6/12 - Department of Homeland Security Announces Distribution of More Than $290 Million in Congressional Funding for Communities Receiving Migrants (DHS; direct to info page)
6/12 - Microsoft Agrees to Pay $20 Million Civil Penalty for Alleged Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws (DOJ)
6/12 - Projects to Mitigate Transborder Water Pollution Can Now Proceed, as EPA and USIBWC Sign Record of Decision (EPA)
6/12 - New Daily International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (NCEI)
6/13 - FBI Deputy Director Highlights Bureau's New FISA Query Accountability Procedures (FBI; see also, Senate hearing page)
6/13 - SAMHSA Releases New Data on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Behavioral Health (SAMHSA; direct to report)
6/13 - The 2023 Spring Regulatory Agenda (WH/OMB; direct to agenda page)
6/14 - Census Bureau Data Guide More Than $2.8 Trillion in Federal Funding in Fiscal Year 2021 (Census; direct to report)
6/14 - Interior Department Proposes Rule to Bolster Solar and Wind Development on Public Lands, Continue Progress on Efficient and Responsible Permitting (DOI; direct to eplanning page)
6/14 - Fact Sheet: Update on Justice Department ’s Ongoing Efforts to Tackle Gun Violence (DOJ)
6/14 - FOIA Advisory Committee Seeks Input on Draft Model Determination Letter (NARA)
6/15 - Geographic Inequality on the Rise in the U.S. (DOC)
6/15 - Air National Guardsman Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information (DOJ)
6/15 - Gen Z and Civic Engagement: A Conversation with U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost (NARA)
6/15 - Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report (State; see also, report page)
6/16 - Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by the Minneapolis Police Department and the City of Minneapolis (DOJ; direct to report; see also, remarks from AG | AAG Gupta | AAG Clark)
6/16 - EAC Commissioners Issue Joint Statement on Released Report on Dominion ImageCast X Component (EAC; see also, 6/14 blog post by report author, with link to report and other documents)
6/16 - IMLS Launches New Grant Initiative to Support American Latino Museums and Cultural Organizations (IMLS)
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.
6/14 - S.777, Veterans' COLA Act of 2023 - requires the VA to increase amounts payable for wartime disability compensation and certain additional compensations/allowances
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
6/14 - A Review of Title VII: University Perspectives on Research and Extension Programs (House Agriculture)
6/14 - Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities (House Education; see also, ranking member statement)
6/14 - Ensuring an Impartial Judiciary: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 (Senate Judiciary)
6/15 - Impacts of Plastic Production and Disposal on Environmental Justice Communities (Senate Environment)
It's time for spring Semiannual Reports to be released. You can track which are currently available here.
6/13 - ED OIG website redesign released
6/14 - EAC OIG website redesign released
6/14 - The Office for Civil Rights’ Processing of Web Accessibility Complaints (ED)
6/12 - From Slip Law to United States Code: A Guide to Federal Statutes for Congressional Offices (CRS)
6/14 - 2023 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits (GAO; see also, Congressional testimony)
6/15 - Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Agencies Can Take Additional Steps to Counter Domestic Threats (GAO)
6/12 - The U.S. says it wants to rejoin UNESCO after exiting during the Trump administration (via NPR)
6/13 - Directory of 300 hate symbols a new tool for identifying extremism (via MilitaryTimes, with link to website)
6/15 - Unauthorized dispositions: 1) founded case, DOD - News allegation that the Defense Department wiped the phones of top departing officials at the end of the Trump administration; 2) pending review, DHS - During testimony to the House of Representatives Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee of the House or Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, DHS OIG Joseph Cuffari stated that a small number of Department officials utilized Signal. In addition, Mr. Cuffari also stated that he deleted text messages from his government phone (NARA)
6/15 - Energy Department among ‘several’ federal agencies hit by MOVEit breach (via Federal News Network)
6/15 - Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families (via AP, with link to source document; see also, statements from AG and DOI secretary)
Trump search warrant/indictment:
6/13 - Trump arraigned, pleads not guilty to 37 classified documents charges (via Washington Post)
6/14 - Read the Transcript of Trump’s Arraignment Hearing (via NYT)
6/14 - Trump rejected lawyers’ efforts to avoid classified documents indictment (via Washington Post)
6/16 - The Justice Department is largely rebuffing Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan’s request for details on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation (via Politico, with source document; see also, referenced 6/9 letter from Jordan to AG)
