by Meghan Maury
Data System of the Week: HRSA Uniform Data System. In this notice, HRSA is revising the Uniform Data System, the annual reporting system used by federally supported health centers, largely to streamline reporting while adding some new measures on diabetes, disability, autism screening, patient support services, and upstream drivers of health. In addition, HRSA proposes to add a new question asking whether health centers provide puberty blockers, hormones, or surgical procedures to patients under 19 for the purpose of aligning their appearance with a gender identity different from their sex assigned at birth, which could increase scrutiny of health centers that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth.
Comments due July 16.
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Education
Stronger Connections Grant Program Annual Performance Report. The Stronger Connections program provides funds to school departments with "high needs" - those with high concentrations of poverty and one or more of the following: need for additional mental health staff, high rates of chronic absenteeism, exclusionary discipline, referrals to the juvenile justice system, bullying/harassment, community and school violence, students experiencing homelessness, students in foster care, or substance use, or where a disaster or traumatic event has occurred. ED is discontinuing the annual reporting requirement for these grants and replacing it with only a final report.
Comments due August 10.
Immigration
Medical Examination for Visa or Immigration Benefit. Physicians use this form to record information about non-US citizens seeking entry into the US. Through this listing, State is expanding the scope of the collection to allow eMedical processing for all people subject to a medical examination under the INA, including not only immigrant visa applicants but also certain nonimmigrant, follow-to-join refugee, diversity visa, asylum, parole, and K-visa applicants.
Comments due August 10.Requests for DOJ Certification Letters for T Visa Holders. In this notice, DOJ is proposing a new process for T visa holders (survivors of human trafficking) to request certification letters needed to support an early application for lawful permanent residence. The notice does not itself change T visa or green card eligibility, but the process matters because delays, new documentation burdens, or added discretion could make it harder for trafficking survivors to obtain permanent status before the usual three-year mark.
Comments due August 17.
Health
National Survey of Syringe Services Programs (NSSSP). This survey asks SSPs about operational characteristics and services, funding resources, community relations, and key operational successes and challenges. The listing indicates that the survey is being revised, but no supplemental materials are available to help us identify what changes are being made.
Comments due August 3.
Criminal Justice
Juvenile Facility Census Program (JFCP). The JFCP consists of two separate survey modules: the Youth Population module collects detailed information on individual youth housed in facilities, including demographic details, placement characteristics, and length of stay; the Facility Operations module collects information on resident services, facility features, and operations. DOJ is making changes to both modules, including formalizing changes to gender questions, removing questions on several services, reformatting population total questions, and streamlining questions on mental health.
Comments due August 7.
Housing
Race and Ethnic Data Reporting Form. HUD uses this form for collecting information concerning the race, ethnicity, and other protected class data of the populations intended to benefit from HUD funding. The listing does not indicate that any changes to the form are being made at this time. However, the last time this form was renewed HUD indicated that in this renewal they would be updating the form to reflect the 2024 SPD15 standards on race and ethnicity data collection.
Comments due August 11.
Labor/Employment
DOC-Census Workforce Development Collection. This new form will collect data on individuals who participate in workforce development training programs sponsored by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Economic Development Administration (EDA). The collected data will be linked to Census Bureau data sets—including demographic, household, and jobs data—to produce measurable metrics that inform workforce training program outcomes and support evidence-based decision-making for future investments.
Comments due August 11.AmeriCorps State and National Application Instructions. AmeriCorps is proposing a number of changes to its grant application instructions, including addressing how unexpended funds are handled; removing the fixed percentage rate method as an option for calculating administrative/indirect costs for cost-reimbursement grants; updating the de minimis indirect cost rate; adding a new Attachment; adding clarifying language; and reflecting regulatory changes since the last renewal, including, for example, updating the match requirements and updating terminology.
Comments due August 11.RFI on Online Career Tools and the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Program. DOL is seeking input from workforce development experts, workers, and employers on how to improve ETA's online career tools and the O*NET program. Among many other questions, DOL is looking for input on barriers to accessing public workforce data and about improvements that could be made to taxonomies, metadata, filters, etc.
Comments due August 10.
ICYMI: Democracy for the Win!
USDA and Treasury Data Sharing Agreement. In June 2025, when USDA announced a new records system for SNAP data, DataIndex and data policy advocates flagged the possibility that under the listing SNAP data could be shared more broadly than it should be under the law - and that the data sharing could lead to misuse or unintended harm. More than 450 people – including many readers like you! – submitted unique comments in response to that listing, and as a result USDA has changed language in the records system in several places, including to clarify the protections for the data that exist under the Privacy Act and other statutes.