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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6/27 - FDA Introduces Innovative Proposal to Advance Consumer Access to Nonprescription Drugs (FDA; direct to proposed rule)
6/28 - Reports of Disinformation Campaign Against Rare Earth Processing Facilities (DOD; see also, Mandiant report)
6/28 - DOE Report Finds Energy Jobs Grew Faster Than Overall U.S. Employment in 2021 (DOE; direct to report page)
6/28 - Just Released! Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2021 (NCES; direct to report)
6/29 - Why Web Archiving?: A Conversation with Web Archivists and Researchers (LOC; direct to panel recording)
6/29 - Biden Administration announces historic coastal and climate resilience funding (NOAA)
6/29 - Modern, user-friendly Patent Center to fully replace legacy Public PAIR system this summer (USPTO)
6/30 - Nation Continues to Age as It Becomes More Diverse (Census)
6/30 - U.S. Copyright Office Publishes Report on Copyright Protections for Press Publishers (Copyright Office; direct to report)
6/30 - Biden Administration Announces First-Ever Funding Program Dedicated to Reconnecting American Communities (DOT)
6/30 - FDA Recommends Inclusion of Omicron BA.4/5 Component for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses (FDA)
6/30 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Changes to Mexican Wolf Management Rule (FWS)
6/30 - Rewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information on Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections (State)
7/1 - Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Submits Annual Report to Congress (DHS; direct to report page)
7/1 - Interior Department Invites Public Comment on Proposed Five Year Program for Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing (DOI; direct to program page; see also, House Natural Resources chair statement)
7/1 - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Department of Justice 2022-26 Strategic Plan (DOJ; direct to plan page)
7/1 - Statement by Secretary Walsh on termination of Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Program (DOL; see also, TAA website and TAAF website)
7/1 - Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on "Don't Say Gay" Law Going into Effect Today (ED; see also, WH press secretary statement)
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.
6/25 - S.2089, Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 - amends the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to extend child nutrition waiver authority
6/25 - S.2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act - enhances certain restrictions and penalties on firearms purchases; promotes evidence-based best practices for school safety; authorizes grants to expand access to mental health services; and appropriates emergency funding for mental health resources and school safety measures (summary via WH)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
6/28 - Where Have All the Houses Gone? Private Equity, Single Family Rentals, and America’s Neighborhoods (House Financial Services)
6/28 - On the January 6th Investigation (House January 6th; see also, Thompson and Cheney opening remarks)
6/29 - Boom and Bust: Inequality, Homeownership, and the Long-Term Impacts of the Hot Housing Market (House Financial Services)
6/29 - Privacy in the Age of Biometrics (House Science)
6/27 - Retirement Trends in United States, 2000-2022 (CRS)
6/27 - Electronic Health Information: HHS Needs to Improve Communications for Breach Reporting (GAO)
6/28 - Federal Workforce Statistics Sources: OPM and OMB (CRS)
6/29 - Ukrainian Military Performance and Outlook (CRS)
6/29 - Facial Recognition Technology: Federal Agencies' Use and Related Privacy Protections (GAO)
6/27 - Digital Preservation Strategy 2022-2026 released (NARA)
6/27 - Justices side with high school football coach who prayed on the field with students (via SCOTUSblog, with link to source document; see also, case files page)
6/29 - In 5-4 ruling, court dramatically expands the power of states to prosecute crimes on reservations (via SCOTUSblog, with link to source document; see also, case files page and related CRS report)
6/30 - Supreme Court curtails EPA’s authority to fight climate change (via SCOTUSblog, with link to source document; see also, case files page and statements by EPA administrator and president)
6/30 - Divided court allows Biden to end Trump’s “remain in Mexico” asylum policy (via SCOTUSblog, with link to source document; see also, case files page and DHS statement)
6/30 - Statement by President Biden on the Swearing in of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (WH)
7/1 - Chairs Maloney and Connolly Urge National Archives to Pause Effort to Privatize the George W. Bush Presidential Library (Congress)
7/1- How much health insurers pay for almost everything is about to go public (via NPR, with link to source document)
On June 24, the Supreme Court by 6-3 overturned Roe v. Wade; the dissenting opinion from Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan starts at p.148.
Federal responses/actions are being tracked on a new topical LibGuide.
