Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 4/27/24

4/29 - CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports (CFPB; direct to report)

4/29 - NHTSA Finalizes Key Safety Rule to Reduce Crashes and Save Lives (DOT)

4/29 - FCC Fines Largest Wireless Carriers for Sharing Location Data (FCC)

4/29 - FDA Takes Action Aimed at Helping to Ensure the Safety and Effectiveness of Laboratory Developed Tests (FDA)

4/29 - GPO Director Names New Members to the Depository Library Council (GPO)

4/29 - IMLS Releases Research on Library Services During the Second Year of COVID-19 Pandemic (IMLS; direct to report)

4/29 - Department of Commerce Announces New Actions to Implement President Biden’s Executive Order on AI (NIST, with draft guidance documents)

4/29 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key AI Actions 180 Days Following President Biden’s Landmark Executive Order (WH, with links to resources)

4/30 - U.S. Department of Education Completes Processing for FAFSA Forms Impacted by Known Issues, Outlines Push to Expand Application Submissions (ED)

4/30 - FCC, FTC Formalize Partnership for Protecting the Open Internet (FCC)

4/30 - ODNI Releases 11th Annual Intelligence Community Transparency Report (ODNI; direct to report; see also, NextGov article)

4/30 - Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Reforms to Modernize Environmental Reviews, Accelerate America’s Clean Energy Future, Simplify the Process to Rebuild our Nation’s Infrastructure, and Strengthen Public Engagement (WH/CEQ)

4/30 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure (WH; direct to memo)

5/1 - New Justice Outcomes Explorer (Census; direct to data tool)

5/1 - Census Bureau Seeks Public Comment on Test of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions (Census)

5/1 - Census Bureau Releases 2022 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Business Operations (Census; direct to data page)

5/1 - HHS Finalizes Rule Strengthening Protections Against Disability Discrimination (HHS; direct to factsheet)

5/1 - Next Generation Climate Dataset Built for Seamless Integration (NCEI; direct to website)

5/1 - New NOAA climate action plan emphasizes needs of underserved communities (NOAA; direct to plan)

5/2 - New Research Data Product Tracks Income Mobility and Volatility (Census; direct to data/info page)

5/2 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3 Billion for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water as Part of Investing in America Agenda (EPA; see also, WH factsheet)

5/2 - U.S. Government Cybersecurity Alert: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Using New Tactic in Social Engineering Operations (State; direct to advisory; see also, CISA news release)

5/2 - U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Outline Accomplishments in First Year of Implementation of Plan to Improve Taxpayer Service, Modernize Technology, Increase High-End Enforcement (Treas; direct to report)

5/2 - Remarks by President Biden on Recent Events on College Campuses (WH)

5/3 - Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Policies to Increase Access to Health Coverage for DACA Recipients (CMS; see also, factsheet)

5/3 - U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar and His Wife Charged with Bribery, Unlawful Foreign Influence, and Money Laundering Schemes (DOJ)

5/3 - USDA Forest Service announces milestones in climate action (FS; direct to website)

5/3 - Options Database on the Climate Resilience Toolkit recently published (NOAA; direct to Options DB and Indigenous DB)

5/3 - SEC Charges Audit Firm BF Borgers and Its Owner with Massive Fraud Affecting More Than 1,500 SEC Filings (SEC; see also, CNN article)

5/3 - President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (WH; see also, CRS report)

5/3 - Statement by President Joe Biden on the Occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2024 (WH)

5/3 - Statement from President Joe Biden on Record Decrease in Violent Crime in 2024 (WH; see also, MCCA report)

4/30 - New OIG website rolled out (FTC)

5/1 - Biden to replace embattled acting Commerce IG (via GovExec; see also, House Science chair & ranking member statement)

5/1 - NASA’s Readiness for the Artemis II Crewed Mission to Lunar Orbit (NASA)

5/2 - Medicaid Enrollees May Not Be Screened for Intimate Partner Violence Because of Challenges Reported by Primary Care Clinicians (HHS)

4/29 - Federal Data Management: Issues and Challenges in the Use of Data Standards (CRS)

4/29 - Assessing Recent U.S. Airstrikes in the Middle East Under the War Powers Framework (CRS)

4/29 - IT Modernization: Census Bureau Needs Reliable Cost and Schedule Estimates (GAO)

4/30 - State of the U.S. Economy: Policy Issues in the 118th Congress (CRS)

5/1 - NASA Cybersecurity: Plan Needed to Update Spacecraft Acquisition Policies and Standards (GAO)

4/29 - AI could be tapped to design weapons of mass destruction, DHS warns (via NextGov, with link to source document)

4/30 - U.S. Census Bureau Responses to Census National Advisory Committee 2023 Fall Meeting (Census NAC)

5/1 - Employee Communications Blocking ChatGPT for NARA Usage (NARA FOIA Library)

5/1 - DOJ civil rights leader says she was a victim of abuse in extraordinary statement (via CNN)

5/1 - USPS regulator weighs intervening on DeJoy reforms (via GovExec, with link to source document)

5/1 - What the First Amendment Means for Campus Protests (via NYT)

5/1 - LGBTQ students wonder what’s next as conservative states seek to block new Title IX rules (via Route-Fifty)

5/1 - Apple, Google and Venmo fight new U.S. plan to monitor payment apps (via WaPo, with links to source documents)

5/2 - Proclamations on expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (WH; see also, factsheet)

5/2 - NSTC: U.S. Federal Research and Development Infrastructure (WH/OSTP; see also, FedScoop article)

5/3 - Association of Research Libraries and Partners Urge National Center for Education Statistics to Retain Vital Academic Library Survey in IPEDS (via ARL)

5/3 - A new push by OMB to get a handle on 10,000 federal websites (via Federal News Network)

5/3 - As a critical deadline approaches, the Biden administration issues a flurry of regulations (via Route-Fifty)

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

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5/1 - Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change (Senate Budget; see also, bicameral staff report and ranking member opening statement)

5/1 - Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next (Senate Finance)

5/2 - To receive testimony on worldwide threats (Senate Armed Services)

5/2 - The Future of Broadband Affordability (Senate Commerce)

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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5/3 - VETO: H.J.Res. 98 – would disapprove of the NLRB’s rule to prevent companies from evading bargaining obligations or liability when they control a worker’s working condition (via WH)