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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12/7 - Census Bureau Announces Quality Assessments for 2020 Census (Census)
12/7 - U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Final Rule to Implement Legal Requirements for Religious Exemption (DOL; see also, Pelosi Statement on Trump Administration Discriminatory Rule on Federal Contractors)
12/7 - EPA Finalizes NAAQS for Particulate Matter (EPA; direct to final decision; see also, Carper Blasts EPA for Failing to Improve Soot Standards and Protect Lives)
12/7 - HHS Publishes COVID-19 Hospital Facility-Level Data (HHS; direct to dataset)
12/7 - OSC Issues Report to the President Finding Hatch Act Violations by Dr. Peter Navarro (OSC; direct to report)
12/8 - Secretary of the Army announces missing Soldier policy, forms People First Task Force to implement Fort Hood Independent Review Committee (FHIRC) recommendations (Army; direct to FHIRC website and report)
12/8 - GPO and Library of Congress Release Ten Years of Legislative Data on Govinfo (GPO)
12/8 - Sea ice loss and extreme wildfires mark another year of Arctic change (NOAA; direct to Arctic Report Card)
12/8 - The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Smithsonian)
12/9 - FBI Releases 2019 NIBRS Crime Data (FBI)
12/9 - FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization (FTC)
12/9 - Update: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (USCIS)
12/10 - Census Bureau Releases New American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Census; see also, American Community Survey 2015-2019 5-Year Data Release)
12/10 - The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Publish Final Rule on Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal (DOJ; direct to final rule; see also, EOIR guidance regarding new regulations)
12/11 - FDA Takes Key Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First COVID-19 Vaccine (FDA)
12/11 - Research Guides in Focus – Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories (LOC)
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.
12/5 - H.R.8247 Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020: implements programs, policies, and reports related to VA transition assistance, suicide care, mental health education and treatment, health care, and women veteran care.
12/10 - Senior VA Officials’ Response to a Veteran’s Sexual Assault Allegations (VA; see also, Pelosi Statement Calling on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign and statements by House VA committee chair and ranking member)
12/10 - Management Assistance Report: Representational Travel by the Spouse of the Secretary of State (State; see also, Secretary’s statement)
Fall Semiannual Reports (SARs) to Congress are now being released. You can track which are available via this page.
12/8 - Judicial Review Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (CRS)
12/9 - Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2021 to 2030 (CBO; see also, CBO Director’s statement)
12/9 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Powers and Limitations: A Brief Primer (CRS)
12/9 - Legislative Proposals Related to the Removal of Inspectors General in the 116th Congress (CRS)
12/9 - Apportionment and Redistricting Following the 2020 Census (CRS)
12/9 - 2020 Census: The Bureau Concluded Field Work but Uncertainty about Data Quality, Accuracy, and Protection Remains (GAO)
12/8 - In New Letter, Leader Schumer, Senator Heinrich And Senate Democrats Write To FBI And DHS Requesting Information On QAnon Threat Posed To America And Abroad (Congress)
12/8 - Carper, Portman Release New Report on Federal Government’s Failure to Conduct Adequate Oversight of Companies Seeking to Operate Shelters for Unaccompanied Children (Congress; direct to report)
12/8 - Some States Balk After C.D.C. Asks for Personal Data of Those Vaccinated (via New York Times, with link to source document)
12/9 - Weather Service faces Internet bandwidth shortage, proposes limiting key data (via Washington Post, with link to source document)
12/10 - Select Subcommittee Investigation Finds Evidence Career CDC Officials Were Directed to Destroy Record of Political Interference by Trump Administration (Congress)
12/10 - Chairwoman Maloney Subpoenas Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for Documents Withheld on Critical Census Errors and Delays (Congress)
12/11 - New VOA Director Arrives With Baggage: Anti-Islamic and Homophobic Writings (via NPR, with links to source documents)
12/11 - The Supreme Court Rejected Texas’s Last-Ditch Legal Challenge To Biden’s Win (via BuzzFeed News, with link to court order; see also, SCOTUS filing by State of Texas and amicus brief filed by 126 House Republicans)
