Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 11/25/23

11/27 - Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Freight Office and Major Progress Strengthening Supply Chains (DOT; direct to website)

11/28 -Biden-Harris Administration Announces Updated Resource to Support the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs (ED; direct to policy statement page)

11/28 - OSC Issues Hatch Act Advisory Opinion to Address Federal Employees’ Discussions About the Conflict Between Israel and Hamas (OSC; direct to opinion)

11/29 - TracFone to Pay $23.5 Million To Resolve FCC Program Violations (FCC)

11/29 - Library of Congress Webinar on Human Rights Day: Science Literacy and the Law (LOC)

11/29 - National Archives To Award $2 Million For Historical Records Projects (NARA; direct to projects list)

11/29 - Biden-⁠Harris Administration Continues to Accelerate Environmental Justice in Disadvantaged Communities through the President’s Investing in America Agenda (WH/CEQ; direct to program list)

11/29 - Interagency Working Group Releases National Strategy to Enhance the Nation’s Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Monitoring Capabilities (WH/OMB; direct to strategy; see also, NOAA press release)

11/30 - BLM to Analyze Potential Changes to West-wide Energy Corridors as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda (BLM; direct to planning website)

11/30 - Senate Judiciary Committee Votes to Authorize Subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo (Congress)

11/30 - Biden-Harris Administration Proposes to Strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule to Protect All Communities in America from Lead in Drinking Water (EPA; direct to info page; see also, WH fact sheet)

11/30 - ICE unveils online portal to streamline noncitizen immigration obligations (ICE; direct to website; see also, Privacy Impact Assessment)

11/30 - On the Release of the 2022 Country Reports on Terrorism (State; direct to reports page)

12/1 - Latest Data from HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Highlight Nine Out of Ten Clients with HIV Are Virally Suppressed (HHS; direct to report)

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.

11/30 - Audit of B-52 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DOD)

11/30 - Management Advisory: Concerns with Access to Care and Staffing Shortages in the Military Health System (DOD)

11/29 - Biodefense: National Biosurveillance Integration Center Has Taken Steps to Address Challenges, but Could Better Assess Results (GAO)

11/29 - Federal Facilities: Continued Oversight of Security Recommendations Needed (GAO)

11/30 - NASA Artemis Programs: Crewed Moon Landing Faces Multiple Challenges (GAO)

11/27 - White House updates interagency group tasked with protecting federal facilities (via GovExec, with link to source document)

11/28 - As the nation’s largest landlord shifts its priorities, outrage ensues in Wyoming (via Washington Post)

11/28 - Senate intelligence chairman proposes revamp of surveillance program (via Washington Post; see also, S.3351)

11/29 - Supreme Court appears ready to deal another blow to federal agencies' administrative powers (via GovExec)

11/29 - Henry Kissinger: The Declassified Obituary (via National Security Archive, with source documents; see also, president’s statement)

11/30 - Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities (via Washington Post, with link to source document)

12/1 - Application of the Statutory Pay Cap on Administratively Determined Pay in 5 U.S.C. § 5373 to the National Science Foundation (DOJ OLC opinions)

12/1 - Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman Supreme Court justice, dies at 93 (via The 19^th; see also, president’s statement)

12/1 - George Santos Is Kicked Out of Congress in a Historic Vote (via NYT; see also, roll call vote)

12/1 - Trump can be held civilly liable in Jan. 6 riot, judges rule (via Washington Post; see also, document 1208575879 at CourtListener)

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

11/28 - Emergency Preparedness: Examining Federal, State, and Local Coordination in Coastal Communities (House Homeland)

11/28 - The Gun Violence Epidemic: A Public Health Crisis (Senate Judiciary)

11/29 - Getting on the Right Track: Navigating the Future of Intercity Passenger Rail in America (House Transport)

11/29 - Examining the Security of Federal Facilities (Senate Homeland)