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New advisory board meetings and hearings will be announced after Memorial Day. Here's what to expect:

Three Nuclear Regulatory Commission subcommittees for reactor safeguards are meeting June 4 in Rockville, Md., to discuss planning and safety operations.

Meetings, teleconferences and webinars of all kinds will be announced in Friday's Federal Register. Here's the schedule:

On May 24, a board of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation is meeting to receive a series of updates. 

A number of upcoming meetings will be announced in Thursday's issue of the Federal Register. Here's what to expect:

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is meeting May 31 in Washington to discuss protecting veterans' and service members' rights. 

Legislators on the Senate Budget Committee gave a warm welcome to President Obama's nominee for deputy budget director on Tuesday.

Republicans on the panel did not show up to question or oppose Brian Deese, Obama's choice for second in command at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Deese pledged to bring renewed transparency to the regulatory structure, and Democratic lawmakers praised his focus on fiscal soundness and durable economic growth.

“We've found that the FEMA requirements ... seem to be a constantly moving target," said the city of Moore, Okla.

Wednesday's Federal Register will announce a number of advisory committees' meetings in the coming weeks. Here they are:

A Legal Services Corporation committee will hold a conference call on May 28 to discuss fundraising policies and other business.

Government regulations have not made sunscreen safer or more effective for consumers, a new report finds.

The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) annual analysis of sunscreen products found that rules out of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have not improved protection from the sun's rays.

"EWG’s analysis of 750 beach and sport sunscreens found that the new FDA rules have not led to dramatically better sunscreens than those offered in previous years," the organization said in a statement announcing the study.

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A bunch of committees and panels will hold meetings in upcoming weeks. Below are the public meetings that will be announced in Tuesday's Federal Register:

The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a June 4 meeting to discuss truck accidents.

The Obama administration is lifting sanctions on an Iraqi bank previously accused of aiding Iran.

Officials say the bank has since changed its ways.

In July, the Treasury Department declared that Elaf Islamic Bank provided financial services for the Export Development Bank of Iran, an institution sanctioned by both the U.S. and European Union.

A handful of advisory boards and committees will meet in upcoming weeks. Here are the upcoming announcements:

The National Marine Fisheries Service's management council for the Western Pacific is holding meetings in Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands and Honolulu, Hawaii, from June 3-13.