EDT Conversations on Cancer: "Cancer Misinformation: Truth or Consequences" Food and Drug Administration (FDA) https://www.fda.gov/science-research/advancing-regulatory-science/may-4-2023-conversations-cancer-cancer-misinformation-truth-or-consequences-05042023 2:00 PM EDT Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya meets with Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-4-2023/ 3:00 PM EDT Allies and Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/allies-and-geopolitical-competition-indo-pacific-region https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmy0XQ7_-KE 3:00 PM EDT The World's Most Dangerous Place? Assessing the Prospects for War and Peace in the Taiwan Strait Hoover Institution, Stanford University https://www.hoover.org/events/worlds-most-dangerous-place-assessing-prospects-war-and-peace-taiwan-strait 3:00 PM EDT Virtual Pacific Veteran Outreach Symposium: Celebrating Asian American Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/55394/ 3:00 PM EDT Ethics of Sharing Individual Level Data From Research With Human Subjects - NIH Only National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42979 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49615 3:00 PM EDT Proteomic Analysis Reveals Epstein Barr Virus Evasion of Multiple B Cell Viral Restriction Pathways National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/43043 3:00 PM EDT Topological Deep Learning: Going Beyond Graph Data - NLM Intramural Research Program IRP Seminar National Library of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services https://irpseminar.nlm.nih.gov/seminar/3900/detail/ 3:30 PM EDT A Conversation with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/conversation-president-ferdinand-marcos-jr-philippines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMvxCfxL9_Q 4:00 PM EDT Dr. Jonathan Abel: “The Invasions that Weren’t: French Efforts to Invade England 1740-1805” The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-jonathan-abel-the-invasions-that-werent-french-efforts-to-invade-england-1740-1805/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iaN1n33FlI 4:00 PM EDT Book Talk. After Violence: Russia's Beslan School Massacre and the Peace that Followed Harriman Institute at Columbia University https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-talk-after-violence-russias-beslan-school-massacre-and-the-peace-that-followed/ 4:00 PM EDT The U.S. Army Blues at Essentially Ellington Regional High School Band Festival in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center at Shenandoah Conservatory - Essentially Ellington Concert, Winchester, Virginia U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" https://www.usarmyband.com/calendar https://www.usarmyband.com/events/essentially-ellington-community-concert 4:15 PM EDT A Conversation with Gen. Bussiere, Commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command Hudson Institute https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-05-04/ https://www.hudson.org/events/conversation-gen-bussiere-commander-air-force-global-strike-command 4:30 PM EDT Field Hearing, Oceanside, California: All Hands on Deck: Ending Veteran Homelessness in San Diego House Veterans' Affairs Committee https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115739 https://veterans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=6168 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5lQlBiHHzU 6:00 PM EDT Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield meets with New Zealand Ambassador to the United States Bede Corry Washington, D.C. https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-4-2023/ 6:30 PM EDT Communicator & Journalist Roundtable Dinner National Press Club (NPC) https://www.press.org/events/communicator-journalist-roundtable-dinner-4 7:00 PM EDT Global Lessons in Disaster Management: Two Decades of Reflections from Aceh to Turkey East-West Center https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/global-lessons-disaster-management-two-decades-reflections-aceh-turkey 7:00 PM EDT Matthew Dallek - Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events 7:30 PM EDT The Tokyo War Crimes Trial | Gary J. Bass The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/gary-bass-may-2023 8:00 PM EDT Korea Matters for Hawaiʻi/Hawaiʻi Matters for KoreaKorea Matters for Hawaiʻi/Hawaiʻi Matters for Korea East-West Center https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/korea-matters-hawaiihawaii-matters-korea 8:00 PM EDT Sharing The Journey - Online Support Group Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/55407/ 8:00 PM EDT Concert: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with Chad Hoopes, Violin Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-407509/orpheus-chamber-orchestra-with-chad-hoopes-violin/2023-05-04/