Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 1/27/24

1/29 - Biden-Harris Administration Awards $3.16 Billion in Homelessness Assistance Funding to Communities Nationwide (HUD; direct to awards page)

1/29 - 2024 Supreme Court Fellows Annual Program Annual Lecture to Feature U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (LOC)

1/29 - NASA’s Webb Depicts Staggering Structure in 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies (NASA; direct to images page)

1/29 - Resources available to support transition to Assignment Center (USPTO)

1/29 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Advance Pay Equity on the 15th Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (WH)

1/29 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Key AI Actions Following President Biden’s Landmark Executive Order (WH)

1/30 - Census Bureau Releases 2022 Community Resilience Estimates and New Winter Weather and Flooding Ranking Tables (Census; direct to data/tool page)

1/30 - U.S. Department of Education Announces More Than 3.1 Million FAFSA Forms Successfully Submitted and an Update to Student Aid Index Calculation (ED)

1/30 - HHS Announces Department Actions to Slow Surging Syphilis Epidemic (HHS; direct to CDC report)

1/30 - New NCCoE Guide Helps Major Industries Observe Incoming Data While Using Latest Internet Security Protocol (NIST; direct to website)

1/30 - USTR Releases 2023 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy (USTR; direct to report)

1/30 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Releases End of Year Report on Open-Source Software Security Initiative (WH/ONCD; direct to report)

1/31 - BTS Releases the Pilot Report on Maritime “Near Misses” (BTS; direct to report page)

1/31 - DOD Releases List of People's Republic of China (PRC) Military Companies in Accordance With Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (DOD; direct to list)

1/31 - U.S. Government Disrupts Botnet People’s Republic of China Used to Conceal Hacking of Critical Infrastructure (DOJ)

1/31 - EIA to initiate collection of data regarding electricity use by U.S. cryptocurrency miners (EIA)

1/31 - Dangerous Laser Strikes Increase to Highest Numbers (FAA; direct to data page)

2/1 - Former CIA Officer Joshua Adam Schulte Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Espionage And Child Pornography Crimes (DOJ)

2/1 - Factsheet on Rail Safety (DOT; see also, WH fact sheet)

2/1 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Proposals to Update Framework for Biological Integrity, Diversity and Environmental Health of the National Wildlife Refuge System (FWS; direct to regulations.gov docket)

2/1 - Biden-Harris Administration to Make First Offer for Drug Price Negotiation Program, Launches New Resource Hub to Help People Access Lower-Cost Drugs (HHS; direct to website)

2/1 - Library’s By the People Initiative and Pennsylvania State University Invite Public to Transcribe Frederick Douglass’ Papers on Douglass Day (LOC)

2/1 - U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Global Public Affairs Releases First Annual Domestic Outreach Report (State; direct to report)

2/1 - USCCR to Hold Public Briefing on Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition Technology (USCCR)

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.

None this week

1/31 - Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation U.S. Army Cyber Command Fort Belvoir, Virginia (DOD)

1/29 - Artificial Intelligence Prompts Renewed Consideration of a Federal Right of Publicity (CRS)

1/29 - Federal Software Licenses: Agencies Need to Take Action to Achieve Additional Savings (GAO)

1/30 - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Improvements Needed to Workforce and Expansion Plans for Unit of Native American Law Enforcement Personnel (GAO)

1/31 - Nuclear Waste: Changing Conditions May Affect Future Management of Contamination Deposited Abroad During U.S. Cold War Activities (GAO)

2/1 - Cybersecurity: National Cyber Director Needs to Take Additional Actions to Implement an Effective Strategy (GAO)

1/28 - US historians sign brief to support Colorado’s removal of Trump from ballot (via The Guardian, with link to source document)

1/29 - Lofgren and Lucas Question Lack of Action by White House OSTP on Sexual Harassment Policies and Guidance (Congress)

1/29 - Hate Crimes Reported in Schools Nearly Doubled Between 2018 and 2022 (via NYT; see also, FBI report page)

1/30 - Justice Department Investigating Cori Bush’s Handling of Campaign Funds (via NYT)

1/31 - NAC and GAC advice letters [re: exemplary cities in North America with strong climate governance, nature-based solutions, environmental justice engagement and promotion of Indigenous engagement and leadership] (EPA NAC and GAC)

1/31 - Chinese hackers are determined to ‘wreak havoc’ on US critical infrastructure, FBI director warns (via AP; see also, hearing page)

1/31 - Eager To Please Trump, House GOP Advances Baseless Impeachment of DHS Secretary (via HuffPost, with link to source document; see also, committee mark-up page and minority staff report)

2/1 - Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank (WH)

2/2 - ‘Reversed and scrubbed.’ How a second Trump term could gut climate research. (via EE News, with source document)

2/2 - Louisiana governor accused of using public records law to intimidate EPA and ‘Cancer Alley’ community (via The Guardian, with link to source document)

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

1/30 - Menace on the Red Sea: Securing Shipping Against Threats in the Red Sea (House Transportation)

1/31 - Eyewitness Accounts: Ukrainian Children and Adult Civilians Abducted by Russia (Helsinki)

1/31 - A Blueprint for Prosperity: Expanding Housing Affordability (Senate Budget)

1/31 - Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis (Senate Judiciary)