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4/13 - Latest Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks Shows Long-Term Reductions, with Annual Variation (EPA; direct to report)
4/13 - Now Available: Studies of Distance Learning (NCEE)
4/13 - USDA Unveils Tool to Help Rural Communities Address the COVID-19 Pandemic (USDA)
4/14 - EPA Proposes to Retain NAAQS for Particulate Matter (EPA)
4/14 - U.S. PIAAC Skills Map: State and County Indicators of Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NCES)
4/15 - Alert: Guidance on the North Korean Cyber Threat (CISA)
4/15 - Celebrate National Poetry Month with 50 Newly Streaming Audio Recordings (LOC)
4/15 - NIST and OSTP Launch Effort to Improve Search Engines for COVID-19 Research (NIST)
4/15 - Submission to Congress of the Executive Summary of the Report on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments (Compliance Report) (State; direct to report)
4/15 - DHS and USDA Move to Protect American Farmers and Ensure Continued Flow of America’s Food Supply (USCIS)
4/16 - EPA Finalizes MATS Supplemental Cost Finding and “Risk and Technology Review” (EPA; see also, House Committee on Energy & Commerce statement)
4/16 - Chairman Pai Circulates Draft Order To Approve Ligado’s Application (FCC)
4/16 - USDA Forest Service moves to support timber market, offers extension of timber contracts to address falling timber markets amid the COVID-19 pandemic (FS; see also Federal Register notice)
4/17 - OP-ED: Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt: Maintaining Public Access for Public Health (DOI)
4/17 - Extreme Wetness of 2019 Sets Records (NCEI)
4/11 - The ‘Red Dawn’ Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus (via New York Times)
4/13 - As America fought coronavirus, Trump’s Interior Department rushed through dozens of environmental attacks (via Medium.com; includes links to 65 actions)
4/14 - Memo Expanding the Scope of the DHS Insider Threat Program (DHS FOIA)
4/14 - Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing (White House; includes assertion that the president’s “authority is total”)
4/15 - President Donald J. Trump Is Demanding Accountability From the World Health Organization (White House; see also, Chairs Maloney and Lynch Urge Trump to Immediately Restore Funding to World Health Organization Amid Coronavirus Pandemic (Congress))
4/16 - The Trump Administration and the Media (via Committee to Protect Journalists)
4/16 - Guidelines for ‘Opening Up America Again’ (White House)
4/17 - Social Distancing and Supply Disruptions in a Pandemic (FedReserve)
4/14 - DOL-OIG Pandemic Response Oversight Plan (DOL)
4/15 - Report on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud Procurement (DOD)
4/15 - FAA Lacks Sufficient Security Controls and Contingency Planning for Its DroneZone System (DOT)
4/16 - Research for Future Audits and Evaluations Related to the Effects of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus on DoD Operations (DOD)
4/13 - Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery: Responsibilities, Authority, and Appointment (CRS)
4/13 - Cybersecurity: DOD Needs to Take Decisive Actions to Improve Cyber Hygiene (GAO)
4/14 - Constitutional Considerations of Remote Voting in Congress (CRS)
4/14 - Job Corps: DOL Should Provide Greater Transparency in Communicating Its Rationale for Closure Decisions (GAO)
4/16 - COVID-19, Digital Surveillance, and Privacy: Fourth Amendment Considerations (CRS)
4/17 - Health Care Provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, P.L. 116-127 (CRS)
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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