Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 5/11/24

5/13 - DOD Statement on the President's Decision Prohibiting the Acquisition of Certain Real Property of Cheyenne Leads by MineOne Cloud Computing Investment I L.P. in Close Proximity to Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (DOD; see also, WH order)

5/13 - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Convenes Election Threats Task Force Meeting (DOJ)

5/13 - Leveraging Federal Funding across Government to Expand Access to Justice: Updates from the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (DOJ; see also, ATJ website)

5/13 - Biden-Harris Administration Marks 2024 Infrastructure Week as $11.5 Billion in Water Infrastructure Investments Reach State Finance Programs Across the Country Through Investing in America Agenda (EPA)

5/13 - FERC Takes on Long-Term Planning with Historic Transmission Rule (FERC; see also, factsheet)

5/13 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Kicks Off Infrastructure Week by Highlighting Historic Results Spurred by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda (WH; direct to state fact sheets page)

5/14 - New Current Population Survey Table Package Now Available (Census)

5/14 - CISA, DHS, FBI and International Partners Publish Guide for Protecting High-Risk Communities (CISA; direct to guide page)

5/14 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China’s Unfair Trade Practices (DOC)

5/14 - New EPA Survey Highlights Wastewater Infrastructure Needs to Protect Waterbodies in Communities Across the Country (EPA; direct to survey page)

5/14 - FBI Releases Officers Killed and Assaulted in the Line of Duty, 2023 Special Report and Law Enforcement Employee Counts (FBI; direct to special reports page and employee counts page)

5/14 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Maternal Mental Health Task Force’s National Strategy to Improve Maternal Mental Health Care Amid Urgent Public Health Crisis (HHS: direct to strategy and report to Congress)

5/14 - NIST Finalizes Updated Guidelines for Protecting Sensitive Information (NIST; direct to Protecting CUI and Assessing Security guidance pages)

5/15 - FTC Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report (FTC; direct to report)

5/15 - New Web Page Highlights Records Held Around the Country (NARA; direct to website)

5/15 - NASS releases Census of Agriculture Congressional District Profiles and Rankings (NASS; direct to profiles and rankings pages)

5/15 - Applying Social and Behavioral Science to Federal Policies and Programs to Deliver Better Outcomes (WH/OSTP; direct to blueprint)

5/16 - CDC unveils newly revamped CDC.gov (CDC; see also, About the new cdc.gov page)

5/16 - Population Rebounds for Many Cities in Northeast and Midwest (Census; see also, press kit info)

5/16 - More People Moved Farther Away From City Centers Since COVID-19 (Census)

5/16 - Department of Defense Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military (DOD; direct to report page; see also, DOD secretary statement)

5/16 - Justice Department Submits Proposed Regulation to Reschedule Marijuana (DOJ; direct to OLC opinion)

5/16 - FEC retires Enforcement Query System (FEC; see alternative Enforcement page)

5/16 - FEC discusses proposed Directive regarding requests to redact contributor information, approves candidate’s [Pence] eligibility for matching funds (FEC; see also, NYT article and 5/17 follow-up FEC statement)

5/16 - ICE updates online data dashboard (ICE; direct to website)

5/16 - Treasury Announces 2024 National Illicit Finance Strategy (Treas; direct to strategy)

5/17 - David DePape Sentenced after Conviction on Assault and Attempted Kidnapping Charges (DOJ)

5/17 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces New Actions to Advance Racial and Educational Equity on 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (WH)

OIGs have begun posting Spring 2024 Semiannual Reports (SARs). As always, I'm tracking availability on this guide.

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5/14 - Notification of Concerns Regarding the Department of Justice’s Compliance with Whistleblower Protections for Employees with a Security Clearance (DOJ)

5/16 - Data Reliability Issues Impede the EPA’s Ability to Ensure Its Allotment of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding for Lead Service Line Replacements Reflects Needs (EPA)

5/13 - Southwest Border: CBP Could Take Additional Steps to Strengthen Its Response to Incidents Involving Its Personnel (GAO)

5/14 - An Update About How Inflation Has Affected Households at Different Income Levels Since 2019 (CBO)

5/15 - 2024 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits (GAO; see also, congressional testimony and Senate Homeland hearing page)

5/17 - The Rights of Students with Disabilities Under the IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA (CRS)

5/14 - DLP Dispatch #15 (via Data Liberation Project, with source documents)

5/15 - Following Historic AI Insight Forums Over The Past Year, Leader Schumer, Senators Rounds, Heinrich, & Young Reveal Bipartisan Roadmap For Artificial Intelligence Policy In The United States Senate (Congress; direct to roadmap)

5/15 - S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow all hit record highs after encouraging inflation data (via CNN; see also, 5/15 CPI report)

5/16 - US proposes ending new federal leases in nation’s biggest coal region (via AP; see also, BLM announcement)

5/16 - At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display (via NYT)

5/16 - Supreme Court upholds CFPB funding, saving agency (via Politico, with link to source document; see also, statements from CFPB, CFPB director, and president)

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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5/13 - H.R.1042, Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act - limits the importation of uranium from Russia; DOE may waive under certain conditions

5/16 - H.R. 3935, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 - reauthorizes the FAA through FY2028 (via WH)

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

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5/15 - Antisemitism on College Campuses (House Judiciary)

5/15 - An Update on Foreign Threats to the 2024 Elections (Senate Intelligence)

5/15 - Business meeting to consider elections-related legislation (Senate Rules)

5/16 - Oversight of U.S. Financial Regulators: Accountability and Financial Stability (Senate Banking)

5/16 - Business Meeting: Resolution Recommending  that the House of Representatives Find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in Contempt of Congress for Refusal to Comply with a Subpoena Duly Issues by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability (House Oversight; see also, opening remarks from chair and ranking member; see also, related article from Yahoo News)