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2026-08-28 Census of Tribal Court Systems (CTCS) DOJ/BJS Last fielded in 2014, BJS is reinstating the CTCS, a voluntary survey of tribal courts about staffing, court functions, caseloads, civil and juvenile justice matters, and court operations. The census is intended to update national data on tribal court systems, identify emerging challenges, and create a time series that can inform Congress, federal agencies, tribal justice practitioners, researchers, and the public. Criminal Justice
2026-08-28 CMS and OPM Data Sharing and Matching Program CMS CMS is re-establishing a data match that compares ACA Marketplace applicants and enrollees with OPM records on active federal employees to determine eligibility for Marketplace coverage, financial assistance, exemptions, renewals, and appeals. OPM will provide monthly files containing identifiers and federal health-plan information, but match results must be independently verified before coverage or assistance is denied or reduced. Data Sharing
2026-08-29 Non-Infrastructure Metrics DOC/EDA EDA is consolidating three performance reports for non-infrastructure grants into a single revised ED-916 and eliminating the ED-917 and ED-918 outcome questionnaires. The change reduces reporting burden and prioritizes measures of return on investment, but eliminates the standalone forms used to track broader, longer-term outcomes such as innovation, business networks, workforce development, and organizational capacity, potentially narrowing EDA’s picture of benefits that are difficult to express in dollars. Economic Development
2026-08-31 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey OPM OPM is proposing to redesign the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey following its cancellation of the survey in 2025. Under the new model, OPM would stop centrally administering the government-wide survey; each agency would conduct its own annual survey using 10 required questions rather than 16 and submit the core results to OPM and OMB. A companion proposed rule would also let agencies decide what information to publish, removing current requirements to disclose details such as survey methodology, response rates, and question-level results. OPM says the changes will give agencies greater flexibility and more useful management information, but the decentralization, reduced set of common questions, and weaker disclosure requirements could make results less consistent across agencies and over time while limiting public accountability. Federal Government
2026-08-31 National Marrow Donor Program Patient Support Center Survey HHS/HRSA This survey collects feedback from all HCT patients, caregivers, and family members who had contact with the NMDP/Be The Match Patient Support Center (PSC) for service and support. Survey results will be used to inform program development and resource allocation decisions. Last year, to comply with EO 14168, HRSA removed the survey's question about gender. Notably, the survey now collects no information on sex or gender; this is the first opportunity the public has had to comment on that change. Healthcare
2026-09-03 Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) HUD HUD is renewing its data match with HHS to compare recipients of public housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, project-based Section 8, and other rental assistance with federal employment, wage, and unemployment records. HUD and housing administrators will use the results to verify reported income, determine rent and subsidy amounts, and identify possible improper payments or unreported income. Housing
2026-09-04 Environmental Public Health Tracking Network HHS/CDC CDC is proposing to revise data collection for the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network to implement Executive Order 14168 by replacing "gender" with "sex" and limiting sex response options to male and female. The proposal also removes the "unknown" option from birth defect, emergency department, and hospitalization reporting forms, eliminating a response option used when an infant's sex cannot yet be determined and potentially reducing the accuracy of surveillance for some congenital conditions. Healthcare
2026-09-04 Verification of Eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through a Department of War Health Benefits Plan HHS/CMS CMS is re-establishing a data-sharing agreement with the Department of War/Defense to match Marketplace applicants and enrollees against TRICARE records. Defense will provide CMS with daily files containing Social Security numbers and coverage dates, which CMS and state Marketplace agencies will use to verify eligibility for ACA premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions and to determine benefit amounts. Healthcare
2026-09-04 Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program HHS/CDC CDC is proposing to revise reporting forms for its Rape Prevention and Education program to implement executive orders on gender identity and DEI. The changes replace references to "health equity" with "health for all and especially for those at greatest risk," eliminate questions about transgender and nonbinary people and undocumented status, remove gender identity from a nondiscrimination question, and revise other demographic and program-evaluation language. Sexual Assault
