8/28 - Department of Labor joins Mexican Embassy, other diplomatic missions to kick off Labor Rights Week 2023; launches MigrantWorker.gov (DOL; direct to website)
8/28 - PRA Special Access Requests from Congress (NARA)
8/28 - Fact Sheet: Treasury Department Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Report on Benefits of Unions to the U.S. Economy (Treas; direct to report)
8/29 - CPS Table Packages Now Available (Census)
8/29 - Commerce’s NOAA Releases New Monthly Tool to Predict High-Tide Flooding (DOC; direct to website)
8/29 - Qakbot Malware Disrupted in International Cyber Takedown (DOJ)
8/29 - To Conform with Recent Supreme Court Decision, EPA and Army Amend “Waters of the United States” Rule (EPA; direct to rule info page)
8/29 - International Food Security Assessment, 2023–2033 (ERS)
8/29 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Ten Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation (WH; see also, president’s statement and HHS announcement)
8/30 - Department of Labor announces proposal to restore, extend overtime protections for 3.6 million low-paid salaried workers (DOL; direct to rule info page)
8/30 - The Web Archiving Team Answers Questions About the Web Archives (LOC; direct to archived webinar)
8/30 - Condition of Education 2023 (NCES)
8/30 - OSC Wins Legal Victory for 9/11 Veteran Wrongfully Denied Reemployment by USPS (OSC; see also, MSPB order)
8/30 - U. S. Commission on Civil Rights to Release Report: The Federal Response to Anti-Asian Racism in the United States (USCCR)
8/30 - USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan (USCIRF; direct to report)
8/30 - Copyright Office Issues Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (USCO)
8/31 - Demographic and Housing Characteristics Data Available for 118th Congress (Census; direct to data page)
8/31 - The Department of Defense Launches the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Website (DOD; direct to website)
8/31 - Government Agencies Report New Russian Malware Targets Ukrainian Military (NSA; direct to report)
8/31 - Transitioning from TESS to new search (USPTO)
9/2 (posted very early am) - Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Presidential Records Act and Requests by the Public and Congress (NARA)
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
8/30 - Sharing of Threat and Vulnerability Information with Financial Institutions (FDIC)
8/31 - New EPA OIG website rolled out (EPA; see also, previous website in Internet Archive)
8/31 - One Quarter of Medicaid Enrollees with HIV May Not Have Received Critical Services in 2021 (HHS)
9/1 - CBP Could Do More to Plan for Facilities Along the Southwest Border (DHS)
8/30 - Homeland Security: Joint Requirements Council Needs Leadership Attention to Improve Effectiveness (GAO)
8/30 - Nuclear Weapons: Program Management Improvements Would Benefit U.S. Efforts to Build New Experimental Capabilities (GAO)
8/31 - Supreme Court Narrows Dormant Commerce Clause and Upholds State Animal Welfare Law (CRS)
8/28 - Government websites are loaded with misinformation, and that’s a big problem for AI (via GovExec)
8/28 - The CIA knows a lot about other nations' space programs. You can too with its new 'World Factbook' update (via space.com, with link to website)
8/28 - Airlines tried to stop fake service animals. It kept blind people off flights. (via Washington Post; see also, 2020 DOT final rule info page)
8/30 - 2022 Fundamental Classification Guidance Review (FCGR), Agency Summaries released (NARA)
8/30 - More schools that forced American Indian children to assimilate revealed (via Washington Post; direct to interactive map page)
8/31 - Clarence Thomas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow’s plane (via CNN, with Thomas and Alito 2022 disclosures)
9/1 - U.S. Knew About Migrant Killings by Saudi Forces Earlier Than Previously Disclosed (via NYT)
Trump classified documents search warrant/indictment:
8/29 - Why a DOJ lawyer questioned a Trump case witness at the White House (via Washington Post)
Trump 2020 election/January 6 indictment:
8/28 - Trump’s federal trial in election subversion case set for March 2024 (via The Guardian; see also, document 39 at CourtListener for schedule details)
Trump 2020 election/Georgia indictment:
8/28 - Mark Meadows takes stand in bid to derail Georgia criminal charges (via Politico)
8/30 - Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming Georgia election workers, judge rules (via Politico, with link to source document)
8/31 - Georgia DA Warns Trump and Co-Defendants of Consequences for Speedy Trial Demand (via The Messenger, with source document)
8/31 - Kemp rejects talk of special session, says punishing Fani Willis carries risks (via AJC)
9/1 - Trump's Georgia election interference trial will be televised and livestreamed, judge says (via NBC News)
9/1 - "He got tripped up": Legal experts say Mark Meadows may have a "perjury problem" after testifying (via Yahoo News; see also, document 66 at Courtlistener)
