LibGuides: Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 8/20/22

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Press releases : Aug 20 - Aug 26

8/22 - Webb’s Jupiter Images Showcase Auroras, Hazes (NASA)

8/22 - Statement by Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. [announcing retirement] (NIH; see also, president’s statement)

8/23 - New OMB Analysis: The Inflation Reduction Act Will Significantly Cut the Social Costs of Climate Change (OMB; direct to report)

8/23 - The 2023 Mid-Session Review (OMB; direct to report)

8/24 - DHS Issues Regulation to Preserve and Fortify DACA (DHS; direct to final rule; see also, DACA website)

8/24 - Following HSAC Recommendation, DHS terminates Disinformation Governance Board (DHS; see also, 8/24 HSAC Disinformation Subcommittee Final Report)

8/24 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces Student Loan Relief for Borrowers Who Need It Most (WH; see also, ED press release, the WH PSLF website, OLC opinion, and CRS report)

8/25 - BLM and USDA Forest Service begin new land use planning process for Bears Ears National Monument (BLM; see also, Utah sues to stop restoration of boundaries at Bears Ears, Grand Staircase monuments via NPR)

8/25 - Census Bureau to Host Webinar on Release of 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (Census)

8/25 - Commerce Department Launches CHIPS.gov for CHIPS Program Implementation (DOC; direct to website)

8/25 - Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan Fact Sheet (DOD; direct to action plan)

8/25 - Through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 24 States Set to Begin Plugging Over 10,000 Orphaned Wells (DOI)

8/25 - Florida Residents Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Interstate Transportation Of Stolen Property [re: theft of Ashley Biden’s diary and sale to Project Veritas] (DOJ/USAO)

8/25 - EPA Report Highlights Significant Decline in Emissions, Improved Air Quality from Bipartisan Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (EPA; direct to report page)

8/25 - Rosenworcel Shares Mobile Carrier Responses to Data Privacy Probe (FCC)

8/25 - Breakthroughs for All: Delivering Equitable Access to America’s Research (WH/OSTP; direct to guidance; see also, NLM statement)

8/26 - EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund to Protect People’s Health (EPA; direct to NPRM)

8/26 - Library to Host Congress.gov Virtual Public Forum on Sept. 21 (LOC)

Bills Signed into Law : Aug 20 - Aug 26

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.

8/26 - S.4458, Ensuring the Best Schools for Veterans Act of 2022 - to improve the process by which the VA determines whether an educational institution meets requirements relating to the percentage of students who receive educational assistance