2026-09-04 OneRD Loan Guarantee Program USDA USDA is revising its loan guarantee program forms to update the civil rights compliance language. The prior version specifically required collection of data on race, sex, and national origin; the current version requires a more generalized collection of demographics. Rural
2026-09-08 Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs program SSA SSA is re-establishing a data-sharing agreement with OPM to match civil service annuity records against Medicare data. SSA will use the match to verify eligibility for Medicare Part D “Extra Help” subsidies and to identify people who may qualify for the benefit for outreach. Data Sharing
2026-09-08 Questionnaire for National Security Positions OPM OPM is renewing the SF-86 national-security background questionnaire after making earlier changes to align personnel vetting with the administration’s gender policy. Related revisions remove an optional pronoun question and delete explicit references to sexual orientation and gender identity from the nondiscrimination statement and from questions asking whether applicants targeted people or advocated unlawful violence based on protected characteristics. Federal Government
2026-09-08 Healthy Start Evaluation and Quality Improvement HHS/HRSA HRSA is revising the participant-level forms used to evaluate the Healthy Start maternal and infant health program by clarifying instructions, updating and separating unspecified response options, and adding fields for the month of an infant’s birth or death. The notice does not provide draft forms or identify the affected categories, making the full extent of the changes unclear, but at a minimum this revision will formalize the removal of gender identity questions from the forms. Healthcare
2026-09-08 ATUS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Questions DOL/BLS BLS is proposing a new two-minute module for the American Time Use Survey that would ask whether and how people use AI and link those responses to their 24-hour activity diaries. Beginning in 2027, the questions would produce nationally representative data on AI use across tasks, demographic and occupational groups, and work, education, household, and leisure activities. Science and Technology
2026-09-08 FEMA and HUD Data Matching Program HUD HUD is re-establishing a data-sharing agreement with FEMA that allows HUD and participating disaster-recovery grantees to match disaster-assistance, flood-insurance, and housing records. The data include identifying information, household characteristics, income, disability and access needs, housing and damage information, insurance coverage, and assistance amounts, and will be used to calculate disaster-recovery funding, conduct outreach, prevent duplicate benefits, and enforce flood-insurance requirements. The renewed agreement also changes some of the data fields exchanged. Data Sharing
2026-09-08 Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA) DOJ/BJS The CTLEA, last fielded in 2019, collects data on all tribal law enforcement agencies operating in the U.S. Data collected include the number of sworn staff by tribe and type of agency, arrests and call for service and functions performed by each agency. The listing indicates that changes are being made to the survey, but no supplemental materials are available to help us understand what changes are being made. Policing
2026-09-09 Shaping the Future of Loan Repayment ED ED is launching a new study of how federal student-loan borrowers understand and choose repayment plans, including income-driven repayment. Interviews with borrowers will examine how they weigh monthly payments, repayment length, forgiveness, interest subsidies, and other plan features, as well as why borrowers enter or leave IDR and how repayment affects household finances and life decisions. Education
2026-09-09 Lifeline Eligibility FCC FCC is establishing a new data-sharing agreement with Iowa to verify Lifeline eligibility by matching applicants and subscribers against state SNAP records. FCC and USAC will send names, dates of birth, and the last four digits of Social Security numbers, and Iowa will return whether the person is enrolled in SNAP. The match may also be used for other federal programs that rely on Lifeline eligibility. Data Sharing
2026-09-11 Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) HHS/CDC CDC is revising the Medical Monitoring Project, its nationally representative study of adults diagnosed with HIV, after removing questions that identify transgender respondents and transgender sexual partners. The collection replaces sex assigned at birth, including an intersex option, with a binary male-or-female question; deletes gender identity questions; and limits questions about recent sexual partners to male or female, reducing CDC’s ability to measure HIV care, service needs, and outcomes among transgender people. HIV/AIDS
2026-09-11 Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) & Temporary Expanded PSLF (TEPSLF) Certification and Application ED ED is removing a new PSLF attestation that would have required nonprofits and other public-service employers to certify under penalty of perjury that they had not engaged in activities the administration deemed to have a “substantial illegal purpose.” The Department is withdrawing the language after a federal court vacated the underlying rule one day before it was to take effect, preserving PSLF eligibility for workers at organizations the administration might otherwise have disqualified. No other changes are being made to the form. Education
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