June 28, 2018 What’s New in Federal Sentencing? Tentative 2018-2019 Priorities The Commission has published in the Federal Register a set of tentative policy priorities for the 2018-2019 amendment year. The Commission will accept public comment on proposed priorities through August 10, 2018.Email pubaffairs@ussc.gov. More info Practitioners Advisory Group Vacancies The Commission is seeking applicants for voting memberships in the Practitioners Advisory Group for the Third, Fifth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits.  Application materials should be received by the Commission not later than August 31, 2018. More info Public Meeting  |  August 23, 2018 A public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 23 (time TBD) in the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building. Commissioners will vote to finalize policy priorities for the amendment year ending May 1, 2019. The meeting will be streamed live. More info COMING SOON Next month, look for the Commission’s fourth in a series of reports onmandatory minimum penalties. View related reports FY 2017 Quick Facts Updates Quick Facts on various types of immigration and fraud offenses are now available using fiscal year 2017 data. Look for updates to the firearms and drug trafficking series in the coming weeks. View all Quick Facts