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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10/24 - Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Nation’s Report Card (ED; direct to website)
10/25 - Google Enters Into Stipulated Agreement to Improve Legal Process Compliance Program (DOJ)
10/25 - Emperor Penguin Gets Endangered Species Act Protections (FWS)
10/25 - Cyber Operations Enabling Expansive Digital Authoritarianism (ODNI; direct to report)
10/26 - Justice Department Releases Information on Efforts to Protect the Right to Vote, Prosecute Election Fraud and Secure Elections (DOJ)
10/26 - Attorney General Garland Announces Revised Justice Department News Media Policy (DOJ; direct to memo and policy)
10/26 - USDA Launches Loan Assistance Tool to Enhance Equity and Customer Service (FSA; direct to website)
10/26 - Biden-Harris Administration Launches Window-Shopping for Affordable and Accessible Health Care Marketplace (HHS)
10/27 - DHS Announces New Cybersecurity Performance Goals for Critical Infrastructure (DHS; direct to website)
10/27 - Department of Defense Releases its 2022 Strategic Reviews – National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review, and Missile Defense Review (DOD; direct to NDS website, with links to fact sheets)
10/27 - Library of Congress Acquires Rare Codex from Central Mexico (LOC)
10/27 - NASA’s Economic Benefit Reaches All 50 States (NASA; direct to report and summary)
10/28 - Interior Department Initiates Significant Action to Protect Colorado River System (DOI)
10/28 - For a More Sustainable Future, We Must Explore and Better Understand What Lies Beneath America’s Ocean Waters (WH/OSTP; 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.
None this week
10/24 - The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: Background, Implementation, and Next Steps (CRS)
10/25 - K-12 Education: Department of Education Should Provide Information on Equity and Safety in School Dress Codes (GAO; see also, House Education chair statement)
10/26 - Elections and Campaign Finance Policy: A CRS Podcast Series (CRS)
10/26 - Immigration Detention: Actions Needed to Collect Consistent Information for Segregated Housing Oversight (GAO)
10/22 - How to Outsmart Election Disinformation (via GovExec)
10/25 - Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism – 2022 (FBI)
10/25 - New Select Subcommittee Report Reveals Workplace Disparities Have Persisted Throughout Pandemic, Highlights Need to Address Inequality (Congress; direct to report)
10/26 - Wyden, Moran Secure Commitment from Biden Administration to Reform Classification System, Continue Push to Update Executive Order on Classification System (Congress)
10/28 - FWS Office of Law Enforcement, Import/Export Data, 1999-2020 (FWS FOIA)
10/28 - Federal Vacancies Reform Act’s Application to a Vacancy for Which Prior Presidents Submitted Multiple Nominations (OLC opinion; see also, 6/28/22 GAO determination)
10/28 - Chairs DeFazio and Napolitano Release Committee Report on Pebble Mine—Ask the AG to Investigate False Statements to Congress (Congress; direct to report & appendix 1 and appendix 2)
Trump search warrant:
Docket for Trump v. United States, District Court, S.D. Florida (court documents via Court Listener)
10/24 - Trump Drops Some Early Privilege Claims in Seized Records Fight (via Bloomberg, with links to source document - joint supplement to log of disputes)
10/25 - Acting Archivist's Response Letter to October 14, 2022 Letter from House Committee on Oversight Reform Ranking Member and Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member (NARA FOIA)
