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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 4/26/25

Press Releases : Apr 26 - May 2

4/28 - Statement by Jules W. Hurst III, Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on the Review of Medical Conditions Disqualifying for Accession Into the Military Memorandum  (DOD; direct to memo; see also, military.com article)

4/28 - Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy: Truck Drivers Who Want to Share Our Roads Must Share Our Language (DOT; see also, ABC7 News article)

4/28 - Ahead of the Summer Driving Season, EPA Allows for Nationwide Year-Round E15 (EPA; direct to info page; see also, ABC News article)

4/28 - Administrator Zeldin Announces Major EPA Actions to Combat PFAS Contamination (EPA; see also, NYT article)

4/28 - SEC Publishes New Market Data, Analysis, and Visualizations (SEC, with links to 6 reports)

4/28 - Smithsonian Response to Reports About Artifacts On View (SI; see also, Afro News article)

4/29 - Fact Check- DHS is NOT Deporting American Children (DHS; see also, NBC News article)

4/29 - Summary of Fiscal Year 2024 Annual FOIA Reports Published (DOJ; direct to report)

4/29 - Justice Department Dismisses Half Century Old Louisiana Consent Decree (DOJ; see also, The Advocate article)

4/29 - EPA Releases Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides Using Commonsense Practices, Provides Flexibilities to States and Growers (EPA; direct to report page; see also, 2024 draft strategy – note: direct download | New Lede article)

4/29 - GSA Unveils OneGov Strategy to Transform How the Government Buys Goods and Services (GSA)

4/29 - NIH to prioritize human-based research technologies (NIH)

4/29 - Joint Statement on the U.S.-Germany Dialogue on Holocaust Issues (State; see also, 5/3 NBC News article)

4/29 - USTR Releases 2025 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement (USTR; direct to report)

4/30 - 2024 Presidential Election Voting and Registration Tables Now Available (Census; direct to data page)

4/30 - CFPB Keeps Its Enforcement and Supervision Resources Focused on Pressing Threats to Consumers (CFPB; see also, Banking Dive article)

4/30 - US Participation in ICJ Advisory Proceedings – Public Hearing on Israeli Obligations (State; see also, Guardian article)

4/30 - Treasury Announces Agreement to Establish United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (Treas; see also, BBC article)

5/1 - 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Census; direct to data page)

5/1 - Department of Defense Releases Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military (DOD; direct to report page; see also, media roundtable transcript | ABC News article)

5/1 - Justice Department Files Complaints Against Hawaii, Michigan, New York and Vermont Over Unconstitutional State Climate Actions (DOJ; see also, AP article)

5/1 - U.S. Department of Education Expands Accreditation Options for Colleges and Universities (ED; direct to letter)

5/1 - GSA announces accelerated disposition of Celebrezze Federal Building (GSA; note; 3 additional properties also added to GSA Assets identified for accelerated disposition)

5/1 - HHS Releases Comprehensive Review of Medical Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria (HHS; direct to report page; see also, AP article)

5/1 - HHS, NIH Launch Next-Generation Universal Vaccine Platform for Pandemic-Prone Viruses (HHS; see also, NPR article)

5/1 - “The Library of Congress,” a History of the Nation’s Library, Publishes with Georgetown University Press (LOC)

5/2 - Department of the Interior Announces Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities (DOI)

5/2 - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Defunds Woke University Grants (DOT)

5/2 - EPA Announces Next Phase of Organizational Improvements to Better Integrate Science into Agency Offices, Deliver Clean Air, Land, and Water to All Americans (EPA; see also, ABC News article)

5/2 - ODNI Releases September 2024 FISC Opinion on FISA 702 Certification Amendments (ODNI; direct to website)

5/2 - Release of the 2025 Annual Report on International Parental Child Abduction (State; direct to report page)

Hearings: Apr 26 - May 2

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

4/29 - Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production (H Natural Resources; see also, repository for testimonies/documents)

4/29 - Made in the USA: Igniting the Industrial Renaissance of the United States (H Oversight; see also subcom chair and ranking member opening statements)

4/29 - A Review of the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Requests for the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Government Publishing Office (S Approps; see also ranking member post-hearing statement | FedScoop article)

4/30 - The Need for an Authorized State Department (H Foreign Affairs; see also, ranking member opening statement | committee repository for testimonies)

4/30 - Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation (S Approps; see also, ranking member opening statement)

Other links of possible interest

Miscellaneous : Apr 26 - May 2

4/28 - Notice of Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Actions Related to the Migrant Protection Protocols Program (DHS Publications Library)

4/28 - Connolly, top Democrat on oversight panel, will ‘soon’ leave post due to worsening cancer diagnosis (GovExec)

4/28 - Some Hatch Act restrictions loosened under the Trump administration (GovExec, with links to source documents)

4/28 - A siege on science: How Trump is undoing an American legacy (Grist)

4/29 - The Agricultural and Economic Value of Water (ERS)

4/29 - Trump administration dismisses all authors of major climate report, throwing US assessment into limbo (CNN; see also, 5/2 AGU/AMS press release)

4/29 - Will US science survive Trump 2.0? (Nature)

4/30 - Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. (@profsaunders.bsky.social; see also, HAC website)

4/30 - Supreme Court's conservatives lean toward allowing country's first religious public charter school (NBC News)

5/1 - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Sightings in NJ (DHS Publications Library)

5/1 - The Scary Implications of U.S. Government Attacks on Medical Journals (Scientific American)

5/2 - Mike Waltz Has Somehow Gotten Even Worse at Using Signal (404 Media; see also, Trump ousts Mike Waltz as national security adviser via Politico)

5/2 - In reversal, FDA rehires staff tasked with releasing public records (CNN)

5/2 - What Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Mean for Education, Research (Inside Higher Ed)

5/2 - Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't (NPR; see also, CPB statement)

5/2 - Judge strikes down 'unprecedented' Trump order targeting Perkins Coie law firm (NBC News, with link to source document)

Bills Signed into Law : Apr 26 - May 2

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

Web Content Changes/Preservation

This list is illustrative, but certainly not exhaustive.

