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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5/18 - EPA Takes Next Step to Implement PFAS Legislation (EPA)
5/18 - Civil action filed to forfeit rare cuneiform tablet from Hobby Lobby (ICE)
5/19 - ABS Release Provides Data on Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses (Census)
5/19 - New Report on Housing Readiness for Aging Population (Census; direct to report)
5/19 - Acting Secretary Wolf’s Statement on Non-Essential Travel (DHS)
5/19 - EPA Proposes First Ever Rule to Improve Transparency of Guidance (EPA)
5/19 - Correcting the Record: EPA Administrator Responds to Inaccurate “Staff Report” (EPA; see also, Senator Carper’s staff report)
5/19 - Link Between Earth’s Heat and Hurricane Strength Grows (NCEI)
5/19 - The Condition of Education, 2019 (NCES)
5/20 - CDC releases resources to assist states to open (CDC)
5/20 - U.S. Census Bureau Releases Household Pulse Survey Results (Census)
5/21 - Southern and Western Regions Experienced Rapid Growth This Decade (Census)
5/21 - Copyright Office Releases Report on Section 512 (Copyright Office; direct to report)
5/21 - EPA Releases Draft Criteria to Help Protect Lakes and Reservoirs (EPA)
5/21 - FCC, IMLS Partner to Support Libraries and Address the Digital Divide (FCC)
5/21 - ICE responds to recent media coverage regarding family residential centers (ICE; see also, House Democrats Demand ICE End New "Binary Choice" Policy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic)
5/21 - NASA Invites Public to Celebrate Historic ‘Launch America’ (NASA)
5/21 - SEC Adopts Amendments to Improve Financial Disclosures about Acquisitions and Dispositions of Businesses (SEC; see also dissent statement by SEC Commissioner Lee)
5/21 - On the Treaty on Open Skies (State; see also, statements by DOD, ODNI, and Chairs of House Foreign Affairs and House Armed Services Committees, and CRS Report)
5/22 - After 26-year delay, Trump Administration delivers Arizona land exchange (BLM)
5/18 - 2nd Circuit rules against lawsuit for access to Mar-a-Lago visitor logs, affirming they are not “agency records” subject to FOIA (via National Security Archive, with source documents)
5/18 - Questions About the CARES Act’s $500 Billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Funds: The First Report of the Congressional Oversight Commission (Congress)
5/19 - Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery (White House)
5/19 - EPA staff warned that mileage rollbacks had flaws. Trump officials ignored them. (via Washington Post, with source documents; see also, Senate EPW Committee Ranking Member’s letter and documents)
5/19 - The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress (Congress, with testimony by Steven Mnuchin and Jerome Powell)
5/19 - Chairs Maloney, DeFazio, and Connolly Urge Immediate Reinstatement of Former DOT IG (Congress)
5/21 - Trump Administration To Planned Parenthood: Return Coronavirus Relief Funds (via NPR, with source documents)
5/22 - United States Secret Service Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program (DHS)
5/22 - A Comparison of Living Standards Across the States of America (Fed)
5/22 - Trump admin won’t require nursing homes to count COVID-19 deaths that occurred before May 6 (via NBC News, with link to source document)
5/18 - Recommendations Not Closed by the OIG as of March 31, 2020 (DOJ)
5/18 - EPA Needs to Conduct Risk Assessments When Designing and Implementing Programs (EPA)
5/18 - The Social Security Administration’s Telephone Services (SSA)
5/20 - Further Efforts Needed to Uphold Scientific Integrity Policy at EPA (EPA)
5/18 - Federal Rulemaking: Information on Selected Agencies' Management of Public Comments (GAO)
5/19 - Interim Economic Projections for 2020 and 2021 (CBO)
5/19 - EPA Reconsiders Benefits of Mercury and Air Toxics Limits (CRS)
5/19 - Considering the Source: Varieties of COVID-19 Information (CRS)
5/19 - Female Active-Duty Personnel: Guidance and Plans Needed for Recruitment and Retention Efforts (GAO)
5/21 - Reauthorizing Federal Highway Programs: Issues and Options (CBO)
5/21 - Recent Presidential Trade Actions Affecting the U.S. Power Grid (CRS)
5/21 - Higher Education: Approaches and Strategies Used in College Campus Surveys on Sexual Violence (GAO)
5/22 - Indian Water Rights Settlements (CRS)
5/22 - Presidential Removal of IGs Under the Inspector General Act (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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