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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 8/12/23

Press releases : August 12 - August 18

8/14 - U.S. Departments of Education and Justice Release Resources to Assist Colleges and Universities in Complying with U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on the Use of Race in Higher Education Admissions (ED OCR; direct to Q&A and Colleague letter; see also, DOJ statement)

8/14 - Record shattering: Earth had its hottest July in 174 years (NOAA)

8/15 - Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks Statement on the Release of the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform Interim Report (DOD; see also, report page)

8/15 - API Search Service (GovInfo)

8/15 - C-SPAN and Library of Congress Announce New Primetime Book Series for Fall 2023 (LOC)

8/15 - NEH Announces $41.3 Million for 280 Humanities Projects Nationwide (NEH; direct to projects list)

8/15 - How Do We Inventory the Materials Needed To Build Wind and Solar Farms?: New Database Quantifies What the Country Needs To Meet Its Big Clean Energy Goals (NREL; direct to database info page)

8/16 - Comments sought on amending regulation to include deliberately deceptive Artificial Intelligence in campaign ads (FEC)

8/16 - Opening Access to the Office of Scientific Research and Development (LOC; direct to collection page)

8/16 - Fact Sheet: One Year In, President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is Driving Historic Climate Action and Investing in America to Create Good Paying Jobs and Reduce Costs (WH; see also, IRA updates from DOE | EPA | Treas | USDA)

8/17 - DOD Unveils Collaborative Biodefense Reforms in Posture Review (DOD; direct to review)

8/17 - Department of Defense Releases Actions to Transform Climate and Enhance Prevention of Harmful Behaviors at Military Service Academies (DOD; direct to report and memo; see also, remarks at media roundtable)

8/17 - EPA Announces Federal Enforcement Priorities to Protect Communities from Pollution (EPA; direct to info page - note: page not redirecting properly as of 8/19, but new page available in Internet Archive)

8/17 - EPA Releases Initial Nationwide Monitoring Data on 29 PFAS and Lithium (EPA; direct to data page)

8/17 - Op-Ed: Reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a National Security Imperative (FBI; see also, PIAB report)

8/17 - Multi-Agency Research and Development Priorities for the FY 2025 Budget (WH/OSTP; direct to memo)

8/18 - SBA Releases Interim Guidance to 8(a) Program Participants in Light of Lower Court Ruling (SBA; direct to guidance page see also, National Law Review article)

Bills Signed into Law : August 12 - August 18

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

Congressional Hearings : August 12 - August 18

See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.

None this week

Inspectors General reports : August 12 - August 18

Miscellaneous : August 12 - August 18

8/16 - Appeals Court Upholds Some Mifepristone Restrictions As Drug Remains On Market (via HuffPost, with link to source document; see also, statements from HHS secretary and vice president)

8/16 - Government's own experts found 'barbaric' and 'negligent' conditions in ICE detention (via NPR, with source documents - note: DocumentCloud landing pages do not render in Internet Archive, so the PDFs of these documents are linked in the box below and captured in IA)

8/17 - With IRA investment, DHS to break ground on new CISA, ICE headquarters in 2024 (via Federal News Network)

8/17 - On Our National Mall, New Monuments Tell New Stories (via NYT)

8/18 - GAO: USDA violated the Anti-Deficiency Act while planning its relocation of science agencies (via GovExec, with link to source document)

Trump classified documents search warrant/indictment:

None this week

Trump 2020 election/January 6 indictment:

8/15 - Special counsel obtained Trump DMs despite ‘momentous’ bid by Twitter to delay, unsealed filings show (via Politico, with link to source document)

8/16 - Texas woman charged with threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump’s federal election interference case (via CNN; see also criminal complaint at CourtListener)

8/17 - Trump seeks trial on election interference charges in 2026 (via Politico, with link to source document)

Trump 2020 election/Georgia indictment:

8/14 - Donald Trump is indicted in Georgia for seeking to overturn the 2020 election (via NPR, with source document)

8/18 - FBI joins investigation of threats to grand jurors in Trump Georgia case (via Washington Post)

FOIA records for 8/16 NPR story on ICE detention