The Swamp Today Timelines Change. Thursday, January 12, 2023 The House Stands Adjourned Until January 12, 2023 at 9:00 AM EST The Senate Stands Adjourned Until January 13, 2023 at 1:30 PM EST Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. 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 the Republic of Korea and Japan from January 9-12, 2023. Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya is on travel to Honduras from January 9-12, 2023. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is on travel to India and Bangladesh from January 12-15, 2023. Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey R. Pyatt is on travel to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar from January 12-16, 2023. . . . Daily Weather Map National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/ January 12, 2023 - January 13, 2023 Private Meeting of the Consultative Group United Nations https://indico.un.org/event/1003798/ January 12, 2023 TBD House Democratic Leader Holds News Conference House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds his weekly news conference on the legislative agenda at the U.S. Capitol. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525325-1/house-democratic-leader-holds-news-conference January 12, 2023 2:00 AM EST World Hearing Day 2023 - Webinar to Prepare World Hearing Day 2023 (morning Session) World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://archive.ph/WkVMB 3:00 AM EST E-Meeting of the ITU-T Study Group Q9/5: Climate Change and Assessment of Digital Technologies in the Framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations https://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/lists/rgmdetails.aspx?id=13562&Group=5 https://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-T/lists/q-text.aspx?Group=5&Period=17&QNo=9&Lang=en 4:00 AM EST Plenary Meeting of the European Union Group United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/plenary-meeting-european-union-group-1 4:00 AM EST Meeting of the Headquarters Committee Working Group United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/meeting-headquarters-committee-working-group-0 4:00 AM EST 7th Meeting, Fourth Session - Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1q64bhpty 4:30 AM EST Executive Board Bureau Meeting World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP) https://executiveboard.wfp.org/Meeting/1503 7:00 AM EST CPI, with Unusual Whales https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1DXxyvlYYyRKM 8:00 AM EST AFCEA NOVA Army IT Day 2023 - Unified Operations and Modernization Achieving Warfighter Dominance AFCEA NOVA https://afceanova.swoogo.com/ArmyITDay2023 8:00 AM EST Rep. Clay Higgins on Border Security and the House Republican Agenda Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), member of the Homeland Security and Oversight & Reform Committees, discusses Republicans' priorities to address the crisis at the border and the House GOP agenda. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525111-3/washington-journal-rep-clay-higgins-r-la-discusses-border-security-house-gop-agenda 8:00 AM EST Sudan Ebolavirus Candidate Vaccines - What Additional Research Should Be Conducted to Advance the Evaluation of These Vaccines? World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/01/12/default-calendar/save-the-date---sudan-ebolavirus-candidate-vaccines---what-additional-research-should-be-conducted-to-advance-the-evaluation-of-these-vaccines 8:20 AM EST Wreath Laying Ceremony in Honor of the Prime Minister of Japan https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/30938 8:30 AM EST Como Los Bancos De America Latina y Caribe Se Adaptan Al Cambio Climatico United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) https://www.unepfi.org/industries/banking/como-los-bancos-de-america-latina-y-caribe-se-adaptan-al-cambio-climatico/ 8:30 AM EST Investing in Health: A New Tool to Improve Health Outcomes in Puerto Rico Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Puerto Rico Public Health Trust https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/events/regional_outreach/2023/0112-2023 8:30 AM EST Rep. Brendan Boyle on His Priorities for the 118th Congress Budget Committee Ranking Member Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) discusses his priorities for the 118th Congress. https://www.c-span.org/video/?525111-4/washington-journal-rep-brendan-boyle-d-pa-discusses-priorities-118th-congress 8:30 AM EST 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-74 9:00 AM EST 8th Meeting, Fourth Session - Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1t/k1ttdkdfr4 9:00 AM EST Working Meeting for the preparation of the International Day of La Francophonie United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) https://www.unesco.org/en/event/working-meeting-preparation-international-day-la-francophonie-0 9:00 AM EST Webinar to Prepare World Hearing Day 2023 (evening Session) World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO) https://archive.ph/WkVMB https://who.zoom.us/Meeting/register/tJMlde2opzsvEtMbx8Z-ck_3fFHwtJHZH-ew 9:00 AM EST 160 Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) https://indico.un.org/event/1003382/ 9:00 AM EST 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 EST U.S. House of Representatives House Session The House will consider legislation to ban the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China. https://live.house.gov/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?525320-1/house-session 9:45 AM EST Security Council Media Stakeout United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k1gz7p6n5t 10:00 AM EST Nonviolent Action During Democratic Transitions: A Reflection on Recent Political Transitions in Armenia and Tunisia United States Institute of Peace https://www.usip.org/events/nonviolent-action-during-democratic-transitions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-rZNMN7orI 10:00 AM EST The Rule of Law Among Nations - Security Council, Open Debate United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1n/k1nrv1tcw6 10:00 AM EST The Road Ahead: A Conversation with Alvaro Lario, President, International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations Center for Global Development https://www.cgdev.org/event/road-ahead-conversation-ifad-president-alvaro-lario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oF_D7EW3PM 10:00 AM EST Epigenomic Regulation of Enhancers: From Adipogenesis, Development to Cancer National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41828 10:00 AM EST U.S. Fire Administrator & Other Officials Launch National Fire Strategy U.S. Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell joins Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and leaders from firefighting organizations for the launch of the national fire strategy at Engine Company 3 in Washington, DC. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/about/usfa-events/2023-01-10-fire-stop-tour.html https://www.c-span.org/video/?525315-1/us-fire-administrator-officials-launch-national-fire-strategy 10:00 AM EST Energy Security in the 118th Congress: A Discussion with Rep. August Pfluger Hudson Institute https://www.hudson.org/events/energy-security-118th-congress-discussion-rep-august-pfluger https://www.c-span.org/video/?525319-1/rep-august-pfluger-discusses-energy-security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMh8J7_u5Ec 10:00 AM EST The President Delivers Remarks on the Economy and Our Efforts to Tackle Inflation Official Schedule https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMnxpnIL9o https://www.c-span.org/video/?525328-1/president-biden-remarks-economy 10:40 AM EST The President Departs the White House en Route the Washington National Cathedral Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 11:00 AM EST AlphaTensor: Discovering Mathematical Algorithms With Reinforcement Learning ai for Good Is Organized by ITU in Partnership With 40 UN Sister Agencies and Co-convened With Switzerland https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/alphatensor-discovering-mathematical-algorithms-with-reinforcement-learning/ https://www.deepmind.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_lcUfjIMtI 11:00 AM EST China's Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China's Rise and the World's Future Foreign Policy Research Institute https://www.fpri.org/event/2023/chinas-next-act/ 11:00 AM EST Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried meets with French Director for Americas and Caribbean Michéle Ramis Department of State https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-january-12-2023/ 11:00 AM EST The President Attends a Memorial Service for Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Delivers Remarks Washington National Cathedral https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/602689/ashton-b-carter/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?525318-1/president-biden-defense-sec-lloyd-austin-deliver-remarks-memorial-service-ash-carter 11:00 AM EST Secretary Antony J. Blinken Attends a Memorial Service for Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Washington, D.C. https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/602689/ashton-b-carter/ https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-january-12-2023/ 11:00 AM EST Epigenetics & Chronic Pain: What Is It and Why Should I Care? National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41894 11:30 AM EST A Conversation With Boris Johnson: Sustaining Support to Ukraine POSTPONED Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/a-conversation-with-boris-johnson-sustaining-support-to-ukraine/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia1aWqXErVw 12:00 PM EST FDA Grand Rounds: The Scientific Basis of Proposed Tobacco Product Standards to Prohibit Menthol as a Characterizing Flavor in Cigarettes and Flavors in Cigars Food and Drug Administration https://www.fda.gov/science-research/fda-grand-rounds/fda-grand-rounds-scientific-basis-proposed-tobacco-product-standards-prohibit-menthol-characterizing 12:00 PM EST American Legion Post 20 Meeting National Press Club (NPC) https://www.press.org/events/american-legion-post-20-Meeting 12:00 PM EST Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General and the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly with Guests: John Wilmoth, Daniela Bas and Shantanu Mukherjee (UN DESA) on the World Social Report 2023 United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11xgn9vos 12:05 PM EST January Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Agricultural Statistics Board (ASB) Briefing Report Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgAyQ31Mi5U 12:15 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - World Agricultural Production Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/world-agricultural-production-23 12:15 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/oilseeds-world-markets-and-trade-19 12:15 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Grains: World Markets and Trade Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/grains-world-markets-and-trade-22 12:15 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Cotton: World Markets and Trade Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/cotton-world-markets-and-trade-23 12:50 PM EST The President arrives at the White House Official Schedule https://factba.se/biden/calendar/ 1:00 PM EST Rep. Maxine Waters & HUD Sec. Marcia Fudge on Racial Bias in Home Appraisals Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge discuss racial biases in housing appraisals at an event co-hosted by the Brookings Institution and the National Fair Housing Alliance. https://www.brookings.edu/events/examining-racial-bias-in-home-appraisals-screening-of-our-america-lowballed/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?525314-1/rep-maxine-waters-hud-sec-marcia-fudge-racial-bias-home-appraisals 1:00 PM EST How USSOCOM Leverages Network Visibility to Weather Natural Disasters and Support Warfighters Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA) https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=1239492993899042 1:00 PM EST Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 Public Forum: NSA's Gen. Paul Nakasone Will Deliver the Keynote The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) https://www.pclob.gov/ https://documents.pclob.gov/prod/Documents/EventsAndPress/44b0eb0f-5d52-4a0c-bf13-093a6c0f340f/Section%20702%20Forum%20press%20release.