7/24 - U.S. Department of Education Strengthens Guidance to Improve Equal Educational Opportunity for Children with Disabilities (ED; direct to guidance and colleague letter)
7/24 - USDA Forest Service report highlights threats to forest, rangeland health over the next 50 years (FS; direct to report)
7/24 - IMLS Launches National Museum Survey Pilot (IMLS; direct to website)
7/25 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Treasury announce proposed rules to strengthen Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (HHS; see also, WH fact sheet)
7/25 - USDA introduces geospatial data product to show crop rotation patterns (NASS; direct to website)
7/26 - CFPB Exams Find Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Practices Across a Wide Array of Consumer Financial Product Lines (CFPB; direct to report)
7/26 - U.S. Department of Transportation Requires Airline Lavatories to Be More Accessible for Wheelchair Users (DOT; direct to final rule)
7/26 - Statement on the Annual Energy Outlook and EIA’s plan to enhance long-term modeling capabilities (EIA)
7/26 - Research Guide for the Constitution Annotated (LOC; direct to guide)
7/26 - UFO Records Available through NARA (NARA, via @JasonLeopold on Twitter/X; direct to website)
7/26 - Nearly Three-Quarters of Undergraduates Received Some Type of Financial Aid in 2019-20 (NCES; direct to report page)
7/26 - SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies (SEC)
7/26 - 2023 Investment Climate Statements Released (State; direct to reports page)
7/27 - Census Bureau Announces Updates for 2030 Census Planning (Census; direct to research projects website)
7/27 - Justice Department Announces Pattern or Practice Investigation of the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department (DOJ; see also, AAG remarks)
7/27 - EPA Posts Pesticide Incident Data Publicly (EPA; direct to datasets page)
7/27 - IMLS Announces $20 Million Investment in U.S. Library and Archive Initiatives (IMLS; direct to funded Leadership Grants and Laura Bush projects)
7/27 - NASA Launches Beta Site; On-Demand Streaming, App Update Coming Soon (NASA; direct to website)
7/28 - DOE Launches First-Ever ‘Cleanup to Clean Energy’ Initiative to Explore Generating Clean Energy on DOE-Owned Lands (DOE)
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.
7/25 - S.111, Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2023 - requires that agencies’ proposed rule notices include a rule summary of 100 words or fewer, written in plain language, and posted on regulations.gov.
7/28 - H.R.423, Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023 - directs DOI to take approximately 721.12 acres of land in San Diego County into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, if the tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. The land is made part of the Pala Indian Reservation.
See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.
7/25 - Oversight of A.I.: Principles for Regulation (Senate Judiciary)
7/26 - Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency (House Oversight)
7/26 - Beyond the Breaking Point: The Fiscal Consequences of Climate Change on Infrastructure (Senate Budget)
7/27 - The Dangers and Due Process Violations of 'Gender-Affirming Care' for Children (House Judiciary; see also, minority site for related documents)
7/27 - Examining Barriers to Access: Ongoing Visitor Experience Issues at America’s National Parks (House Natural Resources)
7/24 - FBI Headquarters Site Selection Process (CRS)
7/24 - Law Enforcement: DHS Should Strengthen Use of Force Data Collection and Analysis (GAO)
7/27 - Social Media Algorithms: Content Recommendation, Moderation, and Congressional Considerations (CRS)
7/27 - Older Workers: Retirement Account Disparities Have Increased by Income and Persisted by Race Over Time (GAO; see also, Senate Budget chair statement)
7/24 - Introducing the New www.hathitrust.org Website (via HathiTrust; direct to website)
7/25 - Peters Presses Census Bureau on Efforts to Address Undercounts (Congress)
7/25 - A Proclamation on Establishment of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument (WH; see also, fact sheet)
7/25 - These Covid-19 pandemic-era relief programs are expiring soon (via CNN)
7/25 - Harvard's legacy admissions under federal investigation amid civil rights concerns (via NBC News, with source documents)
7/25 - Judge knocks down Biden’s asylum policy as illegal border crossings dip (via Politico, with source document; see also, DHS secretary statement)
7/26 - Biden Orders U.S. to Share Evidence of Russian War Crimes With Hague Court (via NYT; see also, statement from Senators Durbin/Graham)
7/27 - Himes Statement on ODNI Report Regarding Chinese Support to Russia (Congress; direct to report)
7/27 - NPS Mortality Data, CY2007 to CY2023 with Expanded Environmental Causes [.xls file] (NPS FOIA)
7/27 - DHS inspector general pays $1.2M settlement to former deputy (via GovExec, with source document; see also, House Oversight/Homeland ranking members’ statement)
7/27 - States siphoned away $750 million in infrastructure law climate funds (via Washington Post)
7/28 - Thompson Blames Senate and Congressional Republicans for Expiration of Chemical Security Counterterrorism Program (Congress; see also, CFATS website)
7/28 - Executive Order on 2023 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (WH; see also, fact sheet)
7/28 - Alito says Congress has no authority to police Supreme Court ethics (via Washington Post)
Trump search warrant/indictment:
7/25 - Eight search warrants issued in Trump classified documents case, new filings show (via NBC News; see also, document 167 at CourtListener)
7/27 - Public Responses to Former President Trump to the Search Warrant Issued at Mar-a-Lago on August 8, 2022, Final Response [August 8, 2022 - August 19, 2022] (DOJ FOIA)
7/27 - Trump Faces Major New Charges in Documents Case (via NYT; see also, document 85 at CourtListener)
