7/10 - U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Co-Director Of Think Tank For Acting As An Unregistered Foreign Agent, Trafficking In Arms, Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran, And Making False Statements To Federal Agents (DOJ; see also, Washington Post article)
7/10 - Iran's Nuclear Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act of 2022 (ODNI; direct to report)
7/10 - Reducing Time Taxes and Administrative Burdens (WH/OMB)
7/11 - Celebrating World Population Day – and Supporting Evidence-Based Policymaking Worldwide for Over 65 Years (DOC)
7/11 - HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Advance Non-discrimination in Health and Human Service Programs for LGBTQI+ Community (HHS)
7/12 - Building on the Success of DOT’s Rural EV Toolkit to Help Communities Build Out EV Charging Infrastructure, DOT Releases New Edition for Urban Areas (DOT; direct to website)
7/12 - New Study Examines Accessibility of Elections for Americans with Disabilities (EAC; direct to report page)
7/12 - Biden-Harris Administration Proposes to Strengthen Lead Paint Standards to Protect Against Childhood Lead Exposure (EPA; direct to info page)
7/12 - FOIA Advisory Committee Recommends Exemption 5 Transparency (NARA; direct to recommendation)
7/12 - The June Consumer Price Index: Disinflation, Deflation, and Buying Power in the U.S. Economy (WH/CEA)
7/13 - Census Bureau Releases Report on Nearly 15 Years of Pre-Pandemic Migration Patterns (Census; direct to report page)
7/13 - FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive (FDA)
7/13 - Now Accepting Proposals for National Leadership Grants for Libraries, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Programs (IMLS)
7/13 - Earth just had its hottest June on record (NOAA)
7/13 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Publishes the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (WH; direct to plan)
7/14 - New Treasury Department Data Shows American Rescue Plan Funding Drove Key Investments in Economic Development in Communities Across the Country (Treas; 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.
None this week
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
7/11 - Superbugs: The Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance on Modern Medicine (Senate HELP)
7/11 - The PGA-LIV Deal: Implications for the Future of Golf and Saudi Arabia’s Influence in the United States (Senate Homeland)
7/12 - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (House Judiciary)
7/13 - Stolen Taxpayer Funds: Reviewing the SBA and OIG Reports of Fraud in Pandemic Lending Programs (House Small Business)
7/13 - Budget Oversight of the United States Coast Guard (Senate Commerce; see also, Senator demands IG inspection into Coast Guard’s failure to respond to sex assault claims at academy via CNN and Ranking Members Raskin and Thompson Demand Answers from Coast Guard on Troubling Mishandling of Sexual Assaults at Academy)
7/10 - USDA IIJA Funding Dashboard (USDA; direct to dashboard)
7/11 - FEMA Did Not Always Secure Information Stored on Mobile Devices to Prevent Unauthorized Access (DHS)
7/11 - Audit of the Reliability of the DoD Coronavirus Disease–2019 Patient Health Data (DOD)
7/14 - Audit of NASA’s Deep Space Network (NASA)
7/10 - The Federal Statistical System: A Primer (CRS)
7/11 - Frequently Asked Questions: Mapping of U.S. Ocean and Coastal Waters (CRS)
7/11 - The Equal Rights Amendment: Background and Recent Legal Developments (CRS)
7/11 - COVID-19: GAO Recommendations Can Help Federal Agencies Better Prepare for Future Public Health Emergencies (GAO)
7/10 - Unauthorized dispositions: 1) HHS/NIH, pending review - An online news article from theintercept.com reported that "a top advisor to Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Health admitted that he used a personal email account in an apparent effort to evade the strictures of the Freedom of Information Act, according to records obtained by congressional investigators probing the origin of Covid-19. The official also expressed his intention to delete emails in order to avoid media scrutiny. (note: captured in IA 7/10; description later changed to Allegation that a Senior Scientific Advisor at NIH used a personal email account in an apparent effort to evade the strictures of the Freedom of Information Act.); 7/14: 1) DOD, founded - NY times reported that a military biometric capturing device containing the names, nationalities, photographs, fingerprints, and iris scans of 2,632 people, was sold on eBay for profit. (NARA)
7/11 - [IMLS Webinar #7] Librarians' Role in Cultivating Data-Literate Citizens on July 27, 2023 (via ALA; see also, archive of recorded data webinars)
7/11 - DOJ won't shield Trump from claims he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll (via NPR; see also, DOJ letter to counsel)
7/12 - Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo (via The Guardian)
7/12 - Senate Dems say ‘massive’ taxpayer privacy breach needs DOJ probe (via Politico, with link to source document)
7/12 - Justice Department appeals Jan. 6 prison sentences for Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers (via Politico)
7/13 - CDC rolls out new COVID-19 website (via GovExec, with link to website)
7/13 - The FTC is investigating whether ChatGPT harms consumers (via Washington Post, with source document)
7/14 - How to Preserve Priceless Documents at the National Archives (via NYT)
Trump search warrant/indictment:
7/11 - Trump wants classified documents trial delayed until after 2024 election (via Politico, with source document; see also, DOJ objection to delay via CourtListener)
7/14 - Target letter to Trump Organization staffer signals new push in classified docs probe: Sources (via ABCNews)
7/14 - Trump Indictments Sparked Threats Linked to Russians, Extremists (via Bloomberg, with source documents)
