Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/1/25

3/2 - Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies (Treas; see also, BOI website and AP article)

3/3 - Justice Department Files Statement of Interest Supporting Access to Places of Worship (DOJ; see also, 6/24 NBC News article for background)

3/3 - U.S. Department of Education Releases Frequently Asked Questions on Dear Colleague Letter About Racial Preferencing (ED; direct to FAQ)

3/3 - Measles Outbreak is Call to Action for All of Us (HHS; see also, Guardian article)

3/3 - VA to terminate 585 non-mission-critical or duplicative contracts (VA)

3/4 - Secretary McMahon: Our Department's Final Mission (ED; see also, Forbes article)

3/4 - Special Counsel Dellinger Statement on MSPB Order Requesting Names of Probationary Employees Terminated by USDA (OSC; note – archived at archive.ph instead of IA)

3/4 - U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to hold Public Briefing on Language Access for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (USCCR)

3/5 - CMS Alerts Hospital Providers on Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation (CMS)

3/5 - Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on the BEAD Program (DOC; see also, BEAD website | current and archived NTIA BEAD pages (archive has content not on current) | Guardian article)

3/5 - Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy Office Issued Class Deviation 2025-O0003 (DOD; direct to guidance)

3/5 - U.S. Justice Department Launches Investigation of University of California Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (DOJ; see also, NYT article)

3/5 - EEOC Acting Chair Promises to Hold Accountable Universities and Colleges for Antisemitism on Campus Workplaces (EEOC)

3/5 - Special Counsel Dellinger Applauds MSPB’s Immediate Reinstatement of Thousands of Probationary Employees Terminated by USDA, Urges All Agencies to Rescind Any Unlawful Terminations (OSC; note – archived at archive.ph instead of IA)

3/5 - Announcement of a Visa Restriction Policy Targeting Foreign Officials and Others Facilitating Illegal Migration into the United States (State)

3/6 - New Modified Age and Race Data From the 2020 Census (Census; direct to data page)

3/6 - Join Us on 3/27 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar: Climate-Induced Migration: Responses in the Pacific (LOC; direct to registration page)

3/6 - Administrator Loeffler Announces SBA Reforms to Put American Citizens First (SBA)

3/6 - NIST Finalizes Guidelines for Evaluating ‘Differential Privacy’ Guarantees to De-Identify Data (NIST; direct to report  page)

3/6 - Filer Transition to New and Improved EDGAR Begins March 24 (SEC; direct to EDGAR Next page)

3/7 - DHS Ends Collective Bargaining for TSA’s Transportation Security Officers, Enhancing Safety, Efficiency, and Organizational Agility (DHS; see also, Federal News Network article with secretary’s memo)

3/7 - Pentagon Culls Social Science Research, Prioritizes Fiscal Responsibility and Technologies for Future Battlefield (DOD; see also, Science article)

3/7 - DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancelation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million (DOJ; see also, Guardian article)

3/7 - Justice Department Dismisses Suit Against Denka, Delivering on President Trump’s Mandate to End Radical DEI Programs (DOJ; see also, E&E News article)

3/7 - ICYMI: EPA Press Office Fact Checks Washington Post Coverage of Waste & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars (EPA; see also, WaPo article via MSN)

3/7 - Social Security to Reinstate Overpayment Recovery Rate (SSA; see also, CBS News article)

3/7 - Statement from Lee Dudek, Acting Commissioner: Correcting Recent Decision Impacting People of Maine (SSA; see also, Portland Press Herald article)

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

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3/4 - The Digital Battlefield: How Terrorists Use the Internet and Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization (H Homeland; see also, opening statements from Subcom EMT chair and Subcom C&I chair)

3/4 - America Builds: Air Traffic Control System Infrastructure and Staffing (H Transport; see also, opening statement from chair & subcom chair and ranking member & subcom ranking member)

3/5 - A Hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors (H Oversight; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements |  majority post-hearing statement)

3/5 - Assessing the Threat to U.S. Funded Research (H Science)

3/5 - Nomination: Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health (S Health; see also, chair opening statement)

3/6 - Nomination: Martin Makary, Commissioner of Food and Drugs (S Health; see also, chair opening statement)

White House press releases and executive actions

This week's news/media reading list

Trump Trackers page

3/3 - Global Health: USAID Planned for Emergency Responses in Accordance With Best Practices but Gaps Remain (USAID)

3/5 - Ensuring Grantee Compliance with Veteran Care and Safety Requirements in Transitional Housing: Lessons Learned from San Diego (VA)

3/6 - Avoiding Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fraud Schemes in Civil Legal Aid (LSC)

Note: GAO reports page continues to be unreliable; an IA capture on 3/6 shows all reports released this week. Also, the CRS site is still having technical glitches with the search function; a new note on the website indicates HTML reports will be available directly from congress.gov beginning 3/11.

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3/3 - NIH Indirect Costs Policy for Research Grants: Recent Developments (CRS)

3/4 - “Sanctuary” Jurisdictions: Policy Overview (CRS)

3/4 - Air Traffic Control: FAA Actions Urgently Needed to Modernize Systems (GAO)

3/5 - Mandatory Spending Under the Jurisdiction of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (CBO; see also, statements from S Budget ranking member and H E&C ranking member)

3/5 - Federal Real Property: Congress and Agencies Have Acted to Address Key High-Risk Issues but Challenges Remain (GAO)

3/6 - Expanded Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum (CRS)

3/7-  H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B Temporary Worker Programs: Resources for Data and Statistics (CRS)

3/7- The Government’s Broad Power to Terminate Procurement Contracts (CRS)

3/3 - NOAA terminates space, climate and marine life advisory committees (via GovExec; see also, ACES | CSAC | MAFAC | MCAM websites)

3/4 - FOIA News: The annual report deadline that wasn't (via FOIA Advisor)

3/4 - Trump administration disbands two expert panels on economic data (via Reuters; see also, FESAC and BEA Advisory Committee websites)

3/6 - Panels giving scientific advice to Census Bureau disbanded by Trump administration (via Science; see also, CSAC | NAC | CAC websites)

3/7 - USDA Terminates Two Longstanding Food Safety Advisory Committees (via Quality Assurance & Food Safety Magazine; see also, NACMCF and NACMPI websites)

3/7 -  Register Now! Sunshine Week Webinar on March 19th: The Right to Know: Protecting and Expanding Access to Public Records (ALA GODORT; direct to registration page)

3/7 - MuckRock is hosting a new Zoom session, introducing new members to the Data Liberation Project, and updating current members on datasets in progress (MuckRock on Bluesky; direct to registration page)

3/3 - Thompson Launches Website for DHS Personnel Fired by Trump to Share Their Stories (H Homeland; direct to website)

3/4 - Durbin, Senate Judiciary Democrats File Misconduct Complaint Against Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove With New York State Bar (S Judiciary)

3/6 - Ranking Member Connolly Launches Government-wide Investigation into Elon Musk’s DOGE Infiltration of Federal Agencies (H Oversight)

3/7 - Meeks, Moskowitz Call on Rubio to Explain $400 Million in Contracts to Elon Musk’s Tesla (H Foreign Affairs; direct to .pdf letter)

3/7 - Neal, Sewell, Davis Demand Answers on DOGE’s Latest Incursion into the American People’s Most Sensitive Data (H Ways & Means; direct to letter; see also, NDNH webpage | 3/7 CRS report | 3/8 WaPo article)

3/7 - New Report: Working-Class Americans Can Expect to Die at Least 7 Years Earlier than the Wealthy (S Health; 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