Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 5/25/24

5/28 - FTC Staff Provides Annual Report to CFPB On 2023 Activities Regarding Financial Acts (FTC; direct to report)

5/28 - NIST Launches ARIA, a New Program to Advance Sociotechnical Testing and Evaluation for AI (NIST; direct to website)

5/28 - Treasury Amends Regulations to Increase Support for the Cuban People and Independent Private Sector Entrepreneurs (Treas)

5/28 - Veteran trust in VA has increased 25% since 2016, reaches all-time high (VA; direct to report)

5/28 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Launches Federal-State Initiative to Bolster America’s Power Grid (WH; direct to publication)

5/29 - 911 S5 Botnet Dismantled and Its Administrator Arrested in Coordinated International Operation (DOJ; see also, FBI page on identifying/removing 911 S5 applications)

5/29 - Chairwoman Rosenworcel Calls on Agency to Update Orbital Debris Mitigation Rules (FCC)

5/29 - Artists For Understanding (IMLS)

5/29 - Treasury Releases First Ever Non-fungible Token Illicit Finance Risk Assessment (Treas; direct to report)

5/30 - Census Bureau Releases New Estimates on Families and Living Arrangements (Census; direct to report)

5/30 - FBI Brings Awareness to Safety Resources During Pride Month (FBI; direct to 5/10 IC alert)

5/30 - FDA’s Reorganization Approved for Establishing Unified Human Foods Program, New Model for Field Operations and Other Modernization Efforts (FDA)

5/30 - IRS makes Direct File a permanent option to file federal tax returns; expanded access for more taxpayers planned for the 2025 filing season (IRS)

5/30 - NCES’s ‘Condition of Education’ Sheds Light on Enrollment Trends, From Early Childhood to K–12 and Postsecondary Education (NCES; direct to report page)

5/30 - NETL Tool Provides Energy Research Data While Protecting Sensitive Information (NETL; direct to website)

5/30 - NIST Reports First Results From Age Estimation Software Evaluation (NIST; direct to report)

5/30 - ODNI Releases IC Information Technology Roadmap (ODNI; direct to roadmap)

5/31 - Biden-Harris Administration Launches Nationwide Heat and Health Tool to Protect Communities Most Impacted by Extreme Heat (HHS; direct to website)

5/31 - LGBTQ+ Pride Month (NARA)

5/31 - TEMPO Air Quality Data Now Publicly Available (SI; direct to visualization tool)

5/31 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Highlights Commitments to Customers by Internet Service Providers to Offer Affordable High-Speed Internet Plans, Calls on Congress to Restore Funding for Affordable Connectivity Program (WH; see also, FCC Brings Affordable Connectivity Program to a Close)

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.

5/31 - VETO: H.J.Res. 109, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121" – would nullify SEC’s rule on accounting obligations of certain firms that safeguard crypto-assets (via WH; see also, SAB 121)

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

5/30 - Management Advisory: Evaluation of the Military Services’ Training and Guidance on Political Conduct for the 2024 Presidential Election (DOD)

5/30 - Audit of the Defense Digital Service Support of DoD Programs and Operations (DOD)

5/31 -  FirstNet Authority Did Not Ensure the Nation’s First Responders’ Needs Were Continuing to Be Met Timely When Modifying Key Objectives of the NPSBN Contract (DOC)

5/28 - HHS Finalizes Rule Addressing Section 1557 of the ACA’s Incorporation of Title IX (CRS)

5/28 - Commercial Space Transportation: How FAA Considers Environmental and Airspace Effects (GAO)

5/29 - The Biden Administration’s New Restrictions on Firearms Sales (CRS)

5/29 - Higher Education: Education Could Improve Information on Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (GAO)

5/30 - Restrictions on the Use of Journalists for Intelligence Purposes (CRS)

5/29 - Nadler, House Judiciary Committee Democrats Request Information on Justice Alito, Supreme Court Code of Conduct (Congress; see also, 5/29 Whitehouse Reups Call for Passage of SCERT Act Following Alito Refusal to Recuse from January 6th Cases Despite MAGA Battle Flags Having Flown From His Homes with Alito letter and 5/30 Whitehouse Responds to Chief Justice’s Refusal to Meet with Senate Judiciary Committee Members in Capacity as Head of the Judicial Conference with Roberts letter)

5/29 - Unauthorized Dispositions: 1) VA, unfounded: Possible alienation of e-mail records resulting from the alleged use of personal e-mail accounts by former Secretary Dr. David Shulkin and others (NARA)

5/29 - They took the children: The hidden legacy of Indian boarding schools in the United States (via WaPo)

5/30 - Federal appeals board could soon reshape what it means to be a whistleblower (via GovExec, with link to source document)

5/30 - Agencies are on the clock to improve their digital accessibility — here’s how they’re doing so far (via NextGov, with link to digital.gov)

5/31 - NIST taps Analygence to help fix vulnerability database backlog (via NextGov, with link to source document)

5/31 - Embattled Social Security watchdog to resign after tumultuous tenure (via WaPo)

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

None this week