Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/4/23

3/6 - USDOT Unveils Dashboard, Highlights Progress to Help Parents Avoid Family Seating Junk Fees (DOT; direct to website)

3/7 - IMLS Awards $180 Million to Support Communities Through Library Services in All U.S. States and Territories (IMLS)

3/7 - OSC Launches New Series of Educational Videos (OSC; direct to YouTube page)

3/7- Postal Service celebrates author Toni Morrison on new Forever stamp (USPS)

3/8 - Department of Justice Announces Review of Memphis Police Department’s Use of Force and De-escalation Policies, and a Separate Review of Specialized Units Across the Country (DOJ)

3/8 - Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by the Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (DOJ; direct to report)

3/8 - Second review finds Joshua trees do not require protection under the Endangered Species Act (FWS; direct to finding)

3/8 - Inaugural Library of Congress Film and Sound Festival Set to Gather Film Fans, Archivists and Authors in Celebration of Rare Silent and Sound Cinema (LOC)

3/8 - ODNI Releases 2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community (ODNI; direct to report)

3/9 - Cooper Hewitt Announces Formal Establishment of Digital Curatorial Department (SI)

3/9 - U.S. Department of the Treasury Releases Greenbook, Outlining Tax Proposals to Reduce the Deficit, Expand Support for Working Families, and Ensure the Wealthy and Large Corporations Pay their Fair Share (Treas; direct to website)

3/9 - President’s Budget for FY 2024, with supplemental materials and topical fact sheets, released (WH/OMB; see also, department highlights from DHS | DOC | DOE | DOI | DOJ | DOL | DOS | ED | EPA | HHS | HUD | SBA | USDA | VA)

3/10 - Department of Defense Releases Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies, Academic Program Year 2021-2022 (DOD; direct to report page)

3/10 - NRC Authorizes Restart of NIST Research Reactor (NIST)

3/10 - NASA’s State Fact Sheets Highlight Economic Impact in All 50 States, DC (NASA; direct to fact sheets page)

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.

3/7 - Reining in Dominant Digital Platforms: Restoring Competition to Our Digital Markets (Senate Judiciary)

3/8 - The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (Senate Banking)

3/8 - Annual World Wide Threats Hearing with Heads of the Intelligence Community (Senate Intelligence)

3/9 - Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the United States Government Publishing Office (House Appropriations)

3/9 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Ripe for Reform (House Financial; see also, statement of House Financial Ranking Member/Senate Banking Chair)

3/6 - Management Advisory Report – Authority and Responsibilities of the OIG (AOC)

3/6 - Recommendation for the Department’s Coordination Concerning Cryptomining Operations Impacting Federal and Tribal Resources (DOI)

3/7 - OSHA Needs to Better Address Complaints and Referrals for Increased Worker Safety (DOL)

3/7 - The EPA’s January 2021 PFBS Toxicity Assessment Did Not Uphold the Agency’s Commitments to Scientific Integrity and Information Quality (EPA)

3/7 - GSA Misled Customers on Login.gov’s Compliance with Digital Identity Standards (GSA)

3/10 - The IRS Has Not Adequately Prioritized Federal Civilian Employee Nonfilers (TIGTA)

3/7 - Copyright Law: An Introduction and Issues for Congress (CRS)

3/8 - Vehicle Safety: DOT Should Take Additional Actions to Improve the Information Obtained from Crash Test Dummies (GAO)

3/9 - The Effects of Work Requirements on the Employment and Income of TANF Participants: Working Paper 2023-03 (CBO)

3/9 - Fifth Circuit: CFPB’s Funding Authority is Unconstitutional (CRS)

3/5 - Getting the most out of the Wayback Machine (via Digital Investigations)

3/6 - These were the most visited national parks and memorials in 2022 (via NPR, with link to source document)

3/6 - DHS has a program gathering domestic intelligence — and virtually no one knows about it (via Politico)

3/8 - FBI investigates data breach impacting U.S. House members and staff (via Bleeping Computer)

3/8 - New Website Tracks Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Provisions (via Columbia Climate School; direct to website)

3/8 - Rural communities want to tap federal funding. But it's hard to know where to start (via NPR, with link to source document)

3/9 - Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) list of Classified Documents Outside of Government Control (NARA FOIA)

Trump search warrant:

3/7 - Ranking Member Raskin Releases New Evidence Undermining Republican Claims of Disparate Treatment on Records Investigations (House Oversight Committee)