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H. Rept. 117-121: DHS Contract Reporting Act of 2021, Report to Accompany H.R. 4363, September 14, 2021
From the Purpose and Summary: "H.R. 4363, the 'DHS Contract Reporting Act of 2021,' seeks to enhance transparency and oversight of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) procurements by requiring the Department to provide a daily report of contracts awarded by its headquarters or components on a public website. For contract awards of $4 million or more, the bill would require DHS to report key information, such as contract type, the purpose of the contract, the number of proposals or bids received, and the name of the company that received the award. In addition, the bill requires that DHS's website allow interested parties to subscribe to automatic notifications to ensure timely access to the information."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2021-09-14
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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Immigration Medical Examination
From the Purpose: "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual [hyperlink] regarding health-related grounds of inadmissibility in accordance with recently updated requirements issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The updated guidance, which is effective October 1, 2021, requires applicants subject to the immigration medical examination to submit COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] vaccination records before completion of immigration medical examinations conducted in the United States and overseas."
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
2021-09-14
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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance: 2020 [presentation]
From the Highlights: "[1] Real median household income decreased 2.9 percent to $67,500 between 2019 and 2020. [2] The official poverty rate in 2020 was 11.4 percent, up 1.0 percentage point from 2019. In 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty, an increase of 3.3 million people from 2019. [3] The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate in 2020 was 9.1 percent. This was 2.6 percentage points lower than 2019. [4] The percentage of people with health insurance coverage for some or all of the calendar year 2020 was 91.4 percent."
U.S. Census Bureau
Cook, Michael C.; Waddington, David G.; Renwick, Trudi J. . . .
2021-09-14
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News Conference: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S., 2020 [presentation]
This document contains remarks of the speakers at the U.S. Census Bureau's "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance: 2020" Live News Conference. The accompanying slideshow presentation can be found here: https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=858862.
U.S. Census Bureau
Cook, Michael C.; Waddington, David G.; Renwick, Trudi J. . . .
2021-09-14
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Violations of ICE Detention Standards at Otay Mesa Detention Center
From the Highlights: "In accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, we conduct unannounced inspections of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities to ensure compliance with detention standards. Between February 2021 and April 2021, we conducted a remote inspection of the Otay Mesa Detention Center (Otay Mesa) to evaluate compliance with ICE detention standards and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] requirements."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2021-09-14
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Executive Order 14045: White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics
From the Document: "To ensure that our Nation reaches the ambitious goals we have set for our economy to thrive, as well as to ensure equal access to opportunity for all, we must enable Hispanic and Latino students to reach their highest potential through our Nation's schools and institutions of higher education. The Federal Government must also collaborate with Hispanic and Latino communities to ensure their long-term success. It is the policy of my Administration to advance educational equity, excellence, and economic opportunity for Hispanic communities from early childhood until their chosen career."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.
2021-09-13
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Executive Order 14044: Amending Executive Order 14007
From the Document: "The first sentence of section 2(b) of Executive Order 14007 of January 27, 2021 (President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology), is hereby amended to read as follows: '(b) The PCAST [President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology] shall be composed of not more than 32 members'."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.
2021-09-13
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 10, 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: "Long-Term Symptoms Among Adults Tested for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] -- United States, January 2020-April 2021"; "Using Wastewater Surveillance Data to Support the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Response -- United States, 2020-2021"; "SARS-CoV-2 Transmission to Masked and Unmasked Close Contacts of University Students with COVID-19 -- St. Louis, Missouri, January-May 2021"; "Trends in COVID-19 Cases, Emergency Department Visits, and Hospital Admissions Among Children and Adolescents Aged 0-17 Years -- United States, August 2020-August 2021"; "Hospitalizations Associated with COVID-19 Among Children and Adolescents -- COVID-NET [Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network], 14 States, March 1, 2020-August 14, 2021"; "Notes from the Field"; and "QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥20 Years Who Consumed Fruit on a Given Day, by Race and Hispanic Origin -- United States, 2015-2018." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-09-10
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 10, 2021: Monitoring Incidence of COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Status -- 13 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4-July 17, 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: "Monitoring Incidence of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Status -- 13 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4-July 17, 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-09-10
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 10, 2021: Interim Estimates of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19-Associated Emergency Department or Urgent Care Clinic Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Predominance -- Nine States, June-August 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: "Interim Estimates of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19-Associated Emergency Department or Urgent Care Clinic Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Predominance -- Nine States, June-August 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-09-10
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 10, 2021: Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization -- Five Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, United States, February 1-August 6, 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: "Effectiveness of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization -- Five Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, United States, February 1-August 6, 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html]. Please note: a corrected version of this report can be found in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 17, 2021, located here: https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=858742.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-09-10
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DHS Needs to Enhance Its COVID-19 Response at the Southwest Border
From the Highlights: "In October 2020, in conjunction with the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, the United States began experiencing a surge of migrants at the southwest border, adding increased risk to an unprecedented public health emergency. DHS, in addition to its broad mission, is responsible for helping detect and slow the spread of COVID-19. During this inspection, we received a referral from the Office of Special Counsel concerning the lack of COVID-19 testing at one CBP [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] location. We conducted a limited review to determine to what extent DHS has implemented measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in migrants at the southwest border."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
Howes, Shelley; Mosher, Bradley; Wright, Hope . . .
