2/10 - Free mapping program to help Americans navigate BLM public lands (BLM; direct to info page)
2/10 - Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Renames Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg (DOD; see also, CNN article; note - iniitial DOD release specified name as Fort Roland J. Bragg - changed later in the day to Fort Bragg)
2/10 - U.S. Department of Education Reduces Burden on Career and Technical Education Programs (ED)
2/10 - Exemption From the Requirement to Report Certain Personally Identifiable Information to the Consolidated Audit Trail (SEC; direct to order)
2/11 - Statement from a DHS Spokesperson on Termination of 4 FEMA Employees Who Made Payments to Luxury Hotels for Migrants (DHS; see also, Federal News Network article with source document)
2/11 - U.S. Department of Education Urges the NCAA, NFHS to Restore Female Athletics Records Wrongfully Erased by Male Competitors (ED; see also, letter to NCAA)
2/11 - EPA Places 171 DEIA and Environmental Justice Employees on Administrative Leave (EPA)
2/11 - OSC Files Hatch Act Complaint Seeking Discipline Against FEMA Employee for Political Discrimination in Aftermath of Hurricane Milton (OSC; direct to complaint)
2/12 - U.S. Department of Education Rescinds Biden 11th Hour Guidance on NIL Compensation (ED; see also, 1/17/25 factsheet via IA)
2/12 - Statement regarding recent reporting about GSA (GSA; see also, NPR article)
2/12 - USPTO launches new Open Data Portal for easy, quick access to data (USPTO; direct to website)
2/12 - U.S. Copyright Office Releases Publication Produced by Group of Economic Scholars Identifying the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy (USCO; direct to report page)
2/13 - U.S. Department of Education Cancels Additional $350 Million in Woke Spending (ED)
2/13 - VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees (VA)
2/14 - CMS Announcement on Federal Navigator Program Funding (CMS; direct to .xlsx data)
2/14 - FTC Chairman Ferguson Announces New Policy Regarding American Bar Association (FTC; direct to chairman’s letter to staff)
2/14 - Secretary Rollins Takes Bold Action on Day One (USDA, with linked resources)
2/15 - Administrator Zeldin Saves Over $1M for American Taxpayers in Canceled Media Subscriptions (EPA; see also, NPR article)
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
See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.
2/11 - Reining in the Administrative State: Regulatory and Administrative Law Reform (H Judiciary; see also, ranking member opening statement)
2/11 - The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress (S Banking; see also, FRB page with latest & historical testimonies/reports)
2/12 - The Censorship-Industrial Complex (H Judiciary - minority site, with testimonies & support documents; see also, ranking member opening statement)
2/12 - Nuuk and Cranny: Looking at the Arctic and Greenland’s Geostrategic Importance to U.S. Interests (S Commerce; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)
2/13 - The USAID Betrayal (H Foreign Affairs; see also, repository page with testimonies | chair opening statement)
2/13 - Nomination: Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education (S HELP; see also, chair opening statement)
White House press releases and executive actions
This week's news/media reading list
Trump Trackers page
2/10 - Artificial Intelligence Capabilities for Intelligence Collection and Analysis (DIA)
2/10 - Oversight of USAID-Funded Humanitarian Assistance Programming Impacted by Staffing Reductions and Pause on Foreign Assistance (USAID; see also, CNN article)
2/12 - Follow Up Evaluation of the Library of Congress’s Visitor Experience Master Plan Project, February 2025 (LOC)
2/14 - Audit of NASA’s Awards to Small Disadvantaged Businesses [closed due to EO recission] (NASA)
2/10 - Impacts of Federal Grants and Other Funds on State and Local Budgets (CRS)
2/12 - Rescission of Executive Order 11246, “Equal Employment Opportunity”: Legal Implications (CRS)
2/12 - Access to Agency Data and Information Technology: Frequently Asked Questions (CRS)
2/13 - The Decennial Census of Population and Housing: An Overview (CRS)
2/13 - Trump Administration Executive Order on California Water Resources (CRS)
2/13 - Searching for Federal Grants: An Overview of Resources (CRS)
2/14 - U.S. Department of Education: Background and Statutorily Established Officers, Positions, and Offices (CRS)
2/10 - Letter to Ranking Member Warren and Representative Auchincloss in response to their letter dated January 22, 2025 [re: ethics rules for POTUS & FLOTUS] (OGE)
2/13 - Website began populating (DOGE)
2/13 - Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship [opportunity to sign on] (via Lisa Schiff, et.al.)
