Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 6/22/24

6/24 - FBI Releases 2023 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Report (FBI; direct to report)

6/24 - Announcing the 2024 End of Term Web Archive Initiative (NARA)

6/24 - NHTSA Estimates Traffic Fatalities Continued to Decline in First Quarter of 2024 (NHTSA; direct to report)

6/24 - Social Security Updates Occupations List Used in Disability Evaluation Process (SSA)

6/24 - Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Release of the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report (State; direct to reports page)

6/24 - Updated Report to the U.S. Congress on Financing Mechanisms for Open Access Publishing of Federally Funded Research (WH/OSTP; direct to report)

6/25 - WikiLeaks Founder Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced for Conspiring to Obtain and Disclose Classified National Defense Information (DOJ)

6/25 - Fact Sheet: Two Years of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (DOJ)

6/25 - U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory on the Public Health Crisis of Firearm Violence in the United States (HHS; direct to advisory page)

6/25 - Plug Into Newly Released 2024 US Electricity Sector Data (NREL; direct to data page)

6/25 - Failed Wheel Bearing Caused Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio (NTSB; direct to final report abstract)

6/26 - Investing in America: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.8 Billion in Infrastructure Grants Across the Country, Putting More Projects into the Pipeline as Part of Our Infrastructure Decade (DOT; direct to awards list)

6/26 - FDA Guidance Provides New Details on Diversity Action Plans Required for Certain Clinical Studies (FDA; direct to draft guidance)

6/26 - HHS Announces Cost Savings for 64 Prescription Drugs Thanks to the Medicare Rebate Program Established by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Lower Cost Prescription Drug Law (HHS)

6/26 - National Taxpayer Advocate issues mid-year report to Congress; highlights filing season challenges and focuses on strategic priorities (IRS; direct to report page)

6/26 - Secretary Antony J. Blinken 2023 International Religious Freedom Report Rollout (State; see also, reports page)

6/26 - Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on New Administration Actions to Increase Access to Affordable, High-Speed Internet (WH)

6/27 - A Transportation Finance Statistics Makeover (BTS; direct to stats page)

6/27 - CDC Recommends Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines for Fall/Winter Virus Season (CDC; see also, Readout of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting Held June 26 – 28, 2024)

6/27 - 2022 County Business Patterns Now Available (Census; direct to data page and datasets download page)

6/27 - Childcare Costs, Reduced Work, and Financial Strain: New Estimates for Low-Income Families (DOC; see also, SHED website)

6/27 - IMLS Debuts New Federal Resource, InformationLiteracy.gov, at American Library Association Conference (IMLS; direct to website)

6/27 - Boeing Sanctioned for Sharing Non-Public Investigative Information With Media on 737 Max 9 Door Plug Investigation (NTSB)

6/28 - Biden-Harris Administration Takes Steps to Protect Tribal Subsistence, Vital Ecosystems in Alaska (BLM; see also, House Natural Resources ranking member statement)

6/28 - USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service Releases Fiscal Year 2023 SNAP Payment Error Rates (FNS; direct to rate report; see also, Senate Agriculture chair statement)

6/28 - HUD Launches New Resources and Research to Support LGBTQI+ Americans During Pride Month (HUD; direct to new website)

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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6/26 - The U.S. Copyright Office: Customers, Communities, and Modernization Efforts (House Administration; see also, witness testimony, chair’s opening statement and majority post-hearing remarks)

6/26 - Combating Workplace Antisemitism in Postsecondary Education: Protecting Employees from Discrimination (House Education; see also, ranking member opening statement)

6/26 - Security at Stake: An Examination of DOD’s Struggling Background Check System (House Oversight; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements | majority post-hearing remarks | 6/20/24 and 6/26/24 GAO reports)

6/26 - Under the Microscope: Examining the Censorship-Industrial Complex and its Impact on American Small Businesses (House Small Business; witness testimonies available on minority site; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements | chair and ranking member post-hearing statements)

6/27 - Ending Illegal Racial Discrimination and Protecting Men and Women in U.S. Employment Practices (House Oversight; see also, chair and vice ranking member opening statements | majority and minority post-hearing remarks)

Several major opinions were released this week. Italicized case names link to SCOTUS opinions.

