Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 8/2/25

8/4 - BOEM Rescinds Offshore Renewable Energy Leasing Schedule (BOEM; see also, Power Engineering article)

8/4 - Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman and Senior Advisor, Sean Parnell, on a Reduction in Force at the Defense Technical Information Center (DOD; direct to memo; see also, FedScoop article)

8/4 - Justice Department Dismisses Race-Based 44-Year-Old Consent Decree (DOJ; see also, Bloomberg Law article)

8/4 - Data Training Webinar [8/19]: The Updated Food Environment Atlas (ERS)

8/4 - FEC to retire legacy Searchable Advisory Opinion System (SAOS) (FEC)

8/4 - Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website (LOC; direct to website)

8/4 - USCIS Updating Policy to Protect Women’s Sports (USCIS; direct to policy alert; see also, NBC News article)

8/5 - Justice Department Publishes List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions (DOJ; direct to info page; page added to Attorney General side menu 8/7)

8/5 - Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Unveils Rule to Unleash American Drone Dominance as Part of His Innovation Agenda (DOT; direct to factsheet; see also, Politico article)

8/5 - FBI Releases 2024 Reported Crimes in the Nation Statistics (FBI; direct to report page; see also, Jeff-alytics article)

8/5 - FCC Launches Proceeding for Annual Report on the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Services (FCC; see also, Commissioner Gomez statement)

8/5 - HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA (HHS; see also, CNN article)

8/6 - Microsoft Releases Guidance on High-Severity Vulnerability (CVE-2025-53786) in Hybrid Exchange Deployments (CISA; see also, NextGov article and related NextGov article)

8/6 - Secretary Noem Unveils No Age Limit for Patriotic Americans to Join ICE Law Enforcement to Help Remove Worst of the Worst from U.S. (DHS; see also, LA Mag article)

8/7 - Interior Launches Overhaul of Offshore Wind Rules to Prioritize American Energy Security (DOI; see also, Renewable Energy World article)

8/7 - U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Directs National Center for Education Statistics to Collect Universities’ Data on Race Discrimination in Admissions (ED; direct to letter; see also, NYT article)

8/7 - EPA Celebrates Another 100 Days with 100 More Pro-Environmental Actions (EPA)

8/7 - Gomez on Closing of Paramount-Skydance Merger (FCC)

8/7 - FTC Data Show a More Than Four-Fold Increase in Reports of Impersonation Scammers Stealing Tens and Even Hundreds of Thousands from Older Adults (FTC; direct to report page)

8/7 - Cybersecurity Measures Strengthened in Light of Attacks on Judiciary’s Case Management System (US Courts; see also, Politico article and 8/8 followup article)

8/4 - USBP Nationwide Migrant Deaths 10.01.2020 through 09.30.2024 [.xlsx] added to CBP Border Patrol Statistics

8/5 - User Notice: SSMIS processing will now continue through September 2026 posted to NSIDC Data Announcements (see also, 7/30 NYT article, In a Reversal, Key Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online)

8/6 - New MAHA in Action page added to HHS top menu

8/6 - Open-Access Publishing in a Global Context posted to NCSES latest releases page

8/8 - Use of COVID-19 Vaccination Status in Federal Employment and Updates to Employee Records posted to OPM Latest Memos (see also, USA Today article) 

8/5 - Warren, Shaheen Release New Investigative Report on President Trump’s Failure to Use Sanctions and Export Controls to Help End Russia’s War in Ukraine (S Banking; direct to report)

8/6 - Meeks Demands Answers on Reports of Trump Administration Destroying Emergency Food Assistance & Wasting American Tax Dollars (H Foreign Affairs; direct to letter to Rubio)

8/6 - Huffman, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Trump Order Whitewashing American History in National Parks (H Natural Resources; direct to letter to Burgum)

8/7 - ED Secretary McMahon Reveals Massive Backlog of Unresolved Complaints From Students and Borrowers, Warren Presses for More Answers on Trump’s Attacks on Public Education (Sen. Warren; direct to Warren letter & ED response | see also, NBC News article)

8/8 - Himes Questions Irregular Declassification of Sensitive Intelligence (H Intelligence; direct to letter to Gabbard & Ratcliffe)

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

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

None this week

It appears that indexing at Internet Archive is still having some delays. I will confirm captures for these items as I'm able.

