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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10/17 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces $210 Million for Drought Resilience Projects In the West (DOI)
10/17 - EPA Releases 2021 Data Collected under Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (EPA; direct to website)
10/18 - IRS provides tax inflation adjustments for tax year 2023 (IRS)
10/18 - Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office Takes Important Step to Assess Climate-related Financial Risk – Seeks Comment on Proposed Data Call (Treas)
10/18 -The 2022 National Biodefense Strategy builds upon administration S&T priorities for pandemic preparedness (WH/OSTP; direct to strategy; see also, fact sheet)
10/20 - DOD Releases Report on Defense Spending by State in Fiscal Year 2021 (DOD; direct to report page)
10/20 - FCC Announces Pilot to Help Tribal Libraries Sign Up for E-Rate (FCC)
10/20 - U.S. Surgeon General Releases New Framework for Mental Health & Well-Being in the Workplace (HHS; direct to report page)
10/20 - The Impact of Sanctions and Export Controls on the Russian Federation (State)
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.
10/17 - S.169, ARTS Act - directs the Copyright Office to waive various copyright registration-related fees for works that win certain competitions sponsored by the Congressional Institute or established by Congress
10/17 - S.3157, Bridging the Gap for New Americans Act - requires the Dept. of Labor to submit to Congress a study on the factors affecting employment opportunities for certain individuals with professional credentials obtained in a non-U.S. country, specifically individuals who are lawfully present noncitizens or naturalized U.S. citizens
10/17 - S.4791, A bill to amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office - establishes a 10-year term of office for the Director of the GPO
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
10/18 - Breaking the Logjam Part 2: The Office of Legal Counsel’s Role in Shaping Executive Privilege Doctrine (Senate Judiciary)
10/17 - Southwest Border: Challenges and Efforts Implementing New Processes for Noncitizen Families (GAO)
10/19 - Maternal Health: Outcomes Worsened and Disparities Persisted During the Pandemic (GAO)
10/19 - Persistent Chemicals: EPA Should Use New Data to Analyze the Demographics of Communities with PFAS in Their Drinking Water (GAO)
10/20 - Transportation of Migrants Facilitated by States (CRS)
10/20 - The Americans with Disabilities Act in Cyberspace: ADA Applicability to Websites (CRS)
10/21 - Voter Registration: Overview of Federal Involvement and Policy Considerations (CRS)
10/20 - The latest threat to the CFPB could reverberate big time (via Axios, with link to source document; see also, Senate Banking chair statement)
10/22 - Biden's student debt relief plan is temporarily blocked. Here's what you need to know. (via NPR; see also, WH press secretary statement)
Trump search warrant:
Docket for Trump v. United States, District Court, S.D. Florida (court documents via Court Listener)
10/20 - Trump Claims He Owns White House Pardon and Immigration Policy Records (via New York Times; see also, source documents – DOJ notice and Trump notice on document disputes)
