8/21 - Former Hurricane Hilary brought Southern California its first-ever tropical storm watch (climate.gov)
8/21 - Department of Homeland Security Announces Distribution of More Than $77 Million in Congressional Funding for Communities Receiving Migrants (DHS; direct to awards list)
8/21 - National Park Visitation Sets New Record as Economic Engines (DOI; direct to report and interactive data tool)
8/21 - EPA Initiates New Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards to Reflect the Latest Science (EPA)
8/21 - Library of Congress to Host Congress.gov Public Forum on Sept. 13 (LOC; see also, recordings of previous forums)
8/21 - Smithsonian Continues Collecting Artifacts From Jan. 6 Capitol Attack (SI)
8/22 - One in 5 Women Reported Mistreatment While Receiving Maternity Care (CDC; see also, MMWR report page)
8/22 - Biden-Harris Administration Launches Most Affordable Repayment Plan Ever, Transforming Income-Driven Repayment by Cutting Undergraduate Payments in Half and Preventing Unpaid Interest Accumulation (ED; see also, WH fact sheet)
8/22 - Data Reports Show that Surge in Homelessness Was Averted During COVID-19 National Emergency (HUD, with links to 3 publications)
8/22 - The Data Behind Our Warming Oceans (NCEI)
8/22 - Announcement of Visa Restrictions to Address Forced Assimilation in Tibet (State)
8/23 - Improvements Ahead for the Web Archives (LOC; direct to collections page)
8/23 - Researchers assemble the first complete sequence of a human Y chromosome (NHGRI)
8/23 - NIST Issues New Guidance for Emergency Response During Wildfires (NIST; direct to Camp Fire report and ESCAPE report)
8/24 - Census Bureau Releases 2022 Census of Governments: Organization Data (Census; direct to tables page)
8/24 - Department of Homeland Security Offers Community Leaders New Resources to Prepare for Extreme Temperature Events As 17 States Experience Record Breaking Heat (DHS; direct to resource guide)
8/24 - U.S. Department of Energy Projects Strong Growth in U.S. Wind Power Sector (DOE; direct to reports page)
8/24 - Justice Department Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Asylees and Refugees in Hiring (DOJ)
8/24 - U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Issues Dear Colleague Letter on Race and School Programming (ED OCR; direct to letter)
8/24 - IMLS Awards $5.7 Million to Strengthen Library Services for Tribal Communities, Native Hawaiians (IMLS)
8/24 - NASA Shares First Images from US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument (NASA)
8/24 - USPS to unveil stamp honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg (USPS)
8/25 - Census Bureau to Establish 2030 Census Advisory Committee (Census)
8/25 - VDP Platform 2022 Annual Report Showcases Platform’s Success (CISA; direct to report)
8/25 - DIA releases updated report on Russia’s use of lethal Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Ukraine; UAV display to continue (DIA; direct to report)
8/25 - OIP Issues Guidance on Standard Operating Procedures for FOIA Offices (DOJ; direct to guidance page)
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
8/20 - Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known (via NYT, with links to NASA and FAA databases; see also, FAA response | 8/22 announcement of runway safety meetings | 8/23 announcement of close call awards)
8/22 - Yearbook of Immigration Statistics 2022, select files released (DHS)
8/22 - Women face misogyny, barriers to promotion in special operations forces, US Army study says (via GovExec, with link to source document)
8/24 - CIA stairwell attack among flood of sexual misconduct complaints at spy agency (via AP)
8/24 - ‘Eye-watering kind of fraud’: Improper payments account for third of pandemic unemployment program’s funds (via Federal News Network, with link to source document)
8/25 - SpaceX Blast Left Officials in Disbelief Over Environmental Damage (via Bloomberg)
Trump classified documents search warrant/indictment:
8/22 - Prosecutors: Trump Mar-a-Lago security aide flipped after changing lawyers (via Politico, with link to source document)
8/22 - Special counsel says D.C. grand jury on Trump documents case has ended (via Washington Post; see also, source document)
Trump 2020 election/January 6 indictment:
8/21 - Trump 2026 trial date in election case should be rejected, prosecutors argue (via The Guardian, with link to source document)
Trump 2020 election/Georgia indictment:
see also, High Profile Cases via the Fulton County Clerk’s office for related court documents
8/23 - Georgia DA Opposes Trump Allies Mark Meadows and Jeff Clark’s Bids to Block Arrest and Move Cases to Federal Court (via The Messenger, with links to source documents)
8/24 - Judge schedules Trump codefendant Ken Chesebro for October trial in racketeering case (via Politico, with source documents)
8/25 - Trump and all 18 others charged in Georgia election case meet the deadline to surrender at jail (via AP)
