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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7/11 - DHS Update on Border Wall Remediation Efforts (DHS)
7/12 - Chairwoman Rosenworcel on Foreign Sponsorship ID Court Decision (FCC; see also, court opinion)
7/12 - Librarian of Congress Names Ada Limón the Nation's 24th U.S. Poet Laureate (LOC)
7/12 - Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools in 2019-20: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (NCES)
7/12 - National Security Memorandum on The President’s Intelligence Priorities (WH)
7/13 - Kara S. Blond Appointed Director of the National Archives Office of Presidential Libraries (NARA)
7/13 - All 50 States, U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia Join Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All Initiative (NTIA)
7/14 - Cyber Safety Review Board Releases Unprecedented Report of its Review into Log4j Vulnerabilities and Response (DHS; direct to report)
7/14 - Strengthening Food Security in the Force Strategy and Roadmap (DOD)
7/14 - Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Directs U.S. Attorneys and Law Enforcement Agencies to Prioritize Violent Crime in Indian Country (DOJ; direct to memo)
7/14 - U.S. Department of Education Announces Engage Every Student Initiative to Ensure Every Student Has Access to High-Quality Learning (ED; direct to website)
7/14 - New Interactive Map and Timeline Added to Chronicling America (LOC; direct to website)
7/14 - OSCE Releases the Second Expert Mission Report on Human Rights Abuses and International Humanitarian Law Violations in Russia’s War Against Ukraine (State; see also, OSCE report page)
7/14 - As sea levels rise on U.S. coasts, saline wetlands are expected to displace freshwater wetlands, croplands, forest, and pastures (USGS; direct to OA article)
7/15 - CBP Releases June 2022 Monthly Operational Update [“in a new, more accessible format”] (CBP; see also, new Public Data Portal)
7/15 - U.S. Transition to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Begins July 16 (FCC; see also, HHS news release)
7/15 - On the 2022 Elie Wiesel Act Report to Congress and New U.S. Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Atrocities (State; direct to report/strategy 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
7/11 - Assumptions and Metrics Underlying the Delivering for America 10-Year Plan (USPS)
7/14 - OIG Closing of 22-0028-I Board Trading Activity (Fed Reserve)
7/14 - Senior Staff Gave Inaccurate Information to OIG Reviewers of Electronic Health Record Training (VA)
7/14 - The New Electronic Health Record’s Unknown Queue Caused Multiple Events of Patient Harm (VA)
7/11 - 2020 Elections: State and Local Perspectives on Election Administration during the COVID-19 Pandemic (GAO)
7/12 - Supreme Court Addresses Major Questions Doctrine and EPA’s Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CRS)
7/12 - Federal Spending Transparency: OIGs Identified a Variety of Issues with the Quality of Agencies' Data Submissions (GAO)
7/14 - K-12 Education: Student Population Has Significantly Diversified, but Many Schools Remain Divided Along Racial, Ethnic, and Economic Lines (GAO; see also, House Education/Labor chair statement)
7/11 - Fact Sheet: The Biden Administration’s 21 Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence (WH)
7/11 - DHS puts the kibosh on saying ‘pilot’ as it deals with new congressional reporting requirements (via Federal News Network)
7/12 - USPS regulator fires its chief data officer following felony arrest (via Federal News Network; see also, PRC statement)
7/13 - Chairs Yarmuth and DeLauro Achieve Historic Progress for Transparency of Executive Budget Decisions (Congress; direct to database website)
7/13 - Hoyer Statement on House Passage of the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (Congress; see also, NDAA information, with full list of 1230 submitted amendments, from House Rules Committee)
7/15 - Biden Drops Plan to Name Anti-Abortion Lawyer Backed by McConnell as Judge (via New York Times)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
7/12 - On the January 6th Investigation (House January 6th; see also, Thompson, Cheney, Murphy, & Raskin opening statements)
7/12 - A Post-Roe America: The Legal Consequences of the Dobbs Decision (Senate Judiciary)
7/13 - The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision on Abortion Rights and Access Across the United States (House Oversight)
7/13 - Reproductive Care in a Post-Roe America: Barriers, Challenges, and Threats to Women's Health (Senate HELP)
7/14 - What’s Next: The Threat to Individual Freedoms in a Post-Roe World (House Judiciary)
