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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/23/24

Press Releases : Mar 23 - Mar 29

3/23 - Justice Department Launches the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center (DOJ; direct to website)

3/25 - BLM 2024 wild horse and burro estimates show reduced overpopulation (BLM; direct to data page)

3/25 - U.S. Abstention from UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza (State; see also, UN press release with link to resolution)

3/25 - U.S Government’s National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct (State; direct to website)

3/26 - HHS Announces Savings for 41 Prescription Drugs Thanks to Inflation Rebates from the Biden-Harris Administration’s Lower Cost Prescription Drug Law (HHS; direct to Rx list)

3/26 - USDA to host Data Users’ Meeting to gather public input on statistical programs (NASS; direct to event page)

3/27 - Estimating County-Level Regional Price Parities from Public Data (DOC; direct to working paper and experimental dataset)

3/27 - Interior Department Finalizes Rule to Reduce Oil and Gas Waste on Public and Tribal Lands (DOI)

3/27 - IMLS Names Finalists for 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Service (IMLS)

3/27 - Secretary’s International Security Advisory Board Releases Report on New Security Challenges (State; direct to report page)

3/28 - Census Bureau Releases Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data With Artificial Intelligence Supplement (Census; direct to AI data and report)

3/28 - Samuel Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years for His Orchestration of Multiple Fraudulent Schemes (DOJ)

3/28 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces $60 Million for Emergency Work in Wake of the Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (DOT; see also, readout of meeting on supply chain disruptions at the Port of Baltimore)

3/28 - FTC Releases 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update (FTC; direct to report)

3/28 - Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rules to Strengthen Protection and Recovery of Threatened and Endangered Species and Their Habitats (FWS; direct to info page; see also, House Natural Resources ranking member statement)

3/28 - National Weather Service launches new website for water prediction and products (NOAA; direct to website)

3/28 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen the Recognition of Women’s History (WH; see also, EO)

3/28 - Fact Sheet: Vice President Harris Announces OMB Policy to Advance Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management in Federal Agencies’ Use of Artificial Intelligence (WH; direct to policy)

3/28 - OMB Publishes Revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (WH/OMB; direct to guidance website; see also, AP article)

3/29 - Establishment of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (DOD)

3/29 - OGIS Publishes Ombuds Observer on NCND/Glomar (NARA; direct to webpage)

3/29 - USTR Releases 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (USTR; direct to report)

Bills Signed into Law : Mar 23 - Mar 29

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

Hearings : Mar 23 - Mar 29

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


None this week

Trump Indictments: Mar 23 - Mar 29

Classified documents search warrant/indictment:

None this week


2020 election/January 6 indictment:

None this week


2020 election/Georgia indictment:

Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in Fulton County (via Lawfare; provides access to documents)

3/29 - Trump appeals ruling that let Fulton County DA Fani Willis remain on Georgia election subversion case (via CNN, with source document)