Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 6/1/24

6/3 - CFPB Creates Registry to Detect Corporate Repeat Offenders (CFPB)

6/3 - DOT Secures Nearly $1 Billion in Refunds to Airline Passengers Through New Enforcement Actions (DOT)

6/3 - White House Releases New Strategies to Advance Sustainable Ocean Management (WH/OSTP; direct to strategies on ocean biodiversity | aquatic environmental dna | sustainable ocean economy)

6/4 - “Blood and Determination and Then Victory” – Digitized Operations Reports Related to D-Day (NARA; direct to website)

6/4 - Setting the PACE in Ocean Observations: NOAA Incorporating New NASA Science Mission Data into Operational Ocean Color Observations (NESDIS)

6/4 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces New Actions to Secure the Border (WH; see also, proclamation and DHS secretary statement)

6/5 - IMLS Awards $3.7 Million Through Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (IMLS; direct to awards list)

6/5 - Immerse yourself in Earth and space: Get SOS Explorer (NOAA; direct to download page)

6/5 - Real-time satellite data improves earthquake early warning system in the United States (USGS; see aslo, ShakeAlert page)

6/6 - DOE Announces New Decadal Fusion Energy Strategy (DOE; direct to strategy page; see also, WH factsheet)

6/6 - FCC Adopts $200M Cybersecurity Pilot Program for Schools & Libraries (FCC)

6/6 - SNAP Insights: Child Support Cooperation Requirement Research Findings and Policy Options (FNS; direct to report page)

6/6 - Biden-Harris administration publishes final management plan for Mariana Trench Marine National Monument (FWS; direct to website)

6/6 - U.S. marine economy continues upward trend (NOAA; direct to report page)

6/7 - Biden-Harris Administration Releases Data Showing Historic Gains in Health Care Coverage in Minority Communities (CMS, with links to 5 reports)

6/7 - Summary of Fiscal Year 2023 Annual FOIA Reports Published (DOJ; direct to report)

6/7 - Justice Department Launches Access DOJ (DOJ; direct to website)

6/7 - USDOT Finalizes New Fuel Economy Standards for Model Years 2027-2031 (DOT; direct to info page)

6/7 - IMLS Awards Nearly $6 Million in Grant Funding for African American History and Culture (IMLS; direct to awards list)

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

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

6/3 - A Hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci (House Oversight; see also, chair opening statement | subcommittee release with linked subcommittee staff memo and transcripts | subcommittee post-hearing statement | ranking member opening statement | subcommittee minority release with linked staff report | subcommittee minority post-hearing statement)

6/4 - Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice (House Judiciary; see also, ranking member opening statement)

6/4 - Bonus Blunder: Examining VA’s Improper Decision to Award Senior Executives Millions in Incentives (House VA; see also, 5/9/24 VA OIG report)

6/4 - The Assault on Women’s Freedoms: How Abortion Bans Have Created a Health Care Nightmare Across America (Senate Health)

6/5 - Riskier Business: How Climate is Already Challenging Insurance Markets (Senate Budget)

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

6/4 - Evaluation of COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Applicants on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Do Not Pay List (SBA)

6/4 - Legacy Systems at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

6/5 - The EPA Failed to Comply with the OIG’s Preservation Requests for Access to Mobile Device Information (EPA)

6/6 - NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services Initiative (NASA)

6/6 - Match of State Department Death Information Against Social Security Administration Records (SSA)

6/3 - Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (May 28–June 2, 2024) (CRS)

6/4 - Regional Economic Performance Since the Pandemic (CRS)

6/5 - Education Department Finalizes New Title IX Regulations: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (CRS)

6/6 - Legal Definitions: A Research Guide for Congressional Staff (CRS)

6/6 - Federal Customer Experience: OMB Has Taken Actions to Implement Cross-Agency Priority Goals (GAO)

6/1 - DOJ fears AI tampering with Biden-Hur audio (via Politico, with source document)

6/2 - Redesigned FHFA website rolled out (FHFA)

6/3 - Justice Department condemns Supreme Court's racist 'Insular Cases' (via NBC News; see also, House Natural Resources minority release, with source documents)

6/4 - EPA union ratifies contract to protect employees’ scientific integrity (via GovExec; see also, PEER announcement)

6/4 - States are already collecting more abortion data. And HIPAA won’t always keep it private. (via Route Fifty)

6/4 - Lawmakers expensed millions in 2023 under new program that doesn’t require receipts (via WaPo; see also, 6/8 House Ethics Panel Looks Into Nancy Mace’s Use of Reimbursement Program via NYT)

6/5 - ‘Calling their bluff’: Contraception bill fails in Senate (via Politico; see also, president’s statement and bill roll call vote)

6/6 - Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council (HSAPC) Foreign Malign Influence (FMI) in Higher Education Subcommittee Final Report (DHS)

6/6 - House speaker appoints two Trump loyalists to intelligence committee (via The Guardian)

6/6 - Supreme Court Backs Tribes in Healthcare Funding Dispute (via Native News Online, with link to source document; see also, HHS secretary statement)

6/6 - Most Americans unaware of foreign intel operations’ scope on social media, State Dept. official says (via NextGov, with link to WaPo event page with recordings/transcript)

6/7 - Federal neurodiversity playbook pushes inclusive hiring, retention practices (via Federal News Network, with link to source document)

6/7 - Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor (via ProPublica, with source document; see also, courts’ disclosure database)