Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/2/24

3/4 - Border Crossing Data Annual Release 2023 (BTS; direct to website)

3/4 - Agencies Processed Over One Million FOIA Requests in Fiscal Year 2023 (DOJ)

3/4 - FCC Issues Formal Notice That April Is Final Full Month of ACP Program (FCC)

3/4 - NHTSA Urges Everyone to Check for Recalls During Vehicle Safety Recalls Week (NHTSA; direct to website)

3/5 - CFPB Bans Excessive Credit Card Late Fees, Lowers Typical Fee from $32 to $8 (CFPB; see also, director’s statement)

3/5 - U.S. Department of Education Imposes $14 Million Fine Against Liberty University for Clery Act Violations (ED)

3/5 - The Nature of the Rural-Urban Mortality Gap (ERS)

3/5 - FTC to Host Annual PrivacyCon Event Virtually on March 6 (FTC; see event page for agenda with linked presentations/papers and recorded “live webcast”)

3/5 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Milestone to Protect Short-Term Stability of Colorado River Basin (USBR; direct to final SEIS; see also, WH fact sheet)

3/6 - Justice and Interior Departments Outline Commitment, Next Steps in Effort to Address Missing or Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking Crisis (DOJ; direct to response to recommendations)

3/6 - US Department of Labor launches tool to help miners, mining communities (DOL; direct to website)

3/6 - U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to Launch "You Are Here" with Anthology of Nature Poems, Poetry Installations in National Parks (LOC)

3/7 - U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Arrested and Charged with Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information, Export Control Violations and Bribery (DOJ; add’l DOJ national security news - Air National Guardsman Agrees to Plead Guilty to Unlawfully Disclosing Classified National Defense Information and Air Force Employee Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information)

3/7 - IMLS and Council of American Jewish Museums Partner to Address Antisemitism (IMLS)

3/7 - Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Launches First Digital Exhibition (SI; direct to website)

3/7 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces Plan to Lower Housing Costs for Working Families (WH)

3/7 - Remarks of President Joe Biden — State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery (WH; see also, SOTU video and GOP response video via C-SPAN, and 3/9 Washington Post follow-up article Katie Britt’s false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden)

3/8 - ODNI and CIA Release the Intelligence Community OSINT Strategy for 2024-2026 (CIA; direct to strategy)

3/8 - Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on the Historical Record Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, Volume 1 (DOD; direct to report)

3/8 - Congressional Globe in the News and Our Plan for Ongoing Modernization of the Globe (LOC)

3/8 - U.S. Department of the Treasury and State Insurance Regulators Launch Coordinated Effort on Homeowners Insurance Data Collection to Assess the Effects of Climate Risk on U.S. Insurance Markets (Treas)

3/8 - USPTO announces public symposium on artificial intelligence and intellectual property (USPTO, via email; direct to website)

3/8 - VA launches new financial resource website to help promote financial wellness and prevent Veteran suicide (VA; direct to website)

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.

3/8 - H.R. 4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 - provides in divisions A through F, full-year funding through 9/30/24, for departments and agencies of the Federal Government covered by 6 of 12 appropriations bills (via WH; see also, Senate Appropriations release with summaries & explanations)

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

3/6 - National Transportation Safety Board Investigations Report (Senate Commerce)

3/7 - Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses (House Education; see also, subcommittee ranking member's opening statement)

3/11 - Justice Department: Sunshine Week 2024 Celebration

3/12 - MuckRock & Society of Professional Journalists: FOIA 101: A Public Records Primer for Everyone

3/13 - American Oversight: Careers in Government Transparency

3/13 - Census Bureau: The Power of Open Government

3/14 - National Archives: Artificial Intelligence: The Intersection of Public Access and Open Government

3/15 - National Press Club: The Appeals Process: Steps to take when your FOIA requests are denied

3/5 - Central Data Exchange System Identity Data Are Unreliable (EPA)

3/5 - Lack of Vulnerability Remediation for Weaknesses Identified Within the Central Data Exchange System Increases the Risk of Cyberattacks (EPA)

3/5 - Variations and Trends in Postal Regulatory Oversight (USPS)

3/7 - Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (DOJ)

3/7 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Progress Report—Year Two (EPA)

3/4 - Presidential Immunity, Criminal Liability, and the Impeachment Judgment Clause (CRS)

3/4 - Federal Real Property: More Consistent Monitoring of Asbestos Could Improve Oversight (GAO)

3/5 - CBO Releases Infographics About the Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2023 (CBO)

3/6 - Small Business Administration: Progress and Work Remaining to Implement Key Management Improvements (GAO)

3/7 - Slower Population Growth, Economic Growth, and U.S. Fiscal Prospects  (CRS)

3/7 - Facial Recognition Technology: Federal Law Enforcement Agency Efforts Related to Civil Rights and Training (GAO)

3/3 - Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax (via Rolling Stone; see also, referenced DOD OIG report)

3/4 - Civic Learning Week Updates (via email; direct to events page to register for webinars; main event is the National Forum on 3/12)

3/4 - Supreme Court keeps Trump on ballot, rejects Colorado voter challenge (via Washington Post, with source document)

3/5 - Sen. Bob Menendez hit with new conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges (via CNN, with source document)

3/5 - Digital archives: a time machine for the web (via Internet Archive)

3/5 - BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare (via KrebsonSecurity; see also, HHS announcement)

3/6 - US regulators approve significantly scaled back climate disclosure rule (via The Guardian; see also, SEC announcement page)

3/6 - Government facilities were third largest ransomware target in 2023, FBI says (via NextGov, with link to source document)

3/6 - Federal judge orders minority-business agency opened to all races (via Washington Post, with source document)

3/7 - Navy demoted Ronny Jackson after probe into White House behavior (via Washington Post, with link to 3/1/21 DOD OIG report)

3/8 – “Records Concerning the Declassification of DOJ Records Ordered by President Trump”, response parts 1-3 & 6-7 added to DOJ FOIA Library (note: not posted in the “recent releases” section; scroll down to 2016 section)

3/8 - The Military Spies Who Iced Out Ben & Jerry's Over DEI [debut of new FOIA Files with Jason Leopold newsletter, with source documents] (via Bloomberg)