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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12/28 - EPA Increases Clarity, Eases Implementation of Heavy Duty Vehicle Regulations while Proposing further Improvements (EPA)
12/29 - CDC 2020 in Review (CDC)
12/29 - Justice Department Announces Closing of Investigation into 2014 Officer Involved Shooting [of Tamir Rice] in Cleveland, Ohio (DOJ)
12/29 - 2020 Plum Book Now Available (GPO)
12/29 - Treasury and IRS Begin Delivering the Second Round of Economic Impact Payments to Millions of Americans (Treas)
12/30 - Census Bureau Update on 2020 Census (Census)
12/30 - United States Modifies Tariffs on EU Products in Large Civil Aircraft Dispute (USTR)
12/31 - Census Bureau Statement on Nonresponse Followup Reinterview (Census)
12/31 - DHS Releases Detailed Immigration Data (DHS)
12/31 - EPA Issues Rivers and Streams Assessment, Seeks Comment on Modernizing Survey Methods (EPA; direct to report)
12/31 - FCC Releases 2020 Communications Marketplace Report (FCC)
12/31 - Law Library Story Map Collection Begins (LOC)
12/31 - Chief Justice's Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary (SCOTUS)
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.
12/27 - H.R.133 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (aka "the omnibus"): making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes
12/30 - S.212 — Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2020: makes several revisions related to economic development for Native American communities
1/1 - H.R.6395 – National Defense Authorization Act: authorizes FY2021 appropriations and sets forth policies for DOD programs and activities, including military personnel strengths (Congress; Senate joined House in voting to override veto, so bill becomes law without president's signature)
12/28 - 2020 Census Alert: Inability to Finish Nonresponse Followup RIs Raises Concerns Over the Quality of More Than 500,000 Cases (DOC)
12/28 - EPA Needs to Substantially Improve Oversight of Its Military Leave Processes to Prevent Improper Payments (EPA)
12/30 - Targeted Inspection of the U.S. Agency for Global Media: Journalistic Standards and Principles (State)
1/1 - U.S. Agency for International Development Inspector General Ann Calvaresi Barr Retires from Federal Service (USAID)
12/28 - Real Wage Trends, 1979 to 2019 (CRS)
12/29 - Federal Policies in Response to Declining Entrepreneurship (CBO)
12/29 - Planning and Paying for College: Federal Government Resources (CRS)
12/28 - Bipartisan Peters, Johnson, Klobuchar & Lankford Provision to Help Cities & Counties Adopt More Secure .Gov Web Domain Signed into Law (Congress)
12/29 - U.S. Diet Guidelines Sidestep Scientific Advice to Cut Sugar and Alcohol (via New York Times, with link to source)
12/30 - Trump Appointee Seeks Lasting Control Over Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia (via NPR, with source document)
12/30 - Pelosi Announces Creation of Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth (Congress)
12/31 - Engel Releases Inspector Report Refuting Pompeo's Smears Against Former State Department Inspector General (Congress)
12/31 - Financial disclosure reports for Biden nominees posted to OGE website (OGE; note: as of 1/1, the page shows only 3 reports published on 12/31. On 12/31, though, several additional (older) reports were also posted. I captured these in the Internet Archive before they were removed.)
