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Fire Department Overall Run Profile as Reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (2019)
From the Document: "Topical reports are designed to explore facets of the U.S. fire problem as depicted through data collected in the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). Each topical report briefly addresses the nature of the specific fire or fire-related topic, highlights important findings from the data, and may suggest other resources to consider for further information. [...] Fire departments provide invaluable services to communities nationwide. They respond to all types of emergency situations involving fires, explosions, rescues, medical emergencies, hazardous conditions, natural disasters and false alarms. They also respond to nonemergency service calls and good intent calls. Often, what is described to dispatchers does not reflect the actual incident type; nevertheless, fire departments are trained and prepared to respond to a wide variety of situations. To understand the fire department's full role in a community, this topical report profiles fire department run activity as reflected in the 2019 NFIRS data. In 2019, fire departments across the U.S. responded to 28,534,400 calls as reported to the NFIRS. This count reflects a 6% increase in the number of calls (26,880,800) reported to the NFIRS in 2017, the latest year in which these data were examined."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; United States Fire Administration
2021-05
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 23, 2021
he Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Workers' Compensation Claim Rates and Costs for Musculoskeletal Disorders Related to Overexertion Among Construction Workers -- Ohio, 2007-2017"; "Airport Traveler Testing Program for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] -- Alaska, June-November 2020"; "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Outbreaks in Correctional Facilities with Work-Release Programs -- Idaho, July-November 2020"; "Laboratory Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Reduction Through Physically Distanced Seating in Aircraft Cabins Using Bacteriophage Aerosol -- November 2020"; "'Notes from the Field': Multistate Outbreak of 'Escherichia coli' O26 Infections Linked to Raw Flour -- United States, 2019"; and "'QuickStats': Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Alzheimer Disease Among Adults Aged
≥65 Years, by Sex -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999-2019." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-04-23
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F-35 Sustainment: Enhanced Attention to and Oversight of F-35 Affordability Are Needed, Statement of Diana Maurer, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, Testimony Before the Subcommittees on Readiness and Tactical Air and Land Forces, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives
From the Highlights: "The F-35 aircraft with its advanced capabilities represents a growing portion of DOD's tactical aviation fleet--with the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy currently flying about 400 of the aircraft. It is also DOD's most ambitious and costly weapon system in history, with estimated life-of-program costs exceeding $1.7 trillion. DOD plans to procure nearly 2,500 F-35s at an estimated total acquisition cost of just under $400 billion. The remaining $1.3 trillion in life cycle costs is associated with operating and sustaining the aircraft. This statement, among other things, assesses the extent to which (1) the F-35 has met warfighter-required mission capable rates; and (2) DOD has reduced the F-35's estimated life cycle sustainment costs and made progress in meeting its affordability constraints."
United States. Government Accountability Office
Maurer, Diana
2021-04-22
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 21 Issue 16, April 22, 2021
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "GAO [U.S. Government Accountability Office] report to Congress on Move Over laws"; "Resources and webinar on arson during civil unrest for Arson Awareness Week, May 2-8"; "FEMA updates Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool, expands capabilities for coronavirus planning and response"; "FEMA opens application period for emergency management programs"; "National Supply Chain Integrity Month"; "NSA [National Security Agency]-CISA [Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency]-FBI Joint Advisory on Russian SVR [Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation] targeting U.S. and allied Networks"; "China-linked hackers used VPN [Virtual Private Network] flaw to target U.S. defense industry researchers"; and "CISA issues deadline for federal agencies to address Pulse Secure vulnerabilities."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2021-04-22
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 693, No CORRUPTION Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 17, 2021. From the Document: "S. 693 would eliminate the payment of current and future retirement annuities to Members of Congress who are convicted of certain criminal offenses already specified in law. Under
current law, Members forgo receipt of such payments only after a final conviction (that is, after the exhaustion of all appeals under the judicial process). The bill would eliminate retirement annuities for Members for any conviction following enactment."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2021-04-22
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Federal Research: NIH Should Take Further Action to Address Foreign Influence, Statement of Candice N. Wright, Acting Director, Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics, Testimony Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate
From the Highlights: "The federal government reported expending about $44.5 billion on university science and engineering research in fiscal year 2019. The Department of Health and Human Services funds over half of all such federal expenditures, and NIH [National Institutes of Health] accounts for almost all of this funding. Safeguarding the U.S. research enterprise from threats of foreign influence is of critical importance. Recent reports by GAO [Government Accountability Office] and others have noted challenges faced by the research community to combat undue foreign influence, while maintaining an open research environment. This testimony discusses (1) NIH's conflict of interest policy and disclosure requirements that address potential foreign influence, (2) NIH's mechanisms to monitor and enforce its policy and requirements, and (3) the steps NIH has taken to address concerns about foreign influence in federally funded research identified by stakeholders."
