Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 4/29/23

5/1 - National Archives Public Programs in May (NARA)

5/1 - Economy Statement by Eric Van Nostrand, Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, for the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee May 1, 2023 (Treas)

5/1 - Hearing from the American People: How Are Automated Tools Being Used to Surveil, Monitor, and Manage  Workers? (WH/OSTP)

5/2 - 2022 Voting and Registration Data Now Available (Census; direct to story page and data tables)

5/2 - Four Libraries Partner with GPO to Preserve Government Information (GPO)

5/2 - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Papers Open for Research at the Library of Congress (LOC; see also NYT article)

5/2 - ATF Unlawfully Paid Agents Millions of Dollars in Wrongful Benefits (OSC; direct to letter to president | investigation report | OSC referral to ATF)

5/3 - Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Apportionment Brief (Census; direct to report)

5/3 - FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data (FTC)

5/3 - New Surgeon General Advisory Raises Alarm about the Devastating Impact of the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation in the United States (HHS; direct to report)

5/3 - Eighth-graders’ U.S. history and civics scores decline in new Nation’s Report Cards; first-ever score decline in civics [docx file] (Nation’s Report Card; direct to report page; see also, ED Secretary statement)

5/4 - Jury Convicts Four Leaders of the Proud Boys of Seditious Conspiracy Related to U.S. Capitol Breach (DOJ; see also, AG remarks)

5/4 - EPA and USIBWC join Mexico in Announcing Funding for Infrastructure Projects to Address Transborder Sewage (EPA)

5/4 - New Affordable Connectivity Program Application Landing Page Announced (FCC; direct to website)

5/4 - HHS Launches New Website to Help People Find Support for Issues with Mental Health, Drugs, or Alcohol (HHS; direct to website)

5/4 - Release of Regulations for Digitizing Permanent Records (NARA; direct to website)

5/4 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology (WH; direct to strategy)

5/5 - End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration (CDC; see also, MMWR 7219e1 and MWMR 7219e2)

5/5 - Early Volumes Added to Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book Digital Collection (LOC; direct to website)

5/5 - Statement by Assistant Secretary Julie McClain Downey on April Jobs Report (DOL; see also, report 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.

5/2 - Improving Access to Federal Grants for Underserved Communities (Senate Homeland)

5/2 - Supreme Court Ethics Reform (Senate Judiciary)

5/3 - The Global Information Wars: Is the U.S. Winning or Losing? (Senate Foreign Relations)

5/4 - All Hands on Deck: Ending Veteran Homelessness in San Diego (House Veterans)

5/4 - Open/Closed: To receive testimony on worldwide threats (Senate Armed Services)

5/2 - The CSB Is at Increased Risk of Losing Significant Data as Vulnerabilities Are Not Identified and Remediated Timely (EPA)

5/3 - The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Efforts to Maintain and Construct Institutions (DOJ; see also, 5/4 Limited-Scope Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Strategies to Identify, Communicate, and Remedy Operational Issues)

5/4 - The Office of Refugee Resettlement Needs To Improve Its Practices for Background Checks During Influxes (HHS)

5/5 - Intensifying Conditions at the Southwest Border Are Negatively Impacting CBP and ICE Employees' Health and Morale (DHS)

5/5 - The Department of Energy’s Unclassified Cybersecurity Program – 2022 (DOE)

5/5 - Evaluation of Records Request Backlog at the National Personnel Records Center (NARA)

5/1 - Statutory Restrictions on the Use of Journalists for Intelligence Purposes (CRS)

5/2 - Appearances by Sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justices at Congressional Committee and Subcommittee Hearings (1960-2022) (CRS)

5/2 - FEMA Disaster Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve Hiring Data and Address Staffing Gaps (GAO; see also, House Homeland Security ranking member statement)

5/4 - National Institutes of Health: Better Data Will Improve Understanding of Federal Contributions to Drug Development (GAO)

5/5 - Are Public Charter Schools State Actors? Fourth Circuit Says “Yes” (CRS)

5/1 - Supreme Court will consider major case on power of federal regulatory agencies (via SCOTUSblog)

5/2 - Record number of civil rights complaints filed with Education Department (via Washington Post; see also, OCR report page)

5/4 - Homeland Intelligence Unit Marred by Missteps Gets Overhaul (via Bloomberg Government)

5/4 - 2 Supreme Court justices did not recuse themselves in cases involving their book publisher (via CNN)

5/4 - Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition (via ProPublica, with bank statement | Crow statement)

5/4 - Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’ (via Washington Post)

5/4 - Covid was fourth leading cause of death in 2022, CDC data shows (via Washington Post, with link to source document)

5/5 - Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against a Location Data Broker (via NYT; see also, court decision via Court Listener)

Trump search warrant:

5/2 - Records Concerning the Search Warrant Executed at Mar-a-Lago on August 8, 2022, Interim Response, August 8, 2022 - September 9, 2022 (DOJ FOIA)

5/2 - Public Responses of Former President Trump to the Search Warrant Issues at Mar-a-Largo on August 8, 2022, Interim Response, August 8, 2022 - September 1, 2022 (DOJ FOIA)

5/4 - Justice Dept. Intensifying Efforts to Determine if Trump Hid Documents (via NYT)