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrA9b2g-Uxs 1:00 PM EST The Impact of Antiviral Therapy on HBV Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Lessons Learned From the Hepatitis B Research Network National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41956 1:00 PM EST Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series: U.S. Case Law Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/event-407566/orientation-to-legal-research-webinar-series-us-case-law/2023-01-12/ 1:00 PM EST JVSG 10 Steps to a Federal Job Resume Workshop Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/51300/ 1:00 PM EST Better Buildings Webinar Series: Public Roundtable - The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): Residential Energy Rebates and Contractor Training Programs Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy https://www.energy.gov/eere/better-buildings-residential-network/events/public-roundtable-inflation-reduction-act-ira 1:30 PM EST Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre The White House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz3xpufh_l0 https://www.c-span.org/video/?525329-1/white-house-daily-briefing 2:00 PM EST Vice President Harris Engages in a Moderated Conversation on Climate, Ann Arbor, Michigan Vice President Harris engages in a moderated conversation on the Biden-Harris Administration's historic and ongoing work to combat the climate crisis with Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Kyle Whyte, Professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. https://youtu.be/8OGusMGyuWo 2:00 PM EST Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price Department of State https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/ https://www.youtube.com/statedept 2:00 PM EST A WALS Talk to Change Your World View - Power of Assistive Technology to Transform Lives National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/41042 2:30 PM EST Pacific Island Women Leaders at COP27: Outcomes and Ways Forward East-West Center https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/pacific-island-women-leaders-cop27-outcomes-and-ways-forward 2:45 PM EST Security Council Media Stakeout United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1my8st6zw 3:00 PM EST Essential Resources for Driving Community Schools Forward Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/essential-resources-for-driving-community-schools-forward/ 3:00 PM EST Early Care and Education Systems: Revisiting a State-by-State Analysis Bipartisan Policy Center https://bipartisanpolicy.org/event/early-care-education-systems/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lLwzbPBips 3:00 PM EST (Resumed) the Rule of Law Among Nations - Security Council, 9241st Meeting United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1ien5o4vq 3:00 PM EST Opening of the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (from Pakistan to Cuba) United Nations https://media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11drtwp1w 3:00 PM EST A Comparative Study of Fairness In Medical Machine Learning National Library of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services https://irpseminar.nlm.nih.gov/seminar/3866/detail/ 3:00 PM EST World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/livestock-and-poultry-world-markets-and-trade-7 3:30 PM EST Life After Trump: Mike Pompeo in Conversation University of Chicago Institute of Politics https://iop.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/iop/event.jsp?event=5415& https://politics.uchicago.edu/speaker-series/upcoming-events?id=5415 https://www.c-span.org/video/?525312-1/fmr-sec-state-mike-pompeo-discusses-public-service-world-affairs 3:30 PM EST Measuring Impact and Telling Climate Change Education Stories through Evaluation: A PLACCE (Plants and Climate Change Education) Conversation United States Botanic Garden (USBG) https://www.usbg.gov/ https://app.livestorm.co/u-s-botanic-garden/measuring-impact-and-telling-climate-change-education-stories-through-evaluation-a-placce-plants-and-climate-change-education-conversation 4:00 PM EST Ahead of the Curve Featuring Dr. Larry Brilliant University of Michigan School of Public Health https://sph.umich.edu/events/event.php?ID=9849 4:00 PM EST Andy Levin (D-MI), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Amb (Ret) Susan Page: Restoring Confidence in Our Democracy - a Special Event With the Carter Center and the Gerald R. Ford Foundation The Carter Center and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2023/restoring-confidence-our-democracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6OuRBjeYf0 4:00 PM EST Data Science for Public Health Summit, Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Sherri Rose, Algorithmic Bias and Machine Learning in Health Care Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/seminars-conferences/data-science-public-health-summit https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/algorithmic-bias-and-machine-learning-health-care 5:00 PM EST Space Warfighter Talk with General Chance "Salty" Saltzman Chief of Space Operations The Space Force Association https://ussfa.org/events/5082645/ 6:00 PM EST Global Executive Conversation featuring Her Excellency Dame Karen Pierce, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United States The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. https://www.economicclub.org/events/he-dame-karen-pierce 7:00 PM EST An Ordinary American Takes an Extraordinary Stand: Teaching Korematsu v. United States National Archives and Records Administration https://civics.archives.gov/Teaching-Korematsu-v-United-States 9:00 PM EST Book Talk: Internet for the People Internet Archive https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-internet-for-the-people-tickets-483851552017