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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1/10 - BLM provides update in review of 2020 Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (BLM)
1/10 - Library of Congress Acquires Kitchen Sisters' Audio Archive (LOC)
1/10 - United States Mint Begins Shipping First American Women Quarters™ Program Coins (Mint)
1/10 - Assessing the U.S. Climate in 2021 (NCEI)
1/11 - EPA Announces Endangered Species Act Protection Policy for New Pesticides (EPA; direct to info page)
1/11 - EPA Takes Key Steps to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination (EPA)
1/11 - The Economic Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture (ERS)
1/11 - NEH Announces $24.7 Million for 208 Humanities Projects Nationwide (NEH; direct to projects list)
1/11 - White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Releases Scientific Integrity Task Force Report (WH; direct to report)
1/12 - Chair Rosenworcel Circulates New Data Breach Reporting Requirements (FCC)
1/12 - Roman Martinez IV elected chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors (USPS)
1/13 - U.S. Retail Sales Top $5,570 Billion (Census; direct to ARTS tables and supplemental e-commerce tables)
1/13 - Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach (DOJ; see also, U.S. Code definition for "seditious conspiracy")
1/13 - Ferriero to Retire as Archivist of the United States (NARA; see also, Ferriero statement)
1/14 - Census Bureau Adjusts Initial Plans for 2022 Current Population Survey Public Use File Release (Census)
1/14 - CFPB Announces Settlement Regarding the 2019 Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law (CFPB; see also, Taskforce website and release from 1/5/21 with amended links to reports)
1/14 - NTA Blog: National Taxpayer Advocate releases 2021 Annual Report to Congress (IRS; direct to report page)
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
1/10 - USCIS' U Visa Program is Not Managed Effectively and is Susceptible to Fraud (DHS)
1/10 - Information Report: Office of Inspector General's Analysis of Open Recommendations Specific to U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan (State)
1/11 - NASA’s Management of Its Astronaut Corps (NASA)
1/12 - HUD Did Not Have Adequate Controls in Place to Track, Monitor, and Issue FHA Refunds Owed to Homeowners (HUD)
1/13 - Trusted Traveler Revocations for Americans Associated with the 2018-2019 Migrant Caravan (DHS)
1/10 - Virtual Currencies: Additional Information Could Improve Federal Agency Efforts to Counter Human and Drug Trafficking (GAO)
1/11 - Law Enforcement and Technology: Using Social Media (CRS)
1/12 - Immigration: Information on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (GAO)
1/14 - Congressional Commissions: Overview and Considerations for Congress (CRS)
1/11 - Remarks by President Biden on Protecting the Right to Vote (WH)
1/13 - Oversight Committee Urges Census Bureau to Address Potential 2020 Census Undercounting, Highlight Discrepancy in Detroit Data (Congress)
1/13 - The Supreme Court Blocked A Vaccine Mandate For Private Companies, But Allowed One For Healthcare Workers (via BuzzFeed News, with links to source documents; see also, statements by president and DOL secretary)
1/14 - Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) Report on December Cohort (DHS)
1/14 - Fact Sheet: The Biden Administration to Begin Distributing At-Home, Rapid COVID-19 Tests to Americans for Free (WH; direct to website)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
1/11 - Addressing New Variants: A Federal Perspective on the COVID-19 Response (Senate HELP)
1/11 - The Domestic Terrorism Threat One Year After January 6 (Senate Judiciary)
1/12 - Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: Administration Priorities (House Transportation)
