The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4/5 D/5 D5 >>18643425 pb The House Stands Adjourned Until April 6, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT (Pro Forma - back April 17, 2023) The Senate Stands Adjourned Until April 6, 2023 at 10:00 AM EDT (Pro Forma - back April 17, 2023) Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman 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. Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Elizabeth Allen is on travel to Massachusetts on April 5, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey R. Pyatt is on travel to Belgium and France from April 4-5, 2023. Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Dereck J. Hogan accompanies Secretary Blinken on travel to Belgium from April 3-5, 2023. - - - - - SPY WEDNESDAY - - - - - . . . ...SUMMARY... Tornadoes, severe thunderstorm gusts and large hail are likely tonight from the Upper Great Lakes to central Texas. The threat tornadoes continues tonight over parts of the Ozarks to the Arklatex region. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html 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 – A Gift for Budweiser https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-a-gift-for-budweiser/ A.F. Branco Cartoon – Buzz Kill https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-buzz-kill/ A.F. Branco Cartoon – Day of Vengeance https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-day-of-vengeance/ Stonetoss Comics @stone_toss - Yuge. https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/1643252092461789184?cxt=HHwWgMDR-cvEgM4tAAAA Jumble Daily https://fun.chicagotribune.com/game/tca-jumble-daily Congressional Record (Most Recent Issue) https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record 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 BLM Announces 2023 Fall Artist in Residence Program at Alabama Hills Bureau of Land Management https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-announces-2023-fall-artist-residence-program-alabama-hills April 3, 2023 - April 5, 2023 Sea-Air-Space 2023 Exposition Navy League https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-04-05/ https://seaairspace.org/ April 5, 2023 - April 7, 2023 704th Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acrs/agenda/index.html https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2306/ML23062A605.pdf April 5, 2023 International Day of Conscience United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/days/conscience-day April 5, 2023 Passover https://www.almanac.com/content/when-start-passover https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/passover-eve April 5, 2023 FOUL FOUR Protectionist Madness 2023 Cato Institute https://www.cato.org/2023-protectionist-madness April 5, 2023 PATCH MADNESS 2023 - VOTE NRO @NatReconOfc The🐐is advancing to the Patch Madness Championship! But which patch will face it tomorrow? It’s time to vote for your favorite. Do you want NROL-85 or the NROL-61? Will be it the 🦎 or the 😸? You decide! National Reconnaissance Office NRO @NatReconOfc https://twitter.com/NatReconOfc/status/1643291277348204544 April 5, 2023 12:22 AM EDT The Presidency "Axis of Evil". President George W. Bush called out terrorist states in his first State of the Union Address after September 11, 2001, labeling them an "axis of evil." On January 29, 2002, he began his speech by asserting that, ". . . our nation is at war; our economy is in recession; and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet, the state of our Union has never been stronger." American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?525425-13/axis-evil 1:00 AM EDT Ministers’ arrivals and doorstep statements: Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/4/pdf/230404-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_212600.htm 2:15 AM EDT Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers session with Finland and Sweden: Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/4/pdf/230404-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_212600.htm 2:15 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in NATO Foreign Ministerial Session 2 on Threats and Challenges Brussels, Belgium https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-april-5-2023/ 2:45 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta Brussels, Belgium https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-april-5-2023/ 3:00 AM EDT (5th Meeting) Outer Space: 8th IAA Planetary Defense Conference United Nations https://iaaspace.org/event/8th-iaa-planetary-defense-conference-2023/ https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1bffqyw9r 3:01 AM EDT STUDENTCAM 2023 WINNER - "The Fight Against Fentanyl" The Fight Against Fentanyl: Middle and High School students participate in this year’s C-SPAN’s StudentCam documentary competition. C-SPAN asked the question, “If you were a newly elected member of Congress, which issue would be your first priority and why?” https://www.c-span.org/video/?527017-1/the-fight-fentanyl 4:00 AM EDT 3rd Meeting, 13th Session of Working Party on Land Administration United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qj9jmuw2 4:15 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in the NATO Ministerial Family Photo Brussels, Belgium https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-april-5-2023/ 4:15 AM EDT Official Photo of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs: Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/4/pdf/230404-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_212600.htm 4:20 AM EDT Statement of the NATO Secretary General with representatives of Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea: Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/4/pdf/230404-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_212600.htm 5:00 AM EDT Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers session with Partners, Public opening remarks by the Secretary