Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 7/6/24

7/8- Census Bureau Provides Update on Remaining 2020 Census Data Products (Census)

7/8 - EPA Selects Educational Organizations to Receive Over $3.6 million to Support Environmental Projects Nationwide (EPA; direct to awards page)

7/8 - Statement from Secretary Mayorkas on Record Three Million Screenings by TSA (DHS)

7/8 - FDA Updates Guidance to Further Empower Companies to Address the Spread of Misinformation (FDA; direct to guidance page)

7/8 - Letter from Dr. Kevin O’Connor (WH)

7/9 - 2022 Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) Summer Ranking Tables for Hurricane, Wildfire and Strong Wind Areas (Census)

7/9 - Statement from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Recent Iranian Influence Efforts (DNI)

7/9 - Justice Department Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and Private Sector Partners to Disrupt Covert Russian Government-Operated Social Media Bot Farm (DOJ)

7/9 - U.S. EPA Signs New Bargaining Agreement with AFGE (EPA; direct to agreement)

7/9 - FTC Order Will Ban NGL Labs and its Founders from Offering Anonymous Messaging Apps to Kids Under 18 and Halt Deceptive Claims Around AI Content Moderation (FTC; see also, blog post)

7/9 - FTC Releases Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug Middlemen (FTC; direct to report)

7/9 - OGIS to Host Annual Open Meeting on July 24 (NARA)

7/9 - U.S. Copyright Office Invites Public to Webinar on How to Level Up Your Copyright Public Records Search (USCO)

7/9 - White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Releases Guidelines for Research Security Programs at Covered Institutions (WH/OSTP; direct to guidelines)

7/10 -2023 Planning Database and New 2020 Census Operational Data (Census; direct to db page; see also, blog post)

7/10 - CFPB Proposes Rules to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure (CFPB)

7/10 - DIA Report Showcases Iranian Origin of Houthi Weapons Interdicted at Sea (DIA; direct to report)

7/10 - FTC, ICPEN, GPEN Announce Results of Review of Use of Dark Patterns Affecting Subscription Services, Privacy (FCC; direct to report)

7/10 - Modernizing Congressional Data – Treaty Documents on Congress.gov (LOC)

7/10 - 2024 Elie Wiesel Act Report to Congress (State; direct to report)

7/10 - Potential Labor Market Impacts of Artificial Intelligence: An Empirical Analysis (WH/CEA; direct to report – see last two pages for libraries rankings)

7/11 - FFIEC Publishes 2023 Data on Mortgage Lending (CFPB, with links to data sources)

7/11 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $2 Billion to Support American Auto Workers, Convert Facilities for Electric Vehicles (DOE)

7/11 - IMLS Awards $2 Million through 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (IMLS; direct to awards page)

7/11 - IRS tops $1 billion in past-due taxes collected from millionaires; compliance efforts continue involving high-wealth groups, corporations, partnerships (IRS)

7/11 - President Joe Biden Launches the Ukraine Compact (WH)

7/11 - Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference (WH; see also, video)

7/12 - FCC Takes Steps to Update Broadband Data Collection Processes (FCC; see also, National Broadband Map)

7/12 - Outcomes of the 56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (State)

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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7/12 - S. 138, Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China - addresses issues relating to Tibet, including by establishing a statutory definition of Tibet that includes areas in Chinese provinces outside the Tibet Autonomous Region (via WH)

7/8 - Alleged Ethics Violations, DOI, DC (DOI)

7/8 - Improvements Are Needed to Effectively Provide Oversight and Management of the Interagency Agreement With the National Archives and Records Administration (TIGTA)

7/9 - Recommendation Concerning Potential Conflict Between Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Post-Shooting Evidence Handling and Crime Scene Maintenance Procedures and FBI Hostage Rescue Team Practice of Identifying and Removing Sensitive Items (DOJ)

7/9 - SBA’s Guaranty Purchases for Paycheck Protection Program Loans (SBA)

7/8 - K-12 Education: Differences in Student Arrest Rates Widen when Race, Gender, and Disability Status Overlap (GAO)

7/9 - The Congressional Review Act: The Lookback Mechanism and Presidential Transitions (CRS)

7/9 - 2024 Presidential Nominating Process: Frequently Asked Questions (CRS)

7/10 - Fischer v. United States: Supreme Court Reads Federal Obstruction Provision Narrowly in Capitol Breach Prosecution (CRS)

7/11 - Inauguration Security and Operations (CRS)

7/11 - From Bill to Law: Stages of the Legislative Process (CRS)

7/8 - Critical infrastructure organizations want CISA to dial back cyber reporting (via CyberScoop; see also, Senate Homeland chair statement/letter to CISA)

7/9 - ‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering (via AP; see also, referenced ASA report page)

7/9 - DLP Dispatch #16 (Data Liberation Project)

7/9 - Democratic lawmakers seek criminal investigation of Justice Thomas (via WaPo; see also, Ocasio-Cortez Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Justice Thomas and Justice Alito)

7/12 - Republicans look to cull agency powers in wake of Supreme Court rulings (via GovExec)

7/12 - Dozens of federal agencies’ call data potentially exposed in AT&T breach (via NextGov)

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

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7/9 - Management Successes and Failures: Assessing the U.S. Agency for Global Media (House Foreign Affairs; witness statements available in repository; see also, chair opening statement)

7/10 - Oversight of the Library of Congress (House Administration; witness statement available on minority site; see also, chair opening statement | majority post-hearing statement)

7/10 - Personnel Vetting, Security Clearance Reform, and Trusted Workforce 2.0 (Senate Intelligence)

7/11 - What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America? (Senate HELP; see also, ranking member opening statement)

7/11 - The Need to Protect Americans’ Privacy and the AI Accelerant (Senate Commerce; see also, ranking member opening statement | majority post-hearing statement)