LibGuides: U.S. Government Information: WR 04/25/20

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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.

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Press releases : Apr 25 - May 1

4/27 - Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos (DOD)

4/28 - White House Re-Establishes Council on Native American Affairs to Support Continued Inter-Agency Coordination with Indian Country (DOI)

4/28 - U.S. Billion-Dollar Disasters in Season Context (NCEI)

4/29 - Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 4.8 percent in the first quarter of 2020 (BEA)

4/29 - Current Population Survey Table Packages Now Available (Census)

4/29 - USDA International Agricultural Baseline Projections to 2029 (ERS)

4/29 - Spring 2020 brings rare ozone ‘hole’ over the Arctic (NOAA)

4/29 - ODNI Releases Annual Intelligence Community Transparency Report (ODNI; direct to report)

4/29 - New USGS Map Helps Identify Where pyrrhotite, a Mineral that Can Cause Concrete Foundations to Fail, May Occur (USGS; direct to report)

4/29 - USTR Releases Annual Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy (USTR; direct to 301 report and markets report)

4/29 - VA establishes the department’s first history office (VA)

4/30 - Department of Defense Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military (DOD; direct to report)

4/30 - Interior Announces $24.7 Million in Support for Habitat Conservation in Big Game Migration Corridors and Winter Range in the West (DOI)

4/30 - Global energy demand to plunge this year as a result of the biggest shock since the Second World War (IEA; direct to Global Energy Review 2020)

4/30 - Introducing the Law Library of Congress Legal Research Institute (LOC)

4/30 - Opportunity to Comment: Draft Universal Use Cases (NARA)

4/30 - Intelligence Community Statement on Origins of COVID-19 (ODNI)

5/1 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Shows Substantial Decline in Credit Applications in March (CFPB; direct to report)

Miscellaneous : Apr 25 - May 1

4/27 - Pandemic Response Accountability Committee website launched (PRAC)

4/27 - Engel Launches Inquiry into Trump Decision to Halt WHO Funding (Congress)

4/27 - Draft Risk Evaluation for Perchloroethylene (FACA)

4/27 - Science Advisory Board (SAB) Consideration of the Scientific and Technical Basis of EPA’s Proposed Rule Titled Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science (FACA)

4/27 - Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Copyright Annotated Laws (Courts)

4/28 - Communications Regarding Russian Interference In 2016 Presidential Election, Interim: September 29, 2016 - November 10, 2017 (DOJ FOIA)

4/29 - Trump Appointees Manipulated Agency’s Payday Lending Research, Ex-Staffer Claims (via NYT, includes source documents)

5/1 - Public Health Response to the Initiation and Spread of Pandemic COVID-19 in the United States, February 24-April 21, 2020 (CDC)

5/1 - House Health Leaders Oppose Rule to Roll Back ACA Nondiscrimination Protections (Congress)

5/1 - President announces intent to replace HHS Inspector General who issued critical report on hospital experiences responding to COVID-19 (White House)

Inspector General reports : Apr 25 - May 1

4/27 - Special Report on Protecting Patient Health Information During the COVID‑19 Pandemic (DOD)

4/27 - Deficiencies in Infrastructure Readiness for Deploying VA’s New Electronic Health Record System (VA)

4/28 - PHMSA Has Incomplete Guidance for Evaluating the Siting of Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities and Monitoring State Pipeline Safety Programs (DOT)

4/30 - TSA’s Challenges With Passenger Screening Canine Teams - Redacted (DHS)

4/30 - Management Alert: The Census Bureau Has Not Adjudicated Hundreds of Individuals Identified as Highest-Risk in OPM Background Investigations (DOC)

Congressional Budget Office / Congressional Research Service / Government Accountability Office : Apr 25 - May 1

4/27 - Flood Risk Reduction from Natural and Nature-Based Features: Army Corps of Engineers Authorities (CRS)

4/27 - K-12 Education: Information on How States Assess Alternative School Performance (GAO)

4/28 - Social Security: Selected Findings of the 2020 Annual Report (CRS)

4/28 - COVID-19 and Libraries: E-Books and Intellectual Property Issues (CRS)

4/29 - NASA: Assessments of Major Projects (GAO)

4/29 - Antibiotic Resistance: Additional Federal Actions Needed to Better Determine Magnitude and Reduce Impact (GAO)

4/30 - Income-Driven Repayment Plans for Student Loans: Working Paper 2020-02 (CBO)

5/1 - Executive Order on the Food Supply Chain and the Defense Production Act: FAQs (CRS)

5/1 - Relocation of the USDA Research Agencies: NIFA and ERS (CRS)

Bills Signed into Law: Apr 25 - May 1

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.

4/28 - H.R.6322 — Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (authorizes the VA to continue paying work-study allowances during emergency periods)