Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 2/25/23

2/27 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services announce new efforts to combat exploitative child labor (DOL; see also, NYT article)

2/27 - EPA Announces $21M in Research Grant Funding to Investigate Cumulative Health Impacts of Climate Change on Underserved Communities (EPA; direct to projects page)

2/27 - The First Progress Report to the President on Implementation of the U.S. National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality (State; direct to report)

2/27 - Release of the 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism (State; direct to reports page)

2/28 - New Dashboard to Explore Impacts of Federal Broadband Investments on Local Communities (Census; direct to website and data page)

2/28 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces First-Ever Awards from Program to Reconnect Communities (DOT; direct to storymap and list of awards)

2/28 -  USDA Receives Equity Commission Interim Recommendations (USDA; direct to report page)

3/1 - FISA Section 702 Resources (DNI; see also, AG/DNI Director letter to Congress)

3/1 - DNI Statement on the Intelligence Community Assessment on AHIs (DNI; direct to assessment and investigative efforts)

3/1 - National Archives to Host Sunshine Week Panel on Making Access Happen (NARA)

3/1 - New tool models the future for wild horses on public land (USGS; direct to website and fact sheet)

3/1 - USTR Releases President Biden’s 2023 Trade Policy Agenda and 2022 Annual Report (USTR; direct to report)

3/1 - Statement from President Joe Biden on Action to Lower Insulin Costs (WH; see also, Lilly press release)

3/2 - FTC to Ban BetterHelp from Revealing Consumers’ Data, Including Sensitive Mental Health Information, to Facebook and Others for Targeted Advertising (FTC)

3/2 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces National Cybersecurity Strategy (WH; direct to strategy)

3/3 - Executive Summary: Initial Blueprint for the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse (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

See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.

2/28 - Nomination of Colleen J. Shogan to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration (Senate HSGAC)

2/28 -The Equal Rights Amendment: How Congress Can Recognize Ratification and Enshrine Equality in Our Constitution (Senate Judiciary)

3/1 - Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy (House Energy)

3/1 - Rising Seas, Rising Costs: Climate Change and the Economic Risks to Coastal Communities (Senate Budget)

3/1 - Oversight of the Department of Justice (Senate Judiciary)

2/28 - Why the Afghan Security Forces Collapsed (SIGAR)

3/1 - Secret Service and ICE Did Not Always Adhere to Statute and Policies Governing Use of Cell-Site Simulators - Law Enforcement Sensitive (DHS)

3/2 - The Census Bureau Can Improve Processes to Promote Transparency of Cooperative Agreements (DOC)

3/2 - Investigative Summary: Finding of Misconduct by an FBI Management and Program Analyst for Unauthorized Communications with Members of the Media, for Disclosing Sensitive Information to a Reporter, for Lack of Candor, and for Accepting Prohibited Gifts (DOJ)

3/2 - State Agencies Did Not Always Ensure That Children Missing From Foster Care Were Reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Accordance With Federal Requirements (HHS)

2/27 - Monitoring the Sovereign Skies (CRS)

2/27 - Data Center Optimization: Agencies Continue to Report Progress (GAO)

2/28 - FCC Regulation of Broadband Service and Action on Net Neutrality (CRS)

2/28 - Domestic Terrorism: Further Actions Needed to Strengthen FBI and DHS Collaboration to Counter Threats (GAO)

2/28 - Capitol Attack: Federal Agencies Identified Some Threats, but Did Not Fully Process and Share Information Prior to January 6, 2021 (GAO)

3/2 - 2020 Census: A More Complete Lessons Learned Process for Cost and Schedule Would Help the Next Decennial (GAO)

3/2 - Federal Rulemaking: Trends at the End of Presidents' Terms Remained Generally Consistent across Administrations (GAO)

2/27 - Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Falsehoods (via NYT, with source documents; see also, Senate Majority Leader remarks and letter to Murdoch)

2/28 - Plan to Eliminate Records Backlog at the National Personnel Records Center (NARA FOIA)

3/1 - The White House Will Officially Ban TikTok From Government Devices Within 30 Days (via GovExec, with link to source document)

3/1 - U.S. Marshals Service Hacked in ‘Major Incident’ (via GovExec)

3/2 - Revamped Reproductive Rights website rolled out (DOJ)

3/2 - Dietary Quality by Food Source and Demographics in the United States, 1977–2018 (ERS)

3/2 - Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative George Santos (House Ethics Committee)

3/2 - Trump Doesn’t Deserve Immunity in Jan. 6 Lawsuits, DOJ Says (via Bloomberg, with source document)

Trump search warrant:

2/28 - Press Statement in Response to Media Queries About Presidential Records (NARA; direct to records page)

3/1 - Showdown before the raid: FBI agents and prosecutors argued over Trump (via Washington Post)