Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 10/28/23

10/30 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.3 Billion to Build Out Nation’s Electric Transmission and Releases New Study Identifying Critical Grid Needs (DOE; direct to report page)

10/30 - Biden-Harris Administration Continues Efforts to Provide Debt Relief for More Student Loan Borrowers (ED)

10/30 - Surgeon General Launches Nationwide “We Are Made to Connect” College Tour to Inspire Students to Build, Strengthen, and Prioritize Relationships (HHS; direct to website)

10/30 - NEH Announces New Research Initiative: Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (NEH)

10/30 - Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (WH; see also, fact sheet)

10/31 - CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Launches First Federal Campaign for Hospitals to Tackle Healthcare Workers Burnout (CDC; direct to website)

10/31 - Department of Defense Launches Secure Reporting Mechanism on the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Website (DOD; direct to website)

10/31 - Biden-Harris Administration Approves Largest Offshore Wind Project in the Nation (DOI)

10/31 - Justice Department Issues Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Employment Services for People with Disabilities (DOJ; direct to guidance page)

10/31 - HHS Issues Take Action for Adolescents: A Call to Action for Adolescent Health and Well-Being (HHS; direct to website)

10/31 - VA Employee Agrees to 15-Day Suspension Without Pay for Violating the Hatch Act (OSC; see also, 4/28/23 article via Boston Globe)

10/31 - Fact Sheet: Release of the 2023 Women, Peace and Security Strategy and National Action Plan (WH; direct to plan)

11/1 - At the Direction of President Biden, Department of Commerce to Establish U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute to Lead Efforts on AI Safety (DOC)

11/1 - Not Invisible Act Commission Transmits Recommendations to Federal Government to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking (DOJ; direct to report)

11/1 - EPA Announces the Small Communities Big Challenges: Rural Environmental Health Needs Competition (EPA; direct to info page)

11/1 - U.S. Agricultural Policy Review, 2022 (ERS)

11/1 - Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office Advances First Insurer Data Call to Assess Climate-Related Financial Risk to Consumers (Treas)

11/1 - OMB Releases Implementation Guidance Following President Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence (WH/OMB; direct to draft policy)

11/2 - Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks Announces Publication of Data, Analytics and AI Adoption Strategy (DOD; direct to strategy and fact sheet)

11/2 - Russia’s Planned Withdrawal of Its CTBT Ratification (State)

11/3 - WIC is Vital – but Vastly Underutilized, Research Finds (FNS; direct to report page)

11/3 - FTC Releases Annual Do Not Call Registry Data Book Showing Consumer Complaints Continued to Decrease in Fiscal Year 2023 (FTC; direct to report page)

11/3 - A New Environmental Justice Playbook for Federal Agencies (WM/CEQ; direct to playbook)

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

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Commission Reports (U.S. Government)

10/31 - BLS Could Do More to Identify Data Limitations and Increase Transparency (DOL)

10/31 - The EPA Needs to Better Implement Internal Access Control Procedures for Its Integrated Risk Information System Database (EPA)

11/2 - Management Alert - ICE Management and Oversight of Mobile Applications - (redacted) (DHS)

11/3 -  ITA Did Not Effectively Resolve Foreign Trade Barriers (DOC)

10/30 - Credit Cards: Pandemic Assistance Likely Helped Reduce Balances, and Credit Terms Varied Among Demographic Groups (GAO)

11/1 - NetChoice v. Bonta and First Amendment Limits on Protecting Children Online (CRS)

11/2 - Equal Employment Opportunity: Additional Actions Would Improve USDA's Collection and Reporting of Key Data (GAO)

10/27 (missed last week) - First Amendment Advocates Say Air Force Tweak to Public Records Request Process 'Very Troubling' (via Military.com)

10/28 - EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint (via AP)

10/29 - Medicare expands options for mental health care (via Washington Post)

10/30 - Judge Orders Border Agents to Stop Cutting Texas’ Barbed Wire Fence (via NYT, with link to source document)

11/1 - The White House is working on a strategy to combat Islamophobia. Many Muslim Americans are skeptical (via AP; see also WH announcement)

11/1 - If Trump Wins, His Allies Want Lawyers Who Will Bless a More Radical Agenda (via NYT)

11/1 - Infant Deaths Have Risen for the First Time in 20 Years (via NYT; see also, NCHS report)

11/2 - Rep. George Santos survives effort to expel him from the House. But he still faces an ethics report (via AP; see also, 10/31 House Ethics committee announcement)

11/2 - Adm. Lisa Franchetti Sworn in as 33rd Chief of Naval Operations (via US Naval Institute)

11/3 - Judge tosses IG’s lawsuit alleging harassment by oversight body investigating him (via GovExec)

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

10/31 - Threats to the Homeland (Senate Homeland)

11/1 - The Science of Extreme Event Attribution: How Climate Change Is Fueling Severe Weather Events (Senate Environment)

11/1 - Ongoing Threats to Election Administration (Senate Rules)