Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 1/11/25

1/13 - New Report Celebrates EPA’s Unprecedented Successes Under Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda (EPA; direct to report)

1/13 - New NOAA dataset to help improve flood mitigation tools, flood-risk assessment (NOAA; direct to website)

1/13 - Protecting the 60th Presidential Inauguration (USCP)

1/13 - USTR Releases First-ever Trade Strategy to Combat Forced Labor (USTR; direct to strategy)

1/13 - Climate and Health: 2024 Year in Review (WH/OSTP)

1/13 - New Data Shows Biden-⁠Harris Administration Improved Speed of Federal Permitting and Environmental Reviews (WH/CEQ; direct to report)

1/13 - The Biden-⁠Harris Administration Has Transformed How Government Services are Delivered for the American People (WH/OMB)

1/14 - Prioritizing Space Commerce Within the Commerce Department (DOC)

1/14 - New Interagency Study Finds Further Expansion of Renewable Energy Production on Federal Lands Could Power Millions More American Homes by 2035 (DOE; direct to report page)

1/14 - Justice Department and FBI Conduct International Operation to Delete Malware Used by China-Backed Hackers  (DOJ)

1/14 - New Resource Explains How Schools Must Address Online and Digital Harassment under Title IX Regulations (ED OCR; direct to publication)

1/14 - EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment to Advance Scientific Understanding of PFOA and PFOS in Biosolids (EPA; direct to info page)

1/14 - FBI Releases Violence Against American Indian or Alaska Native Females, 2021-2023 Special Report (FBI; direct to report page)

1/14 - GPO Sees Surge in Use of GovInfo to Access Government Information (GPO)

1/14 - Active Shooter Drills Research: An Annotated Bibliography (HHS)

1/14 - NEH Announces $22.6 Million for 219 Humanities Projects Nationwide (NEH; direct to awards list)

1/14 - Treasury Releases New Analysis Highlighting the U.S. Economy’s Historic Post-Pandemic Recovery Driven by the Biden Administration’s Policy Agenda (Treas; direct to report)

1/14 - Report: The Biden-⁠Harris Administration Roadmap for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (WH)

1/14 - NSTC: National Privacy Research Strategy (WH/OSTP; direct to strategy)

1/15 - Four Years of Progress: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Historic Investments for Communities and People Across the Country (HUD)

1/15 - OSC Concludes Review of Airline Safety Allegations with Special Counsel Questioning Some Agency Conclusions (OSC; direct to letter to president | FAA flight deck report | TSA flight deck concurrence | TSA opioids report | FAA opioids report | TSA food trucks report – note: unable to capture main page in IA)

1/15 - VA Acknowledges Long Delays in Processing Millions of Dollars in Refunds Owed to Veterans but Fails to Provide Plan to Fix (OSC; direct to summaries page – note: unable to capture either in IA)

1/15 - New Report Shows Consequential Impacts of SBA Pandemic Relief (SBA; direct to report/data page)

1/15 - The Biden-⁠Harris Administration Record (WH)

1/15 - The Cumulative Costs of Gun Violence on Students and Schools (WH/CEA)

1/16 - Generative Artificial Intelligence and Open Data: Guidelines and Best Practices (DOC; direct to guidance)

1/16 - Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Issues Report Highlighting Critical Enforcement Work Over the Past Four Years (DOJ; direct to report)

1/16 - U.S. Department of Transportation Accomplishments Overview – January 2021-January 2025 (DOT)

1/16 - Office for Civil Rights Releases Four Year Retrospective Report (ED OCR; direct to report)

1/16 - U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Releases New Civil Rights Data, Advances Plans for Future Data Collections (ED OCR, via Internet Archive; direct to data page)

1/16 - FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Acts to Preserve First Amendment (FCC)

1/16 - FTC Takes Action Against General Motors for Sharing Drivers’ Precise Location and Driving Behavior Data Without Consent (FTC)

1/16 - FTC Finalizes Changes to Children’s Privacy Rule Limiting Companies’ Ability to Monetize Kids’ Data (FTC)

1/16 - USGS releases a comprehensive look at Water Resources in the United States (USGS; direct to website)

1/17 - FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices (FTC; direct to report | spotlight | summaries)

