Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 9/2/23

9/5 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than 4 Million Student Loan Borrowers Are Enrolled in the New SAVE Plan (ED)

9/5 - Smithsonian Survey Finds That U.S. Teachers Want To Teach More About Sustainability (SI; see also, report)

9/6 - Biden-Harris Administration Takes Major Steps to Protect Arctic Lands and Wildlife in Alaska (DOI; see also, president’s statement)

9/6 - U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to Publish Anthology, Bring Poetry to National Parks as Part of Signature Project, 'You Are Here' (LOC)

9/6 - Reporting on the State of the Climate in 2022  (NCEI; direct to report page)

9/7 - EPA Modernizes FOIA Regulations to Promote Transparency and Accountability, Make FOIA More Affordable, and Expedite Release of Information for Communities with Environmental Justice Concerns (EPA)

9/7 - HHS Issues New Proposed Rule to Strengthen Prohibitions Against Discrimination on the Basis of a Disability in Health Care and Human Services Programs (HHS; direct to fact sheet)

9/7 - Chief FOIA Officers Council Co-Chairs Issue Memo on FOIA.gov Interoperability Deadline, FOIAonline Sunset (NARA; direct to memo)

9/8 - FAA Closes SpaceX Starship Mishap Investigation (FAA)

9/8 - Administrative Law Judge Issues Initial Decision in FTC’s Case Against Intuit Inc. (FTC; direct to decision)

9/8 - IRS announces sweeping effort to restore fairness to tax system with Inflation Reduction Act funding; new compliance efforts focused on increasing scrutiny on high-income, partnerships, corporations and promoters abusing tax rules on the books (IRS)

9/8 - What to Expect: The 2022 Census Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Reports (WH/CEA)

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 Congressional hearings on congress.gov.

9/6 - After Apprehension: Tracing DHS Responsibilities after Title 42 (Senate Homeland)

9/7 - Implementing IIJA: Perspectives on The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, Part II (Senate Environment)

9/5 - Audit of NARA's Electronic Records Archives (2.0) System (NARA)

9/5 - The IRS Needs to Leverage the Most Effective Training for Revenue Agents Examining High-Income Taxpayers (TIGTA)

9/6 - Office of Inspector General Management Advisory Report: Clear, Consistent and Uniform Application of Architect of the Capitol Policy (AOC)

9/7 - The EPA Should Determine How Its Elevation Policy Can More Effectively Address Risks to the Public (EPA)

9/7 - Tracking Pandemic Relief Funds that Went to Local Communities Reveals Persistent Data Gaps and Data Reliability Issues (PRAC)

9/6 - Constitutional Challenges to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (CRS)

9/6 - Arctic Region: Factors That Facilitate and Hinder the Advancement of U.S. Priorities (GAO)

9/7 - Modeling the Demand for Electric Vehicles and the Supply of Charging Stations in the United States: Working Paper 2023-06 (CBO)

9/7 - Southwest Border: Additional Actions Needed to Address Cultural and Natural Resource Impacts from Barrier Construction (GAO; see also, House Natural Resources ranking member statement)

Note: all Trump indictment items now appear in a separate box at bottom of page

9/5 - 2020 CBP and NES Combined Report released (Census)

9/5 - Trump Border Wall Dream, Downsized, Gets Revival in Defense Bill (via Bloomerg Government)

9/5 - GSA opens office to support Biden’s open government plan (via FedScoop)

9/5 - National Archives to launch full version of modernized electronic records system (via Fedscoop, with links to source documents)

9/5 - First revamped science policy falls short of fulfilling Biden’s promise to protect scientists, watchdogs say (via GovExec)

9/6 - VA vows ‘full review’ of website after IT issues impact disability claims for nearly 57,000 veterans (via Federal News Network)

9/7 - Most links on DOJ FOIA Library page changed (DOJ; note - I believe I’ve recaptured in Internet Archive all documents under “Recent Releases” and 2016- under “FOIA-Processed Documents" headers)

9/7 - Presidential centers from Hoover to Bush and Obama unite to warn of fragile state of US democracy (via AP, with link to source document)

9/7 - New Jersey Failed Veterans at Pandemic-Ravaged Nursing Homes, U.S. Says (via NYT, with link to source document)

9/8 - Thompson, Payne Release Statement on DHS’s First ‘Report on Homeland Security for Children’ (Congress; direct to report)

9/8 - Appeals Court Rules White House Overstepped 1st Amendment on Social Media (via NYT)