Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/18/23

3/20 - HHS Strengthens Response to Domestic Violence through the New Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (HHS)

3/20 - IMLS Welcomes 7 New Members to the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS)

3/20 - Secretary Antony J. Blinken on the 2022  Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (State; direct to reports page)

3/20 - Statement from CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse on the Economic Report of the President (WH; direct to report)

3/21 - DOE Releases New Reports on Pathways to Commercial Liftoff to Accelerate Clean Energy Technologies (DOE; direct to reports page)

3/21 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters (WH)

3/22 - Internet Crime Complaint Center Releases 2022 Statistics (FBI; direct to report)

3/22 - HRSA Announces Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Modernization Initiative (HHS; direct to website and data dashboard)

3/22 - Library Seeks Applicants for the 2023 Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (LOC; direct to info page)

3/22 - President Biden Awards 2021 National Humanities Medals (NEH; see also, National Medals of Arts announcement)

3/22 - Fact Sheet: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Releases New Resources to Advance Climate Science and Support Decision Making (WH/OSTP)

3/23 - Autism Prevalence Higher, According to Data from 11 ADDM Communities (CDC; direct to reports page)

3/23 - PreventionResourceFinder.gov Launches to Provide Easier Access to Resources to Prevent Targeted Violence and Terrorism (DHS; direct to website)

3/23 - The Department of Education Announces Public Hearings on Higher Education Rulemaking (ED)

3/23 - EEOC Issues Federal Workforce Report for 2020 (EEOC; direct to report page)

3/23 - Federal Trade Commission Proposes Rule Provision Making it Easier for Consumers to “Click to Cancel” Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships (FTC)

3/23 - Issuance of Intelligence Community Directive 712: Requirements for Certain Employment Activities by Former Intelligence Community Employees (ODNI)

3/23 - Global Natural History Initiative Builds Groundbreaking Database To Address 21st-Century Challenges (SI; direct to collections dashboard)

3/24 - Fact Sheet: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Announces Progress On Advancing Equitable Data (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.

3/20 - S.619, COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 - requires ODNI to declassify all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19. ODNI must submit to Congress an unclassified report with redactions only as necessary to protect sources and methods (see also, president’s statement)

3/20 - H.J.Res.26, Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 - nullifies the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 enacted by the council of DC, which makes a variety of changes to DC criminal laws (see also, 3/23 CRS report on Congressional Disapproval of District of Columbia Acts)

3/21 - Capstone Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic (DOJ)

3/22 - Review of Concerns Raised Related to the United States Marshals Service’s Implementation of Executive Order 14006 (DOJ)

3/23 - Management Advisory Report: AOC Lacks Policy to Govern Capitol Office Moves and AOC Funds at Risk (AOC)

3/23 -  Fundamental Deficiencies in OS’ Cybersecurity Incident Response Program Increase the Risk of Cyberattacks (DOC)

3/23 - Compendium of Open and Unresolved Recommendations Related to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act-Funded Programs (EPA)

3/20 - Federal Prisons: Bureau of Prisons Should Improve Efforts to Implement its Risk and Needs Assessment System (GAO)

3/21 - Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Failures (CRS)

3/24 - Federal Public Transportation Program: In Brief (CRS)

3/20 - Biden issues first veto, defending Labor Dept. ‘ESG’ rule (via AP; see also, president’s veto message to Congress and DOL rule info page)

3/20 - World is on brink of catastrophic warming, UN climate change report says (via Washington Post; direct to report page; see also, statements from OSTP director and Secretary of State)

3/21 - ‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted (via NYT)

3/21 - Supreme Court unanimously rules for deaf student in education case (via PBS, with link to source document)

3/24 - House Committees No Longer Standing page updated with links to NARA archive of 117^th Congress websites (Congress)

3/24 - New York federal judge shoots down online e-book lending (via Courthouse News, with link to source document)

3/24 - Find It, Vet It, Share It: The US Government’s Open-Source Intelligence Problem and How to Fix It (via Modern War Institute)

Trump search warrant:

3/22 - Court rejects Trump’s urgent bid to keep lawyer’s records from special counsel (via Politico)

See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.

3/22 - FY2024 Budget Requests for the Library of the Congress and the Architect of the Capitol (Senate Appropriations)

3/22 - Executive Session and Improving Rail Safety in Response to the East Palestine Derailment (Senate Commerce)

3/22 - Drug Shortage Health and National Security Risks: Underlying Causes and Needed Reforms (Senate Homeland; see also, majority report)

3/23 - Modernizing the Government's Classification System (Senate Homeland)