Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 5/8/21

5/10 - HHS Announces Prohibition on Sex Discrimination Includes Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (HHS)

5/10 - NSA, ODNI and CISA Release 5G Analysis Paper (NSA; direct to report)

5/10 - Treasury Launches Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to Deliver $350 Billion (Treas; direct to factsheet and website)

5/11 - DHS Creates New Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships and Additional Efforts to Comprehensively Combat Domestic Violent Extremism (DHS)

5/11 - Biden-Harris Administration Approves First Major Offshore Wind Project in U.S. Waters (DOI)

5/11 - FCC to Launch $7.17 Billion Connectivity Fund Program (FCC)

5/12 - Secretary Haaland Approves New Constitution for Cherokee Nation, Guaranteeing Full Citizenship Rights for Cherokee Freedmen (DOI)

5/12 - Secretary Antony J. Blinken on Release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report (DOS; direct to reports)

5/12 - Department of Education Launches Outreach Campaign to Millions of K-12 Students and Federal Pell Grant Recipients Now Eligible for Monthly Discounts on Broadband Internet Service (ED)

5/12 - EPA Rescinds Rule on Guidance Documents (EPA; direct to prepub rescission rule)

5/12 - EPA Relaunches Climate Indicators Website Showing How Climate Change is Impacting Peoples’ Health and Environment (EPA; direct to website)

5/12 - USGS Scientists Add Another Piece to Puzzle of How Hurricanes Can Gain Strength (USGS; direct to  OA article)

5/13 - Department of Defense Releases Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military (DOD; direct to report & appendices and factsheet)

5/13 - Summary of Fiscal Year 2020 Annual FOIA Reports Published (DOJ, reporting for all federal agencies; direct to report)

5/13 - NIST Releases Tips and Tactics for Dealing With Ransomware (NIST; direct to infographic)

5/14 - DHS Issues a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin (DHS; direct to report)

5/14 - Statement from FTC Acting Chairwoman Slaughter and Commissioner Chopra on 7-Eleven/Speedway Merger (FTC)

5/14 - Earth’s Oldest Minerals Date Onset of Plate Tectonics to 3.6 Billion Years Ago (SI; direct to OA article)

5/14 - VA to readjudicate Veteran and survivor claims for possible herbicide [Agent Orange] exposure (VA)

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

5/11 - The Office for Civil Rights' Complaint Dismissal Process (ED)

5/11 - EPA Helps States Reduce Trash, Including Plastic, in U.S. Waterways but Needs to Identify Obstacles and Develop Strategies for Further Progress (EPA)

5/11 - Care and Oversight Deficiencies Related to Multiple Homicides at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia (VA; see also, suppl. info)

5/12 - USAID Should Implement Additional Controls To Prevent and Respond To Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Beneficiaries (USAID)

5/13 - CBP Senior Leaders' Handling of Social Media Misconduct (DHS; see also, House Oversight chair statement)

5/13 - Resource Constraints, Leadership Decisions, and Workforce Culture Led to a Decline in Federal Enforcement (EPA)

5/13 - Integrity of the U.S. Postal Service’s Social Media Presence (USPS)

5/10 - Google v. Oracle: Supreme Court Rules for Google in Landmark Software Copyright Case (CRS)

5/10 - Foreign Assistance: State Department Should Better Assess Results of Efforts to Improve Financial and Some Program Data (GAO)

5/11 - Colonial Pipeline: The DarkSide Strikes (CRS; see also, White House fact sheet)

5/12 - New Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions in Financial Benefits (GAO)

5/13 - House Rules Changes Affecting Floor Proceedings in the 117th Congress (2021-2022) (CRS)

5/14 - Justices Consider Whether Treasury May Distribute CARES Act Funds for “Indian Tribes” to Alaska Native Corporations (CRS)

5/10 - Re: HHS Office of the Secretary and HHS Office of Civil Rights - As part of the HHS off-boarding procedure, a departing user and their supervisor are given the option of how to back up files stored in their email. If no selection was made and/or a user was not off-boarded correctly, the email mailbox and files shares of the given user were deleted after 90 days of inactivity. (NARA Unauthorized Dispositions)

5/12 - Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (WH)

5/14 - Executive Order on the Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment (WH; see also, A Proclamation on Revoking Proclamation 9945)

5/14 - Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism (FBI/DHS; see also, statements from House Homeland Security and House Intelligence chairs)

See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.

5/11 - Prevention, Response, and Recovery: Improving Federal Cybersecurity Post-SolarWinds (Senate Homeland Security)

5/11 - Stop Gun Violence: Ghost Guns (Senate Judiciary)

5/12 - The Capitol Insurrection: Unexplained Delays and Unanswered Questions (House Oversight)

5/12 - Domestic Violent Extremism in America (Senate Appropriations)

5/13 - Protecting Coastal Communities and Ocean Resources from Offshore Drilling (House Natural Resources)