General: Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/4/pdf/230404-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_212600.htm 5:00 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in NATO Foreign Ministerial Session 3 on Indo-Pacific Partners Brussels, Belgium https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-april-5-2023/ 6:00 AM EDT Webinar: Roadmap to Tracking Public Energy Research Investment International Energy Agency (IEA) https://www.iea.org/events/webinar-roadmap-to-tracking-public-energy-research-investment 6:04 AM EDT The Presidency "Axis of Evil". President George W. Bush called out terrorist states in his first State of the Union Address after September 11, 2001, labeling them an "axis of evil." On January 29, 2002, he began his speech by asserting that, ". . . our nation is at war; our economy is in recession; and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet, the state of our Union has never been stronger." American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?525425-13/axis-evil 6:50 AM EDT STUDENTCAM 2023 WINNER - "Food for Thought" Food for Thought: Middle and High School students participate in this year’s C-SPAN’s StudentCam documentary competition. C-SPAN asked the question, “If you were a newly elected member of Congress, which issue would be your first priority and why?” https://www.c-span.org/video/?527020-1/food-thought 7:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Open Forum, Part 1 Viewers commented on the 34 felony charges brought against former President Donald Trump and his arraignment in Manhattan. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527131-2/washington-journal-news-headlines-viewer-calls&playEvent 7:30 AM EDT (6th meeting) Outer Space: 8th IAA Planetary Defense Conference United Nations https://iaaspace.org/event/8th-iaa-planetary-defense-conference-2023/ https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1b/k1byl8j5al 8:00 AM EDT Washington Journal: Renato Mariotti Discusses Charges Brought Against Former President Donald Trump Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti discusses the charges brought against former President Donald Trump. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527131-3/washington-journal-renato-mariotti-discusses-charges-brought-president-donald-trump&playEvent 8:00 AM EDT Russia Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold a briefing on current foreign policy issues The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation https://mid.ru/en/press_service/announcements/ https://www.mid.ru/en/press_service/video 8:15 AM EDT Press Conference by the NATO Secretary General: Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2023/4/pdf/230404-media-progr-en.pdf https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_212600.htm 8:20 AM EDT 4th NCI Symposium on Cancer Health Disparities - Day 2 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49423 8:30 AM EDT 2023 Economic Indicator Release: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services February 2023 US Census Bureau, Department of Commerce https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/ 9:00 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/?527131-4/washington-journal-news-headlines-viewer-calls&playEvent 9:00 AM EDT Top Public Officials and Experts on Building Sustainable Cities Washington Post Live https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/04/05/top-public-officials-experts-building-sustainable-cities/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkXDOYjH0yE 9:00 AM EDT The Annual Spacepower Security Forum Mitchell Institute https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-04-05/ https://ssf.mitchellaerospacepower.org/ 9:00 AM EDT 2023 Global Security Forum: Transatlantic Defense Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/2023-global-security-forum-transatlantic-defense - Global Security Forum 2023: Transatlantic Defense AM Sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bl_QX9HMh8 9:00 AM EDT DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Public Transport and Accessibility in Kisumu - Towards Sustainable Urban Mobility in Kenya World Resources Institute https://www.wri.org/events/2023/4/digital-transport-africa-dt4a-webinar-series-public-transport-accessibility-kisumu 9:00 AM EDT Sorting Out Subsidies: Navigating Fiscal Reform for Economic, Social and Environmental Transformation Overseas Development Institute (ODI) https://odi.org/en/events/sorting-out-subsidies-navigating-fiscal-reform/ 9:00 AM EDT EEO Compliance Training for Employees National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42139 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 9:00 AM EDT Reactor Oversight Process Public Meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML23090A151 9:00 AM EDT Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) Public Meeting Commodity Futures Trading Commission https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/Events/opaeventaac040523 9:00 AM EDT Commissioner Goldsmith Romero to Participate in a Fireside Chat at the Chainalysis’ Links 2023 Conference Commodity Futures Trading Commission https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/Events/opaeventromero040523 9:00 AM EDT Science Advisory Board to the National Center for Toxicological Research 2023 Meeting Day 2 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) https://www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-calendar/april-4-5-2023-science-advisory-board-national-center-toxicological-research-2023-meeting 9:00 AM EDT Intellectual Property (IP) strategy is a business strategy United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/intellectual-property-ip-strategy-business-strategy 9:15 AM EDT Panel 1: The Evolving Threat Landscape in Europe - 2023 Global Security Forum: Transatlantic Defense Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www..org/events/2023-global-security-forum-transatlantic-defense https://www.csis.org/events/panel-1-evolving-threat-landscape-europe 9:30 AM EDT The Cost of Fragmentation: Geopolitics and the Impact on the Global Economy in 2023 and Beyond Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/the-cost-of-fragmentation/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydc_owtE4Ww 9:30 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinken Holds a Press Availability Brussels, Belgium https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-april-5-2023/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnDZOdYVTg8 https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31614 - Secretary of State Blinken News Conference in Brussels Secretary of State Blinken holds a news conference following his meetings with NATO colleagues in Brussels. