Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 9/19/20

Note: statements concerning ongoing civil protests are being compiled on a separate guide

9/21 – Department Of Justice Identifies New York City, Portland And Seattle As Jurisdictions Permitting Violence And Destruction of Property (DOJ)

9/21 - Welcome to OGE’s Wholly New Website (OGE)

9/21 - USDA Extends WIC COVID-19 Flexibilities for Duration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (USDA)

9/22 - Foreign Actors and Cybercriminals Likely to Spread Disinformation Regarding 2020 Election Results (FBI)

9/22 - FDA Launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence (FDA)

9/22 - Race and Ethnicity of Public School Teachers and Their Students (NCES)

9/23 - CMS Issues Urgent Call to Action Following Drastic Decline in Care for Children in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (CMS; direct to data report)

9/23 - Statement on the Department’s Use of Defense Production Act Title III (DOD; see also, Warren, Khanna Call for Independent Watchdog Investigation of Pentagon Funneling Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of COVID-19 CARES Act Funds to Defense Contractors)

9/23 - Department of Justice Marks 20th Anniversary of Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act with Comprehensive 20-Year Report (DOJ; direct to report)

9/23 - Statement by a Treasury Spokesperson on the Funding of the Social Security Trust Funds and Payroll Tax Deferral (Treas)

9/23 - Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing (White House)

9/24 - DHS Proposes to Change Admission Period Structure for F, J and I Nonimmigrants (DHS; see also, proposed rule)

9/24 - FBI Warns Voters About Election Crimes Ahead of the November 2020 Election (FBI)

9/24 - FDA Takes Actions to Help Lower U.S. Prescription Drug Prices (FDA)

9/24 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska Roadless Rule (USDA; see also, Final EIS and House Natural Resources Committee Chair’s statement)

9/25 - Census Bureau Statement on 2020 Census Court Order (Census; see also, Chairwoman Maloney statement with link to court decision)

9/25 - Migration of Refugee Case Processing System (State)

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

9/21 - The Acceleration of the Census Schedule Increases the Risks to a Complete and Accurate 2020 Census (DOC; see also, Department’s statement)

9/21 – 2020 Census Alert: Delays to Resolving Alerts Limit the Bureau’s Ability to Maintain or Improve the Quality of 2020 Census Data (DOC)

9/21 - Audit of the Environment and Natural Resources Division’s Procurement and Administration of Expert Witness Contracts (DOJ)

9/21 - Information Report: Systemic Weaknesses Related to the Administration and Oversight of Department of State Contracts and Federal Assistance From FY 2017 to FY 2019 (State)

9/21 - Miscellaneous Benefit Suspensions for Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Beneficiaries (SSA)

9/22 - Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (DOJ)

9/23 - Review of CBP's Major Cybersecurity Incident During a 2019 Biometric Pilot (DHS)

9/25 - The National Park Service Did Not Oversee Its General Agreements (DOI)

9/25 - EPA's Lack of Oversight Resulted in Serious Issues Related to an Office of Water Contract, Including Potential Misallocation of Funds (EPA)

9/25 - Misuse of Funds, Improper Disposal of Equipment, and Destruction of Records (VA)

9/21 - CBO’s Projection of the Effect of Climate Change on U.S. Economic Output: Working Paper 2020-06 (CBO)

9/21 - Supreme Court Appointment Process: President’s Selection of a Nominee (CRS)

9/21 - COVID-19: Federal Efforts Could Be Strengthened by Timely and Concerted Actions (GAO)

9/22 - Supreme Court Appointment Process: Consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee (CRS)

9/22 - Cybersecurity: Clarity of Leadership Urgently Needed to Fully Implement the National Strategy (GAO)

9/22 - Cyber Diplomacy: State Has Not Involved Relevant Federal Agencies in the Development of Its Plan to Establish the Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies Bureau (GAO)

9/24 - Digital Contact Tracing and Data Protection Law (CRS)

9/25 - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a Deciding Vote on the Supreme Court: Select Data (CRS)

9/25 - Whistleblower Protection: Actions Needed to Strengthen Selected Intelligence Community Offices of Inspector General Programs (GAO)

9/21 - Artic Wildlife Refuge section added to FWS FOIA reading room (Note: initially posted 9/16, but disappeared and was reinstated 9/21 with different/additional material; original posts available in Wayback Machine)

9/21 - Brown Releases Civil Rights Report Entitled: Turning Back The Clock: How The Trump Administration Has Undermined 50 Years Of Fair Housing Progress (Congress)

9/22 - SAB Peer Review of the EPA’s Revised Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analysis (EPA SAB)

9/22 - Trump Expands Ban On Racial Sensitivity Training To Federal Contractors (via NPR, with embedded executive order)

9/23 - In Light of New Evidence of Trump Administration Wrongdoing Uncovered During Senate Republican Investigation, Wyden Requests Inspector General Investigation (Congress)

9/23 - DRAFT DHS Environmental Justice Strategy FY21-FY25 (DHS)

9/24 - Engel Remarks at Hearing on the United States Agency for Global Media and U.S. International Broadcasting Efforts (Congress; see also, hearing)

9/24 - New Documents Reveal Census Shortcuts, Risking Inaccurate Count (Congress)

9/24 - Justice Dept. Discloses Pa. Ballot Inquiry, Prompting Fears of Politicization (via New York Times, with links to source documents)

9/25 - Federal Judge Ousts Trump’s Bureau Of Land Management Chief (via Huffington Post, with link to court decision)