This page is an attempt to provide current awareness of federal government reports and activities. The page will be updated weekly to provide links to important, newsworthy, or interesting material published during the previous week. The goal is to keep the links to a manageable number for readers, not to be a comprehensive listing. All links are captured in the Internet Archive if possible, and a list of earlier roundups is available.
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5/12 - DHS Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan (DHS; see also, NPR article)
5/12 - Energy Department Slashes 47 Burdensome and Costly Regulations, Delivering First Milestone in America’s Biggest Deregulatory Effort (DOE; see also, The Verge article)
5/12 - FBI Releases Officers Killed and Assaulted in the Line of Duty, 2024 Special Report and Law Enforcement Employee Counts (FBI; direct to report page)
5/12 - Welcoming Afrikaner Refugees Fleeing Discrimination (State; see also, NBC News article)
5/13 - CISA Statement on Cyber-Related Alerts and Notifications (CISA; see also, Infosecurity Magazine article)
5/13 - FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report (FBI; direct to reports page)
5/13 - FDA Begins Action To Remove Ingestible Fluoride Prescription Drug Products for Children from the Market (FDA; see also, NPR article | CRS report)
5/13 - Introducing House Roll Call Votes in the Congress.gov API (LOC)
5/14 - Interior to initiate action to rescind BLM’s intermittent energy rule (BLM; see also, Reuters article)
5/14 - U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease Almost 27% in 2024 (CDC; direct to data page)
5/14 - DHS Reminds Congressional Members of ICE’s Guidelines to Schedule Tours of ICE Detention Facilities (DHS; direct to guidance page; see also, AP article)
5/14 - EPA Announces It Will Keep Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFOA, PFOS (EPA; see also, Mother Jones article)
5/14 - FCC's Initial Contract Review Saves Taxpayers Millions of Dollars (FCC)
5/15 - Population Growth Reported Across Cities and Towns in All U.S. Regions (Census; direct to vintage 2024 national, state, county housing total and vintage 2024 city & town population totals data pages)
5/15 - Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness: Implementation Guidance [re: transgender troops ban] (DOD; see also, The Guardian article)
5/15 - FDA Advances Robust, Transparent Post-Market Chemical Review Program to Keep Food Supply Safe and Healthy (FDA; see also, NYT article)
5/15 - Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment (NIH)
5/16 - Fake News Friday: DHS Torches Latest Media Hoax (DHS; see also, HuffPost article)
5/16 - Fake News Reporting Inaccurately Claims Request is for Secretary’s “Personal Use” (DHS; see also, The Independent article)
5/16 - Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on the Tech Hubs Program (DOC; see also, factsheet and Jan. 14 DOC press release on awards)
5/16 - FCC Approves Verizon-Frontier Merger (FCC)
5/16 - NEH Announces New Grant Program for Cultural Organizations on the People, Events, and Legacy of 1776 (NEH; direct to info page)
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
5/12 - Ranking Member Morelle Leads Request to Library of Congress Inspector General into Improper Communications, Potential Unauthorized Transfer of Congressional Data to Trump Administration (H Admin; direct to letter to LOC IG)
5/12 - Ranking Member Scott Demands ED Answer Questions Regarding Status of Students’ Civil Rights Investigations (H Education; direct to letter to letter to ED secretary)
5/13 - Sanders Releases Report Documenting Trump’s War on Science (S HELP; direct to report)
5/14(?) - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence rolled out redesigned website
5/14 - Office of Congressional Ethics (IA link) changed to Office of Congressional Conduct
5/14 - Himes Demands Transparency on National Intelligence Council Dismissals (H Intelligence; direct to letter; see also, NBC News & NYT articles)
5/14 - Shaheen, Warren, Warner, Lawmakers Push for Corruption Investigation Into Trump Administration Favors for Elon Musk’s Starlink (S Foreign Relations; direct to letter to AG)
5/15 - Top Dem Issues Statement on New Staff Report about the Federal Election Commission (H Admin; direct to report; see also, Open Secrets article)
5/15 - Senator Murray on Trump Defunding Blue State Army Corps Construction: “This is Some Corrupt B-S” (S Approps; direct to USACE work plans page; see also, H Approps ranking member statement)
5/16 - Meeks, HFAC Ranking Members Demand Rubio Answer Outstanding Questions & Consult Congress [re: USAID/State reorg] (H Foreign Affairs; direct to letter)
5/15 - Package Theft in the United States (USPS)
5/12 - Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to Nationwide Injunctions (CRS; see also, Democracy Docket article)
5/13 - The End of the Affordable Connectivity Program: Options for Consumers and Congress (CRS)
5/14 - Medicaid: Selected Resources for National, State, and Local Enrollment Data (CRS)
5/15 - Federal Rulemaking: Potential Effects of Legislation to Offset Direct Spending Resulting from Regulations (GAO)
5/15 - Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (GAO)
5/11 - Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources (ABC News; see also, S Judiciary ranking member statement and letter to AG | H Judiciary ranking member statement and letter to AG/WH Counsel)
5/12 - Deputy attorney general who defended Trump in hush money trial is named acting librarian of Congress (AP)
5/12 - CFPB rescinds 67 pieces of guidance (Banking Dive, with link to source document)