2/14 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement rescinded (BLM, Instruction Memorandum)
This new section will highlight certain press releases from congressional committees. Note that committees, with chairs and ranking members, are listed/linked on this guide's press releases page if you'd like to dig deeper.
2/9 - New whistleblower complaint portal released (S Democrats)
2/10 - Committee Leaders Stress to NOAA the Threat of Elon Musk, Demand Answers on DOGE Access to Crucial Data Systems (H Science, with letter)
2/13 - Heinrich Presses DOE, DOI, Archivist to Document and Preserve Communication with DOGE Service (S Energy, with letters)
2/13 - Whitehouse Demands EPA Fully Comply with Document Preservation Laws (S Environment, with letter)
2/14 - Ranking Members Scott, Omar Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Destruction of Valuable Workplace Safety Documents, Putting Workers’ Lives at Risk (H Education, with letter)
2/14 - Warren, Wyden Secure Independent Treasury and Congressional Watchdog Investigations into DOGE’s Unprecedented Access to the Federal Government's Payment Systems (S Banking)
This list is illustrative, but certainly not exhaustive.
From my own reviews:
Preliminary February change/error report of GovSpeak linkcheck (to be continually edited thru the month)
2/10 - Three of five whistleblower reprisal reports [24-N-0061 | 24-N-0062 | 24-N-0065], previously released in September 2024, re-released (new versions?) (EPA OIG; see also, 9/14/24 roundup with links to original reports & article, all available via Internet Archive; note: these 3 “new” whistleblower reports were taken down by 2/11 am, see 2/10 IA capture)
2/10 - Semiannual Report for April 1, 2024 – September 30, 2024 re-released with a new report number/date – landing page only, no report (EPA OIG; see also, original SAR via IA; note - the new SAR landing page was replaced [with report] on 2/11, with the same report number as the original but a different date and new url; I have not compared content)
2/11 - FOIA Library: several categories/documents removed (including January 6, Critical Race Theory, DACA data, Operation Allies Welcome, Presidential Transition Records, Removal & Deportation, Foreign Nonbinding Agreement, Countering Violent Extremism, Executive Orders); material seems to still be discoverable via the DHS Archive (DHS; see 2/4/25 IA capture)
2/11 - SEVIS by the numbers page removed; the What’s New page includes a SEVP Data Library section, but links loop back to the What’s New page. All annual reports & data appear to be linked in the SEVIS by the Numbers Media Kits section of the What’s New page. (DHS, via IA)
2/12 - Files/documents on Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity still listed but unavailable from SPD 15 website (OMB)
2/12(?) - “LGBTQ Heritage” changed to “LGB Heritage” and 4 of 6 subpages (Educational Resources, Theme Study, Pride Guide, Additional Resources) removed from Telling All Americans’ Stories > Who We Are > LGB Heritage page (NPS, via IA)
2/14 - LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History (2016) removed from Theme Studies page (NPS)
2/15 - NGA.mil down (see 1/31 DefenseScoop article, which I had missed earlier)
From media/Bluesky reports:
2/3 - As the US government removes health websites and data, here’s a list of non-government data alternatives and archives (via The Journalist’s Resource)
2/7 - A sample of the government webpages Trump doesn’t want you to see (via WaPo)
2/11 - Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability (via The Sick Times)
2/12 - Judge orders HHS, CDC and FDA to restore deleted webpages with health information (via CBS News, with link to source document)
2/12 - The public lost access to Census Bureau data for days after a Trump order (via CNN)
2/12 - Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says (via NPR, with link to source documents)
2/13 - ‘Transgender’ and ‘queer’ erased from Stonewall Uprising national monument website (via CNN; see also, statements from Stonewall Inn and GLAAD)
2/14 - Judge Halts CFPB Action After Alleged Plans to Delete Database (via Bloomberg/Yahoo; see also, source document)
2/14 - How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see (via The Conversation)
