Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 1/4/25

1/4 - President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (WH; see also, CRS report)

1/6 - First H5 Bird Flu Death Reported in United States (CDC)

1/6 - What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: 2024 Wrap-Up! (LOC)

1/6 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Protects Atlantic and Pacific Coasts from Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling (WH; see also, memorandum and president’s statement)

1/6 - NSTC: Guidelines for Federal Research Agencies to Reduce Sex-Based and Sexual Harassment Involving Award Personnel (WH/OSTP; direct to guidelines)

1/7 - New American Community Survey Data Products Available for the 119th Congress (Census; direct to data tool)

1/7 - CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports (CFPB; direct to redline)

1/7 - DHS Unveils Playbook for the Deployment of Artificial Intelligence by the Public Sector (DHS; direct to playbook)

1/7 - DOD Releases List of Chinese Military Companies in Accordance with Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (DOD; direct to list)

1/7 - As He Concludes His Second Tenure, 21st U.S. Surgeon General Issues Parting Prescription for America (HHS; direct to “prescription”)

1/7 - Join Us on 1/28 for Our Lunch and Learn Webinar, “Locating Congressionally Mandated Reports” (LOC)

1/7 - Postsecondary Enrollment Rises in Fall 2023, Marking First Increase in Over a Decade (NCES; direct to data page)

1/7 - New Data on Enrollment, Finance, Employees, and Academic Libraries in Postsecondary Education (NCES; direct to data page)

1/7 - NIST Database Can Help Increase Recycling of Textiles and Clothing (NIST; direct to db page)

1/7 - USTR Publishes Policy Paper Series on Supply Chain Resilience (USTR; direct to papers – note: all in one pdf file)

1/7 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California (WH)

1/7 - White House Launches “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark”, Providing American Consumers an Easy Label to See if Connected Devices are Cybersecure (WH; see also, FCC page)

1/8 - Arctic Refuge Lease Sale Yields No Interest (DOI)

1/8 - Justice Department Announces ATF's Publication of Final Volume of National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (DOJ; direct to report page)

1/8 - White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Releases Final Report to the President (HHS; direct to report)

1/8 - National Taxpayer Advocate delivers Annual Report to Congress; flags Employee Retention Credit, Identity Theft Victim Assistance processing delays and calls for adequate funding to improve taxpayer services (IRS; direct to report page)

1/8 - From vision to action: New NOAA strategic framework sets path for more resilient Arctic (NOAA; direct to strategy page)

1/8 - Announcement of Department of State Strategy Countering Wrongful Detentions (State; direct to stategy)

1/8 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces 15 Additional States Onboard With National Milk Testing Strategy for H5N1, Shares Update on Vaccination Efforts (USDA)

1/8 - Fact Sheet: Delivering Results for the American People Through the Biden-Harris President’s Management Agenda (WH/OMB, with links to resources)

1/9 - Key Achievements and Facts: U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine (DOD)

1/9 - FEMA Assistance is Available for Individuals Affected by the Wildfires in California (FEMA)

1/9 - Implementation Report for the 2022 National Strategy for the Arctic Region (WH/OSTP; direct to report)

1/10 - U.S. Government Releases First National One Health Plan to Protect People, Animals, and Our Environment from Shared Health Threats (CDC; direct to plan)

1/10 - CISA Through the Years: Policy and Impact (CISA)

1/10 - Justice Department Announces Results of Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre (DOJ; direct to report page)

1/10 - The Big Deal: As Biden-Harris Administration Nears a Close, History-Making Progress Continues with Nearly $5 Billion Announced for 560+ Community-Led Projects in all 50 States (DOT)

1/10 - Review of the Boar’s Head Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak (FSIS; direct to report)

1/10 - IRS announces Jan. 27 start to 2025 tax filing season; agency continues historic improvements to expand, enhance tools and filing options to help taxpayers (IRS)

1/10 - Statement on Disorderly Conduct at the National Archives Building on January 10, 2025 (NARA; see also, NBC Washington article)

