2/20 - Biden-Harris Administration announces $5.8 billion from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades (EPA; see also, WH fact sheet)
2/21 - New Milestone: List of ‘Allies in Action’ Supporting USDOT’s Safety Push Surpasses 160 Members and includes 36 State Transportation Agencies and State Safety Offices (DOT; direct to report)
2/21 - Biden-Harris Administration Approves $1.2 Billion in Loan Forgiveness for Over 150,000 SAVE Plan Borrowers (ED; see also, WH fact sheet)
2/21 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation: A Joint Commitment to the Nation’s Water Infrastructure (USBR; direct to report)
2/21 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Initiative to Bolster Cybersecurity of U.S. Ports (WH; see also, EO)
2/22 - False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $2.68 Billion in Fiscal Year 2023 (DOJ)
2/22 - HHS Office for Civil Rights Delivers Annual Reports to Congress on HIPAA Compliance and Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information (HHS; direct to HIPAA and Breach report pages)
2/22 - National Archives to Host Sunshine Week Panel on Artificial Intelligence and Government Access (NARA)
2/22 - U.S. Department of State Announces Project to Protect Ukrainian State Archives (State)
2/22 - USDA Convenes Inaugural National Equity Summit, Equity Commission Delivers Final Report (USDA; direct to report page)
2/23 - HHS Crisis Resources for Oklahoma [youth mental health and crisis resources, in response to death of Nex Benedict] (HHS)
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
2/22 - COVID-19 - Food and Nutrition Service’s Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer - Final Report (USDA)
2/23 - New FOIA Reading Room section/document added to OIG website (DFC)
2/20 - Oil and Gas Pipelines: Agencies Should Improve Oversight of Decommissioning (GAO; see also, Offshore Oil and Gas: Interior Needs to Improve Decommissioning Enforcement and Mitigate Related Risks and House Natural Resources ranking member statement)
2/21 - The Gender Earnings Gap (CRS)
2/21 - Presidential Authority to Suspend Entry of Aliens Under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f) (CRS)
2/21 - Commercial Space Transportation: FAA's Oversight of Human Spaceflight (GAO)
2/22 - Ridesharing and Taxi Safety: Information on Assaults against Drivers and Passengers (GAO)
2/16 (missed last week) - Access Over 181,000 USGS Historical Topographic Maps (via ESRI; direct to website)
2/18 - A monument honors Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II by listing every name (via AP, with link to NARA roster; see also, Statement from President Joe Biden on the Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration)
2/20 - House Launches Bipartisan Task Force on Artifiical Intelligence (Congress)
2/20 - Judge threatens ex-Trump aide Navarro with contempt in records fight (via Politico, with link to source document)
2/22 - Release of OPM’s Workforce of the Future Playbook (CHCOC; direct to playbook)
2/22 - The Smithsonian’s Human Remains Task Force Calls for New Repatriation Policies (via Smithsonian Magazine, with link to source document)
2/22 - A step-by-step guide to how one debunked story fueled Republicans’ Biden impeachment effort (via CNN; note-referenced Form FD-1023 was removed 2/22 from House Oversight’s investigation website, but is available via Internet Archive; see also, NV and CA court dockets for US v. Smirnov at CourtListener)
2/22 - DLP Dispatch #13 (via Data Liberation Project)
2/23 - Native American tribes gain new authority to stop unwanted hydropower projects (via AP; see also, FERC meeting page, items H3-H6)
2/23 - White House reverses West Bank policy, calling Israeli settlements illegal (via Washington Post; see also, Sec. Blinken press remarks)
Trump classified documents search warrant/indictment:
2/22 - Trump’s Mar-a-Lago co-defendant seeks dismissal of charges in documents case (via The Guardian, with link to source document)
2/23 - Trump Seeks to Dismiss Classified Documents Case (via NYT; see also, documents 324-327 at CourtListener)
Trump 2020 election/January 6 indictment:
None this week
Trump 2020 election/Georgia indictment:
Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in Fulton County (via Lawfare; provides access to documents)
None this week