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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2/1 - Bureau of Land Management announces efforts to protect birds of prey (BLM)
2/1 - FCC Seeks Comment on Using E-Rate Funding to Support Remote Learning (FCC)
2/1 - Economy Statement for the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Treas)
2/2 - Secretary Mayorkas on Immigration Reform Executive Orders (DHS)
2/2 - Austin Directs 'Zero-Based Review' of DOD Advisory Committees (DOD; see also, Senior Defense Department Officials Hold Background Briefing on DOD Advisory Boards)
2/2 - US Mines Produced an Estimated $82.3 Billion in Minerals During 2020 (USGS)
2/3 - CDC investigating multistate E. coli outbreak with unknown food source (CDC)
2/3 - Census Bureau Releases Census of Governments Infographic (Census)
2/3 - Austin Orders Military Stand Down to Address Challenge of Extremism in the Ranks (DOD)
2/3 - DOD Announces Release of the DOD Regional Sea Level Database (DOD)
2/3 - EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2021 explores the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. energy mix through 2050 (EIA; direct to report)
2/4 - CBP Year in Review: Agency Adapts to Secure and Facilitate Essential Trade and Travel amid Pandemic (CBP; direct to report)
2/4 - Library Announces Literary Series Programs for February, March 2021 (LOC)
2/4 - Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World (State)
2/5 - ED Announces National Survey to Gather Critical Data on School Reopening (ED)
2/5 - Opposing International Criminal Court Attempts to Affirm Territorial Jurisdiction Over the Palestinian Situation (State; see also, ICC press release with decision)
2/5 - USGS Releases Estimate of Natural Gas in Alaska's Western North Slope (USGS; direct to report)
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
2/1 - Quarterly Report to Congress (SIGPR)
2/2 - Management Alert – Issues Submitting and Processing Change of Address Requests (USPS)
2/4 - Accountability and Lessons Learned from the Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policy (Congressional hearing, with testimony from DOJ OIG)
2/1 - An Overview of the Economic Outlook: 2021 to 2031 (CBO)
2/2 - Supreme Court Preview of 2020-2021 Environmental and Energy Law Cases and Review of 2019-2020 Rulings (CRS)
2/3 - The Biden Administration’s Initial Presidential Directives in Context (CRS)
2/3 - Federal Research Grants: OMB Should Take Steps to Establish the Research Policy Board (GAO)
2/4 - The Federal Minimum Wage: In Brief (CRS)
2/2 - Executive Order on the Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families (White House, + 10 additional presidential actions this week)
2/3 - Justice Department rescinds two Trump-era voting directives (via CNN, with source document)
2/4 - Chairman McGovern Opens Debate on Resolution Removing Congresswoman Greene from Standing Committees (Congress; see also, H.Res. 72 and House Republican Leader’s statement)
2/5 - 2020 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting (State)
2/5 - Kagan Warns the Supreme Court’s New COVID Decision May Kill People (via Slate, with link to source document)