1/17 - NOAA Establishes Climate Services Advisory Committee (NOAA)

1/17 - President's Management Agenda Delivers Results: A Look at the PMA Impact Report (performance.gov; direct to report)

1/17 - USAGM networks reached record global audience in FY 2024, according to new report (USAGM; direct to report page)

1/17- Memo: Recommendations from the Presidential Records Transition Task Force (WH)

1/17 - Report: Record-Low Crime During the Biden-⁠Harris Administration (WH; direct to report)

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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None this week

Most links remain active as of January 20, 3pm PST. All White House links point to Internet Archive captures, as do the 1/16 ED OCR press release about new civil rights data (no longer active on live web) and the 1/15 "miscellaneous" link to the AG publications page (still active on live web, but content removed).

1/15 - Review of Responsibilities and Actions Related to the Secretary of Defense’s Hospitalizations and the DoD’s Policies and Procedures for Notification and Transfer of Functions and Duties (DOD)

1/15 - Protecting the Integrity of the Pandemic Relief Programs (SBA)

1/16 - Redesigned website rolled out (LSC)

1/17 - Broadband: A Data Stroll, Version 2 (DOC; direct to website)

1/17 - Management Alert: Concerns Regarding the Obligation of Rescinded Pandemic Funds and Grant Process Documentation (AmeriCorps)

1/13 - The Demographic Outlook: 2025 to 2055 (CBO)

1/13 - Biden Administration Withdraws Offshore Areas from Oil and Gas Leasing: Can a Withdrawal Be Withdrawn? (CRS)

1/15 - Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations: 2025 Preliminary Report (CBO)

1/16 - The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System: Understanding the Data (CRS; see also, VAERS website)

1/17 - Responses to Midnight Rulemaking: Legal Issues (CRS)

1/17 - Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire in Gaza (CRS)

1/13 - Measuring the Business Dynamics of Firms that Received Pandemic Relief Funding: Findings from a New Experimental BDS Data Product (Census Working Papers)

1/13 - U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak (via CBS News, with link to source document)

1/13 - ‘Over half’ of federal websites got better in the past year, OMB official says (via NextGov, with link to source)

1/14 - The Record page published, summarizing related actions and progress of the Biden administration (WH/GPC; see also, The Biden-Harris Administration’s Results for Women: 10 Highlights by the Numbers)

1/14 - Implementation Guidance for the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act (WH/OMB)

1/14 - White House nixes proposal to make insurance cover over-the-counter birth control (via The 19^th)

1/14 - Speaker Johnson orders US Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump’s inauguration (via AP)

1/14 - Biden orders federal land to be leased for AI data center development (via NextGov, with link to source document; see also, EO)

1/15 - A.G. Garland withdraws federal execution drug protocol following review (via Law Dork, with links to source documents; see also, AG Publications page via Internet Archive)

1/15 - A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza (via ProPublica)

1/16 - Inspectors general have a new bipartisan caucus in the Senate (via GovExec; see also, Ernst release)

1/17 - The National Archives Needs Trump’s Support But the Agency Has a Target on Its Back (via FOIA Files, with 2024-2025 Presidential Briefing Book; see also, NARA’s Briefing Books page for 2016-17 and 2020-21 books)

1/17 - Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear (via NPR, with link to 12/17 NARA statement; see also, statements from president and vice president)

1/17 - Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban (via SCOTUSblog, with link to source document)

1/17 - Can You Read This Cursive Handwriting? The National Archives Wants Your Help (via Smithsonian Magazine, with link to NARA website)

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

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Senate confirmation hearings:

1/14 - Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary of Defense (Armed Services)

1/15 - Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General of the United States (Judiciary; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

1/15 - Marco A. Rubio, Secretary of State (Foreign Relations; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

1/15 - John L. Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Intelligence)

1/15 - Sean Duffy, of Wisconsin, Secretary of Transportation (Commerce; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

1/15 - Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy (Energy)

1/15 - Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management and Budget (Homeland)

1/16 - Eric Scott Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Banking)

1/16 - Lee M. Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Environment)

1/16 - Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior (Energy)

1/16 - Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury (Finance)

1/16 - Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General of the United States, Day 2 (Judiciary; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

1/17 - Kristi Noem, to be Secretary of Homeland Security (Homeland)