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, newsworthy, 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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3/9 - HHS Finalizes Historic Rules to Provide Patients More Control of Their Health Data (HHS)
3/10 - USDA Announces Continued Progress on Implementation of China Phase One Agreement (USDA)
3/11 - FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich’s Statement on Cyberspace Solarium Commission Report (FBI)
3/11 - Secretary Michael R. Pompeo To Release the 2019 Human Rights Reports (State; direct to reports)
3/12 - Bureau of Land Management Releases Draft Public Land Access Priorities (BLM)
3/12 - Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline (CDC; direct to report part 1 and part 2)
3/12 - Trump Administration Takes Major Step to Improve Implementation of the Endangered Species Act (EPA)
3/13 - Women’s Earnings by Occupation From the 2018 American Community Survey (Census)
3/13 - CBP Signs Memorandum of Understanding with USAID (CBP)
3/13 - PFAS Task Force Progress Report March 2020 (DOD)
3/13 - Earth just had its 2nd-hottest February on record (NOAA)
3/10 - Senate Advances Congressional Review Act Resolution Overturning DeVos Borrower Defense Rule (Congress)
3/11 - DHS Departmental FOIA Backlog Reduction Strategy: 2020 - 2023 (DHS FOIA)
3/13 - Communications Regarding Russian Interference In 2016 Presidential Election (DOJ FOIA)
3/13 - Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak (White House)
3/14 - Judge Blocks Rule That Would Have Kicked 700,000 People Off SNAP (Courts, via NPR)
3/9 - Manual Actions on Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Post-entitlement Alerts (SSA)
3/10 - NASA's Management of Space Launch System Program Costs and Contracts (NASA)
3/11 - Management Advisory Memorandum of Concerns Identified in the Handling of Supervisor-Subordinate Relationships Across DOJ Components (DOJ; see also, press release)
3/12 - Request for Information to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham from the Inspector General (DOC)
OIG Semiannual Reports to Congress (SARs) for the period April 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019 have mostly been released, though one remains outstanding. If interested, you can check this page to quickly see which reports are available and link directly to the SAR pages.
3/9 - The Freedom of Information Act: An Introduction (CRS)
3/11 - Tax Cuts as Fiscal Stimulus: Comparing a Payroll Tax Cut to a One-Time Tax Rebate (CRS)
3/12 - 2020 Census: Bureau Generally Followed Its Plan for In-Field Address Canvassing (GAO)
3/12 - Federal Debt: A Primer (CBO)
3/12 - The Nation's Fiscal Health: Action Is Needed to Address the Federal Government's Fiscal Future (GAO)
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.
3/12 - H.R.4998 — Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (To prohibit certain Federal subsidies from being used to purchase communications equipment or services posing national security risks and for other purposes.)
