Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 4/6/24

4/8 - Census Bureau Releases Initial Strategies for 2030 Census Preparations (Census; direct to strategies page)

4/8 - Justice Department to Publish Final Rule to Strengthen Web and Mobile App Access for People with Disabilities (DOJ; direct to factsheet)

4/8 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Plans to Deliver [student] Debt Relief to Tens of Millions of Americans (ED; see also, WH release | factsheet | CEA blog post)

4/8 - Climate Program Office Featured in 2023 NOAA Science Report (NOAA; direct to report page)

4/8 - Celebrate National Park Week from April 20 through 28 (NPS)

4/9 - New Report on the Nation’s Foreign-Born Population (Census; direct to report and data visualization)

4/9 - COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force Releases 2024 Report (DOJ; direct to report and factsheet)

4/9 - Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Stronger Clean Air Standards for Chemical Plants, Lowering Cancer Risk and Advancing Environmental Justice (EPA; direct to info page)

4/9 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Finalized Science-Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC (FNS; direct to info page)

4/9 - New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations (NASA; direct to strategy)

4/9 - USPS recommends new prices for July 2024 (USPS)

4/10 - Justice Department Publishes New Rule to Update Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Firearms Dealer (DOJ; direct to info page; see also, WH factsheet)

4/10 - Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution (EPA; direct to info page; see also, WH factsheet)

4/10 - Consumer Broadband Labels Now Required Nationwide at Points of Sale (FCC; see also, What to look for…)

4/10 - The FBI’s Brief Investigation on Audre Lorde (NARA; direct to FBI case file page)

4/10 - NEH Awards $411,000 to Tribal Communities for Projects on the History and Legacy of Federal Indian Boarding Schools (NEH)

4/10 - USPTO issues guidance concerning the use of AI tools by parties and practitioners (USPTO; direct to guidance)

4/11 - CDC Data Modernization Efforts Accelerate Nation’s Ability to Detect and Rapidly Respond to Health Threats (CDC; direct to website)

4/11 - CISA Directs Federal Agencies to Immediately Mitigate Significant Risk From Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Threat (CISA; direct to directive)

4/11 - Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Historic Milestones, New Actions for Clean Energy on Public Lands (DOI; direct to info page)

4/11 - EPA Publishes Annual US Greenhouse Gas Inventory (EPA; direct to report page)

4/11 - A New Resource to Explore Library of Congress Transcription Datasets (LOC; direct to datasets website)

4/11 - Mapped: 33 new big game migrations across American West (USGS; direct to report page; see also, vol. 1-3 page)

4/11 - A New Tool to Help Plan for and Protect Against Floods (WH/OSTP; direct to website and tool)

4/12 - BLM ensures fair taxpayer return, strengthens accountability for oil and gas operations on public lands (BLM; direct to info page)

4/12 - Former U.S. Ambassador and National Security Council Official Admits to Secretly Acting as Agent of the Cuban Government and Receives 15-Year Sentence (DOJ)

4/12 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $7.4 Billion in Approved Student Debt Relief for 277,000 Borrowers (ED; see also, president’s statement)

4/12 - Release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Briefing Paper (NARA; direct to report)

4/12 - New Records Released – 2024 Second Quarter Release List (NARA; direct to list)

4/12 - National Archives Unveils New Mass Digitization Center in College Park (NARA)

4/8 - Half the States Did Not Include Climate Adaptation or Related Resilience Efforts in Their Clean Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plans (EPA)

4/8 - Federal Home Loan Banks: Actions Related to the Spring 2023 Bank Failures (GAO; see also, House Financial ranking member statement)

4/9 - Lindke v. Freed and Government Officials’ Use of Social Media (CRS)

4/9 - IRS Direct File: Actions Needed during Pilot to Improve Information on Costs and Benefits (GAO)

4/9 - Higher Education: Employment Discrimination Case Referrals Between Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Could Be Improved (GAO; see also, House Education ranking member statement)

4/12 - How H.R. 7032 Would Improve CBO’s Access to Data (CBO)

4/8 - Latest Disaster for National Weather Service: Paying Its Bills (via Bloomberg, with link to OIG report)

4/9 - Data Liberation Project Dispatch 14 (via DLP, with source documents)

4/9 - Capitol Police Hire Special Prosecutors to Handle Rise in Threats Against Congress (via NYT)

4/9 - ‘Whose house?’ Congress’ house, appeals court rules, rejecting Jan. 6 defendant’s challenge (via Politico, with link to source document)

4/9 - Wayback Machine: 5 Alternatives To Try (via SearchEngineJournal)

4/10 - Review of the Clean Air Status and Trends Ambient Air Monitoring Network (CASTNet) (EPA SAB)

4/11 - 20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court (via AP)

4/11 - Baltimore bridge collapse could wipe out emergency federal highway fund (via Washington Post)

4/12 - How Scammers Posed as SEC Officials and Conned Investors (via FOIA Files newsletter, with source documents)

4/12 - Where Kamala Harris Lives, a Little-Known History of Enslavement (via NYT)

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

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

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4/10 - Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Government Accountability Office, the Government Publishing Office, and the Congressional Budget Office (House Appropriations; see also, GPO Director Presents FY2025 Appropriations Request to Congress)

4/10 - From Headquarters Building to Field Offices: Examining the FBI’s Real Estate Needs and Strategy (House Transport)

4/10 - Hearing to Examine the Federal and Non-Federal Role of Assessing Cyber Threats to and Vulnerabilities of Critical Water Infrastructure in our Energy Sector (Senate Energy)

4/11 - Fighting for a Free Press: Protecting Journalists and their Sources (House Judiciary; video available via minority site; see also, ranking member opening remarks)