5/22 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Consensus System Conservation Proposal to Protect the Colorado River Basin (DOI; direct to proposal and agreement letter)
5/23 - HIV Declines Among Young People and Drives Overall Decrease in New HIV Infections (CDC; direct to report page)
5/23 - EPA Releases Annual Air Report, Highlighting Trends through 2022 (EPA; direct to report page)
5/23 - Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health (HHS; direct to advisory)
5/23 - IMLS Selects Winners for Nation's Highest Museum and Library Honor (IMLS)
5/23 - NOAA index tracks how greenhouse gas pollution amplified global warming in 2022 (NOAA; direct to report page)
5/23 - Fact sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Steps to Advance Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research, Development, and Deployment (WH/OSTP)
5/24 - DHS Issues National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin (DHS; direct to bulletin)
5/24 - Readout: US Department of Labor report finds stark gender, age-based pay inequities for older women, whose share of the labor force has increased (DOL; direct to Older Women Workers report and Living on Less report)
5/24 - U.S. Department of Education Shares Insights and Recommendations for Artificial Intelligence (ED; direct to report)
5/24 - National Archives Awards $6.5 Million in Grants for Historical Records Projects (NARA; direct to awards list)
5/24 - Annual Condition of Education Shows Breadth of Changes to Education in United States Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic (NCES; direct to report page)
5/25 - Census Bureau Releases New 2020 Census Data on Age, Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Households and Housing (Census; direct to demographic profile and DHC)
5/25 - Court Sentences Two Oath Keepers Leaders on Seditious Conspiracy and Other Charges Related to U.S. Capitol Breach (DOJ; see also, 5/26 Two Additional Oath Keepers Members Sentenced on Felony Charges Related to U.S. Capitol Breach)
5/25 - Justice Department Announces 10 Additional Steps on the One-Year Anniversary of Executive Order 14074 on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety (DOJ; direct to fact sheet; see also, Guidance for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Regarding the Use of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, National Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Disability)
5/25 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Releases First-Ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism (WH; direct to strategy; with link to FBI threat assessment)
5/26 - U.S. Departments of Education and Justice Release Resource on Confronting Racial Discrimination in Student Discipline (ED; direct to report)
5/26 - Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen Sends Letter to Congressional Leadership on the Debt Limit (Treas)
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
It's time for spring Semiannual Reports to be released. You can track which are currently available here.
5/23 - Management Advisory: DoD Review and Update of Defense Articles Requiring Enhanced End-Use Monitoring (DOD; see also, press release)
5/24 - Alleged Excessive Use of Force, NPS, DC (DOI; see also, House Natural Resources ranking member statement)
5/23 - Responding to Drought in the Colorado River Basin: Federal and State Efforts (CRS)
5/24 - Stop the Presses? Newspapers in the Digital Age (CRS)
5/24 - Oversight of Inspectors General: The CIGIE Integrity Committee (CRS)
5/24 - Bank Regulation: Preliminary Review of Agency Actions Related to March 2023 Bank Failures (GAO)
5/25 - Debt Limit Policy Questions: What Are the Potential Economic Effects of a Binding Federal Debt Limit? (CRS)
5/22 - Book removals may have violated student civil rights, Education Dept. says (via Washington Post, with link to source document)
5/23 - Harlan Crow refuses to cooperate with Dem senators’ Supreme Court probe (via Politico, with source document; see also, 5/26 Senate Judiciary letter to Crow, via Twitter)
5/25 - Navy SEALs training plagued by pervasive problems, according to probe prompted by ‘Hell Week’ death of sailor (via AP; see also, report via NETC FOIA room)
5/25 - States Are Not Entitled to Windfalls in Tax Disputes, Supreme Court Rules (via NYT, with link to source document)
5/25 - Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Power to Address Water Pollution (via NPR, with link to source document; see also, EPA administrator statement)
5/25 - What the 2020 census can — and can't — tell us about LGBTQ+ people (via NPR)
5/25 - Oldest population in U.S. boomed last decade, as median age nears 39 (via Washington Post)
Trump search warrant:
5/22 - Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal (via The Guardian)
5/25 - Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before Justice Dept. came for documents (via Washington Post)
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
5/23 - A Security Sprint: Assessing the U.S. Homeland’s Vulnerabilities to Chinese Communist Party Aggression (House Homeland; see also, ranking members’ opening statements)
5/24 - American Confidence in Elections: Ensuring Every Eligible American has the Opportunity to Vote – and for their Vote to Count According to Law (House Administration; testimonies available on the minority’s site)
5/24 - The Social Security Administration's Role in Combatting Identity Fraud (House Ways & Means)
