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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4/9 - Weekly Retail Food Sales (ERS; late addition from previous week)
4/12 - Explore Congressional Reactions to Historic Events on Congress.gov (LOC)
4/12 - White House Releases State-by-State Fact Sheets to Highlight Nationwide Need for the American Jobs Plan (WH)
4/13 - ODNI Releases 2021 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community (DNI; direct to report)
4/13 - Joint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine (FDA)
4/14 - New Household Pulse Survey COVID-19 Vaccination Tracker (Census; see also, Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.1)
4/14 - EPA Publishes 28th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory (EPA; direct to overview and report)
4/14 - Fact Sheet: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, Quality Family Planning Services (HHS; see also, Senate HELP chair’s statement)
4/14 - NEH Announces $24 Million for 225 Humanities Projects Nationwide (NEH; direct to grants list)
4/14 - NOAA and communities to map heat inequities in 11 states (NOAA)
4/14 - Treasury Establishes New Office to Lead Implementation of Relief and Recovery Programs (Treas)
4/15 - Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Exploiting Five Publicly Known Vulnerabilities to Compromise U.S. and Allied Networks (FBI; direct to advisory)
4/15 - Social Security’s Business Services Online Portal Key to Accurate Earnings Records for Workers (SSA; see also, House Ways & Means chair’s statement)
4/15 - Treasury Escalates Sanctions Against the Russian Government’s Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections (Treas; see also, White House Fact Sheet)
4/16 - Census Bureau to Host Educational Webinar [on 4/21] to Provide Insights on Upcoming Quality Metrics Release (Census)
4/16 - Secretary Haaland Establishes Climate Task Force, Strengthens Scientific Integrity (DOI)
4/16 - Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States (Treas; 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.
4/14 - H.R.1868: To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes - makes several budgetary and technical changes to provisions under Medicare and Medicaid
4/15 - Insufficient Veterans Crisis Line Management of Two Callers with Homicidal Ideation, and an Inadequate Primary Care Assessment at the Montana VA Health Care System in Fort Harrison (VA; see also, Senate VA chair’s statement)
4/16 - Review of Allegations of Misuse of Department of State Resources [by Michael Pompeo and wife] (State)
4/12 - GAO and Inspector General Recommendations to Agencies: An Introduction (CRS)
4/12 - Assessment of the Department of Homeland Security's Border Security Improvement Plan (GAO)
4/14 - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): By the Numbers (CRS)
4/14 - COVID-19: Efforts to Increase Vaccine Availability and Perspectives on Initial Implementation (GAO; see also, House Coronavirus chair’s statement)
4/16 - Congress’s Authority to Limit the Removal of Inspectors General (CRS)
4/16 - Information Technology and Cybersecurity: Significant Attention Is Needed to Address High-Risk Areas (GAO)
4/13 - Quigly Re-Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Make Congressioanl Reports Available to the Public to Build Public Trust in Our Government (Congress; direct to H.R. 2485)
4/14 - Remarks by President Biden on the Way Forward in Afghanistan (WH; see also, House Foreign Affairs chair’s statement)
4/16 - Memorandum for the Secretary of State on the Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021 (WH; see also, follow-up statement on increasing cap)
4/16 - A new America First Caucus — led by @mtgreenee and @RepGosar — is recruiting people to join based on “Anglo-Saxon political traditions”, architectural style that “befits the progeny of European architecture” (via @PunchbowlNews; see also, caucus policy platform)
4/16 - AG Merrick Garland erases Trump-era limits on consent decrees for policing the police (via CNBC, with link to source document)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
4/13 - The Student Debt Burden and Its Impact on Racial Justice, Borrowers, & The Economy (Senate Banking)
4/14 - Worldwide Threats (Senate Intelligence)
4/15 - Oversight of the United States Capitol Police and Preparations for and Response to the Attack of January 6th (House Administration)
4/15 - Making the Case for Climate Action: The Growing Risks and Costs of Inaction (House Climate)
4/15 - Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Science-Driven Approach to Swiftly and Safely Ending the Pandemic (House Coronavirus)
