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. All links are captured in the Internet Archive if possible, and a list of earlier roundups is available.
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9/8 - Department of Commerce Establishes National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (DOC)
9/8 - DOE Releases Solar Futures Study Providing the Blueprint for a Zero-Carbon Grid (DOE; direct to report page)
9/8 - Household Food Security in the United States in 2020 (ERS; see also, statistical supplement)
9/8 - HUD Releases New Research on Increasing Affordable Housing Production and Preservation (HUD; direct to research article)
9/8 - VA annual report shows decrease in Veteran suicides (VA; direct to report and data appendix)
9/9 - Department of the Air Force releases reports on Racial Disparity Review update, second disparity review (AF; direct to RDR update and second DR report)
9/9 - Justice Department Sues Texas Over Senate Bill 8 (DOJ; direct to complaint; see also, AG remarks)
9/9 - HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Releases Bold Proposal to Lower Prescription Drug Costs (HHS; direct to plan and fact sheet)
9/9 - Summer 2021 neck and neck with Dust Bowl summer for hottest on record (NOAA)
9/9 - DHS to Increase Civil Penalties for Violations of the Federal Face Mask Requirement (TSA)
9/10 - NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars’ History (NASA)
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
9/7 - Hurricane Ida Recovery: Brief Overview of FEMA Programs and Resources (CRS)
9/8 - Prospect of a New Western Regional Transmission Organization (CRS)
9/8 - USDA Food Box Program: Key Information and Opportunities to Better Assess Performance (GAO)
9/10 - Congressional Redistricting 2021: Legal Framework (CRS)
9/9 - Biden administration tells ex-Trump officials to resign from military academy advisory boards or be dismissed (via CNN)
9/9 - Path out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan (WH; see also, Executive Orders on vaccinations for federal employees and federal contractors)
9/9 - FDA has rejected nearly one million flavored e-cigarettes (via The Verge, with link to source document; see also, Chairman Krishnamoorthi Rebukes FDA for Failure to Meet E-Cigarette Review Deadline)
9/10 - A Proclamation on Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, 2021 (WH)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
9/10 - Protecting Renters During the Pandemic: Reviewing Reforms to Expedite Emergency Rental Assistance (House Financial Services)
