Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 12/23/23

12/26 - Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program Proposed Rule Published (DOD)

12/26 - FCC Adopts 2018 Quadrennial Review of Broadcast Ownership Rules (FCC)

12/27 - Climate highlights of 2023 (climate.gov)

12/27 - U.S. Chemical Safety Board Eliminates Long-Standing Investigation Backlog (CSB; see also, investigations page)

12/28 - Census Bureau Projects U.S. and World Populations on New Year’s Day (Census)

12/28 - Recapping a Phenomenal 2023 at the U.S. Census Bureau (Census)

12/28 - Sexual Assault Now Tried Outside Military Chain of Command (DOD)

12/28 - Fact Sheet: Justice Department Improvements to the Clemency Process (DOJ)

12/29 - Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Highlights Key 2023 Department Accomplishments (DOC)

12/29 - DOT Launches New Advisory Committee to Help Shape Federal Approach to Transportation Innovation (DOT)

12/29 - ICE releases fiscal year 2023 annual report (ICE; 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.

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12/26 - Post-Pandemic Actions Have Contributed to Declines in Automated Collection System Level of Service and Collection (TIGTA)

12/27 - Management Implication Report: Preventing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Within the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program (EPA)

12/26 - Agency Nonacquiescence: An Overview of Constitutional and Practical Considerations (CRS)

12/28 - Disqualification of a Candidate for the Presidency, Part I: Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment as It Applies to the Presidency (CRS)

12/28 - Disqualification of a Candidate for the Presidency, Part II: Examining Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment as It Applies to Ballot Access (CRS)

12/26 - Use of Social Networking Interactions and Applications Communications/Outreach/Public Dialogue (DHS)

12/26 - OMB pushes 1% discretionary sequestration requirement off (via Federal News Network, with link to source document)

12/28 - Ranking Member Raskin Issues Statement on Oversight Committee Democrats’ Accomplishments in 2023 (Congress)

12/28 - 'Stunning Diversity': How Joe Biden Reshaped The Courts In 2023 (via HuffPost)

12/28 - These pandemic-era relief programs expired in 2023 (via Route Fifty)

12/28 - America has a life expectancy crisis. But it’s not a political priority. (via Washington Post)

12/28 - In reversal, U.S. to heighten efforts to collect billions in unpaid covid loans (via Washington Post)

12/29 - The Air Force said its nuclear missile capsules were safe. But toxic dangers lurked, documents show (via AP, with source documents)

12/29 - US Rings Out 2023 With One of Sharpest Homicide Declines on Record (via The Messenger, with link to source document)

12/29 - Donald Trump removed from Maine primary ballot by secretary of state (via Washington Post, with source document; see also, Lawfare’s disqualification tracker)