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527192-1/secretary-state-blinken-news-conference-brussels 10:00 AM EDT In Conversation: Ajay Banga, Candidate for President of the World Bank Group, and Afsaneh Beschloss on the Future of the World Bank Center for Global Development https://www.cgdev.org/event/conversation-world-bank-presidential-candidate-ajay-banga-and-afsaneh-beschloss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6cq02qRVkw 10:00 AM EDT Managing China-Related Proliferation Challenges Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/managing-china-related-proliferation-challenges 10:00 AM EDT (5th meeting) 13th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing - General Assembly, 77th session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k14/k14ra1lqaf 10:00 AM EDT 5th Meeting, 7th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1fajmsll0 10:00 AM EDT Export Assistance: Increase Sales with Internationally Friendly Websites U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/12241 10:00 AM EDT How to Obtain Surplus Property for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/12462 10:00 AM EDT System for Award Management: (SAM) Certification for Federal Contracting U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/12940 10:00 AM EDT How to Obtain Surplus Property for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses - Online Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/54501/ 10:15 AM EDT Funding your Business with grants, alternatives, or SBA loans (Alabama Market) U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/12156 10:30 AM EDT A National Strategy for Countering North Korea American Enterprise Institute https://www.aei.org/events/a-national-strategy-for-countering-north-korea/ 10:30 AM EDT Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm.Christopher W. Grady The vice chairman provides keynote remarks at 10:30 a.m. EDT; and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs Deborah G. Rosenblum joins a panel discussion at 1:45 p.m. EDT, at the in-person and virtual Center for Strategic and International Studies Global Security Forum 2023, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. Register at csis.org. https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-04-05/ https://www.csis.org/events/2023-global-security-forum-transatlantic-defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bl_QX9HMh8 - Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair & Others Participate in Security Forum Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair Adm. Christopher Grady joins other defense leaders for the Center for Strategic and International Studies' global security forum focusing on implications of the Russia-Ukraine war. https://www.csis.org/events/2023-global-security-forum-transatlantic-defense https://www.csis.org/events/keynote-discussion-admiral-christopher-w-grady-vice-chairman-joint-chiefs-staff https://www.c-span.org/video/?527184-1/joint-chiefs-staff-vice-chair-participate-security-forum 10:45 AM EDT Secretary Antony J. Blinkenn Holds a Meet and Greet With Employees and Families of U.S. Tri-Mission Brussels Brussels, Belgium https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-april-5-2023/ 11:00 AM EDT Regulation of Lipid Metabolism From the Nuclear Envelope National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42273 11:00 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 11:00 AM EDT SBA Arizona Loan Clinic U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/13188 11:00 AM EDT Job Fair at Fort Benning Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52187/ 11:00 AM EDT Contract Bonds & Surety Bond Guarantee Webinar U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/8168 11:00 AM EDT Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and First Lady Biden will arrive at Portland International Airport in Portland, ME. This arrival will be open press. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html 11:00 AM EDT GEO Distinguished Lecture - Solvable: How Past Successes Provide Hope for the Planet National Science Foundation https://beta.nsf.gov/events/geo-distinguished-lecture-solvable-how-past/2023-04-05 11:00 AM EDT Advisory Committee on Environmental Research And Education (AC-ERE) Meeting National Science Foundation https://beta.nsf.gov/events/advisory-committee-environmental-research-8/2023-04-05 11:30 AM EDT Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and First Lady Biden will join Governor Janet Mills to visit Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, ME, to highlight the college's workforce training programs and the state's investment in free community college. This visit will be open press. