Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 6/8/24

6/10 - FBI Releases 2024 Quarterly Crime Report and Use-of-Force Data Update (FBI; direct to data explorer; see also, statements from AG and president)

6/10 - FMC Unveils Redesigned Website (FMC)

6/10 - ICE announces ongoing work to optimize enforcement resources (ICE)

6/10 - 2022-2024 FOIA Advisory Committee Draft Final Report Available for Public Comment (NARA; direct to draft)

6/10 - NIST Launches Collaborative Research Effort on Digital Identity to Support Secure Delivery of Public Benefits (NIST)

6/10 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Protect and Preserve Our Nation’s African American History Ahead of Juneteenth National Independence Day (WH)

6/11 - CFPB Proposes to Ban Medical Bills from Credit Reports (CFPB; see also, WH factsheet)

6/11 - EIA expects crude oil production in the Permian Basin to increase by nearly 8% in 2024 [notes expansion of STEO forecasts] (EIA; direct to report page)

6/11 - FCC Adopts $200M Cybersecurity Pilot Program for Schools & Libraries (FCC)

6/12 - President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Provide $37 million to Reduce Flooding, Protect Water Quality in San Diego (EPA)

6/12 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics (EPA; direct to strategy page)

6/12 - The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report (ERS; direct to report)

6/12 - Unruly Passenger Cases Continue to Rise as Summer Travel Begins (FAA; direct to stats page)

6/12 - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement (Fed; see also, projections)

6/12 - Treasury Releases New Analysis Showing Historically Strong U.S. Business Investment in the Post-COVID Expansion (Treas; direct to report page)

6/12 - Both Sides of the Ledger: Wage Growth Beating Price Growth Now For 15 Months in a Row (WH/CEA)

6/13 - Census Bureau Announces Updates for Current Population Survey Modernization Efforts: Annual Social and Economic Supplement (Census)

6/13 - DIA Report Details Effects of Houthi Attacks on Commercial Shipping (DIA; direct to report)

6/13 - Biden, Zelenskyy Sign 10-Year Bilateral Security Agreement (DOD; direct to agreement; see also, WH factsheet | State statement)

6/13 - Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by Phoenix Police Department and City of Phoenix (DOJ; direct to report)

6/13 - Founder/CEO and Clinical President of Digital Health Company Arrested for $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme (DOJ)

6/13 - FADGI News: Recap of Recent Projects and Publications (LOC)

6/13 - 2024–2026 Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee Nominations Now Open (NARA)

6/13 - National Archives Awards $4 Million for Historical Records Projects, Launches Programs for Congressional Papers and HBCU Archives (NARA; direct to awards list)

6/13 - A class of ozone-depleting chemicals is declining, thanks to the Montreal Protocol (NOAA; direct to OA article)

6/14 - NCEI’s Ionosonde Data Program Coming to an End (NCEI)

6/14 - OSC Seeks to Protect LGBTQI+ Employees in the Federal Workplace During Pride Month and Year Round (OSC; direct to resources 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.

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None this week

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

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6/12 - Making Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share: Raising Revenue, Strengthening Our Economy (Senate Budget)

6/12 - Crossing the Line: Abortion Bans and Interstate Travel for Care After Dobbs (Senate Judiciary)

6/13 - Silenced Dissent: The Plight of Political Prisoners and Search for Accountability (Helsinki)

6/13 - Examining GAO’s Findings to Address Data Gaps and Improve Data Collection in the Territories (House Natural Resources)

6/13 - What We Have Here…is a Failure to Collaborate: Review of GAO’s Annual Duplication Report (House Oversight; see also, opening statements from chair and ranking member)

6/13 - FAA Oversight of Aviation Manufacturing (Senate Commerce)

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

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6/10 -The EPA Should Better Prepare to Implement Public Notification Requirements When Lead in Drinking Water Poses Serious Risks to Human Health (EPA)

6/11 - DHS Needs to Improve Its Screening and Vetting of Asylum Seekers and Noncitizens Applying for Admission into the United States (DHS)

6/11 - Actions Needed To Meet Requirements for Establishing the Office of the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption (State)

6/12 - Redesigned OIG website rolled out (TVA)

6/12 - After-Action Review of Unauthorized Access to USPS Employee Self-Service Portal (USPS)

6/13 - The Food and Drug Administration’s Inspection and Recall Process Should Be Improved To Ensure the Safety of the Infant Formula Supply (HHS)

6/14 - ICE's Risk Classification Assessment Process Was Not Consistently Used to Prevent the Release of High-Risk Individuals (ICE)

6/12 - Understanding the Content of an Appropriations Bill (CRS)

6/12 - The Biden Administration’s June 2024 Proclamation and Rule, Securing the Border (CRS)

6/12 - Recommendations for Congress: Action Can Produce Billions of Dollars in Financial and Other Benefits (GAO)

6/13 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Improved Oversight Processes Needed to Help Agencies Address Program Deficiencies (GAO)

6/13 - High-Risk Series: Urgent Action Needed to Address Critical Cybersecurity Challenges Facing the Nation (GAO)

6/10 - Court rules for DHS employees alleging their division was disbanded in retaliation to their whistleblowing (via GovExec)

6/10 - A Democrat, Siding With the G.O.P., Is Removing Limits on Political Cash at ‘Breathtaking’ Speed (via NYT)

6/10 - Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America ‘Can’t Be Compromised’ (via Rolling Stone)

6/10 - Federal judge halts disaster aid program for minority farmers (via WaPo; see also, source document)

6/11 - Spouses in Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Married Couples and Their Households: 2022 (Census)

6/11 - US Coast Guard boss says she is not trying to hide the branch’s failure to handle sex assault cases (via AP; see also, hearing page)

6/11 - Democrats Target Pro-Trump 'Dystopian Plot' With Stop Project 2025 Task Force (via Common Dreams, with link to source document; see also, 6/7 If Trump Wins via NYT)

6/11 - Merrick Garland: Unfounded attacks on the Justice Department must end (via WaPo)

6/12 - Chairman McCaul Releases Report on Culture of Corruption at USAGM (Congress; direct to report; see also, ranking member statement)

6/12 - Republicans Push Through Contempt of Congress Citation Against Garland (via NYT; see also, AG statement and 6/14 DOJ won't prosecute Merrick Garland after House GOP held him in contempt over Biden tapes via NBC News and DOJ letter to House speaker)

6/13 - Supreme Court unanimously strikes down legal challenge to abortion pill mifepristone (via ABC News, with link to source document; see also, statements from president | vice president | HHS | AG)

6/13 - Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips on GOP megadonor’s private plane than previously known (via CNN; see also, Senate Judiciary release with source document)

6/13 - Judge blocks Biden's Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students (via NBC News; see also, source document)

6/13 - You can get your passport renewed online again. Here's how it works (via NPR, with link to website)

6/13 - Senate G.O.P. Blocks I.V.F. Access Bill as Democrats Press for Political Edge (via NYT; see also, president’s statement)

6/13 - Supreme Court, in Starbucks Ruling, Curbs Labor Regulator’s Authority (via NYT, with link to source document)

6/13 - Republicans introduce bill to ban federal DEI programs (via WaPo)

6/13 - What your member of Congress expensed under a new, receipt-free program (via WaPo, with data document)

6/14 - Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks on guns (CNN, with link to source document; see also, president’s statement)

6/14 - In spending bill, House Republicans are ‘deeply concerned’ with DeJoy’s USPS reform plans (via GoxExec, with link to source document)