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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 8/31/24

Press Releases : Aug 31 - Sept 6

9/3 - U.S. Department of Education Releases Resource Collections for Elementary, Secondary, and Postsecondary Schools (ED OCR; direct to elementary/secondary collection and postsecondary collection)

9/3 - New FTC Data Shows Massive Increase in Losses to Bitcoin ATM Scams (FTC; direct to report page)

9/3 - Climate and health initiative launches website (NIH; direct to website)

9/3 - SEC Charges Six Credit Rating Agencies with Significant Recordkeeping Failures (SEC)

9/3 - Foreign Service Institute, Office of the Historian Release of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume XXXVIII, International Economic Development; International Debt; Foreign Assistance (State; direct to website)

9/3 - White House Office of the National Cyber Director Releases Roadmap to Enhance Internet Routing Security (WH/ONCD; direct to roadmap and factsheet)

9/3 - White House Releases New Research Strategy to Protect Communities from PFAS (WH/OSTP; direct to strategy)

9/4 - Household Food Security in the United States in 2023 (ERS; see also, statistical supplement and USDA secretary statement)

9/4 - U.S. Department of State Takes Actions to Counter Russian Influence and Interference in U.S. Elections (State)

9/5 - CFPB Report Highlights Consumer Protection Issues in Medical and Rental Debt Collection (CFPB; direct to report)

9/5 - US Department of Labor announces updates in reporting, enhanced tools to bolster efforts to combat child, forced labor globally (DOL; direct to List of Goods report page and Worst Forms of Child Labor report page)

9/5 - Investing in America: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $1 Billion in Grants for 350+ Communities to Make Local Roads Safer (DOT; direct to .xlsx awards list)

9/5 - NHTSA Estimates Traffic Fatalities Declined in the First Half of 2024 (DOT; direct to report)

9/5 - Raising the Bar Across America (ED; direct to state factsheets page)

9/5 - EPA and Forest Service Release Updated AirNow Fire and Smoke Map (EPA; direct to website and what’s new page)

9/5 - EPA Finalizes Policy for Meaningful Engagement and Public Participation in Agency Decision-Making Processes (EPA; direct to regulations.gov docket)

9/5 - OSC Announces Hatch Act Enforcement Decisions (OSC; direct to Navy Secretary letter | ED secretary advisory opinion)

9/5 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Visits Westby, Wisconsin, Announces $7.3 Billion for Clean, Affordable, Reliable Electricity for Rural America; The Largest Investment in Rural Electrification Since the New Deal (WH; direct to New ERA and PACE websites)

9/6 - U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Announce $1.3 Billion Recovered from High-Income, High-Wealth Individuals Under Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act Initiatives (Treas)

9/6 - Fact Sheet: Days After Labor Day, Biden-⁠Harris Administration Issues Executive Order to Promote Good Jobs Through Investing in America Agenda (WH; see also, EO)

Bills Signed into Law : Aug 31 - Sept 6

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

Hearings : Aug 31 - Sept 6

Trump Indictments: Aug 31 - Sept 6

Classified documents search warrant/indictment:

9/3 - Amicus: Judge Aileen Cannon must be reassigned in Trump case (via CREW)


2020 election/January 6 indictment:

9/4 - Trump’s Federal Election Case to Go Back Before a No-Nonsense Judge (via NYT)

9/5 - Evidence in January 6 case against Trump could be released before election under new schedule (via CNN; see also, document 233 at CourtListener)


2020 election/Georgia indictment:

Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in Fulton County (via Lawfare; provides access to documents)

None this week


NY criminal trial (Stormy Daniels payoff):

Court documents (via NY Courts) | Court transcripts and exhibits (full/searchable PDFs, via Law360)

9/6 - Judge delays Trump sentencing in hush money case until after November election (via NBC News, with link to source document)