2021-09-10
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 89, Ensuring Survivor Benefits During COVID-19 Act of 2021
This is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimate as passed by the Senate on July 21, 2021. From the Document: "S. 89 would increase the number of people who receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Because DIC benefits are paid from mandatory appropriations, enacting the legislation would increase direct spending."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2021-09-10
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MMWR Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 10, 2021: World Trade Center Health Program -- United States, 2012-2020
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 Surveillance Summaries issue of MMWR contains the following article: "World Trade Center Health Program -- United States, 2012-2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-09-10
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the Operational Use of Familial DNA
From the Abstract: "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is implementing Familial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing as a factor to determine if an adult claiming to be the biological parent of a child is, in fact, the biological parent. Such testing will help to identify individuals who are fraudulently representing themselves as a family unit when apprehended by DHS. Additionally, such Familial DNA testing is being implemented for purposes of complying with a court order in 'Ms. L v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),' 3:18-cv-00428 [docket number] (S.D. Cal) [United States District Court for the Southern District of California], which requires DNA testing prior to any separation of an adult and child based on concerns of parentage. CBP is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to provide transparency about the limited scope of DNA collection for the purpose of Familial DNA testing, which compares two DNA profiles (adult and child) to determine whether a biological parent-child relationship exists, and to outline and explain how CBP will mitigate privacy risks associated with Familial DNA."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2021-09-10
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Post-Government Employment Restrictions: DOD Could Further Enhance Its Compliance Efforts Related to Former Employees Working for Defense Contractors, Report to Congressional Committees
From the Highlights: "Each year, civilian and military personnel leave DOD and go to work for contractors that do business with DOD. These individuals are potentially covered by laws restricting their new employment activities. The laws--some of which include penalties for violations--seek in part to protect against conflicts of interest and to promote public trust in the integrity of the government's decision-making processes, which facilitate the award of contracts worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually. The conference report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 included a provision for GAO [Government Accountability Office] to update its 2008 report on major defense contractors' recent employment of former DOD officials. This report (1) identifies the extent to which major defense contractors employed potentially covered ex-DOD officials in 2019, and (2) examines practices DOD and contractors use related to contractors hiring former DOD officials. GAO reviewed and surveyed 14 selected defense contractors with obligations above a certain dollar threshold. GAO also reviewed DOD documentation, and interviewed agency officials and contractor representatives. GAO recommends that DOD assess whether to incorporate recent lobbying prohibitions into its acquisition regulations. DOD concurred with the recommendation."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2021-09-09
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Technology Assessment: Exposure Notification, Benefits and Challenges of Smartphone Applications to Augment Contact Tracing, Report to Congressional Addressees
From the Highlights: "With the emergence and rapid global spread of COVID-19 [[coronavirus disease 2019], smartphone apps have been developed to supplement manual contact tracing, which is a public health measure used to slow the spread of infectious disease. GAO [Government Accountability Office] was asked to conduct a technology assessment of exposure notification apps. This report discusses (1) the benefits of exposure notification apps; (2) the current level of deployment in the U.S.; (3) challenges affecting their use; and (4) policy options that may help address these challenges for future use. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed agency documentation, met with officials from several federal agencies, and conducted a review of technical and policy literature. GAO also interviewed representatives from companies involved in the development of exposure notification apps, public health organizations, federally funded research and development centers, and academic researchers. In addition, GAO analyzed information from a selection of states. GAO is identifying policy options in this report. GAO received technical comments on a draft of this report from five federal agencies and five organizations included in the review, which it incorporated as appropriate."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2021-09-09
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 21 Issue 36, September 9, 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: "New report shows nearly three quarters of 9/11 responders have long-term illness"; "Drones: New CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] guidance for emergency communications centers and FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] outreach events next week"; "Updated Land Mobile Radio (LMR) funding and sustainability guidance from SAFECOM [Aviation Safety Communiqué System] and NCSWIC [National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators]"; "Webinar: Implementing Telemedicine in EMS [emergency medical service] and the 911 Communications Center, Sept. 22"; "US Cyber Command warns of ongoing attacks exploiting Atlassian Confluence flaw"; "Going beyond: Assessing security practices of IT [information technology] service providers"; "CISA releases the Cloud Security Technical Reference Architecture and Zero Trust Maturity Model for public comment"; and "Five ways to navigate the threat landscape conveyed in Verizon's DBIR [Data Breach Investigations Report] 2021."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2021-09-09
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Letter from Phillip L. Swagel to Adam Smith Regarding Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, September 9, 2021
This letter is from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip L. Swagel to Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services. From the letter: "The Congressional Budget Office has completed the enclosed estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on September 2, 2021. This estimate is based on the Committee Print 117-13 that was posted to the website of the House Committee on Rules on September 7, 2021. Enacting the bill would have an insignificant effect on net direct spending and revenues, CBO estimates. Our complete cost estimate of H.R. 4350, including a discussion of discretionary authorizations and mandates under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, will be provided shortly." An enclosed table is labeled "Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues Under H.R. 4350, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on September 2, 2021, and Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules as Committee Print 117-13 on September 7, 2021."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Swagel, Phillip
2021-09-09
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COVID-19-Related Impact on the Banking Industry: Conditions in the First Quarter 2021 [September 9, 2021]
From the Document: "Although bank regulation is designed to allow banks to withstand some amount of unexpected losses, some worry that the economic ramifications of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic could result in enough borrowers missing loan payments to cause distress for banks [hyperlink]. This Insight presents certain bank industry statistics for the first quarter 2021 and examines how the pandemic might be affecting the industry."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gnanarajah, Raj; Perkins, David W.
