Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 1/25/25

1/26 - Implementing the President’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (State)

1/27 - Statement from Dr. Dorothy Fink, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [re: Hyde Amendment] (HHS)

1/27- IMLS Launches the First Ever National Museum Survey (IMLS)

1/27 - VA ends DEI, stops millions in spending on DEI (VA)

1/28 - CFPB Report Finds Continued Challenges for Households that Rent (CFPB; direct to report page)

1/28 - Removing Gender Ideology and Restoring the EEOC’s Role of Protecting Women in the Workplace (EEOC)

1/28 - Trump EPA Updates Public on Agency Assistance Following Catastrophic Wildfires (EPA)

1/29 - Census Bureau Releases Updated Estimates from the National Experimental Well-Being Statistics Project (Census; direct to data page)

1/29 - Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Guidance on Restoring America's Fighting Force (DOD; direct to guidance)

1/29 - Former U.S. Senator Robert Menendez Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Bribery, Foreign Agent, And Obstruction Offenses (DOJ)

1/29 - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Takes Action to Rescind “Woke” DEI Policies and Advance President Trump’s Economic Agenda (DOT, with links to memos; note - unable to capture Ensuring Reliance Upon Sound Economic Analysis pdf, but I've uploaded it to IA)

1/29 - U.S. Department of Education Issues Statement on the Nation’s Report Card (ED; direct to report page)

1/29 - NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders (NSF)

1/29 - Prioritizing America’s National Interests One Dollar at A Time (State)

1/29 - Emergency Humanitarian Waiver to Foreign Assistance Pause (State; direct to waiver page)

1/29 - Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report (via USCO; direct to report)

1/30 - 2023 Community Resilience Estimates and Natural Hazard Risk Ranking Tables (Census; direct to data page and interactive tool)

1/30 - FDA Approves Novel Non-Opioid Treatment for Moderate to Severe Acute Pain (FDA)

1/30 - GPO Joins Digital Preservation Coalition (GPO)

1/30 - U.S. Department of the Treasury Withdraws from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) (Treas)

1/31 - Identity Months Dead at DoD (DOD)

1/31 - U.S. Department of Education to Enforce 2020 Title IX Rule Protecting Women (ED)

1/31 - U.S. Department of Education Advances School Choice by Supporting Charter Schools (ED)

1/31 - FAA Statements on Midair Collision at Reagan Washington National Airport (FAA)

1/31 - Smithsonian Women’s Committee Announces 2025 Grants (SI)

1/31 - Restoring a Tough U.S.-Cuba Policy (State)

1/31 - USGS: Value of U.S. mineral production edged up in 2024 (USGS; direct to report page)

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.

1/29 - S.5, Laken Riley Act - requires DHS to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting; authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement

It still doesn't make sense for me to try to select content from the White House pages. Press releases and executive actions are available if you'd like to browse.

New this week:

at the bottom of this page is a new section highlighting changes to web content and efforts to preserve content

like with the White House, it is nearly impossible to select content from newspaper and other media reports that I often place in the "miscellaneous" section. However, I've put together a lengthy list of articles I found interesting/important this week (through 2/2/25). Not sure if or how long I'll continue this approach; feel free to offer feedback.

and a reminder about the new Trump Trackers page, which offers tools to help keep up with executive actions/policies

1/29 - FEMA Followed Applicable Laws and Reporting Requirements for Transferring Disaster Relief Funds (DHS)

1/29 - Memorandum: Challenges to Accountability and Transparency Within USAID-Funded Programs (USAID)

1/30 - All reports except work plans and strategic plans, as well as news page, removed from website; subsequently, work plans and strategic plans removed (ODNI, via IA)

1/31 - FEMA' Insufficient Oversight of COVID-19 Emergency Protective Measures Grants Led to Over $8.1 Billion in Questioned Costs and $1.5 Billion in Over-obligated Funds (DHS)

1/27 - Removal of Inspectors General: Rules, Practice, and Considerations for Congress (CRS)

1/27 - Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Executive Order: Early Implementation (CRS)

1/29 - Recent Executive Actions on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) (CRS)

1/29 - A New Civil Service “Policy/Career” Schedule: Issues for Lawmakers (CRS)

1/29 - Public Health Preparedness: HHS and Jurisdictions Have Taken Some Steps to Address Challenging Workforce Gaps (GAO)

1/30 - Midair Collision in Washington, DC, Focuses National Attention on Aviation Safety (CRS)

1/30 - K-12 Education: Education’s Priorities in Discretionary Grantmaking (GAO)

1/31 - Higher Education: College Student Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care (GAO)

1/28 - Fork in the Road [re: deferred resignation offer] (OPM)

1/29 - BLM policy memos marked “inactive”: IM2024-038 | IM2024-040 | PIM 2024-007 (inactive 1/24) | PIM 2025-003 | PIM 2025-005 (BLM; note - IA failed to capture page on 1/29 showing these changes and the page was later updated to show only IM2024-040 as “inactive”)

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

Senate confirmation hearings:

1/29 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (Finance; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements | chair and ranking member closing statements)

1/29 - Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (Small Business; see also, chair opening statement)

1/30 - Kashyap Patel, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Judiciary; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

1/30 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (Health; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements | chair closing statement)

1/30 - Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence (Intelligence)