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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5/26 - 2018 Rental Housing Finance Survey Summary Tables Now Available (Census)
5/26 - NIST Formula May Help 5G Wireless Networks Efficiently Share Communications Frequencies (NIST)
5/27 - CFPB Study Highlights Challenges Retirees Face to Meet Expenses in Early Years of Retirement (CFPB; direct to study)
5/27 - Statement by Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd on the House of Representative’s Consideration of Legislation to Reauthorize the U.S.A. Freedom Act (DOJ; see also, House Speaker’s “Dear Colleague on FISA”)
5/27 - New Data on Schools' Policies Outlining the Role of Sworn Law Enforcement Officers at School (NCES)
5/27 - Freedom Online Coalition Statement on COVID-19 and Internet Freedom (State)
5/28 - BLM proposes expedited review of timber salvage projects and modernizing forest management rules (BLM)
5/28 - United States Coronavirus (COVID-19) Death Toll Surpasses 100,000 (CDC)
5/28 - Report on Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support (Census; direct to report)
5/28 - Projections of Education Statistics to 2028 (NCES)
5/28 - Warming influence of greenhouse gases continues to rise (NOAA)
5/29 - Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on the Death of Mr. George Floyd (DOJ; see also, House Judiciary Committee Democrats Demand DOJ Open Investigations in Response to Recent Murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, & George Floyd; Pledge Additional Oversight and Legislation)
5/29 - DNI Ratcliffe Statement on Declassification of [Michael Flynn] Transcripts (ODNI; see also, House Intelligence Committee chair’s statement with link to transcripts)
5/25 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Report to Congress: COVID-19 Strategic Testing Plan (Congress)
5/26 - White House Responds to Grassley Call for Details on IG Terminations (Congress)
5/26 - Twitter adds first fact-checking labels to Trump’s tweets about vote-by-mail fraud (via Twitter)
5/27 - FEC Commissioner Weintraub tweets extensive thread fact-checking claims about vote-by-mail fraud (via Twitter; followed up with PDF version)
5/28 - Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship (White House; see also, statements by FCC Commissioners Carr, Starks, and Rosenworcel and House Speaker Pelosi)
5/28 - Twitter censors as “glorifying violence” Trump tweet about those protesting the killing of George Floyd (via Twitter)
5/29 - Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: May 2020 (ERS)
5/29 - Part 7 of Mueller memos released (via BuzzFeed; see also, parts 1-6 in FBI Vault)
5/29 - Supreme Court rejects challenge from California church to public gathering restrictions (Courts)
5/29 - Remarks by President Trump on Actions Against China [announcing withdrawal from World Health Organization] (White House; see also, Trump letter to WHO via NPR)
5/26 - Opening Statement for Christi Grimm, Principal Deputy Inspector General, to U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform: Oversight Related to Coronavirus Response Efforts (HHS)
5/26 - Improvements Are Needed to Ensure That Members of the Military Receive Tax Benefits to Which They Are Entitled (TIGTA)
5/27 - IG Letter to Senators Moran and Shaheen re: ITA and Department Budgetary Formulation and Execution Processes (DOC)
5/28 - EPA Toxic Substances Control Act Consent Orders Need Better Coordination (EPA)
5/29 - Investigation Into Alleged Ethics Misconduct by the Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs (DOI)
OIGs are now releasing Semiannual Reports (SARs) for Spring 2020. If interested, you can click here to track which ones are available.
5/26 - EU Climate Action and Implications for the United States (CRS)
5/27 - Cybersecurity: Selected Federal Agencies Need to Coordinate on Requirements and Assessments of States (GAO)
5/27 - COVID-19: Resources for Tracking Federal Spending (CRS)
5/27 - New Title IX Sexual Harassment Regulations Overhaul Responsibilities for Schools (CRS)
5/28 - Whistleblowers: Office of Special Counsel Should Require Information on the Probationary Status of Whistleblowers (GAO)
5/28 - Facebook Inc.’s Acquisition of GIPHY: Potential Competition Issues (CRS)
5/29 - Medicare: Insolvency Projections (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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