3/31 - 2024 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available (CFPB; direct to data page)
3/31 - Secretary of Defense Directed Review of Physical Fitness Standards for Combat Arms Occupations (DOD; direct to memo; see also, AP article)
3/31 - Secretary Doug Burgum Directs Implementation of President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order to Make DC Safe and Beautiful (DOI; see also, The 51st article)
3/31 - Attorney General Pamela Bondi Dismisses Biden-Era Lawsuit Against Commonsense Georgia Election Law, Advancing President Trump’s Mandate to End Weaponization (DOJ; see also, PBS article)
3/31 - ED, HHS, and GSA Initiate Federal Contract and Grant Review of Harvard University (ED; see also, Inside Higher Ed article)
3/31 - Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Issues Letter on 23andMe Bankruptcy Impact to Consumers (FTC; direct to letter)
3/31 - HUD Debuts New Website Focused on High-Quality, Streamlined Service to American Public (HUD; direct to website – note: “The new website features about a 90% reduction in content from the previous website”)
3/31 - More Foreign Gang Terrorists Deported Out of America (State; see also, Guardian article)
3/31 - USTR Releases 2025 National Trade Estimate Report (USTR; direct to report; see also, Reuters article)
4/1 - March numbers show most secure border in history - operational control is becoming a reality (CBP; see also, CBP stats page)
4/1 - Trump EPA Announces $18 Million in Savings from Federal Leases (EPA; see also, Federal News Network article)
4/1 - USDA Demands State Accountability in SNAP (FNS; direct to letter to governors)
4/2 - Criminal Actors Steal US Taxpayer Identity to File False Tax Returns and Claim Refunds (IC3)
4/2 - USCIS Updates Policy to Recognize Two Biological Sexes (USCIS; direct to policy alert)
4/2 - U.S. Trade Representative Issues Statement on President Trump's Declaration of a National Emergency (USTR; see also, AP article)
4/3 - DOD Announces Instructions for Reporting Termination and Cancelation Actions Taken in Response to the Administration's Efficiency Initiatives (DOD; direct to memo)
4/3 - DOE Identifies 16 Federal Sites Across the Country for Data Center and AI Infrastructure Development (DOE; direct to RFI with list of sites)
4/3 - ED Requires K-12 School Districts to Certify Compliance with Title VI and Students v. Harvard as a Condition of Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (ED; direct to certification; see also, ChalkBeat article)
4/3 - GSA partners with agencies to eliminate wasteful vehicle charging stations at federal facilities (GSA; see also, 2/21 Verge article)
4/4 - Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell (DOD; see also, CNN article)
4/3 - Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen (State; see also, Rasmussen’s readout/tweet via @newseye.bsky.social)
4/4 - Secretary Rollins Announces Sweeping Reforms to Protect National Forests and Boost Domestic Timber Production (USDA; direct to memo; see also, AP article)
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
See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.
4/1 - From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education (H Education; see also, chair and ranking member opening remarks)
4/1 - Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Need for First Amendment Safeguards at the State Department (H Foreign Affairs; see committee repository for testimonies)
4/1 - Judicial Overreach and Constitutional Limits on the Federal Courts (H Judiciary; see also, opening statements of ranking member | Subcom on the Constitution and Limited Government ranking member | Subcom on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet ranking member)
4/2 - Rule by District Judges II: Exploring Legislative Solutions to the Bipartisan Problem of Universal Injunctions (S Judiciary; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)
White House press releases and executive actions
Trump Trackers page
The news/media reading lists were not getting enough use to justify continuing, so I will no longer post those. I will again very selectively include media reports in the "miscellaneous" box below, as well as post related articles elsewhere when I think they provide important context.
3/31 - Systems Hosting Sensitive Data Lack Consistent Inventory Standards (TIGTA)
4/2 - Several older IG reports released, including 2018 Performance Audit of the United States Capitol Police Office of Policy and Management Systems | 2019 Assessment of the United States Capitol Police Pre-Screener Program | 2020 Assessment of the United States Capitol Police Threat Assessment Section | 2020 Top Management Challenges Facing the United States Capitol Police Fiscal Year 2020 | 2022 Review of United States Capitol Police Past Major Events and Protests [last one has 2022 doc number and is listed under 2022 heading, but is dated Mar 2024] (USCP)
3/27 (missed last week) - Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. (via @joshuasweitz.bsky.social; direct to website)
3/31 - Re-Evaluating Medicaid Reporting in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement: Evidence from Linked Enrollment Records (Census Working Papers)
3/31 - Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cuts (Federal News Network; see also, letter to IMLS staff via @marisakabas.bsky.social)
4/1 - Cory Booker makes history with longest Senate floor speech in protest of Trump agenda (CNN)
4/1 - Signalgate spurs government interest in chat-archiving services (GovExec)
4/1 - Cancer researchers, opioid abuse analysts, infectious disease experts: Layoffs at HHS begin to take shape (GovExec; see also, google doc tracking HHS offices “eliminated entirely or reduced to the point of non-functionality” via The Handbasket)
4/3 - Groups Are Told That Federal Humanities Grants Are Canceled (NYT)
4/3 - EveryLibrary Condemns the Trump Administration's Termination of IMLS Grants as an Attack on Libraries, Museums, and Archives Everywhere. (EveryLibrary)
4/4 - Lawsuit Challenges Trump Admin’s Dismantling of Institute of Education Sciences (Public Citizen)
3/31 - E&C Democrats Launch Investigation into FCC Chairman Carr’s Repeated Attacks on the First Amendment (H Energy; direct to letter to Carr)
3/31 - Merkley and Boyle Call for GAO Investigation into Trump Administration’s Funding Freezes (S Budget; direct to letter to GAO)
4/2 - DeLauro Edits Vought’s Letter: “Fixed it for you.” (H Approps; direct to “fixed” letter)
4/2 - Documents Obtained by Committee Democrats Show Acting Commissioner Dudek Signed Off on Government Waste to Avenge President Trump’s Ego (H Oversight; direct to letter to Dudek; see also, HuffPost article)
4/3 - Merkley, Wyden, Neal, Boyle Release Staggering New Cost Estimate of Republican Tax Plan, Blast Giveaways to Corporations and the Wealthy (S Budget; direct to CBO letter/report)
This list is illustrative, but certainly not exhaustive.
From my own reviews:
Preliminary April change/error report of GovSpeak linkcheck
3/31 - AbilityOne OIG Response to Senator Grassley’s Request Regarding How the AbilityOne OIG Handles Investigations and Settlements of Sexual Harassment Claims (EEO Complaints) removed from AbilityOne OIG reports
4/2 - New pages for Impact Statements, Bulletins, Circulars, Federal Register, Budget Executive Reporting and Agency Contingency Plans added to OMB Guidance page, but no content added yet; note – some pages had been previously posted/deleted
From media/Bluesky reports:
4/1 - National Park Rangers rebel against queer erasure on Trans Day of Visibility (Advocate; direct to website)
4/3 - US Weather Agency Websites Set to Vanish With Contract Cuts (Bloomberg; gift link via @laurenthal.bsky.social; see also, 4/4 update article via Axios)
4/3 - The Dangers of DOGE Disappearing Our Nation’s Data (Dame)
4/4 - Trump administration erases page honoring trailblazing priest, lawyer and activist [Pauli Murray] (The 19th; see also, IA capture)
4/4 - Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever (404 Media)
4/4 - Data Preservation in 2025 (Information Today)