1/10 - Vince McMahon, Former CEO of WWE [and husband of Trump nominee for Education Secretary], Charged for Failure to Disclose to WWE Two Settlement Agreements He Executed on Behalf of WWE (SEC)

1/10 - Condemning Nicolás Maduro’s Illegitimate Attempt to Seize Power in Venezuela and Announcing New Actions Against Maduro and His Representatives and to Support the Venezuelan People (State)

1/10 - President Joe Biden to Deliver Farewell Address to the Nation (WH)

1/10 - The 2025 Economic Report of the President (WH/CEA; direct to report)

1/10 - The Biden-Harris Administration Launches Major Update to the Federal Program Inventory, Further Increasing the Spending Transparency and Accessibility of Federal Programs (WH/OMB; direct to website)

1/7 - Findings of Misconduct by Three then Senior DOJ Officials for Violating the Department’s Confidentiality and Media Contacts Policy; and by one of these Senior Officials for Violating the Department’s Social Media Policy (DOJ FOIA; see also, ABC News article; note – the investigative summary was released and posted to weekly roundup last week)

1/8 - NOAA Should Assess Opportunities to Improve Hurricane Forecasts and Warnings (DOC)

1/8 - Allegations of Management Concerns at the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE)

1/8 - Reconciling the Official Poverty Measure and CBO’s Distributional Analysis of Household Income (CBO)

1/8 - Social Media: Content Dissemination and Moderation Practices (CRS)

1/8 - Food Safety: FDA Should Strengthen Inspection Efforts to Protect the U.S. Food Supply (GAO)

1/10 - The Accuracy of CBO’s Budget Projections for Fiscal Year 2024 (CBO)

1/10 - FDA Oversight of Food Safety and Foodborne Illness Outbreaks (CRS)

1/10 - Tariffs and Federal Finances: A Thumbnail History (CRS)

1/4 - The Militia and the Mole (via ProPublica)

1/6 - What will happen to the Inflation Reduction Act under a Republican trifecta? (via Brookings)

1/6 - Deck chairs on the Titanic’: How Trump already upended DOJ’s ongoing efforts to arrest and prosecute January 6 rioters (via CNN)

1/6 - Jan. 6 is set to be different this year — in a big way and more subtle ways too (via NPR)

1/6 - U.S. transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman (via NPR; see also, DOD statement)

1/6 - New US ethics czar starts vetting incoming Trump officials (via Reuters; see also, OGE website)

1/7(?) - Redesigned website rolled out (SAMHSA)

1/7 - State-Level Analysis of Public Library Service Adaptations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (IMLS)

1/7 - Durbin asks DOJ to clarify scope of president’s military power ahead of Trump inauguration (via The Hill)

1/7 - Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status (via NBC News, with source document)

1/8 - Redesigned website rolled out (ERS)

1/9 - The Biden administration’s Title IX LGBTQ student protections are gone (via Law Dork, with links to source documents)

1/9 - How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble (via NYT)

1/9 - Public Citizen Confirms CRA Lookback Date is August 16 (via Public Citizen)

1/10 - Food Security Status Across the Rural-Urban Continuum Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Census Working Papers)

1/10 - Updated Assessment of Anomalous Health Incidents, as of December 2024 (DNI; direct to report; see also, NSC statement)

1/10 - Biden extends temporary status of nearly 1M migrants ahead of Trump deportations (via Politico)

Information below is from congress.gov. Date listed is date signed into law, and the description is an abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.

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1/4 - H.R.670, Think Differently Database Act - requires HHS to establish an online clearinghouse of resources and other information for individuals with an intellectual disability (and their caregivers and families), searchable by zip code

1/4 - H.R.5887, Government Service Delivery Improvement Act - requires that certain government officials be responsible for improving government service delivery (i.e., providing benefits or services to individuals, businesses, and organizations); requires OMB to designate or appoint a senior official within OMB as the Federal Government Service Delivery Lead

 1/4 - H.R.9592 - Federal Register Modernization Act of 2024 - revises provisions regarding the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, including to replace requirements that the documents be printed with requirements that the documents be published

1/5 - H.R.82 - Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 - repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government.

See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.

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None this week