Note: special thanks to Jenny McBurney and Molly Blake at the University of Minnesota, who are working to post items "from my own reviews" (including those in previous roundups, but excluding the media reports) in their Tracking Removed and Modified Government Information & Resources spreadsheet. A submission form is included on their page if you have other documents/resources that should be added.

From my own reviews:

Preliminary May change/error report of GovSpeak linkcheck; final April report

4/28 - POES SEM-2 data and nClimGrid-Daily added to NESDIS Notice of Changes, with effective dates of 6/16 and 6/30

4/30 - Scientific Integrity section, including policies and best practices, (IA links) removed from Science.gov

5/1 - Homeland Security Digital Library back online, with removal of some content

5/2 - FAQ 17 added and FAQ 15 updated on Updates on NSF Priorities

5/1 & 5/2 - EOIR’s Workload and Adjudication Statistics page heavily revised:

Eleven items removed (4/30 IA link):

8. Pending I-862 Proceedings Originating with a Credible Fear Claim and All Pending I-862s

9. Rates of Asylum Filings in Cases Originating with a Credible Fear Claim

10. Asylum Decision Rates in Cases Originating with a Credible Fear Claim

12. Asylum Decisions by Nationality

13. Asylum Decisions by Nationality in Cases Originating with a Credible Fear Claim

22. In Absentia Removal Orders in Cases Originating with a Credible Fear Claim

24. Comparison of In Absentia Rates

25A. Number of Courtrooms

34. Top 10 Languages for Initial Case Completions

35. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Receipts and Completions

37. Case Appeals Filed, Completed, and Pending

Two items remain in new “Asylum” section (changed from “Credible Fear, Reasonable Fear, and Asylum”)

11. Asylum Decisions

14. Total Asylum Applications

From media/Bluesky reports:

4/28 - Federal Government’s Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship [updated] (PEN America)

4/28 - Education Department restarts online library ERIC (Hechinger Report)

4/29 - Agency by Agency, Federal Data Collection Is Being Dismantled (Undark)

4/29 - First 100 days: The race to save digital records from the Trump administration (France 24)

4/30 - Warning systems for floods, hurricanes, and famine are suffering from Donald Trump’s data purge (The Verge) 

5/1 - Report on Indigenous violence crisis removed from Department of Justice site (Las Vegas Sun; see also, report via IA)

5/2 - Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It (Wired)

Special Bluesky list

The Federal US Domain bot on Bluesky announces federal domains that have been newly deleted and registered. I decided to list all of those listed so far as a "roundup" service, and will begin including new additions each week in the media/Bluesky section above.

Domains Deleted

  • https://brainhealth.gov – 5/1/25
  • https://cerebrosano.gov – 5/1/25
  • https://ctoc.gov – 5/1/25
  • https://dinnerforamerica.gov – 4/30/25
  • https://thetrillion.gov – 4/30/25
  • https://thetrilliondollardinner.gov – 4/30/25
  • https://americanclimatecorps.gov – 4/25/25
  • https://acc.gov – 4/25/25
  • https://climatecorp.gov – 4/25/25
  • https://ccc.gov – 4/25/25
  • https://climatecore.gov – 4/25/25
  • https://climatecorps.gov – 4/25/25
  • https://affordableconnectivity.gov – 4/12/25
  • https://greengov.gov – 4/11/25
  • https://atfonline.gov – 3/19/25
  • https://economicinclusion.gov – 3/4/25
  • https://crisisnextdoor.gov – 2/11/25
  • https://publicserviceloanforgiveness.gov – 2/11/25
  • https://nlead.gov – 2/11/25
  • https://buildbackbetter.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://investinamerica.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://reproaccess.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://pslf.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://cleanenergy.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://reproductiverights.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://investinginamerica.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://childtaxcredit.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://environmentaljustice.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://invertir.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://invest.gov – 2/8/25
  • reprorights.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://whitehousedrugpolicy.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://ej.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://economicopportunity.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://build.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://unitedwestand.gov – 2/8/25
  • https://reproductiveaccess.gov – 2/8/25

Domains Registered

  • https://aha.gov – 4/29/25
  • https://fedezfile.gov – 4/26/25
  • https://supervisioncentral.gov – 4/26/25
  • https://lfs.gov – 4/24/25
  • https://investinamerica.gov – 4/16/25
  • https://whms.gov – 4/10/25
  • https://whcs.gov – 4/10/25
  • https://thetrillion.gov – 4/9/25
  • https://dinnerforamerica.gov – 4/9/25
  • https://deregulation.gov – 4/8/25
  • https://thetrilliondollardinner.gov – 4/1/25
  • https://whes.gov – 3/26/25
  • https://trumpcard.gov – 3/25/25
  • https://creators.gov – 3/5/25
  • https://waste.gov – 2/5/25
  • https://dei.gov – 2/5/25
  • https://doge.gov – 1/21/25