White House press releases and executive actions

Roll Call Factbase for Trump transcripts (no longer posted to WH website)

Regulations.gov

Trump Trackers

8/4 - NASA’s Approach to Infrastructure and Operational Resilience (NASA)

8/4 - Effects on Deficits and the Debt of Public Law 119-21 [One Big Beautiful Bill Act] and of Making Certain Tax Policies in the Act Permanent (CBO; see also, The Hill article)

8/4 - Global Human Rights: The Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (CRS; notes that 2024 reports, due 2/25/25, have not been released; see also, 8/6 WaPo article, also avaialable at archive.ph)

8/5 - Income for the Population Ages 65 and Older: Evidence from the Health Retirement Study (HRS) (CRS)

8/5 - Department of Health and Human Services—National Institutes of Health—Application of Impoundment Control Act to Availability of Funds for Grants (GAO; see also, Higher Ed Dive article)

8/7 - The Blue Slip Process for U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations (1917-Present) (CRS)

8/8 - Administrative Data at the U.S. Census Bureau (CRS)

8/2 - Department of Veterans Affairs looks to end certain abortion services for veterans (CNN; see also, proposed rule)

8/2 - Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows (New Republic, with source document)

8/3 - Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook (NYT)

8/4 - Community-Led FOIA: Introduction to the Project and the State-by-State Guide (EDGI; direct to state guides page)

8/4 - Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency [HRSA] pose trouble for droves of local health programs (GovExec)

8/4 - The Freedom of Information Act and Deteriorating Federal Transparency Infrastructure (Just Security)

8/4 - FEMA disaster aid could depend on your state's policy toward this country [Israel] (USA Today; see also, 8/4 Reuters article on policy reversal, with original policy document)

8/5 - Trump’s Anti-Voter Agenda Crystallizes (Brennan Center; direct to report page)

8/5 - Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant detention, report finds (NBC News, with link to report)

8/5 - America Will Suffer From Trump’s Assault on Facts (NYT Editorial Board)

8/5 - NIH details options for limiting its payments for open-access publishing fees (Science, with link to source document)

8/6 - Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops (404 Media, with source documents)

8/6 - JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip (Guardian; see also, USGS water conditions page)

8/6 - Huckabee Says U.S.-Backed Aid Sites in Gaza Will ‘Scale Up’ (NYT; see also, 8/5 UN press release)

8/7 - Trump calls for a new census to exclude undocumented immigrants (CNN)

8/7 - In partisan letter, Bisignano shifts blame on 1-800 call times, cites dated stats (GovExec, with link to source document)

8/7 - National Academies Will Review Endangerment Finding Science (Inside Climate News, with link to source document)

8/7 - Energy secretary says Trump administration may alter past National Climate Assessments (LA Times)

8/7 - Social Security announces a phone service fix after denying there was an issue (NPR, with link to source document)

8/7 - Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon (Wired; see also, Duffy directive via NYT)

8/8 - Trump Self-Soothes With Bonkers Big Chart Presentation Bashing Biden (Daily Beast)

8/8 - Trump Administration To Investigate Harvard’s Patents (Harvard Crimson; see also, DOC letter via archive.ph; note – there have been no formal DOC news releases issued since 6/25)

8/8 - Appeals court blocks contempt proceedings against Trump officials over deportations (NBC News, with link to source document)

8/8 - Trump Is Removing I.R.S. Chief 2 Months After He Was Confirmed (NYT; see also, 8/9 WaPo followup article – also available at archive.ph)

8/8 - The Smithsonian Changes Its Description of Trump’s Role on Jan. 6 (NYT; see also, WaPo article – also available at archive.ph - which includes full text of previous/new descriptions)

8/8 - E.P.A. to Stop Updating Popular Database After Lead Scientist Criticized Trump (NYT, with link to source documents)

8/8 - FBI looks to add drug cartel suspects to terror watch list, government files show (Reuters; see also, referenced PCLOB report)

8/9 (time sensitive) - Gunman in CDC shooting identified as staffers reel from attack on heavily scrutinized agency (CNN; see also, NYT article)

8/9 (time sensitive) - Appeals court rules Trump clamp-down on spending data [public apportionment database] defies Congress’ authority (Politico, with link to source document)