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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12/14 - 'Return of the Jedi' Among 25 Eclectic Films Joining National Film Registry (LOC)
12/14 - Library of Congress Digital Collections Strategy Published (LOC; direct to strategy)
12/14 - 1950 Census Release Will Offer Enhanced Digital Access, Public Collaboration Opportunity (NARA)
12/14 - NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries (NASA)
12/14 - Arctic Report Card: Climate change transforming Arctic into ‘dramatically different state’ (NOAA; direct to report card website)
12/14 - Researchers Publish First Comprehensive Building Stock Characterization Study for the United States (NREL; direct to report and dashboard page)
12/15 - Census Bureau Provides Information to Government Officials on the Count Question Resolution Operation (Census)
12/15 - National Archives Releases New Group of JFK Assassination Documents (NARA; direct to documents)
12/15 - Report: Climate change contributed to some of 2020’s worst weather (NOAA; direct to report)
12/16 - EPA Announces Intent to Strengthen Lead and Copper Regulations, Support Proactive Lead Service Line Removal Across the Country (EPA; direct to info page)
12/16 - On the Release of the 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism (State; direct to report page)
12/16 - USCIS Announces FY 2021 Accomplishments (USCIS)
12/17 - CISA Issues Emergency Directive Requiring Federal Agencies to Mitigate Apache Log4J Vulnerabilities (CISA)
12/17 - Statement from Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Regarding Settlement between U.S. Postal Service and NAACP (DOJ; see also, NAACP statement)
12/17 - EPA Announces Plans to Use First $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog (EPA; direct to project list)
12/17 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Releases 2021 Annual Report (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.
12/16 - S.J.Res.33 A joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit - increases the public debt limit by $2.5 trillion
Most agencies have released their Fall 2021 Semiannual Reports to Congress
12/13 - Audit of the Business Model for TransDigm Group Inc. and Its Impact on Department of Defense Spare Parts Pricing (DOD; see also, House Oversight chair statement)
12/16 - The Department Must Improve Processes for Addressing and Managing ‘H’ Referrals (DOC)
12/15 - Law Enforcement: Federal Agencies Should Improve Reporting and Review of Less-Lethal Force (GAO; see also, House Homeland chair statement)
12/16 - Debt Limit Suspensions (CRS)
12/16 - Open Data: Additional Action Required for Full Public Access (GAO)
12/16 - Federal Spending Transparency: Opportunities Exist for Treasury to Further Improve USAspending.gov's Use and Usefulness (GAO)
12/11 - Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans (via Yahoo News; for related source documents, see RCFP.org)
12/13 - Executive Order on Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government (WH; see also, president’s remarks)
12/13 - The Facts: Delivering Real Reforms to Address the Military Sexual Assault Crisis (Congress)
12/15 - White House Office Of Science and Technology Policy Announces a Bold Strategy to Understand a Changing Arctic (WH; direct to plan page)
12/16 - Chairs DeFazio and Titus Release “Problems on Pennsylvania Avenue”— Report on GSA’s Mishandling of the Old Post Office Lease (Congress; direct to report page)
12/16 - The FDA Just Lifted A Major Restriction On Abortion Pills. Here’s What You Need To Know (via BuzzFeed News, with link to source document; see also, FDA info page)
12/17 - Select Subcommittee’s [On the Coronavirus Crisis] Year-End Staff Report Highlights Oversight Work, Releases New Findings from Ongoing Investigations (Congress; direct to report)
12/17 - Search the assets, investments, outside employment, and debts of congressional lawmakers using Insider's exclusive databases (via Business Insider, with Senate and House spreadsheets)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
12/14 - A Global Crisis Needs a Global Solution: The Urgent Need to Accelerate Vaccinations Around the World (House Coronavirus)
12/15 - Oversight of the U.S. Airline Industry (Senate Commerce)
