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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1/17 - CBP announces new path forward for the replacement of deteriorated border barrier near Friendship Park (CBP)
1/17 - USCP Threat Assessment Cases for 2022 (USCP)
1/18 - Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) (BTS)
1/18 - NTIA Launches Inquiry on how Data Practices Affect Civil Rights (NTIA)
1/18 - USDA Publishes Strengthening Organic Enforcement Final Rule (USDA; direct to info page)
1/18 - USPTO introduces new tool to help creators identify their intellectual property (USPTO; direct to website)
1/19 - FAA NOTAM Statement (FAA)
1/19 - Launch of the Welcome Corps – Private Sponsorship of Refugees (State; direct to website)
1/19 - Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen Sends Letter to Congressional Leadership on the Debt Limit (Treas)
1/19 - Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Releases National Strategy to Put Nature on the Nation’s Balance Sheet (WH/OSTP; direct to strategy)
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
1/18 - Public Health Preparedness: HHS Could Improve Oversight of Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens (GAO)
1/19 - Legal and Procedural Matters Related to Seating a Cherokee Nation Delegate in the House of Representatives (CRS)
1/19 - Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Troubled NOTAM System Has Been on Congress’s Radar for Years (CRS)
1/17 - From Microfilm to Digital Archives: How NARA Modernizes (via GovExec; podcast)
1/19 - The Person Who Leaked The Supreme Court Abortion Decision May Have Gotten Away With It — For Now (via BuzzFeed News, with link to source document; see also, 1/20 follow-up statement of SCOTUS Marshal)
1/20 - Federal records chief says ‘culture of paper’ persists at agencies (via Federal News Network)
Trump search warrant:
1/18 - Special Counsel has questioned several officials about Donald Trump's handling of Russia probe papers. (via Murray Waas)