Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 12/9/23

12/9 - Biden-Harris Administration Expands Use of Nature-Based Solutions to Better Protect Communities from the Impacts of Climate Change (WH/OSTP)

12/11 - Justice Department Announces Release of Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap (DOJ; direct to roadmap)

12/11 - NIST Offers Draft Guidance on Evaluating a Privacy Protection Technique for the AI Era (NIST; direct to guidance page)

12/11 - 200 USDA-Funded Projects Create Economic Opportunity in Underserved Rural and Native American Communities (USDA/RD; direct to project list and new find programs/opportunities tool)

12/12 - BLM invests $2.5 million for cultural landscape study and predictive modeling in California Desert (BLM)

12/12 - DOE Launches New Office to Coordinate Critical and Emerging Technology (DOE; direct to website)

12/12 - Four-Year Colleges and Universities Report Over Half of Undergraduate Students Completed Degrees Within 8 Years (NCES; direct to data release; see also, ED secretary statement)

12/12 - GPO Makes Congressionally Mandated Reports Available to the Public Ahead of Schedule (GPO; direct to website)

12/12 - Institute of Museum and Library Services Announces Agency's First Learning Agenda (IMLS; direct to agenda and website)

12/12 - Breaking Records, Returning Asteroid Samples Among NASA’s Big 2023 (NASA)

12/12 - NHTSA Takes First Step Toward Impaired Driving Prevention Standard to Save Lives, Launches Holiday Drive Sober Campaign (NHTSA)

12/13 - National Health Expenditures 2022 Highlights (CMS)

12/13 - Secretary Haaland Designates 18 New Sites of Natural, Historical Significance (DOI; see also, NARA press release)

12/13 - Justice Department Publishes Model Legislation to Help States Reduce Gun Violence and Improve Gun Safety (DOJ; direct to firearm storage and reporting lost/stolen firearms models)

12/13 - FCC Adopts Updated Data Breach Notification Rules To Protect Consumers (FCC)

12/13 - 25 Films Selected for Preservation in National Film Registry (LOC)

12/14 - Census Bureau Releases Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts (Census; direct to data page)

12/14 - Chief FOIA Officers Council Meeting Showcases the Use of Advanced Technologies in FOIA (DOJ)

12/14 - EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution (EPA; direct to report page)

12/14 - Forty-Four Percent of Public School Students Began 2023-24 Year Behind Grade Level in at Least One Academic Subject, Principals Say (NCES; direct to data page)

12/14 - New U.S. Department of the Treasury Analysis: Purchasing Power for American Households Now Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Levels (Treas; direct to report page)

12/14 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Initiative to Advance the Frontiers of Benefit-Cost Analysis and Strengthen Government Decision Making (WH/OMB; direct to report)

12/15 - Remember to share your feedback on the proposed changes to the 2025 American Community Survey (ACS) by Tuesday, December 19 (Census, via email alert; link goes to Federal Register notice)

12/15 - HUD Releases January 2023 Point-in-Time Count Report (HUD; direct to report page; see also, VA announcement)

12/15 - Trademark Basics Boot Camp returns January 9 (USPTO, via email alert)

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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None this week

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

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12/12 - Greater Compliance with Policies Needed Related to the Management of Emergent Care for Patients Presenting with Acute Sexual Assault (VA)

12/13 - Notification of Concerns Regarding the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Use of Temporary Secure Enclosures with Limited Space for Lengthy Time Periods (DOJ)

12/14 - The Consistently Low Percentage of Medicare Enrollees Receiving Medication to Treat Their Opioid Use Disorder Remains a Concern (HHS)

12/11 - Economic Downturns: Effects of Automatic Spending Programs and Taxes (GAO)

12/12 - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report on Ligado Networks and the Interference Debate (CRS)

12/12- Artificial Intelligence: Agencies Have Begun Implementation but Need to Complete Key Requirements (GAO)

12/12 - Health Care Funding: Federal Funding for Certain Organizations Providing Health-Related Services, 2019 through 2022 (GAO)

12/14 - National Institute of Standards and Technology: Strengthening Disclosure Requirements and Assessing Training Could Improve Research Security (GAO)

12/15 - Is Climate Change Influencing Wildfires? Climate Change Effects on Wildfires in the United States (CRS)

12/11 - Supreme Court lets stand Washington state law barring conversion therapy for minors (via CNN, with link to source document – see p.14)

12/11 - Air Force disciplines 15 people in Discord leaks investigation (via Washington Post, with AF OIG report; see also, AF press release)

12/12 - House moves to save DHS office, and hundreds of jobs, from elimination (via GovExec)

12/12 - LGBTQ+ people are nearly twice as likely to be displaced after disasters, new research shows (via The 19^th; see also, HPS page)

12/13 - Supreme Court agrees to review abortion pill access case (via MSNBC, with links to source documents; see also, SCOTUS order)

12/13 - House votes to formalize Biden impeachment inquiry (via NPR; see also, president’s statement and House Oversight Dems fact sheets)

12/13 - Pharmacies Shared Patient Records Without a Warrant, an Inquiry Finds (via NYT; see also, Senators’ press release/letter)

12/14 - Congress passed the FY24 defense policy bill: Here’s what’s inside (via Defense News)

12/14 - Smithsonian Targeted D.C.’s Vulnerable to Build Brain Collection (via Washington Post)

12/15 - The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump (via CNN)

12/15 - Fentanyl strikes Native communities, as Indian Health Service stumbles (via Washington Post)

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

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12/12 - Looking Ahead Series: Oversight of the Smithsonian Institution (House Admin)

12/12 - Ensuring Transparency in the Federal Government: An Examination of GSA’s Site Selection for the FBI Headquarters (House Transport)

12/12 - Cleaning Up the C-Suite: Ensuring Accountability for Corporate Criminals (Senate Judiciary)

12/12 - Oversight of the U.S. Government Publishing Office (Senate Rules)

12/13 - Digital Copyright Piracy: Protecting American Consumers, Workers, and Creators (House Judiciary)