Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 9/9/23

9/11 - FDA Takes Action on Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants (FDA; see also, 9/12 CDC announcement)

9/12 - Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2022 (Census, with links to 3 reports; see also, CEA blog post and president’s statement)

9/12 - CISA Announces Open Source Software Security Roadmap (CISA; direct to roadmap)

9/12 - DOD Releases 2023 Cyber Strategy Summary (DOD; direct to strategy)

9/12 - Biden-Harris Administration Report Outlines Reforms Needed to Promote Responsible Mining on Public Lands (DOI; direct to report)

9/12 - Five Former Memphis Police Officers Charged with Federal Civil Rights, Conspiracy and Obstruction Violations in Connection with the Death of Tyre Nichols (DOJ; see also, AG video remarks)

9/12 - US Department of Labor announces proposed new rule to strengthen protections for temporary farm workers (DOL; direct to rule info page)

9/12 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Build on Work to Accelerate Learning and Improve Student Achievement (ED, with link to new data tools page)

9/12 - New EPA Report Shows Major Emissions Reductions in Electricity Sector from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (EPA; direct to report page)

9/12 - GPO Digitizes All Congressional Directories Back to the 1800s (GPO; direct to collection page)

9/12 - IMLS Releases Research on the Accelerating Promising Practices for Small and Rural Libraries (APP) Program (IMLS; direct to report)

9/12 - NASA Receives Decadal Survey on Biological, Physical Sciences Research (NASA; see also, report info page and prepub report)

9/12 - NSA, U.S. Federal Agencies Advise on Deepfake Threats (NSA; direct to guidance)

9/13 - EPA Launches New Cancer Prevention Website, Affirms Commitment to President Biden and the First Lady’s Cancer Moonshot (EPA; direct to website)

9/13 - NCES Releases Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022 (NCES; direct to report page)

9/13 - Fact Sheet: White House Releases New Technical Assistance Resources to Help Communities Unlock Opportunities from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda (WH; direct to technical assistance guide)

9/14 - CFPB Report Finds College Tuition Payment Plans Can Put Student Borrowers at Risk (CFPB; direct to report page)

9/14 - DHS Continues to See High Risk of Foreign and Domestic Terrorism in 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment (DHS; direct to report)

9/14 - Department of Defense Releases Space Policy Review and Strategy on Protection of Satellites (DOD; direct to report)

9/14 - DOE Unveils New Interactive Map Showcasing Clean Energy Investment Announcements Nationwide (DOE; direct to website)

9/14 - American Archive of Public Broadcasting to Add New Collection: 50 Years of Programs from Journalist Bill Moyers (LOC; direct to collection page)

9/14 - NASA Shares UAP Independent Study Report; Names Director (NASA; direct to report)

9/14 - NCES Releases Equity in Education Dashboard (NCES)

9/14 - Announcing the U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery (State)

9/15 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Continues to Counter Hate-Fueled Violence (WH, with links to resources)

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

9/11 - U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Concludes Architect of the Capitol (AOC) Violated the Antideficiency Act in Purchase and Use of Motor Vehicles for Former Architect, J. Brett Blanton (AOC)

9/11 - DHS Does Not Have Assurance That All Migrants Can be Located Once Released into the United States (DHS)

9/11 - Audit of Triage and Support Services for Sexual Assault Victims at DoD Medical Treatment Facilities (DOD)

9/11 - The Internal Revenue Service Has Experienced Challenges in Transitioning to Electronic Records (TIGTA)

9/11 - Economic Development and Recovery in Maui (CRS)

9/11 - Security of Taxpayer Information: IRS Needs to Address Critical Safeguard Weaknesses (GAO)

9/12 - Facial Recognition Services: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Should Take Actions to Implement Training, and Policies for Civil Liberties (GAO)

9/13 - Communities at Risk of Flooding (CBO)

9/13 - Past Government Shutdowns: Key Resources (CRS; see also, OMB’s Agency Contingency Plans page)

9/13 - Violent Extremism: Agencies' and Financial Institutions' Efforts to Link Financing to Domestic Threats (GAO)

9/14 - CARES Act: Experts Identified Safeguards to Help Selected HHS Agencies Protect Against Potential Political Interference (GAO)

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

9/10 - Extremists keep trying to trigger mass blackouts — and that’s not even the scariest part (via Politico, with link to source document – see “annual summaries” on right of page)

9/11 - Area and Road Ruggedness Scales released (ERS)

9/12 - McCarthy, Under Threat From Right, Orders Biden Impeachment Inquiry (via NYT; see also, 9/11 House Oversight ranking member statement)

9/12 - How Donald Trump’s DOJ gave Biden a major assist in the coming impeachment probe (via Politico, with link to source document)

9/13 - Judge declares Biden version of DACA illegal (via Politico, with link to source document; see also, DHS secretary statement)

9/15 - Biden Administration Aims to Trump-Proof the Federal Work Force (via NYT; see also, OPM announcement)

See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.

9/12 - Book Bans: Examining How Censorship Limits Liberty and Literature (Senate Judiciary)

9/13 - Examining the Effects of Extreme Heat and Weather on Transportation (Senate Environment)

9/13 - The PGA Tour-LIV Deal: Examining the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund’s Investments in the United States (Senate Homeland)

9/14 - Examining Systemic Government Overreach at CEQ (House Natural Resources)

9/14 - Oversight of Federal Agencies’ Post-Pandemic Telework Policies (House Oversight; see also, Ranking Member opening statement)