Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/9/24

3/11 - CBP launches new dashboards for enhanced visibility into trade violations and enforcement efforts (CBP; direct to EAPA and e-Allegations dashboards; also available in “trade statistics” section of CBP Stats & Summaries page)

3/11 - 45 states, large metro areas submit climate action plans under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (EPA; direct to plans page)

3/11 - FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center Annual Report Released for 2023 (FBI; see also, report page)

3/11 - Secretary Marcia L. Fudge Announces Retirement and Resignation (HUD)

3/11 - FOIA Advisory Committee Recommendations Recap (NARA)

3/11 - ODNI Releases 2024 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community (ODNI; direct to report)

3/11 - United States and European Union Release Joint Guidance for Online Platforms on Protecting Human Rights Defenders Online (State; direct to guidance page)

3/11 - Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute  Release of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume IV, National Security Policy (State; direct to website)

3/11 - On the Third Anniversary of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, Treasury Releases New Data on How State and Local Aid Fueled National Economic Recovery (Treas)

3/11 - U.S. Department of the Treasury Outlines Tax Proposals to Reduce the Deficit, Lower Costs for Working Families, and Ensure the Wealthy and Large Corporations Pay their Fair Share (Treas; direct to Greenbook page)

3/11 - The American Rescue Plan (ARP): Top Highlights from 3 Years of Recovery (WH)

3/12 - US Department of Labor releases research on continued economic effects of job segregation, pay disparities on Black, Hispanic women (DOL; direct to report)

3/12 - Direct File officially opens in 12 pilot states following positive early reviews; eligible taxpayers can file online directly with the IRS for free (IRS; direct to website)

3/12 - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Copyright Office conclude joint study on non-fungible tokens (USPTO; direct to report)

3/12 - Conference Acts to Promote Random Case Assignment (Courts; see also, 3/15 follow-up “discretion” memo via Reuters)

3/12 - Judiciary Releases Annual Report and Judicial Business Data (Courts; direct to report page)

3/12 - 2023 FOIA Litigation and Compliance Report Now Available (DOJ; direct to report page)

3/12 - Argus Information & Advisory Services Agrees to Pay $37M to Settle Allegations that it Misused Data Obtained Under Government Contracts (DOJ)

3/13 - SAFECOM and NCSWIC Develop 911 Cybersecurity Resource Hub (CISA; direct to website)

3/13 - FTC Issues Infant Formula Supply Disruptions Report (FTC; direct to report)

3/13 - Fact Sheet: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Use Across the United States (HHS)

3/13 - HUD Launches Website to Combat Source of Income Discrimination for Families Using Housing Vouchers (HUD; direct to website)

3/13 - Library of Congress Awards Third Round of More than $500,000 to Support Contemporary Cultural Field Research within Diverse Communities (LOC)

3/13 - New Resilience Resources for Anticipating and Mitigating Climate Change’s Impacts On Cultural Heritage Launches Today (NEH; direct to website)

3/14 - BLM proposes stronger greater sage-grouse conservation plans (BLM; for background, see 2021 article Judge Saves Sage Grouse Habitat From Trump Mining Plans via Courthouse News Service)

3/14 - More Counties Saw Population Gains in 2023 (Census; direct to data tables page)

3/15 - DOE Releases Report Outlining How America Can Sustainably Produce More Than One Billion Tons of Biomass Per Year (DOE; direct to report page)

3/15 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Crack Down on Junk Fees in Higher Education (WH)

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

Fact Sheet: President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 via WH

OMB's budget page has the budget and several fact sheets; budget documents are also available at govinfo.gov

See usaspending.gov for links to agencies' Congressional budget justifications

For agency-specific press releases & summaries, see agency website: BLM | CDC | DHS | DOC | DOD | DOE | DOI | DOJ | DOL | DOT | ED | EPA | FAA | FDA |FWS | HHS | IMLS | NARA | NASA | NEH | NOAA | SBA | State | USBR | USDA | USGS | USTR | VA

Senate hearing: The President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Proposal

3/11 - Interim Report: Audit of the Effects the Main Street Lending Program’s Loan Losses Have on Treasury’s Investment in the Program (SIGPR)

3/12 - Issue Brief: Insights from OIG’s Work on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Efforts to Care for Unaccompanied Children (HHS)

3/14 - Audit of Military Services’ Processing of Coronavirus Disease–2019 Vaccination Exemptions and Discharges for Active Duty Service Members (DOD)

3/14 - Medicaid Fraud Control Units Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report (HHS)

3/14 - Audit of NARA's Off-boarding Process (NARA)

3/11 - Science & Tech Spotlight: Combating Deepfakes (GAO)

3/12 - American Indian, Alaska Native, and Tribal Population Data (CRS)

3/12 - Higher Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Reported Extensive Facility and Digital Infrastructure Needs (GAO; see also, latest list of HSIs via Digest of Ed Stats)

3/13 - Freedom of Information Act: Additional Guidance and Reliable Data Can Help Address Agency Backlogs (GAO)

3/14 - Proposals to Amend the U.S. Constitution: Fact Sheet (CRS)

3/12 - Support to Tribes at or near the U.S. Southwest Border Policy (CBP)

3/12 - Please consider voicing your opinion on the elimination of the Academic Libraries Survey (via DLF-Announce listserv; direct to regulations.gov docket)

3/12 - GPO distribution leveraging tech to do more with less (via Federal News Network)

3/12 - In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled (via Washington Post; see also, FBI Hate Crime data page)

3/13 - The National Science Foundation’s State of U.S. Science and Engineering documents Chinese leadership in AI patents, and U.S. leadership says workforce is the solution. (via NextGov, with link to source document)

3/15 - Supreme Court lays out new test for determining when public officials can be sued for blocking users on social media (via CBS News, with links to source documents)

3/15 - U.S. National Archives’ 2025 Budget Request Threatens Mission Failure (via National Security Archive)

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

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3/12 - 2024 Annual Threat Assessment (House Intelligence, video; see also, opening statements from chair and ranking member)

3/12 - Hearing on the Report of Special Counsel Robert K. Hur (House Judiciary; see Biden/Hur transcripts at minority site)

3/12 - Administration of Upcoming Elections (Senate Rules)

3/13 - The Right Side of History: Protecting Voting Rights in America (Senate Judiciary)