Hearing: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management hearing on state and local cybersecurity.

  • 9/22/2020 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Author: Rebecca Bliss
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State and Local Cybersecurity: Defending Our Communities from Cyber Threats amid COVID-19

Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management

Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building and via Videoconference

 

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/fso/hearings/state-and-local-cybersecurity-defending-our-communities-from-cyber-threats-amid-covid-19

Hearing: United States Congress Joint Economic Committee

Full Committee hearing on the Economic Impact of America's Failure to Contain the Coronavirus.

  • 9/22/2020 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Author: Rebecca Bliss
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A remote hearing before the Joint Economic Committee will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. 

                                   

Hearing:        “The Economic Impact of America’s Failure to Contain the Coronavirus”

Witnesses:    Dr. Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H., Dean
                         Brown University School of Public Health
                         Providence, RI 

                         Dr. Austan D. Goolsbee
                         Robert P. Gwinn Professor
                         University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
                           Chicago, IL

                         Dr. Adam Michel, Senior Policy Analyst, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget
                         The Heritage Foundation
                           Washington, DC

                         Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer, M.D., F.A.C.S., Senior Fellow
                         Cato Institute
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Hearing: House Financial Services Committee

Full Committee oversight hearing of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's Pandemic Repsonse.

  • 9/22/2020 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Author: Rebecca Bliss
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Hybrid Hearing - Oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s Pandemic Response

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 10:30

 

Legislation

  • H.R. 6800, the "Heroes Act."
     
  • H.R. 6852, To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from waiving provisions related to COVID-19 emergency relief and taxpayer protections related to such relief.
     
  • H.R. 6892, To amend the CARES Act to add requirements for the Main Street Lending Program related to non-profit organizations, small businesses, minority depository institutions, and community development financial institutions, and for other purposes.
         
  • H.R. 6918, the "Paycheck Recovery Act."
     
  • H.R. 7023, To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program that provides financial assistance to sports facilities, museums, and community theaters, and for other purposes.
     
  • H.R. 7197, the "Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed to Survive (RESTAURANTS) Act."
     
  • H.R. 7717, the "Uplifting Our Local Communities Act."
     
  • H.R. 7809, the "Helping Open Properties Endeavor (HOPE) Act."
     
  • H.R. 8002, the "Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Act."

 

https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406869

NACo Webinar: Counties and the 2020 Election: Ask the Experts

  • 9/22/2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Author: Tina Dykstra
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NACo Webinar: Counties and the 2020 Election: Ask the Experts

Sep. 22, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT

Hear from federal and local elections officials about how they are working to ensure a safe, fair and secure election this fall. During the town hall, which will be live streamed, participants will have the unique opportunity to engage directly with elections experts during an open discussion.

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TRB Webinar: How Women Fare in the Transit Industry

TRB Webinar: How Women Fare in the Transit Industry
September 2, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
What are transit agencies doing to attract, retain, and advance women in the industry?
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U.S. Conference of Mayors Webinar: Council on Metro Economies and the New American City: Economic Recovery

U.S. Conference of Mayors Webinar: Council on Metro Economies and the New American City: Economic Recovery

September 3, 1:00 PM EDT

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Hearing: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “Successful State Stewardship: A Legislative Hearing to Examine S.614, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.”

WEDNESDAY, September 9, 2020

10:00 AM

Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=070350AF-A050-4268-BC35-CB60FB7D94FC 

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NACo Webinar: County De-incarceration and Jail Reentry Strategies During COVID-19

NACo Webinar: County De-incarceration and Jail Reentry Strategies During COVID-19

September 11, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

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NLC Webinar: What Happens Locally If Federal Transportation Programs Expire

NLC Webinar: What Happens Locally If Federal Transportation Programs Expire

September 14, 4:00 PM EDT

On September 30th, the current federal surface transportation law, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act expires; what happens if Congress doesn't make the deadline?

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Hearing: House Natural Resources Committee

Full Committee Hearing: Legislative Hearing: Environmental Justice for All Act

Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020Time: 12:00 PMPresiding: The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva, Chair

On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, via Cisco WebEx, the Full Committee will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:

  • H.R. 5986 (Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva), To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, provide for the establishment of the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement, and for other purposes.“Environmental Justice for All Act”.

 

https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/remote-full-committee-legislative-hearing 

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TRB Webinar: Weathering the Storm - Climate Resilience at Airports

TRB Webinar: Weathering the Storm - Climate Resilience at Airports

Do you make decisions that affect the resilience of airport infrastructure in response to the long-term impacts of climate change? TRB is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that will discuss how to apply benefit-cost analysis tools and techniques to improve this decision making process. Presenters will identify how to recognize, enhance, and adapt procedures that affect airports and other infrastructure projects.

The webinar features research from ACRP Research Report 199: Climate Resilience and Benefit–Cost Analysis: A Handbook for Airports.

This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There is no fee to attend this webinar; however, sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

Webinar agenda and presenters:

  1. Adapt sea level rise and high temperature forecasts to risk adjusted benefit-cost and investment analysis: Frank Beradino, GRA, Inc.
  2. Method to identify the odds of a project paying off and the odds of large losses: Bill Spitz, GRA, Inc.
  3. Question and answer session: Moderated byMary Davis, Tufts University

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will able to:

  1. Discuss the practical use of climate forecast data for airport decision making
  2. Describe how to develop useful risk information

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) will provide 1 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) to accredited airport executives who attend this webinar. Claim CEUs by visiting www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about AAAE continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

Registration is available until just before the webinar starts. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to submit your registration. Individuals who are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk for assistance in signing in.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum.


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This Summary Last Modified On: 9/23/2020

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TFG Presents 2025 Congressional Calendar

The Ferguson Group (TFG) compiled a 2025 Congressional Calendar with session and recess dates for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate 119th congressional session. 

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TFG Presents 2025 Congressional Calendar

The Ferguson Group (TFG) compiled a 2025 Congressional Calendar with session and recess dates for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate 119th congressional session. 

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