Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 12/7/24

12/9 - The Big Deal: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Progress in Rebuilding America’s Bridges (DOT; direct to report)

12/9 - EEOC Issues Federal Workforce Report for Fiscal Year 2021 (EEOC; direct to report page)

12/9 - National Archives To Award $2.4 Million For Historical Records Projects (LOC; direct to awards page)

12/9 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions and Historic Progress Supporting Tribal Nations and Native Communities Ahead of Fourth Annual White House Tribal Nations Summit (WH, with links to reports/resources)

12/9 - How OMB has Strengthened the Relationship Between Tribal Nations and the United States (WH/OMB; direct to FY 2025 Native American Crosscut)

12/10 - 2023 Geographic Mobility Tables Available From the Current Population Survey (Census; direct to data page)

12/10 - DHS Announces Permanent Increase of the Automatic Extension Period for Certain Employment Authorization Document Renewal Applicants (DHS)

12/10 - America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance: 2024 Edition (ERS)

12/10 - Scientific Report of 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Now Available Online (FNS; direct to report page)

12/10 - Statement on FTC Victory Securing Halt to Kroger, Albertsons Grocery Merger (FTC; see also, source document)

12/10 - Monarch Butterfly Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection (FWS; direct to info page)

12/10 - Highlights of the 2023 U.S. PIAAC [adult literacy / numeracy / problem solving] Results (NCES; see also, technical notes)

12/10 - Arctic tundra becoming source of carbon dioxide emissions (NOAA; direct to 2024 Arctic Report Card page)

12/11 - New survey tracks R&D spending inside federal facilities, highlighting research in government labs (NSF; direct to survey page)

12/11 - Exciting News: Welcome to the New USDA.gov! (USDA)

12/11 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Releases Global Health Security Annual Report Demonstrating the Impact of United States Leadership and Investments (WH; direct to report)

12/11 - Setting the Record Straight: Benchmarking the Biden Years (WH/CEA)

12/12 - Nearly All U.S. Counties Had More Homeowners Than Renters Between 2019 and 2023 (Census)

12/12 - Justice Department Secures Agreement with Louisville Metro Government to Reform Louisville Metro’s and Louisville Metro Police Department’s Unconstitutional and Unlawful Practices (DOJ)

12/12 - US Department of Labor announces release of detailed 2023 case data on more than 890K injuries, illnesses at over 91K workplaces (DOL; direct to data page)

12/12 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.6 Billion in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants (EPA; direct to awards list)

12/12 - GPO Releases Plum Book (GPO; direct to website)

12/12 - On the Release of the 2023 Country Reports on Terrorism (State; direct to reports page)

12/12 - USPTO reaches historic milestone of 100 Patent and Trademark Resource Centers in libraries across the country, U.S. territories (USPTO; direct to locations page)

12/12 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Americans (WH; direct to clemency list and president’s statement)

12/12 - Biden-⁠Harris Administration Releases First-Ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate (WH; direct to strategy)

12/13 - CFPB Report Finds Significant Drop in Annual Mortgage Applications and Originations in 2023 (CFPB; direct to report)

12/13 - Secretary of Defense Statement on Progress Toward Addressing Sexual Misconduct at the Military Service Academies (DOD; direct to prelim results and factsheet)

12/13 - FCC Launches New Maternal Health Mapping Platform (FCC; direct to website)

12/13 - NASA Outlines Latest Moon to Mars Plans in 2024 Architecture Update (NASA; direct to Architecture page)

12/13 - Department of State Announces Online Publication of 2023 Digest of United States Practice in International Law (State; direct to Digest page)

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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12/11 - H.R.5536, Grant Transparency Act of 2023 - establishes transparency requirements for notices of funding opportunity in applications for competitive grants awarded by federal agencies, excluding the GAO

12/11 - H.R.7764, Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution Act - establishes a commission to study the potential transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution

12/11 - H.R.8932, FAFSA Deadline Act - requires the Dept. of Education to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) available by October 1 of each year

12/12 - H.R.5863, Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023 - extends rules for the treatment of certain disaster-related personal casualty losses and provides tax relief for losses due to wildfires and the 2/23 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment

12/12 - S.4243, Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act - posthumously awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm

Fall 2024 Semiannual Reports are now being released. As always, you can track availability and access reports at this guide.

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12/9 - Flash Report: The National Park Service’s First Amendment Permit Process (DOI)

12/10 - A Review of the Department of Justice’s Issuance of Compulsory Process to Obtain Records of Members of Congress, Congressional Staffers, and Members of the News Media (DOJ; see also, CNN article)

12/11 - Staffing Shortages Limited IHS’s Capacity To Effectively Administer Much-Needed Sanitation Projects Funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HHS)

12/12 - FDIC Readiness to Resolve Large Regional Banks (FDIC)

12/12 - A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Handling of Its Confidential Human Sources and Intelligence Collection Efforts in the Lead Up to the January 6, 2021 Electoral Certification (DOJ; see also, CNN article)

12/10 - Social Security: Finances and Policy Options (CRS)

12/10 - Climate Change: Improved Data and Performance Management Would Strengthen U.S. Support to the Indo-Pacific (GAO)

12/10 - Financial Disclosure: Updates Are Needed to the Public Reporting Requirements (GAO)

12/12 - Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2025 to 2034 (CBO; direct to budget options page)

12/12 - Air Traffic Control: Urgent FAA Actions Are Needed to Modernize Aging Systems (GAO)

12/9 - SCOTUS sidesteps case over school gender identity policy — but Alito calls for action (via LawDork, with links to source documents)

12/10 - Ernst’s report documenting telework ‘abuse’ obscures more than it reveals (via GovExec, with links to source documents)

12/10 - Federal judge blocks Obamacare coverage for DACA recipients in 19 states (via NBC News, with link to source document)

12/11 - FBI Director Chris Wray to resign at end of Biden term, clearing way for Trump pick (via CNN)

12/11 - House passes NDAA bill restricting military families from getting trans healthcare (via LGBTQ Nation; see also, roll call vote)

12/11 - NLRB raises bar for employers to change work terms without bargaining (via Reuters, with source document; see also, NLRB news release)

12/12 - US senator says mysterious drones spotted in New Jersey should be ‘shot down, if necessary’ (via AP; see also, DHS/FBI statement)

12/12 - Then and now: Census Bureau readies release of American Community Survey (via NextGov)

12/13 - 2024 Presidential Transition Guide posted to CHCOC transmittals page (OPM)

12/13 - Responses to the CSAC Recommendations from the 2024 Fall Meeting posted to CSAC page (Census)

12/13 - Redesigned website rolled out (US Courts)

12/13 - Former US Coast Guard chief reveals why he withheld sexual assault investigation from Congress (via CNN; see also, House Oversight press release with link to memo)

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

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12/10 - Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service (House Oversight; see also, chair and ranking member opening remarks | minority post-hearing statement)

12/10 - How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy (Senate Judiciary; see also, chair opening remarks | majority letter to president | ranking member post-hearing statement}

12/11 - Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police (Senate Rules)