United States. Government Accountability Office
Wright, Candice N.
2021-04-22
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 21, 2021: Postvaccination SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Skilled Nursing Facility Residents and Staff Members -- Chicago, Illinois, December 2020-March 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Postvaccination SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Infections Among Skilled Nursing Facility Residents and Staff Members -- Chicago, Illinois, December 2020-March 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from WWMR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-04-21
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 21, 2021: COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 R.1 Lineage Variant in a Skilled Nursing Facility After Vaccination Program -- Kentucky, March 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Outbreak Associated with a SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] R.1 Lineage Variant in a Skilled Nursing Facility After Vaccination Program -- Kentucky, March 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-04-21
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 16, 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "State-Level Economic Costs of Opioid Use Disorder and Fatal Opioid Overdose - United States, 2017"; "Progress in Immunization Safety Monitoring - Worldwide, 2010-2019"; "Update: COVID-19 Pandemic-Associated Changes in Emergency Department Visits - United States, December 2020-January 2021"; "Factors Associated with Participation in Elementary School-Based SARS-CoV-2 Testing - Salt Lake County, Utah, December 2020-January 2021"; "Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Hospitalizations, by Region - United States, March-December 2020"; "Emergency Department Visits for COVID-19 by Race and Ethnicity -13 States, October-December 2020"; "Notes from the Field Update on Excess Deaths Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, January 26, 2020-February 27, 2021"; "COVID-19 Stats"; and "QuickStats."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Luo, Feijun; Li, Mengyao; Florence, Curtis
2021-04-16
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H. Rept. 117-21: Access to Counsel Act of 2021, Report Together with Minority Views, to Accompany H.R. 1573, Including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2021
From the Purpose and Summary: "H.R. 1573, the 'Access to Counsel Act of 2021,' amends section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that certain individuals who are subjected to prolonged inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at ports of entry have a meaningful opportunity to communicate with counsel and other interested parties. H.R. 1573 does not create a 'right' to counsel during the inspection process, nor does it impose any obligation on the federal government to pay for or otherwise provide counsel to individuals during CBP inspection proceedings. Instead, it will simply ensure that such individuals are not prohibited from communicating with outside parties--which may include counsel--or receiving the support and assistance of such parties during the inspection process."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2021-04-16
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act
Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on April 14, 2021. From the Bill Summary: "H.R. 51 would admit the city of Washington, D.C., as the 51st state with the name of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. The new state would comprise all of the land currently included within the city's boundaries other than federal land as outlined in the bill. That excluded property, primarily the area around the National Mall, would be named the Capital. The new state would be provided with two U.S. Senators and one Member of the House of Representatives. Finally, the bill would outline new responsibilities for the state and establish a process for transferring certain powers from the federal government to the new state."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2021-04-16
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H. Rept. 117-20, Part 1: National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act, Report Together with Minority Views, to Accompany H.R. 1333, Including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2021
From the Purpose and Summary: "H.R. 1333, the 'National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act' or the 'NO BAN Act,' stops executive overreach by preventing the president from abusing his or her authority to restrict the entry of non-citizens into the United States. The bill does this in two ways. First, it amends section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to place checks and balances on the president's authority to suspend or restrict the entry of aliens or classes of aliens into the United States, when it is determined that such entry would be 'detrimental to the interests of the United States.' Second, the bill expands the INA's nondiscrimination provision to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion and further prohibits discrimination with respect to the issuance of nonimmigrant visas, entry and admission into the United States, or the approval or revocation of any immigration benefit."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2021-04-16
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 21 Issue 15, April 15, 2021
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "FDA recommends transition from use of decontaminated disposable respirators, NIOSH updates strategies for optimizing respirator supply"; "NASA, Forest Service partnership expands FIRMS active fire mapping capabilities"; "CARES Act funding for public safety"; "Webinar: Community response and drone technology to improve outcomes from rural and remote cardiac arrest - The future is here!"; "Apply Microsoft April 2021 security update to mitigate newly disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities"; "Using Aviary to analyze post-compromise threat activity in M365 environments"; "FBI and CISA issue joint alert on Mamba ransomware"; "Cost of a Cyber Incident: Systematic Review and Cross-Validation"; and "Justice Department announces court-authorized effort to disrupt exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities".
