10/28 - CISA Launches #PROTECT2024 Election Threat Updates Webpage (CISA; direct to website)
10/28 - FCC to Launch Tribal Library E-Rate Advocacy Program (FCC)
10/28 - Invasive bat fungus confirmed in five California counties (FWS)
10/28 - Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Presents Oral History Project “We Do Declare: Women’s Voices on Independence” (SI; direct to website)
10/28 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Advances Public Trust Through Federal Police Misconduct Database (WH; see also, NLEAD website)
10/29 - CISA Releases Its First Ever International Strategic Plan (CISA; direct to plan page)
10/29 - Transparency Proposal Update: New ‘Work in Progress’ Webpage Provides Stats on Open Whistleblower Disclosure Investigations (OSC; direct to website)
10/29 - Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement with the Federal Government (Performance.gov; direct to public feedback page)
10/29 - U.S. Department of the Treasury Releases Inaugural National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (Treas; direct to factsheet)
10/30 - DOE Announces New Tools Making it Easier for Home Contractors to Install Energy Saving Appliances and Lower Costs (DOE, with links to new tax credit lookup tool and other resources)
10/30 - Cybercriminals Are Stealing Cookies to Bypass Multifactor Authentication (FBI)
10/30 - A Message from the Archivist (NARA; see also, WSJ tweet and article – article requires subscription)
10/30 - National Archives Releases First Civil Rights Cold Case Records (NARA; direct to collection page)
10/30 - American Diplomacy for a New Era: Strengthening Our National Security through the Modernization Agenda (State)
10/31 - New Financial Data for the Census of Governments Now Available (Census; direct to data page)
10/31 - What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: October 2024 (LOC)
10/31 - Transition Post 1: General Overview and Records Management Resources (NARA)
10/31 - 2023 Irrigation and Water Management data now available (NASS; direct to data page)
10/31 - U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to hold Public Briefing on the Federal Response to Teacher Shortage Impacts on Students with Disabilities (USCCR)
11/1 - CMS Announces New Policies to Reduce Maternal Mortality, Increase Access to Care, and Advance Health Equity (CMS; direct to factsheet)
11/1 - Justice Department to Monitor Polls in 27 States for Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws (DOJ; see also, Some GOP-led states won't allow federal poll monitors at voting locations, officials say via ABC News)
11/1 - US Department of Labor reports distressed pension assistance program has protected benefits for more than 1.2M workers, retirees, families (DOL; direct to report; see also, WH factsheet)
11/1 - Biden-Harris Administration to End Online Junk Fees for Low-Income Families Paying for School Meals (FNS; direct to info page)
11/1 - Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Report that Shows Gains in Health Care Coverage for Rural Americans (HHS; direct to report)
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
10/28 - USPTO Should Address Risks to Its Pendency Reduction Efforts for Trademark Applications (DOC)
10/30 - Review of the Bureau of Indian Education’s Analysis of Indian School Equalization Program Funds Pay Parity (DOI)
11/1 - OIG website redesign rolled out (DOC; see IA for archived pages)
10/28 - OPM issues guidance for agencies to implement anti-Schedule F regulations (via GovExec, with link to source document)
10/28 - Extremists inspired by conspiracy theories pose major threat to 2024 elections, U.S. intelligence warns (via NBC News)
10/28 - “Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda (via ProPublica)
10/29 - Lawsuit claims ICE withheld $300M in bond payments from immigrants (via AP)
10/30 - The Supreme Court Just Carved an Outrageous Loophole Into a Major Voting Rights Law (via Slate, with links to source documents)
10/31 - AP sources: White House altered record of Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks despite stenographer concerns (via AP; see also, WH transcript)
10/31 - Employee group urges centralized response to increase in doxxing and threats against federal workers (via GovExec, with source document)
11/1 - Federal employees donate $4.2M in presidential race, mostly to Harris (via GovExec)
11/1 - DACA recipients are able to sign up for Obamacare for the first time (via NBC News)
11/1 - Russia produced fake video of immigrant election fraud in Georgia, officials say (via NextGov; see also, ODNI/FBI/CISA statement)
11/1 - Court declines RNC request to intervene in Pennsylvania voting dispute (via SCOTUSblog, with link to source document)
Classified documents search warrant/indictment:
None this week
2020 election/January 6 indictment:
10/28 - Unsealed court documents show judges have long worried about Trump ‘delay tactics’ (via Politico, with link to source document)
10/31 - In Jan. 6 case, Jack Smith slams Trump appointment argument as ‘meritless’ (via Courthouse News Service; see also, document 277 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)
None this week
