Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 9/17/22

9/19 - CFPB Annual Report of 2021 Mortgage Market Activity Reveals an End to the Refinancing Boom and an Increase in Home Purchase Loans (CFPB; direct to report)

9/19 - VA releases report showing decrease in Veteran Suicides, names suicide prevention grantees and finalists (VA; direct to report page and state-level reports page)

9/20 - U.S. Attorney Announces Federal Charges Against 47 Defendants in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme (DOJ)

9/20 - NASA Releases Final Moon to Mars Objectives (NASA; direct to report)

9/20 - How the Biden-⁠Harris Administration is Continuing to Promote Voting Access (WH)

9/21 - CBP Publishes Its Privacy Evaluation Report of the Traveler Verification Service (TVS) (CBP; direct to report)

9/21 - Library of Congress Launches Effort to Transform Collections Management and Access (LOC)

9/21 - New Webb Image Captures Clearest View of Neptune’s Rings in Decades (NASA)

9/21 - NOAA, Census mark the new U.S. center of population (NOAA; see also, 1790-2020 map of population centers)

9/21 - The United States Publishes Food Security Action Report in Response to Global Food Insecurity (State; direct to report page)

9/21 - California to Receive up to $1.1 Billion from U.S. Treasury Department to Promote Small Business Growth and Entrepreneurship through the American Rescue Plan (Treas)

9/21 - U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Releases Report: Civil Rights and Protections During the Federal Response to Hurricanes Harvey and María (USCCR; direct to report page)

9/22 - Boeing to Pay $200 Million to Settle SEC Charges that it Misled Investors about the 737 MAX (SEC)

9/22 - Smithsonian American Art Museum Publishes Online 10 Comics Featuring Trailblazing Women Artists (SI; direct to website)

9/22 - Designating Iran’s Morality Police and Seven Officials for Human Rights Abuses in Iran (State; see also, Advancing the Free Flow of Information for the Iranian People)

9/23 - Verification of Veteran-owned small businesses will transfer from VA to SBA (VA)

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.

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None this week

See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.

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9/20 - Back to School: Meeting Students’ Academic, Social and Emotional Needs (House Education)

9/20 - Amplifying the Arctic: Strengthening Science to Respond to a Rapidly Changing Arctic (House Science)

9/21 - Putting the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Work: The State and Local Perspectives (Senate Environment)

9/21 - Protecting American Innovation: Industry, Academia, and the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (Senate Intelligence)

9/20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior and Its Bureaus Have Not Finalized and Implemented Their Body Camera Policies (DOI)

9/21 - U.S. Border Patrol Screened Migrants at the Southwest Border but Could Strengthen Processes (DHS)

9/21 - Audit of the Management and Coordination of Pandemic-Related Fraud Allegations and Referrals Between the Criminal Division and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (DOJ)

9/21 - Delays in Management Actions Contribute to the Continued Tax Processing Center Backlogs (TIGTA)

9/22 - Potentially Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Payments in High-Risk Areas Increased to $45.6 Billion (DOL; see also, Washington Post article)

9/20 - The Clean Water Act at Fifty: Highlights and Lessons Learned from a Half Century of Transformative Legislation (CRS)

9/20 - Deaths in Custody: Additional Action Needed to Help Ensure Data Collected by DOJ Are Utilized (GAO)

9/21 - Information Environment: Opportunities and Threats to DOD's National Security Mission (GAO)

9/22 - Privacy: Dedicated Leadership Can Improve Programs and Address Challenges (GAO)

9/22 - Public Health Emergencies: Data Management Challenges Impact National Response (GAO)

9/19 - Smith Welcomes Final Report from Commission on Removing Confederate Symbols and Names from Military Assets (Congress; see also, report page)

9/20 - Senate Intelligence Committee Releases Bipartisan Report Detailing Foreign Intelligence Threats (Congress; direct to report)

9/21 - Peters Hearing with Archivist Nominee Highlights Importance of Preserving and Protecting Federal Records (Congress; see also, hearing testimony/video)

9/22 - Redesigned website for State Department OIG rolled out (currently unable to capture in Internet Archive)

9/22 - Chairman Raskin, Senator Schatz Introduce Bicameral Resolution Recognizing Banned Books Week (Congress)

9/23 - DHS Watchdog Staff Call on Biden to Fire Inspector General Cuffari (via POGO, with source document)

9/23 - DART asteroid crash: What time will NASA probe hit Dimorphos on Sept. 26? (via space.com; direct to NASA livefeed)

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Trump search warrant:

Docket for Trump v. United States, District Court, S.D. Florida (court documents via Court Listener)

9/19 - Trump lawyers acknowledge Mar-a-Lago probe could lead to indictment (via Washington Post; see also, Trump filing and DOJ filing)

9/19 - Trump discovers he’s not in Cannon-land anymore (via Politico, with source document – Trump letter to special master)

9/20 - Trump Files Response to Justice Department Appeal in Eleventh Circuit (via Lawfare, with source document – Trump response)

9/21 - DOJ Raises Prospect that Trump Continues to Obstruct Investigation, Including of Empty Folders (via emptywheel, with source document – DOJ reply in support of partial stay)

9/21 - Trump suffers setback as appeals panel rejects Cannon ruling (via Politico, with source document – Court of Appeals decision)

9/22 - Correspondence between Rep. Comer and NARA regarding request for documents/information (via NARA FOIA reading room)

9/22 - Special master calls for help in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents fight (via Politico, with link to source document – special master’s case management plan; see also, 9/23 amended plan)