Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 11/18/23

11/20 - CFPB and 11 States Order Prehired to Provide Students More than $30 Million in Relief for Illegal Student Lending Practices (CFPB)

11/20 - FCC Adopts Rules to Prevent and Eliminate Digital Discrimination (FCC)

11/20 - ODNI Releases Intelligence Community Annual Demographic Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (ODNI; direct to report)

11/21 - Census Bureau Releases New Estimates on America’s Families and Living Arrangements (Census; direct to data page)

11/21 - FTC Authorizes Compulsory Process for AI-related Products and Services (FTC)

11/21 - In Memoriam: Rosalynn Carter (1927–2023) (NARA; see also, president’s proclamation)

11/21 - Release of Hostages in Gaza (State; see also, president’s statement)

11/21 - U.S. Treasury Announces Largest Settlements in History with World’s Largest Virtual Currency Exchange Binance for Violations of U.S. Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Laws (Treas; see also, DOJ announcement)

11/22 - Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Tool, Moves Climate Change Performance Measure Forward (FHWA)

11/22 - OMB Releases Annual Data Showing Continued Progress in Reducing Improper Payments Across the Federal Government (WH/OMB; direct to website)

11/22 - Report to Congress on Financing Mechanisms For Open Access Publishing of Federally Funded Research (WH/OSTP)

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

Fall 2023 Semiannual Reports (SARs) are now being released. You can track which are available on this page.

11/24 - Audit of the Planning, Design, Construction, and Commissioning of the Central Power Plant at U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq (State)

11/22 - The U.S. Census Bureau: An Overview (CRS)

11/22 - U.S. Efforts to Manage Western Hemisphere Migration Flows (CRS)

11/19 - Medical provider vying for border contract faces scrutiny after girl’s death (via Washington Post)

11/20 - Unauthorized Dispositions: USDA, founded) Potential loss of records from the mobile device of a departed political appointee in the Office of Communications. (NARA)

11/20 - A new Social Security report shows the growing overpayment problem tops $23b (via GovExec, with link to source document)

11/20 - Army Ammunition Factory Tied to Mass Shootings Faces New Scrutiny (via NYT; see also, Rep. Garcia press release/letter to Army secretary)

11/20 - Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (via Wired; see also, Sen. Wyden’s press release/letter to DOJ)

11/22 - OPM finalizes new locality pay areas ahead of 2024 pay raise (via GovExec; see also, final rule)

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

None this week