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2021-04-15
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Executive Order 14024: Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation
From the Document: "I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., President of the United States of America, find that specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation--in particular, efforts to undermine the conduct of free and fair democratic elections and democratic institutions in the United States and its allies and partners; to engage in and facilitate malicious cyber-enabled activities against the United States and its allies and partners; to foster and use transnational corruption to influence foreign governments; to pursue extraterritorial activities targeting dissidents or journalists; to undermine security in countries and regions important to United States national security; and to violate well-established principles of international law, including respect for the territorial integrity of states--constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.
2021-04-15
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 14, 2021: Laboratory Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Reduction Through Physically Distanced Seating in Aircraft Cabins Using Bacteriophage Aerosol -- November 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Laboratory Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Reduction Through Physically Distanced Seating in Aircraft Cabins Using Bacteriophage Aerosol -- November 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-04-14
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Border Security: Assessment of the Department of Homeland Security's Border Security Improvement Plan [April 12, 2021]
From the Document: "Within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the lead law enforcement agency responsible for border security. It manages approximately 7,000 miles of land border and 95,000 miles of shoreline. CBP is also responsible for facilitating legitimate trade and travel through 328 land, air, and maritime ports of entry. Several offices within CBP help carry out this mission, including the U.S. Border Patrol (Border Patrol), Air and Marine Operations, and Office of Field Operations. The DHS Appropriations Act, 2017, required the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a risk-based plan for improving U.S. border security--referred to as the Border Security Improvement Plan--to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. [...] This report addresses the extent to which the 'Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Border Security Improvement Plan' (the 2019-2020 plan) includes the elements required by the DHS Appropriations Act, 2018, as referenced by the 2019 and 2020 appropriations acts."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2021-04-12
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 12, 2021
"The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Emergency Department Visits for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] by Race and Ethnicity -- 13 States, October-December 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Smith, Amanda R.; DeVies, Jordan; Caruso, Elise . . .
