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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3/1 - New Data on Equal Employment Opportunity Available (Census)
3/1 - New Report From Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Over 11 Million Families At Risk Of Losing Housing (CFPB; direct to report)
3/1 - DHS Secretary Mayorkas Announces Family Reunification Task Force Principles and Executive Director (DHS; see also, Michelle Brané waiver for EO 13989)
3/1 - Retail Food Price Inflation in 2020 Outpaced Historical Average by 75 Percent (ERS)
3/1 - Moving our Mission Forward (NARA)
3/1 - Biden Administration Releases 2021 President’s Trade Agenda and 2020 Annual Report (USTR; direct to report)
3/2 - New Annual FOIA Report Data Page and Agencies' Fiscal Year 2020 Data Now Available on FOIA.gov (DOJ; see also, FY20 Annual FOIA Reports)
3/2 - EPA Announces Availability of Up to $6 Million in Annual Environmental Justice Grants (EPA)
3/2 - Library of Congress Builds New Collections Documenting COVID-19 Pandemic (LOC)
3/3 - Alert: Mitigate Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities (CISA)
3/3 - Interior Department Takes Steps to Strengthen Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking (DOI)
3/3 - The United States Opposes the ICC Investigation into the Palestinian Situation (State; see also, ICC press release)
3/4 - Justice Department Warns About Fake Unemployment Benefit Websites (DOJ)
3/4 - Women in Congress eBook Now Available (GPO)
3/4 - Whistleblowers Disclose Misconduct by Anesthesiologist at Vermont VA Hospital (OSC; direct to letter and VA’s investigation report; see also, referenced Boston Globe article)
3/4 - Joint US-UK Statement on Suspension of Large Civilian Aircraft Tariffs (USTR; see also, Joint Statement of the European Union and the United States on the Large Civil Aircraft WTO Disputes)
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
3/1 - U.S.-Funded Capital Assets in Afghanistan: The U.S. Government Spent More than $2.4 Billion on Capital Assets that Were Unused or Abandoned, Were Not Used for Their Intended Purposes, Had Deteriorated, or Were Destroyed (SIGAR; see also, House Oversight statement)
3/2 - ACF Cannot Ensure That All Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect Have Court Representation (HHS)
3/3 - Biological Threat Detection and Response Challenges Remain for BioWatch (REDACTED) (DHS)
3/3 - Report Of Investigation: Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Ronny Lynn Jackson, M.D. U.S. Navy, Retired (DOD)
3/3 - Letter to Chairman DeFazio Regarding Potential Conflicts of Interest Involving Former Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao (DOT; see also, House Transportation/Oversight statement)
3/1 - Tax Filing: Actions Needed to Address Processing Delays and Risks to the 2021 Filing Season (GAO)
3/1 - Man-Made Chemicals and Potential Health Risks: EPA Has Completed Some Regulatory-Related Actions for PFAS (GAO)
3/2 - Reported Increase in Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans (CRS)
3/2 - High-Risk Series: Dedicated Leadership Needed to Address Limited Progress in Most High-Risk Areas (GAO; see also, Congressional testimony)
3/4 - U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations Submitted During the First Six Months of a New Presidency (CRS)
3/5 - New GAO website rolled out (GAO)
3/3 - House Judiciary, Homeland Security & Intelligence Leaders Write President Biden on Delayed Domestic Terrorism Data Report (Congress)
3/3 - DeJoy’s latest USPS restructuring plan could increase bureaucracy and slow delivery, experts warn (via Washington Post, with link to source documents)
3/3 - “…a former senior official at the USAGM requested that USAGM employees communicate with her using Signal, a mobile messaging application” (NARA Unauthorized Dispositions, pending review)
3/4 - Trump Appointee At VOA Parent Paid Law Firm Millions To Investigate His Own Staff (via NPR, with link to source documents)
3/4 - Media Literacy and Critical Thinking Online (DHS)
3/4 - Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act [Exemption 1 updated] (DOJ)
3/5 - Guidance for Implementation of Executive Order 14003 - Protecting the Federal Workforce (CHCOC)
3/5 - Bennet Secures Investigation into Federal Government’s Role in Spread of COVID-19 in Meat Processing Facilities (Congress, with link to OIG letter)
3/5 - An Inside Look At How Trump Scrubbed Obamacare From HHS Websites (via Talking Points Memo, with links to source documents)
