Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 1/25/20

1/27 – DHS Obtains Another Judicial Victory on Implementing Public Charge Inadmissibility Rule (USCIS; see also, USCIS Announces Public Charge Rule Implementation Following Supreme Court Stay of Nationwide Injunctions and Supreme Court order)

1/27 – VA releases updated DOD list identifying Agent Orange sites outside of Vietnam (VA; direct to reports)

1/28 – What the FCC Has Accomplished Under 3 Years of Chairman Pai (FCC)

1/28 - SEVP releases 2018 report on nonimmigrant students in US (ICE; direct to report)

1/29 – EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020 explores the changing U.S. energy mix through 2050 as consumption grows more slowly than production… (EIA; direct to report)

1/29 – OSC Urges MSPB to Protect Federal Workers Who Cooperate with Internal Agency Investigations (OSC)

1/29 – Butt Emissions: Study Finds Even Extinguished Cigarettes Give Off Toxins (NIST)

1/30 – Trump Administration Announces Transformative Medicaid Healthy Adult Opportunity (CMS; see also statement by Speaker Pelosi)

1/30 - DOD Releases Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies (DOD; direct to report)

1/30 - BLM approves US Gypsum Mine Expansion and Modernization Project (BLM)

1/30 - CBP processed $2.7 trillion of imports, 410 million travelers in FY 2019 (CBP)

1/30 - CDC Confirms Person-to-Person Spread of New Coronavirus in the United States (CDC; see also, CDC Issues Federal Quarantine Order to Repatriated U.S. Citizens at March Air Reserve Base)

1/30 – Press Statement Regarding Department of the Interior Employee Rights and Protections (DOI, in response to “Interior Department Cut ‘Sexual Orientation’ From Anti-Discrimination Guideline”; see also statement by Senator Feinstein)

1/30 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule and Environmental Impact Statement for Migratory Bird Treaty Act (FWS)

1/31 - Raising the Global Travel Security Bar: DHS Announces New Travel Restrictions on Six Countries and Updated Process for Evaluating Foreign Country Compliance (DHS)

1/31 - Landmine Policy (DOD; direct to policy memo)

1/31 - Secretary Azar Declares Public Health Emergency for United States for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (HHS)

1/25 – Draft Risk Evaluation for Carbon Tetrachloride (EPA)

1/30 - Oversight Committee to Hold Series of Hearings on Trump Administration’s Attack on Children (Congress)

1/30 – Department of Education to remedy paperwork technicality related to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) & Temporary Expanded PSLF (TEPSLF), combining both programs into a single form (Federal Register)

1/31 - Syndromic Surveillance of Suicidal Ideation and Self-Directed Violence — United States, January 2017–December 2018 (CDC, MMWR)

1/31 – Executive Order on Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United States (White House)

1/31 – Executive Order on Ensuring Safe & Lawful E-Commerce for US Consumers, Businesses, Government Supply Chains, and Intellectual Property Rights (White House)

1/31 – Do Minorities Pay More for Mortgages? (Federal Reserve)

1/31 – GSA Annual FOIA Report (GSA)

1/31 – Hurricane Dorian Related Records, Second Interim Release re: "SharpieGate" (NOAA FOIA)

1/27 – EDA Should Develop a Workforce Plan and Improve its Hiring Accountability to Successfully Award and Administer the Disaster Supplemental Funds Appropriated by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (DOC)

1/27 - The National Institutes of Health Submitted OIG Clearance Documents for Just Over One-Half of Its Audit Recommendations, and the Remaining 225 Recommendations Were Unresolved as of September 30, 2016 (HHS)

1/29 - lnteragency Coordination Group of Inspectors General for Guam Realignment Annual Report (DOD)

1/30 – Child Care Centers in GSA-Controlled Buildings Have Significant Security Vulnerabilities (GSA)

OIG Semiannual Reports to Congress (SARs) for the period April 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019 have mostly been released, though three remain outstanding. If interested, you can check this page to quickly see which reports are available and link directly to the SAR pages.

1/28 - The Washington Post’s “Afghanistan Papers” and U.S. Policy: Main Points and Possible Questions for Congress (CRS)

1/28 - Recent Slower Economic Growth in the United States: Policy Implications (CRS)

1/28 – The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030 (CBO)

1/29 - NASA Commercial Crew Program: Significant Work Remains to Begin Operational Missions to the Space Station (GAO)

1/29 - The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement: A Summary (CRS)

1/30 - USMCA: Amendment and Key Changes (CRS)

This new section is being added at the request of two readers. Like other sections on this page, links will be selective rather than comprehensive. Information is from congress.gov; date listed is date signed into law and the description is abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.

1/27 - H.R.434 - Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act (requires the Emancipation National Historic Trail to be studied for designation as a national scenic trail)

1/29 - H.R.5430 - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (implements agreement between U.S., Mexico, and Canada and repeals the North American Free Trade Agreement)