Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 12/28/24

12/30 - Biden-Harris Administration proposes protections for Ruby Mountains (BLM)

12/30 - Census Bureau Projects U.S. and World Populations on New Year’s Day (Census)

12/30 - Interior Department Announces Permanent Protections for Critical Land and Wildlife Migration Corridor in Grand Teton National Park (DOI)

12/31 - A Transportation Finance Statistics Makeover (BTS; direct to data page)

12/31 - Transportation Statistical Annual Report 2024 (BTS; direct to report page)

12/31 - Chief Justice Roberts Issues 2024 Year-End Report (Courts; direct to report; see also, The Guardian article)

12/31 - EPA issues first ever underground injection permits for carbon sequestration in California (EPA)

1/2 - Chairwoman Rosenworcel on Sixth Circuit Court Net Neutrality Decision (FCC; see also, court opinion | incoming chair statement | NPR article)

1/2 - NIST Develops Genetic Material for Validating H5N1 Bird Flu Diagnostic Tests (NIST; direct to info page)

1/2 - Your Picks for the Best NOAA Satellite Imagery from 2024 (NOAA)

1/2 - President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal (WH)

1/3 - BLM publishes interactive web map displaying access to public lands (BLM; direct to website)

1/3 - BTS to Begin Releasing Preliminary Estimates of Airline Passenger Travel in 2025 (BTS; direct to data page)

1/3 - FBI/ATF Joint Investigative Update on Bourbon Street Attack (FBI)

1/3 - HHS awards $306 million in Avian Flu monitoring and preparedness funding (HHS)

1/3 - U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk (HHS; direct to advisory page)

1/3 - Beta Release of Library of Congress Web Archives Playback Services (LOC; direct to web archives page)

1/3 - Order Regarding the Proposed Acquisition of United States Steel Corporation by Nippon Steel Corporation (WH; see also, president’s statement)

1/3 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Highlights Accomplishments for LGBTQI+ Americans (WH)

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

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12/30 - Investigative Summary: Findings of Misconduct by Three then Senior DOJ Officials for Violating the Department’s Confidentiality and Media Contacts Policy; and by one of these Senior Officials for Violating the Department’s Social Media Policy (DOJ)

1/2(?) - Redesigned OIG website migrated to new url (DIA; see also, old site via Internet Archive)

1/2 - Nominee Financial Disclosure During a Presidential Transition (CRS)

1/3 - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Status of Oil and Gas Program (CRS)

12/29 - Proclamation Announcing the Death of James Earl Carter, Jr. (WH; see also, EO on closing federal agencies 1/9/25 and GovExec article)

12/30 - Biometric Technology Report: EO 14074, 13(e) released (DHS)

12/31 - U.S. Agricultural Policy Review, 2023 released (ERS)

12/31 - The New Years' Eve Ethics Massacre (via First Branch Forecast/Substack, with link to source document)

1/1 - How to Read a Congressional Office's Spending Report (via Your First Byline/Substack)

1/2 - Activities of the Committee on Ethics for the 118th Congress (Congress)

1/2 - Whether Congress May Use Inherent Contempt to Punish Executive Branch Officials Who Withhold Subpoenaed Materials Based on a Presidential Assertion of Executive Privilege (DOJ/OLC Opinions)

1/2 - Recommendation Letter to the Secretary (NPS Advisory Board; direct to Tourism Committee and Women’s History Committee recommendations)

1/2 - America, Afghanistan and the Price of Self-Delusion (via NYT; written by Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction) 

1/2 - Biden Races to Ban More Offshore Oil Drilling Before Trump Return (via Rolling Stone)

1/3 - New executive orders and memorandums issued, establishing orders of succession/designating officials for CEQ | DFC | DHS |DOJ | ONCD | OPM | OSTP | Treasury | USAGM | USAID | USDA (WH)

1/3 - As new Senate gets underway, Thune vows to uphold Senate filibuster (via ABC News)

1/3 - See where and how Biden grew the federal workforce (via GovExec)

1/3 - Mike Johnson re-elected as speaker despite some opposition from the far-right (via NBC News)

1/3 - EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health (via ProPublica, with link to source document; see also, EPA info page)