Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 11/4/23

11/6 - Census Bureau to Hold Virtual Workshop on Advancing Research on Race, Ethnicity and Inequality (Census; direct to info page)

11/6 - Defense Department Report Shows Decline in Armed Forces Population While Percentage of Military Women Rises Slightly (DOD; direct to report page)

11/6 - Library Seeks Applicants for the 2024 Junior Fellows Program (LOC; direct to info page)

11/6 - Online Native Cinema Showcase Brings Indigenous Films to Audiences Worldwide (SI; direct to website)

11/7 - CFPB Proposes New Federal Oversight of Big Tech Companies and Other Providers of Digital Wallets and Payment Apps (CFPB)

11/7 - U.S. Department of Education Reminds Schools of Their Legal Obligation to Address Discrimination, Including Harassment (ED; direct to letter)

11/7 - EIA forecasts global oil supply to increase and per capita gasoline consumption to fall in 2024 (EIA; direct to report page)

11/7 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Get the Lead Out Initiative to Accelerate Removal of Lead Service Lines Nationwide as Part of Investing in America Agenda (EPA; direct to info page)

11/7 - FTC Challenges More Than 100 Patents as Improperly Listed in the FDA’s Orange Book (FTC; see also, Orange Book website)

11/7 - In Comment Submitted to U.S. Copyright Office, FTC Raises AI-related Competition and Consumer Protection Issues, Stressing That It Will Use Its Authority to Protect Competition and Consumers in AI Markets (FTC; direct to comment)

11/7 - Day In, Day Out, NCEI Takes Data Seriously (NCEI)

11/7 - United States Will Suspend the Operation of its Obligations Under The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (State)

11/7 - USGS provides $2 million to states to identify critical mineral potential in mine waste (USGS)

11/8 - Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (Annual) (BLS)

11/8 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Statement on U.S. Military Strike in Eastern Syria (DOD)

11/8 - HUD Releases $50 Million to Address Youth Homelessness & New Assistance to Improve Housing Placements for People Experiencing Homelessness and Resolve Encampments (HUD)

11/8 - NASA Launches its First On-Demand Streaming Service, Updated App (NASA; direct to website)

11/8 - USGS and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory release database and interactive map of all large-scale solar energy facilities in the U.S. (USGS; direct to database | map | data pages)

11/8 - Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Better Contracting Initiative to Save Billions Annually (WH/OMB)

11/9 - Secretary Mayorkas Launches New Office of Homeland Security Statistics (DHS; direct to website)

11/9 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Framework for Student Loan Servicer Accountability To Protect Borrowers Nationwide (ED)

11/9 - IRS provides tax inflation adjustments for tax year 2024 (IRS)

11/9 - IRS publishes its fiscal year 2023 Financial Report; receives award for 2022 report (IRS; direct to report)

11/9 - USDA Launches Initiative to Enhance Competitiveness of the U.S. Specialty Crops Industry (USDA; direct to website)

11/9 - Biden-⁠Harris Administration Releases Final Guidance to Improve Regulatory Analysis (WH/OMB; direct to guidance)

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.

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11/6 - Alleged Disclosure of Sensitive Information at the Department of Energy (DOE)

11/7 - Investigative Summary: Findings of Misconduct by a then Bureau of Prisons Warden for Operating a Prohibited Vehicle on Bureau of Prison Grounds and Endangering Others, Making Sexist, Racist, and Obscene Comments to Staff, and False Statements and Lack of Candor to the OIG (DOJ)

11/7 - Federal Spending Transparency: Opportunities to Improve USAspending.gov Data (GAO)

11/7 - Public Health Preparedness: Building and Maintaining Infrastructure beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic (GAO)

11/8 - CBO Releases an Updated Interactive Tool for Analyzing the Size and Cost of the U.S. Military (CBO; direct to tool)

11/8 - Indian Health Service: Many Federal Facilities Are in Fair or Poor Condition and Better Data Are Needed on Medical Equipment (GAO)

11/5 - Records from notorious Tuskegee syphilis study now available online (via Washington Post, with link to source document; direct to website)

11/6 - Investigators Head to Antarctica Research Base After Claims of Sexual Violence (via NYT)

11/7 - Former C.I.A. Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse Charges (via NYT; see also, DOJ announcement)

11/8 - House censures Rep. Rashida Tlaib amid bipartisan backlash over Israel comments (via CBS News; see also, roll call vote)

11/8 - The Women’s Bureau has spent 100 years improving work for women — but the House wants to eliminate it (via GovExec)

11/8 - Feds charge three with running high-end brothels allegedly frequented by politicians (via Politico; see also, DOJ announcement)

11/8 - U.S. officials pick Greenbelt, Md., for new FBI national headquarters (via Washington Post; see also, FBI HQ Site Selection documents posted 11/9 to GSA FOIA Library)

11/9 - ‘The Phone Doesn’t Stop’: Overwhelming Demands For A Cease-Fire Catch Democrats Off Guard (via HuffPost)

11/9 - The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States (via ProPublica)

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

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11/7 - Social Media and the Teen Mental Health Crisis (Senate Judiciary)

11/8 - Free Speech on College Campuses (House Judiciary; see also, support documents on minority page)

11/9 - Addressing Close Calls to Improve Aviation Safety (Senate Commerce)