Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 1/21/23

1/23 - 2020 Census Count Question Resolution Operation Errata Tables Released (Census; direct to corrected counts files)

1/23 - DOE and FEMA Release One-Year Progress Report on Joint Effort to Modernize Puerto Rico’s Grid With 100% Clean Energy (DOE; direct to report page)

1/23 - Former Special Agent In Charge Of The New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Charged With Violating U.S. Sanctions On Russia (DOJ)

1/23 - GPO Digitizes Historic Congressional Directories From the 1800s (GPO; direct to website)

1/24 - CDC launches website to help consumers find free COVID-19 testing sites (CDC; direct to website)

1/24 - Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Technologies (DOJ)

1/24 - Child care remains out of financial reach for many families, US Department of Labor data shows (DOL; direct to database and report)

1/24 - NOAA Employee who Violated the Hatch Act by Running for Partisan Office Numerous Times Removed from Federal Employment (OSC; see also, MSPB decision)

1/24 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Releases First-Ever Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity  (WH/OSTP; direct to report; see also, Equality Caucus statement)

1/25 - Unlawful Southwest Border Crossings Plummet Under New Border Enforcement Measures (DHS)

1/25 - Statement on Human Remains at the Smithsonian Institution (SI)

1/25 - Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Protections for Tongass National Forest (USDA; direct to final rule)

1/25 - New Secret Service Research Examines for the First Time Five Years of Mass Violence Data (USSS; direct to report)

1/26 - New American Community Survey Data Products Available for the 118th Congress (Census; direct to data page)

1/26 - HHS Approves California’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Demonstration Authority to Support Care for Justice-Involved People (HHS)

1/26 - Initial Proposals for Revising the Federal Race and Ethnicity Standards (WH/OMB; direct to website)

1/27 - FDA Proposes Individual Risk Assessment for Blood Donations, While Continuing to Safeguard U.S. Blood Supply (FDA)

1/27 - National Archives Publishes Customer Research Agenda (NARA; direct to agenda)

1/27 - USCIS Releases New Strategic Plan Highlighting Long-Term Goals (USCIS; direct to plan)

1/27 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Releases New Data Showing 26 Million People in All 50 States Applied or Were Automatically Eligible for One-Time Student Debt Relief (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.

None this week

1/23 (?) - Allegations of Ethics Violations by Former U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Were Not Substantiated (DOI)

1/25 - Evaluation of Military Criminal Investigative Organizations’ Major Procurement Fraud Programs (DOD)

1/25 - Findings of Misconduct by a then Drug Enforcement Administration Regional Director for Misuse of Sensitive Investigative Unit Funds...and Related Misconduct (DOJ)

1/25 - The EPA Is Not on Track to Reach Its National Compliance Initiative Goals to Stop Aftermarket Defeat Devices and Tampered Vehicles (EPA)

1/25 - The National Institutes of Health and EcoHealth Alliance Did Not Effectively Monitor Awards and Subawards, Resulting in Missed Opportunities to Oversee Research and Other Deficiencies (HHS)

1/23 - Unemployment Insurance: Data Indicate Substantial Levels of Fraud during the Pandemic; DOL Should Implement an Antifraud Strategy (GAO)

1/23 - GAOverview: Fraud in the Federal Government – Challenges Determining the Extent of Federal Fraud (GAO)

1/24 - Federal Programs: Approaches to Help Create a Useful Inventory (GAO)

1/21 - Top Border Patrol Official Resigned Amid Allegations of Improper Conduct (via NYT)

1/23 - Depleted Under Trump, a ‘Traumatized’ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission (via NYT)

1/25 - New Online Tool Provides Health Snapshot of All 435 U.S. Congressional Districts (via NYU Langone Health; direct to website)

1/25 - A new org chart for the CDC (via Politico)

1/26 - National Archives asks former presidents and vice presidents to check for classified and presidential documents (via CNN)

1/27 - Expert Panel Votes for Stricter Rules on Risky Virus Research (via NYT, with link to source document)

1/27 - Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos (via Washington Post)

Trump search warrant:

None this week

See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.

1/24 - That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment (Senate Judiciary)

1/26 - Countering Russian Aggression: Ukraine and Beyond (Senate Foreign Relations)