2021-04-12
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 12, 2021: Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Hospitalizations, by Region -- United States, March-December 2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Hospitalizations, by Region -- United States, March-December 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-04-12
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SBA Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program (SVOG) [Updated April 12, 2021]
From the Document: "Most of the SBA's [Small Business Administration's] funding during the 116th Congress was provided through supplemental appropriations for new and expanded programs, including the Paycheck Protection Program ($806.45 billion), Economic Injury Disaster Loans ($50.02 billion), Emergency Economic Injury Disaster Loan advance (grant) payments ($20 billion), Targeted Economic Injury Disaster Loan advance (grant) payments ($20 billion), and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program ($15 billion). This report focuses on the new $16.25 billion SVOG program--authorized by P.L. [public law] 116-260, the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (Division N, Title III of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021), provided an additional $1.25 billion by P.L. 117-2, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and administered by the SBA's Office of Disaster Assistance--which provides grants to shuttered venues affected by the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Dilger, Robert Jay, 1954-; Lowry, Sean
2021-04-12
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Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community
From the Foreword: "In the coming year, the United States and its allies will face a diverse array of threats that are playing out amidst the global disruption resulting from the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and against the backdrop of great power competition, the disruptive effects of ecological degradation and a changing climate, an increasing number of empowered non-state actors, and rapidly evolving technology. The complexity of the threats, their intersections, and the potential for cascading events in an increasingly interconnected and mobile world create new challenges for the IC [intelligence community]. Ecological and climate changes, for example, are connected to public health risks, humanitarian concerns, social and political instability, and geopolitical rivalry. The 2021 Annual Threat Assessment highlights some of those connections as it provides the IC's baseline assessments of the most pressing threats to US national interests, while emphasizing the United States' key adversaries and competitors. It is not an exhaustive assessment of all global challenges and notably excludes assessments of US adversaries' vulnerabilities. It accounts for functional concerns, such as weapons of mass destruction and technology, primarily in the sections on threat actors, such as China and Russia."
United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2021-04-09
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Letter from [Office of the Secretary of Defense] to [Senior Pentagon Leadership Commanders of the Combatant Commands Defense Agency and DOD Field Activity Directors] Regarding [Immediate Actions to Counter Extremism in the Department and the Establishment of the Countering Extremism Working Group], April 9, 2021
From the Document: "On February 5, 2021, I directed the Stand-Down to occur within the following 60 days to address extremism across DoD. While we conduct a detailed review of what we learned, there are immediate actions that our subject matter experts here in the Department have identified as critical initial steps. To that end, I am directing several immediate actions and the establishment of the Countering Extremism Working Group (CEWG) as we continue to address this issue proactively."
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
2021-04-09
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Increasing Numbers of Unaccompanied Alien Children at the Southwest Border [Updated April 9, 2021]
From the Document: "In the first five months of FY2021, encounters (apprehensions or expulsions) of unaccompanied alien children [hyperlink] (UAC) at the U.S.-Mexico border with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are approaching a level [hyperlink] close to that for all of FY2020. While the number of UAC encounters declined substantially from FY2019 to FY2020, in large part because of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, they are expected to rapidly increase [hyperlink] in the coming months, a trend that has attracted considerable media attention. [...] Unaccompanied alien children [hyperlink] are statutorily defined as children who lack lawful immigration status in the United States, are under age 18, and lack a parent or legal guardian in the United States or a parent or legal guardian in the United States who is available to provide care and physical custody. UAC treatment and processing at U.S. borders is governed by several statutes and a legal settlement [hyperlink]."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Kandel, William
2021-04-09
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 9, 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Use of Real-Time PCR for 'Chlamydia psittaci' Detection in Human Specimens During an Outbreak of Psittacosis - Georgia and Virginia, 2018"; "COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Among American Indian/Alaska Native and White Persons - Montana, March 13-November 30, 2020"; "Use of Stay-at-Home Orders and Mask Mandates to Control COVID-19 Transmission - Blackfeet Tribal Reservation, Montana, June-December 2020"; "Provisional Mortality Data - United States, 2020"; "Death Certificate-Based ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for COVID-19 Mortality
Surveillance - United States, January-December 2020"; "Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with a Local Bar Opening Event - Illinois, February 2021"; "COVID-19 Stats: College and University COVID-19 Student Testing Protocols, by Mode of Instruction§ (N = 1,849) - United States, Spring 2021"; and "QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Had an Influenza Vaccination in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity§ -National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
McGovern, Olivia L.; Kobayashi, Miwako; Shaw, Kelly A. . . .
