Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 8/17/24

8/19 - Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement on Iranian Election Influence Efforts (CISA)

8/19 - Former Congressman George Santos Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Identity Theft (DOJ)

8/19 - DHS Implements Keeping Families Together (USCIS)

8/20 - EPA Finalizes First-of-its-Kind Strategy to Protect 900 Endangered Species from Herbicides (EPA; direct to strategy and regulations.gov docket)

8/20 - National Park Service and Partner Agencies Award $25.7 Million to Preserve Significant Historic Sites and Collections (NPS)

8/21 - Where Do Male and Female Same-Sex Couples Live? (Census)

8/21 - The Total Number of Higher Education Institutions Decreases by 2 Percent (NCES; direct to data page)

8/21 - NIST Releases Second Public Draft of Digital Identity Guidelines for Final Review (NIST)

8/21 - U.S. Copyright Office Announces Updated Webinar on Copyright Essentials: Myths Explained (USCO)

8/22 - Census Bureau to Host Webinar and Embargo for 2023 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (Census)

8/22 - FDA Approves and Authorizes Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants (FDA)

8/22 - Introducing the Library of Congress Geospatial Applications Hub! (LOC; direct to website)

8/22 - National Archives Building Gets Historic Landmark Designation and Plaque (NARA)

8/22 - International report confirms record-high global temperatures, greenhouse gases in 2023 (NOAA; direct to report page)

8/22 - Postal Service Announces Pre-Filing Conference To Discuss Proposed Operational Improvements and Corresponding Refinements Within the Current Service Standards (USPS)

8/22 - Remarks by Vice President Harris During Keynote Address at the Democratic Nation Convention (WH; see also, video)

8/23 - Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American Renters (DOJ; see also, AG remarks)

8/23 - Speech: Review and Outlook (Fed)

8/23 - ODNI Releases Intelligence Community Annual Demographic Report for Fiscal Year 2023 (ODNI; direct to report)

8/23 - On the ruling of Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice (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.

None this week

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8/20 - Management Alert - ICE Cannot Monitor All Unaccompanied Migrant Children Released from DHS and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Custody (DHS)

8/21 - CBP Did Not Thoroughly Plan for CBP One™ Risks, and Opportunities to Implement Improvements Exist (DHS)

8/22 - Management Advisory Memorandum - Notification of Concerns Identified in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Inventory Management and Disposition Procedures of Electronic Storage Media (DOJ; see also, press release)

8/22 - Public International Organizations: USAID Did Not Consistently Perform Expected Due Diligence (USAID)

8/19 - Priority Open Recommendations: Office of Management and Budget (GAO)

8/20 - Evidence-Based Policymaking: Agencies Need Additional Guidance to Assess Their Capacity (GAO)

8/20 - Ukraine: U.S. Agencies Should Improve Tracking of Authorized U.S.-Origin Defense Article Transfers Requested by Foreign Donors (GAO)

8/21 - CRA Lookback Period Currently Estimated to Begin in August 1 Time Frame (CRS)

8/22 - Priority Open Recommendations: Office of Science and Technology Policy (GAO)

8/19 - House GOP hits end of Biden impeachment effort (via Politico; see also, House Oversight announcement with link to report | Oversight ranking member announcement with link to minority report)

8/20 - A gender equity group is urging ‘strict and specific’ sexual misconduct reform for the federal workforce (via GovExec, with source document)

8/21 - LGBTQ+ asylum seekers detail harsh conditions and abuse in ICE custody (via The 19th, with link to source document)

8/21 - US government report says fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids (via AP, with link to source document; note – final report is linked under “Documents” as “NTP Monograph”)

8/21 - Americans mostly like federal agencies, but there’s a partisan gap (via GovExec, with link to source document)

8/21 - While the Public Awaited Jobs Data, Wall Street Firms Got a Look (via NYT; see also, CES statistics page)

8/22 - Comer & Mace Open Probe into National Public Data Breach Exposing Millions of Americans’ Personal Information (Congress; see also, 8/19 KrebsonSecurity article)

8/22 - GOP lawmakers raise concerns over DHS report redactions, OIG cooperation (via GovExec, with links to source documents)

8/22 - House Dems ask OSHA to respond to reports that state agencies tipped off employers (via GovExec, with link to source document; see also, House Education announcement)

8/23 - 2020 Census Tract Identifier added to Data Tools page (Census)

8/23 - USAID Records Detail Child Sex Crimes, Labor Abuse and Social Media Threats (via FOIA Files, with source documents)