5/12 - Announcing a new FGI book "Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future" (listserv; direct to book page with free download)
5/13 - In a Major Win for Libraries, Federal Judge Orders IMLS to Be Restored (Words & Money, with source documents)
5/14 - Updates on NSF Priorites page revised: items 3 & 15 updated, items 18-26 added
5/14 - Air Force digitizes hundreds of classification guides to improve information sharing (Federal News Network)
5/14 - The Chilling Effect of DEI Crackdowns in Scientific Publishing (Undark)
5/14 - CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers (Wired, with links to source documents)
5/15 - Re-review Segment 2 added to Records responsive to FOIA requests about President Trump's return of 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago page (NARA)
5/15 - Trump Is Trying to Control Congress by Taking Over Its Library (Democracy Docket)
5/15 - 'Most Transparent’ White House In History Keeps Majority Of Trump’s Remarks Secret (HuffPost)
5/15 - The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk. (ProPublica)
5/16(?) - Divorce, Family Arrangements, and Children’s Adult Outcomes (Census Working Papers; see also, CREAT entry)
5/16 - Legislative watchdog [GAO] rebuffs DOGE efforts to install on-site team (NextGov)
5/16 - A Power Grab at the Library of Congress (POGO)
5/16 - The United States just lost its last perfect credit rating (CNN)
5/16 - Russ Vought: key Project 2025 figure set to continue Trump cuts after Musk exit (The Guardian)
5/16 - Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya (NBC News)
5/16 - The Supreme Court's (Alien Enemies Act) Patience is Wearing Thin (Steve Vladeck, with links to source documents)
5/16 - Trump Admin Forcing Schools to Report International Students for Protest Activity or 'Antisemitic Actions' (Zeteo)
See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.
Multiple H Appropriations oversight/budget hearings, including: HHS | Federal Judiciary | ICE | CBP | EPA
5/14 - A New Era of Homeland Security: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security (H Homeland; see also, chair opening statement)
5/14 - FAA Reauthorization One Year Later: Aviation Safety, Air Traffic, and Next Generation Technology (S Commerce; see also, chair opening statement)
5/14 - Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget (S HELP; see also, chair opening statement)
This list is illustrative, but certainly not exhaustive.
Note: special thanks to Jenny McBurney, Molly Blake, and Sanga Sung at the University of Minnesota, who are working to post items "from my own reviews" (including those in previous roundups, but excluding the media reports) in their Tracking Removed and Modified Government Information & Resources spreadsheet. A submission form is included on their page if you have other documents/resources that should be added.
From my own reviews:
Preliminary May change/error report of GovSpeak linkcheck
Date? (identified 5/15) - Environmental Economics Research Inventory (IA link) changed to Archived Environmental Economics Reports
Removed reports:
Added reports:
Date? (identified 5/16) - Inter-American Foundation website restored; down since Feb. 12
5/12 - NESDIS Notice of Changes: Suspension of POES data to Users after June 16, 2025
5/13 - GSA website footer reverted to newer version; had changed to old version on 5/9
5/13 - NSIDC Data Announcements: Data set updates: New NASA Earthdata Cloud access option for MEaSUREs collection available on 27 May 2025 (“After 26 June 2025, the legacy HTTPS File System URL and Earthdata Search Stage for Delivery (ECHO Orders) will no longer be available. We encourage you to update your direct download workflows and scripts to use the new Earthdata Cloud access URLs.”)
5/13 - “Alien” Protection Protocols reverted to “Migrant” Protection Protocols on CBP Stats and Summaries site
5/13 - ODNI website back online (down since 5/9 or early 5/10)
5/14 - NSF OIG report dated 2/27/25, Review of NSF Recipient Compliance with NSF Harassment Terms and Conditions, restored; removed from website between 3/19 and 4/22
5/15 - AbilityOne OIG Response to Senator Grassley’s Request Regarding How the AbilityOne OIG Handles Investigations and Settlements of Sexual Harassment Claims (EEO Complaints) restored to AbilityOne OIG reports; removed 3/31
5/16 - Top menu bar and dropdown options across NSF website changed (see 5/15 IA capture to compare)
5/16 - NARA’s Unauthorized Disposition of Federal Records: 1, DHS, pending review) Allegation that all records of the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman were ordered destroyed in the context of the entire office being closed; 2, CFPB, unfounded) Allegation that CFPB's Youtube and Facebook pages were taken down without any other copy of the contents being maintained.; 3, NLRB, pending review) Media report that certain auditing and event logs in electronic information systems were improperly deleted.
From media/Bluesky reports: (All media reports are compiled on my Transition guide.)
5/10 - Trump’s Orwellian Erasure of Women (Time)
5/13 - USDA reverses course, commits to restore purged climate webpages in response to farmers’ lawsuit (EWG, with links to source documents; see complaint pgs. 8-13 for outline of removed content)
5/13 - DOGE Removes Dozens of Resurrected Contracts From Its List of Savings (NYT)
5/15 - Federal Firefighter Cancer Registry Reopened Hours After Senator Kim Calls Out Secretary Kennedy for Shutting it Down (Sen. Kim)
5/17 - https://medicalbillrights.gov deleted (Federal US domain bot; note – only 2 capture attempts in IA in 2022/2023, both failed captures)
