Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 10/5/24

10/6 - Fact Sheet: Update: Biden-Harris Administration Sparing No Resource to Support Communities Impacted by Hurricane Helene (WH; see also, 10/5 Interested Parties Memo: Fighting Hurricane Helene Falsehoods with Facts)

10/8 - Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces Funding to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes (EPA; direct to info page; see also, WH factsheet)

10/8 - Chairwoman on First Amendment Threats to Florida Broadcast Stations (FCC)

10/8 - GPO Quadruples the Number of Congressionally Mandated Reports Since Launch (GPO; direct to website)

10/8 - HUD Announces More Than $420 Million to Eliminate Lead Exposure in Homes (HUD)

10/8 - Kenvi Phillips, New Obama Library Director, Puts Emphasis on Access (NARA)

10/8 - Biden-Harris Administration awards $15.3 in million to improve climate projections of future extreme weather (NOAA)

10/9 - Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest more than $3.3 million to launch nationwide marine debris survey (NOAA; direct to info page)

10/10 - FTC, DOJ Issue Fiscal Year 2023 Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Report and Announce Corrected Fiscal Year 2022 Report (FTC; direct to 2023 and 2022 reports)

10/10 - Social Security Announces 2.5 Percent Benefit Increase for 2025 (SSA; direct to COLA page)

10/10 - OMB Publishes the Trust Regulation to Strengthen the U.S. Federal Statistical System’s Ability to Produce Accurate, Objective, and Trustworthy Information (WH/OMB; direct to rule; see also, Statistical Programs & Standards page)

10/11 - Justice Department Sues Virginia for Violating Federal Law’s Prohibition on Systematic Efforts to Remove Voters Within 90 Days of an Election (DOJ)

10/11 - Alert - Misleading Voter Registration Phishing Email (EAC)

10/11 - Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA designate 3rd-largest national marine sanctuary (NOAA; direct to website)

10/11 - Outcomes of the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (State)

10/11 - U.S. Department of the Treasury Guarantees $498 Million in Bond Funding for Projects in Low-Income Communities, Marking Largest Bond Issuance in Program History (Treas)

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

10/8 - Audit of DoD Maintenance of Military Equipment Provided in Support of Ukraine (DOD)

10/10 - FAA’s Oversight Processes for Identifying and Resolving Boeing Production Issues Are Not Effective (DOT)

10/7 - The Equal Time Rule for Political Candidates: Constitutional Context (CRS)

10/9 - Homelessness: Actions to Help Better Address Older Adults' Housing and Health Needs (GAO)

10/10 - Presidential Legacies: Libraries and Museums (CRS)

10/10 - Federal Student Loans: How Education Has Communicated with Borrowers About Resuming Payments (GAO)

10/7 - Supreme Court won’t let Biden administration force Texas hospitals to provide emergency abortion care (via CNN; see also, source document)

10/7 - USPS makes its pitch to again slow delivery for some mail (via GovExec, with link to source document)

10/7 - OPM moves to standardize General Schedule, blue collar locality pay areas (via GovExec, with link to source document)

10/7 - A new Supreme Court term: What the experts are watching for (via WaPo)

10/8 - Analysis: John Roberts remains confounded by Donald Trump as election approaches (via CNN)

10/8 - Internal emails dispute Trump’s claims that FBI had ‘free rein’ to probe Kavanaugh allegations, new report says (via CNN, with link to report; see also, Sen. Whitehouse press release)

10/8 - Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports (via NPR; see also, 10/11 Kremlin confirms Trump sent Russia Covid-19 tests, after former president denied Bob Woodward claim via CNN)

10/9 - Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users (via Bleeping Computer)

10/10 - The numbers are in: Trump boosted roads. Biden backs biking and walkers. (via Route Fifty, with link to report)

10/11 - Young people don’t trust the federal government, but will work for it (via GovExec, with link to Partnership for Public Service survey data report)

10/11 - Report says ICE detention often fails to meet government standards (via WaPo, with link to source document)

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

None this week