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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2/16 - EPA: 2020 Power Plant Emissions Continue to Demonstrate Significant Reductions (EPA; direct to report)
2/16 - OSC Files Amicus Curiae Brief Advocating Removal of Improper Barriers to Prove Whistleblower Retaliation (OSC; direct to brief)
2/17 - Official statement: Department of the Interior will revoke the BLM’s comment period on proposed amendment to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (BLM; see also, Feinstein Applauds Decision to Maintain Mojave Desert Plan)
2/17 - U.S. Election Assistance Commission releases study on disability and voting accessibility in the 2020 elections (EAC; direct to report)
2/17 - Rosenworcel Establishes Broadband Data Task Force (FCC)
2/18 - ICE announces temporary guidelines for its enforcement and removal operations (ICE; direct to guidance)
2/18 - Touchdown! NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet (NASA)
2/19 - Census Bureau Statement on American Community Survey Data (Census; see also, letter to DOJ via @hansilowang)
2/19 - Library Announces Spring Concert Programming for 2020-2021 Season (LOC)
2/19 - Now Available on Congress.gov – The United States Statutes at Large from 1973-1994 (LOC)
2/19 - The United States Officially Rejoins the Paris Agreement (State)
2/19 - Statement on Change to Definition of ‘Agricultural Products’ in Reporting Trade Data (USDA)
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
2/16 - Contaminated Sites Pose Potential Health Risks to Residents at HUD-Funded Properties (HUD)
2/16 - Pandemic Volume and Revenue Projected Scenarios (USPS)
2/17 - The Bureau of Indian Affairs Jeopardized Land Buy-Back Program Accomplishments by Delegating Land Title Authority (DOI)
2/17 - Audit of GSA's Insider Threat Program (GSA)
2/16 - Federal Individual Income Tax Brackets, Standard Deduction, and Personal Exemption: 1988 to 2021 (CRS)
2/17 - Power Outages in Texas (CRS)
2/17 - Medicaid in Times of Crisis (GAO)
2/18 - Workplace Safety and Health: Actions Needed to Improve Reporting of Summary Injury and Illness Data (GAO)
2/19 - Congressional Review Act Issues for the 117th Congress: The Lookback Mechanism and Effects of Disapproval (CRS)
2/19 - Countering Violent Extremism: DHS Needs to Improve Grants Management and Data Collection (GAO)
