5/6 - Agencies Issue Proposal on Incentive-Based Compensation (FDIC; direct to info page)
5/6 - Release of United States’ International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy (State; direct to strategy)
5/6 - Treasury Releases Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports (Treas; direct to SS & Medicare report pages and factsheet; see also, AP article and CRS report)
5/6 - United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential (WH/OSTP)
5/7 - U.S. Charges Russian National with Developing and Operating LockBit Ransomware (DOJ)
5/7 - U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Reminds Schools of Their Legal Obligation to Address Discrimination Based on Shared Ancestry and Ethnic Characteristics (ED; direct to Dear Colleague letter)
5/7 - Final Rule to Establish First-Ever Regulations for Adult Protective Services (HHS; direct to info page)
5/7 - New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our Changing Climate (NASA)
5/7 - Fact Sheet: 2024 Report on the Cybersecurity Posture of the United States (WH/ONCD; direct to report and plan; see also, implementation plan factsheet)
5/8 - SAFECOM Publishes 2024 SAFECOM Strategic Plan (CISA; direct to plan)
5/8 - DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Freedom of Navigation Report (DOD; direct to report page)
5/8 - Department of Labor plans to restructure workplace safety, health regional operations strategically to protect workers (DOL; direct to map)
5/8 - ODNI Releases IC Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information (ODNI; see also, NextGov article)
5/8 - Smithsonian Launches Online Lesson That Investigates Long-Omitted Information on California’s Gold Rush (SI; direct to website)
5/9 - DHS Announces Proposed Rule and Other Measures to Enhance Security, Streamline Asylum Processing (DHS; see also, DHS Policy and Guidelines for the Use of Classified Information in Immigration Proceedings)
5/9 - Biden-Harris Administration Reports Significant Progress Toward Protecting Children from Lead Poisoning (HHS; direct to report)
5/9 - National Archives Expands Joint Digitization Effort With Ancestry (NARA)
5/9 - Proposed changes to terminal disclaimer practice to promote innovation and competition (USPTO)
5/10 - Fact Sheet: USDA, HHS Announce New Actions to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1 (HHS)
5/10 - Find Your Family in Federal Records: National Archives Kicks Off Annual Online Genealogy Series for May, June 2024 (NARA; direct to info page)
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.
5/7 - S.474, REPORT Act - makes changes to the federal framework governing the reporting of crimes involving online sexual exploitation of children
5/8 - Evaluation of the DoD’s Handling of Operational Data from Afghanistan (DOD)
5/8 - OLMS Can Do More to Protect Workers' Rights to Unionize Through Enforcing Persuader Activity Disclosure (DOL)
5/9 - VA Improperly Awarded $10.8 Million in Incentives to Central Office Senior Executives (VA; see also, 5/10 GovExec article)
5/10 - Management Alert: Lack of Agency Action Related to an OIG Enhanced Due Diligence Referral (ExIm)
5/6 - The Scope of ACA Section 1557: “Health Program or Activity” (CRS)
5/7 - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Herds (CRS)
5/8 - The Unemployment Trust Fund: FY2024 Income, Outlays, and End-of-Year Balances (CRS)
5/9 - College Athletics: Education Should Improve Its Title IX Enforcement Efforts (GAO)
5/7 - NCHS Data Query System launched (NCHS)
5/7 - TikTok sues U.S. government, saying potential ban violates First Amendment (via NBC News, with source document)
5/8 - FDIC fostered ‘misogynistic,’ ‘patriarchal’ workplace, report finds (via Federal Times, with link to source document; see also, FDIC statement)
5/8 - The House has voted to bring back a citizenship question to the census (via GovExec)
5/8 - Thwarted cyberattack targeted Library of Congress in tandem with October British Library breach (via NextGov)
5/9 - Air Force Delivers Report to Congress on Options for ANG Space Units. What Comes Next? (via Air & Space Forces, with source document)
5/9 - Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants (via AP; see also, 2021 CRS Flores report)
5/9 - ‘Teachers are different’: Catholic school can legally fire gay drama teacher over marriage announcement, court finds (via Law & Crime, with links to source documents)
5/9 - 10 Big Biden Environmental Rules, and What They Mean (via NYT)
5/10 - Biden admin says it’s ‘reasonable to assess’ Israel used American weapons in ways ‘inconsistent’ with international law (via CNN, with source document; see also, Sen. Van Hollen statement)
5/10 - Academic Librarians Oppose Plan to Eliminate Key Federal Data (via Inside Higher Ed)
5/10 - SSA launches public data hub for customer service goals (via NextGov, with link to website)
See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.
5/7 - [Closed Meeting] The Origins and Implications of Rising Antisemitism in Higher Education (House Oversight; see also, GOP lawmaker claims KKK is ‘the military wing of the Democratic Party’ in closed door meeting ahead of antisemitism hearing via CNN and chair statement on subsequent hearing cancellation)
5/8 - Confronting Pervasive Antisemitism in K-12 Schools (House Education; see also, ranking member opening remarks)
5/8 - Examining Accusations of Ideological Bias at NPR, a Taxpayer Funded News Entity (House Energy; see also, opening remarks from chair | subcommittee chair | ranking member)
5/8 - Strengthening Data Security to Protect Consumers (Senate Commerce)
5/8 - Dream Deferred: The Urgent Need to Protect Immigrant Youth (Senate Judiciary; see also, chair opening remarks)
5/10 - Perspectives from the Fields: The State of Rural Broadband in America (House Energy)
Classified documents search warrant/indictment:
5/7 - Judge Cannon indefinitely postpones Trump’s classified docs trial (via Politico, with link to source document)
2020 election/January 6 indictment:
None this week
2020 election/Georgia indictment:
Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in Fulton County (via Lawfare; provides access to documents)
5/8 - Georgia appeals court says it will consider Trump’s effort to disqualify DA Fani Willis from election subversion case (via CNN, with link to source document)
NY criminal trial (Stormy Daniels payoff):
Daily court transcripts (unable to capture in IA) and other court documents (via NY Courts)
Court transcripts and exhibits (full/searchable PDFs, via Law360)
5/6 - Forget the sex. Check out those titillating invoices at the Trump hush money trial. (via Politico)
5/9 - Judge denies Trump lawyers’ second request for mistrial in hush-money case (via The Guardian)
5/10 - Trump Hush-Money Payment Revealed in Bank Records (via FOIA Files, with source documents)
5/10 - Behold, @ManhattanDA's chart to help jurors understand the 34 felony counts against Donald Trump & how they link up to the evidence. (via @frankrunyeon on Twitter/X, with image & links to documents)