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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7/18 - OSC Whistleblower Referral Reveals $472 Million in Uncollected Debts Owed to 28 Federal Agencies (OSC; direct to audit | whistleblower referral | initial Treas report)
7/18 - Release of the 2022 Women, Peace, and Security Report (State; direct to report page; see also, WH fact sheet)
7/19 - DHS Establishes New Office of Health Security (DHS)
7/19 - New Guidance Helps Schools Support Students with Disabilities and Avoid Discriminatory Use of Discipline (ED; direct to guidance; see also, statements from Senate HELP & House Education chairs)
7/19 - USDA’s New Interactive Visualization Tool Aids Exploration of Global Agricultural Trends (ERS; direct to website)
7/19 - Rosenworcel Probes Mobile Carriers on Data Privacy Practices (FCC)
7/19 - FDA Conducting Evaluation of Key Agency Activities to Strengthen Operations (FDA)
7/19 - Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Launch Ceremony (State; see also, report page)
7/20 - Service Rescinds Endangered Species Act Critical Habitat Exclusion Regulations (FWS; direct to final rule)
7/20 - Postal Service Modernization Enables Expanded Electric Vehicle Opportunity (USPS; see also, House Oversight chair statement)
7/21 - Summary of Fiscal Year 2021 Annual FOIA Reports [from 100+ federal agencies] Published (DOJ; direct to report)
7/21 - IMLS Releases 2020 Data on American Public Libraries (IMLS; direct to data page)
7/21 - NIST Updates Guidance for Health Care Cybersecurity (NIST; direct to draft guidance)
7/22 - Forest Service Taking Emergency Action to Protect Giant Sequoias (FS)
7/22 - Statement from Chief Randy Moore on interim policy changes for partnership and cooperator agreements (FS)
7/22 - HHS Strengthens Country’s Preparedness for Health Emergencies, Announces Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) (HHS; direct to website)
7/22 - Unclassified Assessment on Russian Filtration Camps (ODNI; direct to report)
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.
7/21 - H.R.8351, Formula Act – provides, through 12/31/22, duty-free treatment to infant formula
7/21 - Legal and Procedural Issues Related to Seating a Cherokee Nation Delegate in the House of Representatives (CRS)
7/21 - Preventing a Dirty Bomb: Vulnerabilities Persist in NRC's Controls for Purchases of High-Risk Radioactive Materials (GAO; see also, House Homeland chair statement)
7/22 - The Dark Web: An Overview (CRS)
7/18 - Homeland Security Advisory Council’s approved Interim Recommendation of the Disinformation Best Practices and Safeguards Subcommittee (DHS HSAC)
7/18 - New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data (via ACLU, with source documents)
7/18 - Preservationists say Library of Congress makeover plan is ‘vandalism’ (via New York Times)
7/19 - Allegation that the United States Secret Service deleted text messages that are related to January 6, 2021 (NARA Unauthorized Dispositions; see also, January 6 Committee chairs’ statement on USSS response to subpoena)
7/20 - Oversight Committee Releases New Documents and Findings on Trump Administration’s Illegal Effort to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census (Congress; direct to memo)
7/20 - VA scraps last EHR go-live date in FY 2022, amid IG accounts of patient harm (via Federal News Network)
7/21 - Delaying the Inevitable? The Uncertain Future of the EPA’s Online Archive (via New Security Beat)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
7/19 - Roe Reversal: The Impacts of Taking Away the Constitutional Right to an Abortion (House Energy)
7/19 - Digital Dragnets: Examining the Government's Access to Your Personal Data (House Judiciary)
7/20 - Paper Mills and Research Misconduct: Facing the Challenges of Scientific Publishing (House Science)
7/20 - After the Highland Park Attack: Protecting Our Communities from Mass Shootings (Senate Judiciary)
7/21 - On the January 6th Investigation (House January 6th; see also, Thompson, Cheney, Luria, & Kinzinger opening statements)
