Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 9/30/23

10/2 - FCC Takes First Space Debris Enforcement Action (FCC)

10/2 - Hubble's Galaxy Week Images (NASA)

10/3 - IMLS and Partner Agencies Announce Over $25 Million for the "Save America's Treasures" Grant Program (IMLS; direct to awards list)

10/4 - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Transfer of Forfeited Munitions to Ukraine (DOJ)

10/4 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces an Additional $9 Billion in Student Debt Relief (ED; see also, WH announcement)

10/4 - Federal Agencies Can Sign Up and Begin Submitting Congressionally Mandated Reports This Month (GPO)

10/4 - Updated tables provide new data on key education statistics (NCES; direct to stats page)

10/5 - Congressional Campaign Treasurer [for Rep. George Santos] Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Congressional Candidate in Campaign Finance Fraud Scheme (DOJ)

10/5 - Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: 2022 Data Publication (EPA; direct to interactive map page; see also, 2023 Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas report & data page)

10/5 - Fact Sheet on National Security and Public Safety Impacts of Restoring Broadband Oversight (FCC)

10/5 - Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America (USGS; direct to subscription article page)

10/6 - Federal court enforces US Department of Labor subpoena seeking documents to investigate Starbucks Corp.’s response to worker organizing campaigns (DOL; direct to court order)

10/6 - FTC Data Shows Consumers Report Losing $2.7 Billion to Social Media Scams Since 2021 (FTC; direct to report)

10/6 - U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Release Guidance to Expand Access to Clean Vehicle Tax Credits, Help Car Dealers Grow Businesses (Treas; direct to guidance)

10/6 - U.S. Postal Service Proposes New Prices for 2024 (USPS)

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.

10/6 - H.R. 5110, Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act - authorizes the use of federal elementary and secondary education funds to purchase or use dangerous weapons for purposes of training students in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports (via WH)

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

10/4 - CHIPS and Science Implementation and Oversight (Senate Commerce)

10/3 - Inflation Reduction Act: Assessment of a Free and Electronic Direct Filing Tax Return System (TIGTA)

10/5 - SIGPR Fact Sheet 10-5 (SIGPR)

10/6 - Excluding Deemed Exports and Reexports from 15 C.F.R. § 742.6(a)(6) Could Pose a Significant Risk of Unauthorized Technology Release to China’s Military (DOC)

10/3 - Human Rights: Agency Actions Needed to Address Harassment of Dissidents and Other Tactics of Transnational Repression in the U.S. (GAO)

10/6 - Admission of States to the Union: A Historical Reference Guide (CRS)

10/1 - Major Supreme Court cases to watch in the new term (via CNN)

10/1 - Governor Gavin Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler to Complete Senator Feinstein’s Term in the U.S. Senate (via governor’s office)

10/2 - Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide (FBI Vault)

10/2 - National Archives requires agencies to keep records of collaboration tools (via FedScoop, with link to source document)

10/3 - Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leader (via AP; see also, House vote session video via C-SPAN)

10/3 - New rule would set governmentwide cyber standards for contracts involving federal information systems (via FedScoop, with link to source document)

10/3 - Liberty University broke safety laws for years, government asserts (via Washington Post; see also, Clery Act reports page)

10/5 - Ranking Member Raskin Releases Report Decrying the Effects of MAGA Book Bans on Public Education as Part of Banned Books Week (Congress; direct to report)

10/5 - Biden administration waives federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas (via NBC News, with link to source document; see also, DHS secretary statement)

10/6 - Ranking Member Grijalva Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral 33-Member Letter Requesting Clemency for Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier (Congress; direct to letter)

10/6 - New Records Released – 2023 Fourth Quarter Release Lists (NARA; note – they also finally updated the 3^rd quarter lists links)

10/6 - A Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, 2023 (WH; see also, A Proclamation on Columbus Day, 2023)