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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2/14 - IRS launches resource page on IRS.gov with latest details and information for taxpayers during filing season (IRS; direct to website)
2/14 - Press Statements in Response to Media Queries About Presidential Records (NARA)
2/14 - Businesses Run by Minorities, Women and Vets Disproportionately Affected by Pandemic, NIST, NOAA Study Finds (NIST; direct to OA article)
2/15 - U.S. coastline to see up to a foot of sea level rise by 2050 (NOAA; direct to report page)
2/16 - Justice Department Files Suit to Prevent Missouri from Restricting Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws (DOJ)
2/16 - New Collection Alert: Military Legal Resources (LOC; direct to website)
2/16 - USTR Releases Annual Report on China's WTO Compliance (USTR; direct to report)
2/16 - President Biden Announces OSTP Leadership (WH)
2/17 - Census Bureau Releases 2020 Presidential Election Voting Report (Census; direct to report)
2/17 - DHS Proposes Fair and Humane Public Charge Rule (DHS; direct to NPRM)
2/17 - DoD Releases Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies (DOD; direct to report page)
2/17 - Treasury Releases Financial Report of the U.S. Government (Treas; direct to report)
2/17 - Groundbreaking Study Finds Widespread Poisoning in Bald and Golden Eagles (USGS; direct to report page, login required for full article)
2/17 - USTR Releases 2021 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy (USTR; direct to report)
2/18 - Department of Defense Releases New Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge (DOD; direct to website)
2/18 - EPA Issues Power Plant Emissions Data for 2021 (EPA; direct to data page)
2/18 - CEQ Publishes Draft Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, Key Component in the Implementation of President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative (WH; direct to website)
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.
2/18 - H.R. 6617 Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act - provides FY 2022 appropriations to federal agencies through March 11, 2022 (via WH)
2/14 - Special Inquiry into Counterfeit, Fraudulent, and Suspect Items in Operating Nuclear Power Plants (NRC)
2/14 - Independent Auditor's Report on the U.S. Department of State's Use of “Not Otherwise Classified” Budget Object Codes (State)
2/16 - Former Secretary Did Not Comply With Ethical Obligations and Duty of Candor (DOI; see also, House Natural Resources chair statement)
2/17 - Evaluation of the Screening of Displaced Persons from Afghanistan (DOD)
2/17 - Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (DOJ)
2/17 - Outdated Policies Hinder FHWA’s Ability To Oversee Unobligated Emergency Relief Funds (DOT)
2/16 - FEMA: Opportunities to Help Address Mission and Management Challenges (GAO)
2/17 - Stock Trading in Congress: 117th Congress Proposals to Limit or Prohibit Certain Financial Transactions (CRS)
2/17 - Biodefense: Opportunities to Address National Strategy and Programmatic Challenges (GAO)
2/18 - High Home Prices: Contributing Factors and Policy Considerations (CRS)
2/17 - Following Mazars’ Disavowal of Trump’s Financial Statements, Chairs Maloney and Connolly Urge GSA to Consider Terminating Trump Hotel Lease (House Oversight; see also, Chairwoman Maloney Issues Statement After Mazars USA Severs Ties with Trump Organization)
2/17 - IRS creates ‘surge team’ to address backlog, scraps plan to close tax processing center (via Federal News Network)
2/18 - Day Of Remembrance Of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II (WH)
2/18 - Material Recovered From Trump by Archives Included Classified Information (via New York Times, with link to source document)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
2/15 - Review of the Office of the Inspector General Report on ‘USDA Oversight of Civil Rights Complaints’ (House Agriculture)
2/15 - Concealed Carry-Ons: Confronting the Surge in Firearms at TSA Checkpoints (House Homeland)
2/16 - Big Data: Privacy Risks and Needed Reforms in the Public and Private Sectors (House Administration; note – witnesses include Hugh Halpern, GPO Director)
2/17 - The State of the American Economy: A Year of Unprecedented Economic Growth and Future Plans (Senate Banking)