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html 12:00 PM EDT The Power of Microhistory: Swamp, Sugar, Communism, Environment The Harriman Institute at Columbia University https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/the-power-of-microhistory-swamp-sugar-communism-environment/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmssVat783U 12:00 PM EDT The Cost of Afro-Arab Social Exclusion in MENA Woodrow Wilson Center https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/cost-afro-arab-social-exclusion-mena 12:00 PM EDT 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/k1z/k1zy7p4446 12:00 PM EDT Dr. Teddy Pozo (Bennington College) on Touchy Feely Games: Embodiment, Emotion, and Trans Play The Studio for Mediating Play, University of Texas, Dallas https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-teddy-pozo-touchy-feely-games-embodiment-emotion-and-trans-play-tickets-541685675437 https://www.bennington.edu/academics/faculty/teddy-pozo https://mediatingplay.net/event/teddy-pozo-talk/?instance_id=100 - Decompression Gaming and Tea Time The Studio for Mediating Play, University of Texas, Dallas https://mediatingplay.net/events/cat_ids~8/ https://mediatingplay.net/event/decompression-gaming-and-tea-time-spring2023/?instance_id=101 12:00 PM EDT Ethics Grand Rounds: Is it Ethical to Appeal to Research Participants' Altruism? National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42777 https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42627 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49238 12:00 PM EDT Financial Literacy Month Virtual Education Series - Wednesdays at 12 and 3 p.m. EST Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/54574/ 12:00 PM EDT The President and The Vice President have lunch Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 12:30 PM EDT 2023 Global Security Forum: Transatlantic Defense Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/2023-global-security-forum-transatlantic-defense - Global Security Forum 2023: Transatlantic Defense PM Sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpF4pYQjXOo 12:30 PM EDT Panel 2: Challenges in European Defense - 2023 Global Security Forum: Transatlantic Defense Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/2023-global-security-forum-transatlantic-defense https://www.csis.org/events/panel-2-challenges-european-defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpF4pYQjXOo 12:30 PM EDT Money Smart Webinar Wednesdays to get Financially Fit - Financial Management Module U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/9380 1:00 PM EDT Spring 2023 Environmental Health Seminar Series Boston University School of Public Health https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrf-igqzwvG9OYgeH1VhA7UoiiWh8q-3sJ 1:00 PM EDT Money Smart for Young Adults (MSYA) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/money-smart/training-and-events/2023-04-05-new-msya.html 1:00 PM EDT Presubmittal Meeting with Arizona Public Service Company Regarding Planned Containment Temperature and Safety Injection Tank Volume License Amendment Request(s) at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML23081A005 1:00 PM EDT Veterans Hiring Webinar U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Midwest Regional Office and Ohio Department of Veterans Services https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/04052023/veterans-hiring-webinar 1:00 PM EDT Moral Injury Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53479/ 1:00 PM EDT Wellbeing You Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53664/ https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/54440/ 1:00 PM EDT Copyright and Plagiarism: What Authors Need to Know National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42713 1:00 PM EDT Myeloid Malignancies Monthly Meeting Seminar Series National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42659 1:00 PM EDT Safe Learning-Enabled Systems (NSF 23-562) Webinar National Science Foundation https://beta.nsf.gov/events/safe-learning-enabled-systems-nsf-23-562-webinar/2023-04-05 1:00 PM EDT Asset Based Financing: An All-weather Solution for Small Business Borrowers U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/13214 https://www.sba.gov/event/12196 1:00 PM EDT The Civil War Political Tradition: Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It National Archives Museum https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/the-civil-war-political-tradition-ten-portraits-of-those-who-formed-it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHTNT6jimDI 1:30 PM EDT Preapplication Meeting with SMR, LLC (A Holtec International Company) regarding a potential Loss-of-Coolant Accident Analyses exemption to support the Construction Permit for the Holtec SMR-160 design Nuclear Regulatory Commission https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML23012A003 1:30 PM EDT Soldiers' Angels Military and Veteran Food Distribution - Denver Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/52810/ 1:30 PM EDT Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and First Lady Biden will arrive at Burlington International Airport in Burlington, VT. This arrival will be open press. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html 1:45 PM EDT Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs Deborah G. Rosenblum joins a panel discussion at 1:45 p.m. EDT, at the in-person and virtual Center for Strategic and International Studies Global Security Forum 2023, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. Register at csis.org. https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-04-05/ https://www.csis.org/events/2023-global-security-forum-transatlantic-defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bl_QX9HMh8 1:45 PM EDT Panel 3: Opportunities for Defense Collaboration Center for Strategic and International Studies https://www.csis.org/events/2023-global-security-forum-transatlantic-defense https://www.csis.org/events/panel-2-challenges-european-defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpF4pYQjXOo 1:45 PM EDT Former Acting Defense Secretary Discusses Military Strategy and the Defense Budget Former Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller (Trump administration, 2020-21) discusses military strategy and the defense budget with the Cato Institute in Washington, DC. https://www.cato.org/events/cut-budget-change-strategy https://www.c-span.org/video/?527153-1/acting-defense-secretary-discusses-military-strategy-defense-budget 