Apr 19 -- The Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce, invites comments by June 18, 2024 regarding the proposed Regional Technology & Innovation Hubs Data Collection Instrument. EDA leads the Federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness and preparing American regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. Guided by the basic principle that sustainable economic development should be driven locally, EDA works directly with communities and regions to help them build the capacity for economic development based on local business ..read more

Apr 17 -- The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Department of Labor, invites comments by June 17, 2024 regarding the proposed revision of the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Section 24(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires the Secretary of Labor to develop and maintain an effective program of collection, compilation, and analysis of statistics on occupational injuries and illnesses. The Commissioner of Labor Statistics has been delegated the responsibility for “Furthering the purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act by developing and maintaining ..read more

Apr 19 -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS, invites comments by June 18, 2024 regarding the proposed revision of Medical Expenditures Panel Survey—Household and Medical Provider Components. AHRQ requests that OMB approve a revision to AHRQ's collection of information for the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey—Household and Medical Provider Components. Requested changes are for the Household Component (MEPS-HC) only. The MEPS was initiated in 1996. Each year a new panel of sample households is selected. Recent annual MEPS-HC sample sizes average about 13,500 household ..read more

Apr 9 -- The National Science Foundation invites comments to OMB by May 20, 2024 regarding the proposed Generic Clearance for the Regional Innovation Engines Evaluation and Monitoring Plan. [Comments due 30 days after submission to OMB on April 19.] The instruments will collect data on (1) individuals in leadership or governance roles in funded NSF Regional Innovation Engine (NSF Engine), and individuals engaged or participating in the NSF Engine's activities; (2) organizations that are partnering with the NSF Engine or participating in NSF Engine activities; and (3) information on the progra ..read more

Apr 16 -- The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), an independent federal statistical agency housed within the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), is responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data on the science and engineering enterprise (S&E). NCSES’s primary role originated in the NSF Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1862 (a) (6)): To provide a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of th ..read more

Assessing Methods to Integrate the Physical Risks and Transition Risks and Opportunities of Climate Change into the President’s Macroeconomic Forecast The Federal Government has broad exposure to the physical risks of climate change and the transition risks associated with the global shift away from carbon-intensive energy sources. At the same time, the shift to clean energy provides a generational opportunity to create new sources of economic growth. These transitional opportunities and challenges affect future output growth and other economic outcomes and are therefore relevant to the Presi ..read more

Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments GAO-24-105833 No area of the federal government is immune to fraud. We estimated that the federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud. Given the scope of this problem, a government-wide approach is required to address it. The Office of Management and Budget, working with agencies and the oversight community, should develop guidance to improve fraud-related data—providing a more uniform app ..read more

Apr 17 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce is committed to advancing transparency, innovation, and the responsible use and dissemination of public data assets, including for use by data-driven AI technologies. To this end, we are pleased to issue this Request for Information (RFI) to seek valuable insights from industry experts, researchers, civil society organizations, and other members of the public on the development of AI-ready open data assets and data dissemination standards. Comments must be received on or before July 16, 2024. The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is committed to ..read more

Apr 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) seeks information from the public, and in particular multimodal freight system users, transportation providers, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, ports, airports, railroads, freight forwarders, brokers, other supply chain logisticians, scholars, and States on the best approach to identify critical freight facilities and corridors that will make up a National Multimodal Freight Network (NMFN) that is vital to achieving the national multimodal freight policy goals of the United States. DOT is issuing this R ..read more

Apr 2 -- The Office of Evaluation Sciences (OES), General Services Administration (GSA), invites comments to OMB by May 8, 2024 regarding the proposed National Evaluation of the American Rescue Plan. [Comments due 30 days after submission to OMB on April 8.] OES is proposing new data collection activities conducted for the National Evaluation of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The objective of this project is to provide a systematic look at the contributions of selected ARP-funded programs toward achieving equitable outcomes to inform program design and delivery across the Federal Government ..read more