2021-04-09
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on March 24, 2021. From the Document: "H.R. 1195 would require the Secretary of Labor to issue an interim final standard and a subsequent final standard that would require certain employers in the health care and social service sectors and employers conducting related activities to develop and implement plans to prevent and protect against workplace violence. At a minimum, employers would need to base their plans on a report of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 'Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers,' and meet other requirements in the bill."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2021-04-09
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2008, Local Water Protection Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021. From the Document: "Under current law, states are required to report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on nonpoint sources of pollution that affect navigable water as well as their plans to manage that pollution and improve the quality of navigable water. EPA provides grants for states to manage pollution from nonpoint sources and for other activities to protect groundwater quality. In 2021, $177 million was appropriated for those purposes. H.R. 2008 would authorize the appropriation of $200 million annually over the 2022-2026 period for those grant programs. Assuming appropriation of the specified amounts, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing the bill would cost $740 million over the 2022-2026 period and $260 million after 2026. The costs of the legislation, detailed in Table 1, fall within budget function 300 (natural resources and environment)."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2021-04-09
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1079, Desert Locust Control Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021. From the Document: "H.R. 1079 would require the Administration to establish an interagency working group to address the ongoing outbreak of desert locust in East Africa. It also would require that working group, which would be led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide the Congress with its plan to control the current outbreak, mitigate its adverse effects on food supplies, economic productivity, and political stability in the region, and address future outbreaks."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2021-04-09
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Citizenship and Immigration Statuses of the U.S. Foreign-Born Population [April 9, 2021]
From the Document: "The U.S. foreign-born population consists of individuals living in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. An estimated 44.9 million foreign-born people live in the United States, representing 13.7% of the total U.S. population in 2019 (the most recent data from the American Community Survey [ACS]). The proportion of foreign-born has changed over time. The 1920 percentage of foreign-born (13.2%) was similar to current levels, then declined over the next five decades, reaching a low of 4.7% in 1970. Over the last five decades, the proportion has increased (Figure 1)."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Straut-Eppsteiner, Holly
2021-04-09
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Resources for Tracking Federal COVID-19 Spending [Updated April 9, 2021]
From the Summary: "Congress has responded to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with supplemental appropriations measures providing relief and assistance to individuals and families, state and local governments, businesses, health care providers, and other entities. This report provides selected sources for tracking COVID-19 relief and assistance spending. It contains links to and information on government sources detailing spending amounts at various levels, including consolidated spending by multiple government agencies, spending by individual government agencies, and spending for specific recipients and geographies. The sources themselves are large government databases, individual agencies, oversight entities, and selected nongovernmental entities that attempt to repackage information on spending amounts obtained from available government sources."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Teefy, Jennifer; Kreiser, Maria
2021-04-09
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Executive Order 14023: Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
From the Document: "There is established the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States (Commission). [...] The Commission shall produce a report for the President that includes the following: (i) An account of the contemporary commentary and debate about the role and operation of the Supreme Court in our constitutional system and about the functioning of the constitutional process by which the President nominates and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints Justices to the Supreme Court; (ii) The historical background of other periods in the Nation's history when the Supreme Court's role and the nominations and advice-and-consent process were subject to critical assessment and prompted proposals for reform; and (iii) An analysis of the principal arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against Supreme Court reform, including an appraisal of the merits and legality of particular reform proposals."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.
2021-04-09
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 21 Issue 14, April 8, 2021
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] National Emphasis Program focuses on protecting workers against COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], impacts EMS [Emergency Medical Services] agencies"; "Resources for security awareness and mitigation against vehicle ramming attacks on soft targets and crowded places"; "DHS S&T [Science and Technology] partnership and grant funding support regional planners in pre-coordination, licensing, and distribution of 700 and 800 MHz [Megahertz] safety band"; "Webinar: 911 - Sticking together in the critical hours"; "FBI-CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency] joint advisory on exploitation of Fortinet FortiOS vulnerabilities"; "CISA gives agencies 90 days to further harden networks against Microsoft email threat"; "Ransomware crooks are targeting vulnerable VPN [virtual private network] devices in their attacks"; and "Meet Janeleiro, a new banking Trojan striking company, government targets."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2021-04-08