1:50 PM EDT 2023 DOD Armed Forces Soccer Tournament 2023 Armed Forces Men’s Soccer Championship Match 1: Marine Corps vs Army. https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31585 2:00 PM EDT Lessons Learned From Ukraine Shape Industrial Base Policy - Christine Michienzi, Ph.D., Senior Technology Advisor, Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy DefenseNews https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2023-04-05/ https://events.defensenews.com/lessons-learned-from-ukraine-shape-industrial-base-policy/ 2:00 PM EDT Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and First Lady Biden will join Governor Phil Scott to visit BETA Technologies in Burlington, VT, an electric aerospace company working to train and connect the next generation with good-paying jobs in emerging industries like clean energy. The visit will also highlight federal and state investments in high school Career and Technical Education programs related to electric vehicles. This visit will be open press. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html 2:00 PM EDT THRIVE Emerging Leaders Information Session U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/13040 2:00 PM EDT Ask the Deputy Director for Management DDM - NIH Only National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49082 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=PcjUyM6NdJ0 https://www.c-span.org/video/?527191-1/white-house-daily-briefing 2:00 PM EDT Defense Official Holds Press Briefing Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh briefs the news media at the Pentagon. https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31613 3:00 PM EDT Q-FARM Seminar - Tanya Zelevinsky (Columbia) Q-FARM - Quantum Science and Engineering at Stanford https://qfarm.stanford.edu/events/q-farm-seminar/tanya-zelevinsky-columbia 3:00 PM EDT 6th Meeting, 7th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c1pe9rbf 3:00 PM EDT (6th meeting) 13th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing - General Assembly, 77th session United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1sjdcdene 3:00 PM EDT We the Undersigned: Transcribing a 1865 Petition for Black South Carolinians' Equal Rights Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-408275/we-the-undersigned-transcribing-a-1865-petition-for-black-south-carolinians-equal-rights/2023-04-05/ 3:00 PM EDT SBA Arizona Selling to the Federal Government U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/12267 3:00 PM EDT Heroes Connect: Military to Manufacturing featuring Niagara Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/54179/ 3:00 PM EDT Understanding the PACT Act and Implications for Impacted Veterans Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53787/ 3:00 PM EDT Revolutionizing Engineering Departments Office Hours National Science Foundation https://beta.nsf.gov/events/revolutionizing-engineering-departments-office-0/2023-04-05 3:00 PM EDT Financial Literacy Month Virtual Education Series - Wednesdays at 12 and 3 p.m. EST Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/54574/ 3:00 PM EDT Speaker McCarthy Welcomes Taiwan's President to the Reagan Presidential Library https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9nKfXQNA10 - 3:00 PM EDT Press Statements at the Reagan Library with Speaker McCarthy and the President of Taiwan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzINf6vK3ek - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Meet With Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen at Reagan Library Meet is expected to further enflame U.S.-Chinese relations over the political status of Taiwan https://californiaglobe.com/articles/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-to-meet-with-taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen-at-reagan-library/ - 5:00 PM EDT Press Conference with Speaker McCarthy and U.S. Members of Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uGYZfiKlLE - Bipartisan Meeting With Taiwanese President U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers host Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527185-1/bipartisan-meeting-taiwanese-president 4:00 PM EDT Women-Owned Small Business Federal Government Contracting Program U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) https://www.sba.gov/event/12858 4:00 PM EDT IIG Seminar - The tumor antigenic landscape associated with T cell infiltration and immunoediting. - HHS Only National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42713 https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49285 4:00 PM EDT 2023 DOD Armed Forces Soccer Tournament 2023 Armed Forces Men's Soccer Championship Match 2: Navy vs Air Force. https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31586 4:20 PM EDT Vice President Harris Discusses Recent Trip to Africa Vice President Harris discusses her recent trip to Africa during a conversation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRnwKVUKMjs - Vice President Harris Discusses Recent Trip to Africa Vice President Harris discusses her recent trip to Africa during a conversation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. https://www.c-span.org/video/?527186-1/vice-president-harris-discusses-recent-trip-africa 4:30 PM EDT PACT Act Awareness Event - Mountain Home, TN Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/54455/ 5:00 PM EDT Press Conference with Speaker McCarthy and U.S. Members of Congress Reagan Foundation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uGYZfiKlLE 5:30 PM EDT Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will participate in a cabinet affairs meeting. Department of Education https://www.ed.gov/news/events/calendars/secschedule.html 8:00 PM EDT Brick by Brick Weekly Community Twitch Stream Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53299/ April 6, 2023 12:37 AM EDT April Full Moon - Full Pink Moon and the Paschal Full Moon https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-april