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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11/22 - New HHS Report Highlights How the No Surprises Act Will Prevent Surprise Medical Bills Faced by Millions of Americans (HHS; direct to report)
11/23 - DoD Announces the Establishment of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) (DOD; direct to memo)
11/23 - DOE To Make Available A Release Of 50 Million Barrels Of Crude Oil From The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (DOE; see also, WH statement)
11/23 - Agricultural Income and Finance Situation and Outlook: 2021 Edition (ERS)
11/23 - FTC Releases 2021 Do Not Call Registry Data Book; Reports Registrations and Consumer Complaints Both Increased in FY 2021 (FTC; direct to report page)
11/23 - NASA, SpaceX Launch DART: First Test Mission to Defend Planet Earth (NASA)
11/24 - What to expect this winter: NOAA’s 2021-22 Winter Outlook (climate.gov)
11/24 - Justice Department Addresses Rise in Criminal Conduct on Commercial Aircraft (DOJ; direct to memo)
11/24 - Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (DOL)
11/24 - Streamlined NIST Tool Could Help Homeowners, Renters Reduce Airborne Exposure to COVID (NIST; direct to tool website)
11/26 - Interior Department Report Finds Significant Shortcomings in Oil and Gas Leasing Programs (DOI; 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.
11/23 - S.108 A bill to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes – allows the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer its real property that is not held in trust by the U.S.
11/23 - H.R.1510 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of cameras in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs - requires the VA to report on its policies and procedures relating to the usage and maintenance of video cameras for patient safety and law enforcement at VA medical facilities
11/22 - OIG Advisory Notice Regarding Fraudulent EBB Program Enrollments by Providers’ Sales Agents (FCC; see also, OMD Announces Mitigation Measures for EBB Program CEP Enrollments)
11/22 - Facility-Initiated Discharges in Nursing Homes Require Further Attention (HHS)
11/22 - Fiscal Year 2022 Peak Mailing Season Preparedness (USPS)
11/22 - Net Neutrality Law: An Overview (CRS)
11/22 - Cybersecurity: Selected Cyberattacks, 2012-2021 (CRS)
11/22 - Homelessness: HUD Should Help Communities Better Leverage Data to Estimate Homelessness (GAO)
11/23 - CBO Releases Supplemental Information About the Build Back Better Act (CBO)
11/24 - Changes in After-Tax Income from Tax Provisions in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA; H.R. 5376)—Distributional Analysis (CRS)
11/24 - K-12 Education: Students' Experiences with Bullying, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and Victimization in Schools (GAO)
11/22 - Inside the C.D.C.’s Pandemic ‘Weather Service’ (via New York Times)
11/22 - Families of Parkland shooting victims settle lawsuit with Justice Department (via CNN, with source document)