Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 11/9/24

11/11 - Under Biden-Harris Administration, Veteran Homelessness Drops to Lowest on Record (HUD; see also, VA release)

11/12 - 2023 CDC data suggest the STI epidemic may be slowing (CDC; direct to report page)

11/12 - Nearly Two-Thirds of U.S. Households are Family Households (Census; direct to data tables page)

11/12 - CFPB Report Details Carveouts for Financial Institutions in State Data Privacy Laws (CFPB; direct to report page)

11/12 - Rural America at a Glance: 2024 Edition (ERS; direct to report)

11/12 - CISA, NSA, and Partners Issue Annual Report on Top Exploited Vulnerabilities (NSA; direct to report)

11/12 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Leverages Historic U.S. Climate Leadership at Home and Abroad to Urge Countries to Accelerate Global Climate Action at the 29th U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP29) (WH)

11/12 - Biden-⁠Harris Administration Establishes Bold U.S. Government Targets for Safely and Responsibly Expanding U.S. Nuclear Energy and Announces Framework for Action to Achieve these Targets (WH/OSTP; direct to framework)

11/13 - U.S. Department of Energy Releases New Report on Pathways to Commercial Liftoff for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (DOE; direct to report)

11/13 - US Departments of Labor, Commerce release skills-first hiring guide to help employers hire, promote workers based on skill, knowledge (DOL; direct to guide)

11/13 - EPA Releases SeqAPASS Version 8 (EPA; direct to info page)

11/13 - Chairwoman Rosenworcel Releases 'First Conversations' Podcast Series (FCC; direct to website; note – episode 3 features the Librarian of Congress)

11/13 - Chief FOIA Officers Meeting Recap and Updates to the FOIA Recommendations Dashboard (NARA; direct to dashboard)

11/14 - Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023 (CDC)

11/14 - Groundbreaking Framework for the Safe and Secure Deployment of AI in Critical Infrastructure Unveiled by Department of Homeland Security (DHS; direct to report page)

11/14 - Department of Defense Releases Its Annual Report on Suicide in the Military for Calendar Year 2023 (DOD; direct to report; see also, DOD secretary statement)

11/14 - Department of Defense Releases the Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) (DOD; direct to report)

11/14 - Biden-Harris Administration Makes Unprecedented Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution (EPA; direct to report)

11/14 - Updated FADGI Resource: Significant Properties for Digital Video (LOC; direct to report and workbook)

11/14 - New Data On Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools (NCES; direct to report page, see 2019-2020 data files)

11/14 - Evidence Inroads: The PMA Learning Agenda (performance.gov)

11/14 - Record-Shattering 20 Million Business Applications Filed Under Biden-Harris Administration (SBA; direct to report; see also, WH factsheet)

11/14 - Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States (Treas; direct to report)

11/14 - USPS reports fiscal year 2024 results (USPS; direct to financials page)

11/15 - DOD Sends Report to Congress on the Nuclear Weapons Employment Strategy of the United States (DOD; direct to report)

11/15 - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Projects Stewarded by Interior Department Supported More Than 28,000 Jobs, $3 Billion to the Economy Last Year (DOI; direct to report)

11/15 - Reports of Unwanted Telemarketing Calls Down More Than 50 Percent Since 2021 (FTC; direct to report)

11/15 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Transforms Nation’s Infrastructure, Celebrates Historic Progress in Rebuilding America for the Three-Year Anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (WH)

11/15 - White House Releases Report on Growing U.S. Biomanufacturing Capacity for the American Bioeconomy (WH/OSTP; direct to report)

11/11(?) - upcoming website redesign for oversight.gov announced (CIGIE; new site live as of 11/16)

11/12 - U.S. Park Police Officers’ Use of Deadly Force Following a Pursuit on the George Washington Memorial Parkway (DOI)

11/13 - Management Implication Report: Cybersecurity Concerns Related to Drinking Water Systems (EPA)

11/14 - Management Advisory: Concerns with the Navy’s Handling of Incidents Involving Aqueous Film-Forming Foam at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (DOD; see also, report DODIG-2025-011 and report DODIG-2025-012)

11/13 - On the Horizon: Three Science and Technology Trends that Could Affect Society (GAO)

11/13 - Drug Safety: FDA Should Implement Strategies to Retain Its Inspection Workforce (GAO)

11/14 - H-2A Visa Program: Agencies Should Take Additional Steps to Improve Oversight and Enforcement (GAO)

Note: links related to the Trump transition are posted in a new section below to make it easier to avoid them if you'd like. Also, I've moved from Twitter/X to Bluesky to follow journalists, so there may be some different sources utilized than in the past.

11/13 - Review of Revised Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis (EPA SAB; direct to final report)

11/14 - Comer Probes Biden-Harris Administration’s Scientific Integrity Committees for Enabling Bureaucratic Overreach and Weaponization (Congress; direct to letters to EPA and HHS)

11/14 - Chair Durbin Leads Senate Judiciary Democrats In Letter Asking House Ethics Committee To Release Ethics Report On Matt Gaetz (Congress; direct to letter)

11/14 - Senate confirms Biden’s ethics czar, who will remain under Trump (via GovExec)

11/14 - Senate Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Pass a Shield Law to Protect Journalism (via Wired)

11/16 - House Ethics Panel Was Set to Vote to Release Report Critical of Matt Gaetz (via NYT)

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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None this week

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

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11/13 - Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth (House Oversight; see also, opening statements from ranking member | vice ranking member; post-hearing majority statement)

11/13 - Oversight of the United States Copyright Office (Senate Judiciary)

11/13 - How Bump Stocks and Other Conversion Devices are Amplifying the Gun Violence Epidemic (Senate Judiciary; see also chair opening statement)