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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1/31 - U.S. Election Assistance Commission Releases 2021 Annual Report (EAC; direct to report)
1/31 - Biden Administration Releases Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Guidebook for State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Governments (WH; direct to guidebook)
2/1 - Announcing the Launch of the New DHS.gov (DHS)
2/1 - EPA Reaffirms Scientific, Economic, and Legal Underpinnings of Limits on Toxic Emissions (EPA; direct to info page)
2/1 - USPTO launches new Patent Public Search tool and webpage (USPTO; direct to website)
2/2 - Statement from DNI Haines and DCIA Burns re: Anomalous Health Incidents (DNI; direct to report summary; see also, Complementary Efforts on Anomalous Health Incidents)
2/2 - Library Releases Growing Coronavirus Web Archive Collection (LOC; direct to website)
2/2 - NIAID Pandemic Preparedness Plan Targets ‘Prototype’ and Priority Pathogens (NIH; direct to plan page)
2/3 - NSA Releases 2021 Cybersecurity Year in Review (NSA; direct to report)
2/4 - National Institute of Justice Funded Research Amasses Details of a Half Century of United States Mass Shootings (DOJ; direct to article)
2/4 - USDA Helps Schools Build Back Better, Issues Transitional Nutrition Standards for Coming School Years (FNS; direct to final rule)
2/4 - HUD Releases 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Part 1 (HUD; 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.
2/1 - S.1404 Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act - provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Services Company, known collectively as the Ghost Army, in recognition of unique and highly distinguished service during WW II
1/31 - Some records sent to Jan. 6 committee were torn up, taped back together (via Washington Post)
2/2 - Biden officials push to hold up $11.3 billion USPS truck contract, citing climate damage (via Washington Post, with source documents)
2/4 - Effectiveness of Face Mask or Respirator Use in Indoor Public Settings for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection — California, February–December 2021 (CDC MMWR)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
2/2 - Russia's Assault on Ukraine and the International Order (Helsinki Commission)
2/2 - The Dynamic Terrorism Landscape and What it Means for America (House Homeland)
2/2 - The Road Ahead for Automated Vehicles (House Transportation)
2/2 - Ways and Means Committee Hearing on America’s Mental Health Crisis (House W&M)
2/2 - Breaking the News – Journalism, Competition, and the Effects of Market Power on a Free Press (Senate Judiciary)
