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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8/15 - DOD Releases First Departmentwide Social Media Policy (DOD; direct to policy)
8/16 - Census Bureau Releases Results of Post-Enumeration Survey for 2020 Census Housing Unit Counts (Census)
8/16 - Interior Department Announces Actions to Protect Colorado River System, Sets 2023 Operating Conditions for Lake Powell and Lake Mead (DOI; see also, 24-Month Study page)
8/16 - FDA Finalizes Historic Rule Enabling Access to Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids for Millions of Americans (FDA; direct to final rule)
8/16 - NEH Announces $31.5 Million for 226 Humanities Projects Nationwide (NEH; direct to project list)
8/16 - NCSC Unveils its 2021 Year in Review (ODNI; direct to report)
8/17 - Census Bureau Invites Public Input on Designing 2030 Census (Census; see also, press kit)
8/17 - NCEI’s Microplastics Portal provides access to marine microplastics data (NCEI; direct to website)
8/17 - NHTSA Early Estimates Show Record Increase in Fatalities Nationwide (NHTSA; direct to report)
8/18 - President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Help Communities Reduce Vulnerability to Drought (DOI)
8/18 - U.S. and Mexico agree to invest $474M to address Tijuana River sewage problem (EPA; see also, Minute 328)
8/18 - $5.2 Million Awarded to Strengthen Library Services for Tribal Communities, Native Hawaiians (IMLS)
8/18 - A New National Strategy to Reflect Natural Assets on America’s Balance Sheet (OMB; direct to strategy)
8/18 - Department of State Announces Publication of 38th and Final Edition of World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT) (State; direct to report page)
8/19 - U.S. Department of Education Terminates Federal Recognition of ACICS, Enhances Federal Aid Program Participation Requirements for ACICS-accredited Colleges (ED; see also, ACICS member directory)
8/19 - Statement by President Biden on State Unemployment Rates (WH; see also, BLS report page with historical highs/lows in supplemental files)
8/19 - United We Stand: Countering Hate-Fueled Violence Together (WH)
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.
8/16 - H.R.2992, TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act - requires the Bureau of Justice Assistance to consult with relevant agencies to establish crisis intervention training tools for first responders to address individuals with traumatic brain injuries, acquired brain injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder
8/16 - H.R.6943, Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022 - extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program to certain public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder following a stressful situation while on duty
8/16 - H.R.5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 - provides for reconciliation of the federal budget and addresses climate change, health care, taxation, and the federal deficit (summary via WH; see also, state fact sheets)
8/? - Forest Service websites began redirecting from fs.fed.us to fs.usda.gov (FS)
8/13 - Chairs Schiff and Maloney Request National Security Damage Assessment of Highly Classified Information Recovered at Mar-a-Lago (Congress)
8/16 - Chairs Maloney and Thompson Demand DHS Inspector General Comply with Committees’ Investigation into Handling of Erased Text Messages (Congress)
8/16 - Nadler & Thompson Send Letter Requesting Information on Government Purchase of Americans’ Private Data (Congress)
8/17 - After criticism over COVID, the CDC chief plans to make the agency more nimble (via NPR)
8/18 - U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Apprehensions FY2009-FY2021 (CBP)
8/18 - Unsealed document in Mar-a-Lago search sharpens focus on Trump as possible subject of criminal probe (via CNN, with link to source document – cover sheets/motion to seal warrant/court order sealing warrant)
8/18 - The Family That Mined the Pentagon’s Data for Profit (via Wired)
8/19 - Mueller Memo Advising Barr on Trump Findings Is Ordered Released (via Bloomberg, with source document)
8/19 - New DOT dashboard will show passengers what they're owed for flight delays, cancellations (via CBS8, with source document)
8/19 - What Is the Supreme Court Hiding? (via Politico)