6/26 - Murthy v. Missouri -- Justices side with Biden over government’s influence on social media content moderation (via SCOTUSblog)

6/26 - Snyder v. United States -- Corruption Law Allows Gifts to State and Local Officials, Supreme Court Rules (via NYT)

6/27 - Harrington v. Purdue Pharma -- Supreme Court rejects multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that shielded Sackler family (via CNN)

6/27 - Moyle v. United States / Idaho v. United States -- Supreme Court allows emergency abortions, for now, in Idaho (via SCOTUSblog; see also, Supreme Court Prematurely Releases DIG in Moyle via Reason, with link to source document)

6/27 - Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency -- Supreme Court blocks EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ air pollution rule (via SCOTUSblog)

6/27 - SEC v. Jarkesy -- Supreme Court strips SEC of key enforcement power to penalize fraud (via CBS News)

6/28 - Fischer v. United States -- US supreme court ruling could make it harder to prosecute January 6 rioters – and Trump (via The Guardian; see also, AG statement)

6/28 - Grants Pass v. Johnson -- Homeless people can be ticketed for sleeping outside, Supreme Court rules (via CNN)

6/28 - Loper Bright v. Raimondo -- Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies (via SCOTUSblog)

6/24 - A 3-Year Exposure of Privacy Act-Protected Data Revealed USPTO Mismanagement in Safeguarding the Sensitive PII of Trademark Filers (DOC)

6/24 - Evaluation of the DoD’s Accountability of Lost or Destroyed Defense Articles Provided to Ukraine Requiring Enhanced End Use Monitoring (DOD)

6/24 - The IRS Ceased Compliance With the $10 Million Taxpayer Treasury Directive in Favor of an Overall Focus on High-Income Taxpayer Noncompliance (TIGTA)

6/25 - Audit of Climate Change Adaptation and Facility Resilience at Military Installations in California (DOD)

6/26 - Inflation Reduction Act: Interim Results of the Direct File Pilot (TIGTA)

6/27 - Accuracy of Reported Service Performance (USPS)

6/28 - Fleet Modernization – Electric Vehicle & Charging Infrastructure Incentives (USPS)

6/29 (time-sensitive) - Redesigned OIG website rolled out; note that “reports & publications” are currently unavailable from left nav menu, but are linked/available under the “what’s new” section of home page (SEC; see also, 6/29 Enhancements to SEC.gov)

6/26 - Medication Abortion Access Remains Unchanged as Supreme Court Rejects Legal Challenge on Standing Grounds (CRS)

6/26 - Higher Education: Opportunities Exist to Improve Federal Oversight of Alleged Employment Discrimination at Colleges and Universities (GAO)

6/27 - An Analysis of the Discretionary Spending Proposals in the President’s 2025 Budget (CBO)

6/27 - Improper Payments: Key Concepts and Information on Programs with High Rates or Lacking Estimates (GAO)

6/28 - Campus Protests, Federal Funding, and the First Amendment (CRS)

6/28 - Government Coercion of Private Speech: National Rifle Association (NRA) v. Vullo (CRS)

6/24 - Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans (via AP)

6/24 - ‘We’re flying blind’: CDC has 1M bird flu tests ready, but experts see repeat of COVID missteps (via NextGov)

6/24 - Courts block part of Biden’s student loan repayment plan for millions (via Politico, with links to source documents; see also, statements from ED secretary and WH press secretary)

6/24 - Law enforcement is spying on thousands of Americans’ mail, records show (via WaPo)

6/25 - House pivots on data privacy bill, removing algorithmic discrimination coverage (via NextGov; see also, H.R. 8818)

6/26 - A Proclamation on Granting Pardon for Certain Violations of Article 125 Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (WH; see also, president’s statement)

6/26 -7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll (via AP)

6/27 - Budget Committee Initiates Probe into Suspected Collusion Between Big Oil and OPEC (Congress)

6/27 - Biden Campaign Takes Aim at Project 2025, a Set of Conservative Proposals (via NYT, with link to website)

6/27 - EPA chief seeks to reassure employees as specter of Trump looms (via WaPo)

6/28 - Possible redesigned Office of Homeland Security Statistics website rolled out; other site still available (DHS)

6/28 - 2022 Census of Agriculture’s Race, Ethnicity and Gender Profiles released (USDA)

6/28 - ALA GODORT New Preservation Grant to Begin in 2025 (via ALA)

6/28 - GSA unveils advisory committee for transparency initiatives (via GovExec, with link to source document)