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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10/12 - Library Announces Teaching with Primary Sources Grant Recipients (LOC)
10/12 - NOAA upgrades climate website amid growing demand for climate information (NOAA; direct to website)
10/12 - Key Outcomes at the 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (State)
10/13 - Justice Department Announces Investigation into Conditions at Five Juvenile Facilities in Texas (DOJ; see also, Assistant AG remarks)
10/13 - Education, Justice Departments Issue Fact Sheet on Supporting Students at Risk of Self Harm During COVID-19 Era (ED; direct to fact sheet and OCR letter)
10/13 - USDA NASS conducts its first Hemp Acreage and Production Survey (NASS)
10/13 - Social Security Announces 5.9 Percent Benefit Increase for 2022 (SSA)
10/14 - EPA Announces Next Steps to Enhance Scientific Integrity and Strengthen New Chemical Safety Reviews (EPA)
10/14 - U.S. Congressional Serial Set – Browse by Topic (govinfo)
10/14 - 2020 Long-Term Trend Reading and Mathematics Assessment Results at Age 9 and Age 13 (NCES; direct to report card page)
10/14 - Election of the United States to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (State)
10/15 - Defense Intelligence Agency releases report: North Korea Military Power (DIA; direct to report)
10/15 - FinCEN Issues Report on Ransomware Trends in Bank Secrecy Act Data (FinCEN; 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.
10/13 - H.R.2278 To designate the September 11th National Memorial Trail Route, and for other purposes - designates a September 11th National Memorial Trail Route, to link the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York, the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
10/14 - S.1301 Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act [Increase of Public Debt Limit] - increases the public debt limit by $480 billion
10/14 - ICE Needs to Improve Its Oversight of Segregation Use in Detention Facilities (DHS)
10/14 - Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department of Commerce in FY 2022 (DOC)
10/14 - Evaluation of the Department of State’s FOIA Processes for Requests Involving the Office of the Secretary (State)
10/12 - Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Makes Climate Information and Decision Tools More Accessible (WH)
10/12 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Cease Worksite Raids (via Government Executive, with link to source document)
10/12 - ATF Misclassified Jobs as Law Enforcement and Retaliated Against Whistleblower, Agencies Say (via Government Executive, with links to source documents)
10/13 - Select Subcommittee Releases Staff Report Showing Trump Administration Wasted Taxpayer Dollars and Failed America’s Families in Pandemic Food Box Program (Congress; direct to report)
10/14 - Biden Panel Wary of Expanding Supreme Court, but Open to Term Limits (via New York Times, with link to source documents)
10/15 - National Urban League Briefings: Presentation: 2020 Census: National Urban League Update (Census)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
10/13 - Domestic Violent Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans (House VA)
10/14 - Cashed Out: How a Cashless Economy Impacts Disadvantaged Communities and Peoples (House Financial Services)
10/14 - The Future of Forecasting: Building a Weather-Ready Nation on All Fronts (House Science)
10/15 - Oversight: Colorado River Drought Conditions and Response Measures – Day One (House Natural Resources)
