This page is an attempt to provide current awareness of federal government reports and activities. The page will be updated weekly to provide links to important, news-worthy, or interesting material published during the previous week. The goal is to keep the links to a manageable number for readers, not to be a comprehensive listing.
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11/23 - Statement by DOD Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman re: firing of Secretary of the Navy (DOD; and Secretary Spencer’s resignation letter, via CNN)
11/25 – FDA warns 15 companies for illegally selling various products containing cannabidiol as agency details safety concerns (FDA)
11/25 - Social media spreading misinformation concerning alleged ICE activity (ICE)
11/25 - Justice Department Upgrades Amber Alert Website, Adds Resources for Tribes (DOJ)
11/25 – NCEI Initiates New Data Volume Reporting Method (NCEI)
11/26 - Chinese National Sentenced to Prison for Entering the Restricted Grounds at Mar-a-Lago and Lying to U.S. Secret Service Agents (FBI)
11/27 - U.S. Support for Ukrainian Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity (State)
11/25 – Justice Department court filing: emails/documents from Census Bureau official Christa Jones reported as omitted during legal proceedings re: citizenship question (Courts/DOJ, via NPR)
11/25 – DOJ Pride, representing LGBTQ federal workers, sends letter to AG Barr in response to DOJ arguing in favor of LGBTQ discrimination in Supreme Court cases (via BuzzFeed)
11/25 – Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade (ERS)
11/26 - Records Concerning the FOIA Foreseeable Harm Standard, March 14, 2019 – May 16, 2019 (DOJ FOIA)
11/26 – Committee Files Federal Lawsuit Against Barr and Ross to Enforce Subpoenas in Census Investigations (Congress)
11/26 – Executive Order on Establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives (White House)
11/27 - Inapplicability of a State or Local Minimum Wage to Federal Employees (CHCOC)
11/29 - Gamergate (FBI Vault)
11/26 - Additional Actions Are Needed To Improve USAID's Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Programs (USAID)
11/27 – DHS Lacked Technology Needed to Successfully Account for Separated Migrant Families (DHS)
11/27 – Review of the Department of State’s Organizational Reform Effort (State)
OIG Semiannual Reports to Congress (SARs) for the period April 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019 are now being released. If interested, you can check this page to quickly see which reports are available and link directly to the SAR pages.
11/25 - Child Welfare: Various HHS Offices Provided Input on Decision to Grant Exception from Religious Nondiscrimination Requirement (GAO)
11/26 – The Cost of Supporting Military Bases (CBO)
11/26 - Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: FY2020 (CRS)
11/27 - Water Scarcity: DOD Has Not Always Followed Leading Practices to Identify At-Risk Installations (GAO)
11/27 - Voluntary Testimony by Executive Branch Officials: An Introduction (CRS)
11/27 - Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of the CFPB (CRS)
