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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/20/21

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Press releases : Mar 20 - Mar 26

3/21 - Fact Sheet: U.S. Efforts to Combat Systemic Racism (WH)

3/22 - Interactive Apportionment Map Preview Now Available (Census; direct to map)

3/22 - CFPB Submits 2020 Report to Congress on the Administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (CFPB; direct to report)

3/22 - What’s new in Congress.gov? Spring 2021 Edition (LOC)

3/22 - SEC Responds to Investor Demand by Bringing Together Agency Information About Climate and ESG Issues (SEC; direct to website)

3/23 - US Department of Labor announces proposed rulemakings to further consider, review tipped workers’ regulations (DOL)

3/23 - NIAID Statement on AstraZeneca Vaccine [re: concerns about data quality] (NIH; see also, Investigational AstraZeneca vaccine prevents COVID-19 from 3/22 and AstraZeneca’s statements from 3/23 and 3/25)

3/23 - USPS unveils 10-year plan to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence (USPS; direct to full plan and Plan-at-a-Glance)

3/24 - CFPB Annual Complaint Report Highlights More Than a Half-Million Complaints Received in 2020 (CFPB; direct to report)

3/24 - Commission Begins 90-Day Look Into Sexual Assault in Military (DOD)

3/24 - National Recording Registry Adds 'Rhythm Nation' Among 25 New Selections (LOC)

3/24 - Preparing for the 1950 Census (NARA)

3/24 - Key Outcomes at the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (State)

3/25 - U.S. Energy Information Administration to release new monthly biofuels data (EIA)

3/25 - Acting FTC Chairwoman Releases 2020 Annual Highlights (FTC; direct to full report)

3/25 - FTC Acting Chairwoman Slaughter Announces New Rulemaking Group (FTC)

3/26 - Federal Law Enforcement Leaders Address Hate Crimes and Racism Targeting the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community (FBI)

Bills Signed into Law: Mar 20 - Mar 26

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.

3/24 - H.R.1276 — SAVE LIVES Act: authorizes the VA to furnish a COVID-19 vaccine to covered individuals during the COVID-19 public health emergency

Congressional Hearings: Mar 20 - Mar 26

I've had a few requests to include links to important hearings, which I hesitate to do only because there are so many that could rightly be considered "important." But, I'll begin linking up to 5/week with broad interest and include a link to the full weekly list of hearings on Congress.gov.

3/23 - The 2020 Census and Current Activities of the U.S. Census Bureau (Senate Homeland Security)

3/23 - Constitutional and Common Sense Steps to Reduce Gun Violence (Senate Judiciary)

3/24 - Extremism in the Armed Forces (House Armed Services)

3/24 - Hearings to examine S.1, For the People Act (Senate Rules)

3/25 - Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation (House Energy)