Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/30/24

4/1 - FTC Announces Impersonation Rule Goes into Effect Today (FTC; direct to data report)

4/1 - Office for Civil Rights Health Equity Factsheet (HHS; see also, OASH Health Equity Fact Sheet)

4/1 - Library, Poet Laureate to Launch Mary Oliver Memorial Event in National Poetry Month (LOC)

4/1 - NHTSA Launches Put the Phone Away or Pay Campaign; Releases 2023 Fatality Early Estimates (NHTSA, with links to data reports)

4/1 - The Farmers.gov Local Dashboard Is Now Available For All 50 States (USDA; direct to website)

4/2 - JCDC Working and Collaborating to Build Cyber Defense for Civil Society and High-Risk Communities (CISA; direct to website)

4/2 - Cyber Safety Review Board Releases Report on Microsoft Online Exchange Incident from Summer 2023 (DHS; direct to report)

4/2 - DoD Releases 2024 DoD Commercial Space Integration Strategy (DOD; direct to strategy)

4/2 - DOE Releases First Ever Federal Blueprint to Decarbonize America’s Buildings Sector (DOE; direct to report)

4/2 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule on Train Crew Size Safety Requirements to Improve Rail Safety (DOT; see also, rail safety factsheet)

4/2 - EPA Launches New Website to Improve Transparency in Permitting (EPA; direct to website)

4/2 - Household Food Insecurity Across Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2016–21 (ERS)

4/2 - Statistical Summary of 12-Month Campaign Activity of the 2023-2024 Election Cycle (FEC)

4/2 - HHS Releases White Paper Focused on Preventing Drug Shortages (HHS; direct to report)

4/2 - Update to USDA Entity-Scale Greenhouse Gas Methods Report Available (USDA; direct to report website)

4/2 - White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Releases Celestial Time Standardization Policy (WH; direct to policy)

4/3 - FCC to Vote on Restoring Net Neutrality (FCC)

4/4 - CFPB Report Identifies Financial and Privacy Risks to Consumers in Video Gaming Marketplaces (CFPB; direct to report page)

4/4 - Justice Department Announces Publication of Third Volume of National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (DOJ; direct to report page)

4/4 - Five New Federal Agencies Join Justice Department in Pledge to Enforce Civil Rights Laws in Artificial Intelligence (DOJ; direct to new website)

4/4 - OPM Issues Final Rule to Reinforce and Clarify Protections for Nonpartisan Career Civil Service (OPM; see also, president’s statement)

4/4 - To Walk the Earth in Safety: New Report Showcases U.S. Global Leadership in Conventional Weapons Destruction and Landmine Clearance (State; direct to report page)

4/4 - In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone (USGS; direct to OA article)

4/4 - The Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Guidance to Make Grants More Accessible and Transparent for Families, Communities, and Small Businesses (WH/OMB; direct to guidance page)

4/5 - Outcomes of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (State; see also, Human Rights Council release)

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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4/1 - AmeriCorps NCCC Updated Policies and Procedures Regarding Sexual Assault Allegations (AmeriCorps)

4/2 - Evaluation of DoD Financial Responsibility Reviews on Prospective DoD Contractors (DOD)

4/2 - Review of the Navy and Marine Corps Policies Covering Sexual Harassment Complaint Processes (DOD)

4/2 - Flash Report: The Bureau of Reclamation’s Drought Mitigation Plans and Activities (DOI)

4/3 - Redesigned OIG website rolled out (NASA)

4/1 - 2020 Census: The Bureau Adapted Approaches for Addressing Unexpected Results and Developing Annual Population Estimates (GAO)

4/2 - Proposed Expanded Collection of Statistics on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by the Federal Government (CRS)

4/2 - Nuclear Power Plants: NRC Should Take Actions to Fully Consider the Potential Effects of Climate Change (GAO)

4/5 - Final Sequestration Report for Fiscal Year 2024 (CBO)

3/22 (missed earlier) - Finding the Needle in the Haystack: AI Tool To Improve the Usability of Government Reports (via CMU; direct to GitHub site)

4/1 - U.S. Census Bureau Responses to Census National Advisory Committee 2023 Spring Meeting (Census NAC)

4/1 - A U.S. Senator Is Shaming Universities Into Returning Native American Human Remains (via HuffPost, with link to NAGPRA database)

4/2 - Arts Indicators Project website rolled out (NEA; see also, 3/21 news release)

4/2 - 2023 Special Report [re: Earthquake Hazard Program staffing] (USGS SESAC; see also, USGS response)

4/2 - Texas federal court district rebuffs effort to curb ‘judge-shopping’ tactic (via CNN, with links to source documents)

4/3 - A Federal Judge Ruled That ProPublica’s Lawsuit Over Military Court Access Should Move Forward (via ProPublica, with source document)

4/4 - Ex-DOJ official Jeff Clark violated DC attorney ethics rules with 2020 election schemes, bar disciplinary panel says (via CNN)

4/5 - Inside Pentagon’s Shaky Efforts to Combat Russian Disinformation (via FOIA Files newsletter, with source documents)

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

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