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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Note: statements concerning ongoing civil protests are being compiled on a separate guide
6/22 - EPA Takes Action to Stop Use of Certain PFAS in Products and Protect American Consumers (EPA)
6/23 - CBP Constructs 216 Miles of New Border Wall System (CBP)
6/23 - Statement from Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham (Census; see also, statement by House Oversight Chair)
6/23 - Submission to Congress of the “Report on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments” (State; direct to report)
6/24 - FFIEC Announces Availability of 2019 Data on Mortgage Lending (CFPB)
6/24 - Statement from Assistant Attorney General Beth A. Williams on the Senate’s Confirmation of 200 Judges (DOJ)
6/24 - EPA Will Not Appeal Adverse SDNY Decision Regarding October 31, 2017 Federal Advisory Committee Directive (EPA)
6/24 - Two Federal Employees Agree to Suspensions Without Pay for Violating the Hatch Act (OSC)
6/24 - U.S. State Department Issues Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 (State; direct to reports)
6/25 - 2018 County Business Patterns Now Available (Census)
6/25 - Message to the Force on Feedback on Diversity and Inclusion in the Military (DOD)
6/25 - Secretary DeVos Issues Rule to Ensure CARES Act Funding Serves All Students (ED; see also, statement by Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member)
6/25 - SEC Charges Issuer, CEO, and Lobbyist [Jack Abramoff] With Defrauding Investors in AML BitCoin (SEC)
6/25 - Deputy Director for Policy Statement on USCIS’ Fiscal Outlook (USCIS)
6/26 - Judiciary Launches Redesigned PACER Website (Courts; direct to website)
6/26 - Secretary of the Interior transfers 37 acres of land [in San Diego County] to the Department of the Army (BLM)
6/23 - Lion Trophy Import Material, parts 24-31; and Elephant Trophy Import Material, parts 10-17; and Leopard Trophy Import Material, parts 2-93 (FWS FOIA)
6/24 - House Judiciary Releases Key Takeaways from Witness Testimony on Politicization of DOJ Under AG Barr (Congress; see also, Chair’s opening statement)
6/25 - Trump Administration asks Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act, including protections for pre-existing conditions (DOJ/Courts)
6/26 - House Passes D.C. Statehood Bill Decisively, Momentum Building for Passage in Senate (Congress)
6/26 - Citing COVID-19 concerns, a federal judge has ordered ICE to release all immigrant children, detained inside its three family detention centers for more than 20 days, by July 17 (via @aflores on Twitter, with link to Court’s order)
6/26 - Trump can't divert military funds for border wall, federal appeals court says (via CNN, with link to Court’s decision)
6/26 - Federal Agency [National Marine Fisheries Service] Tells Employees 'No Reference To Anything COVID Related' (via NPR, with link to internal memo)
6/26 - Executive Order on Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates (White House)
6/22 - Audit of Army Contracting Command–Afghanistan’s Award and Administration of Contracts (DOD)
6/22 - Early Experiences with COVID-19 at ICE Detention Facilities (DHS)
6/25 - FSIS Rulemaking Process for the Proposed Rule: Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection (USDA)
OIGs are now releasing Semiannual Reports (SARs) for Spring 2020. If interested, you can click here to track which ones are available.
6/22 - Federal Prisons: Additional Analysis Needed to Determine Whether to Issue Pepper Spray to Minimum Security Prisons (GAO)
6/22 - Conducting Research on Federal Real Property: A Guide to Selected Resources (CRS)
6/24 - Federal Election Commission: Membership and Policymaking Quorum, In Brief (CRS; see also, FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter resigns 6/26, leaving no quorum, via @myhlee on Twitter)
6/25 - Covid-19: Opportunities to Improve Federal Response and Recovery Efforts (GAO; see also, 6/26 related testimony release)
6/25 - Mining on Federal Lands: More Than 800 Operations Authorized to Mine and Total Mineral Production Is Unknown (GAO)
6/25 - Independence Day Celebrations: Estimated Costs for Fourth of July Events on the National Mall for 2016 through 2019 (GAO)
6/25 - Broadband: Observations on Past and Ongoing Efforts to Expand Access and Improve Mapping Data (GAO)
6/26 - Constitutional Authority to Regulate the Privacy of State-Collected Contact-Tracing Data (CRS)
6/26 - Removal of Nazi Symbols and Inscriptions on Headstones of Prisoners of War in VA National Cemeteries (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.
- None this week