2021-09-09
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Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Prices: A Report in Response to the Executive Order on Competition in the American Economy, Report to the White House Competition Council
From the Executive Summary: "President Biden's Executive Order 14036, 'Promoting Competition in the American Economy' (the Competition Executive Order), identifies a lack of competition as a key driver for problems across economic sectors. The Report presents principles for equitable drug pricing reform through competition, innovation, and transparency; describes promising legislative approaches; and summarizes actions already underway or under consideration across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In the course of preparing the Report, Secretary Xavier Becerra, other HHS officials, and HHS staff held listening sessions with consumer groups, staff from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), independent experts and researchers, and stakeholders from across the health care system. Americans spend more than $1,500 per person on prescription drugs and pay prices that are far higher than any comparable nation. Prices for brand name drugs are rising faster than inflation. Many Americans do not take medications as prescribed because of their cost, with resulting harm to their health care and health. Lack of competition is a key factor in these high drug costs."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Becerra, Xavier, 1958-
2021-09-09
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Report to the White House Competition Council: U.S. Department of Transportation's Investigatory, Enforcement and Other Activities Addressing Lack of Timely Airline Ticket Refunds Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Introduction: "The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is committed to ensuring that airline passengers are treated fairly. Airlines and ticket agents have a legal obligation to refund consumers if the airline cancels or significantly changes a consumer's flight. This obligation to refund passengers for flights cancelled or significantly changed by airlines remained unchanged notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines had difficulty processing, in a timely manner, the significant volume of refund requests that they received. Many airlines were also initially reluctant to provide the required refunds. Further, even when flights were not cancelled or substantially changed, many passengers no longer wished to travel due to COVID-19. This resulted in the Department receiving a flood of complaints about carriers' failures to provide refunds, an increase of 4,552 % relative to the same period pre-pandemic. The Department has devoted considerable time, energy, and effort to securing relief for consumers and holding airlines accountable."
United States. Department of Transportation
2021-09-09
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CISA Can Improve Efforts to Ensure Dam Security and Resilience
From the Highlights: "Nationwide, there are more than 91,000 dams, levees, and other water retention structures protecting homes and businesses, delivering electricity, and providing recreation and transportation. Recent dam failures in Oroville, CA, and Midland, MI, and widespread flooding in the Midwest highlight a need for comprehensive Federal oversight and guidance. In 2018, CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] became the newly formed DHS component responsible for Dams Sector security and resilience. Our audit objective was to determine to what extent CISA's oversight has improved Dams Sector security and resilience."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
Starinsky, Yesenia; Campbell, Douglas; Teal, Kirsten . . .
2021-09-09
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 2041, Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 28, 2021. From the Document: "S. 2041 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to document and report to the Congress annually on the department's enforcement of requirements for the licensing, education, and clinical competence of its medical staff. For this estimate, CBO assumes that the bill will be enacted in fiscal year 2022. Using information from VA, CBO expects that the department would need to hire three full-time-equivalent employees, at an average annual salary of $100,000, to conduct audits and prepare reports. CBO estimates that compensation and operating expenses for those employees would total $2 million over the 2022-2026 period. The bill also would require VA to provide annual training for employees who will review and verify credential standards of VA's health care professionals. (Under current law, VA provides one-time training.) In addition, under S. 2041, the department would be required to report to the Congress on VA's policies for reporting concerns about patient safety. Using information from VA, CBO estimates that those activities would cost less than $500,000 over the 2022-2026 period. In total, CBO estimates, implementing the bill would cost $3 million over the 2021-2026 period; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriations."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2021-09-08
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Pandemic Relief: The Emergency Rental Assistance Program [Updated September 8, 2021]
From the Introduction: "The Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program was created to help cover the unmet rent and utility expenses of low-income households affected by the economic consequences of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. [Public Law] 116-260) initially funded the ERA program with an appropriation of $25 billion. The ERA was funded through the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), a program created as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136), and administered by the Department of the Treasury, to assist state, local, territorial, and tribal governments. While the CARES Act CRF appropriation could be used for multiple purposes, the ERA appropriation in P.L. 116-260 was directed only to rent and utility assistance and related housing stability services. A second appropriation--of $21.550 billion--for ERA was included in Section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2). This report briefly describes the need for rental assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, provides information about the allocation of ERA funds, describes the parameters of the ERA program, and discusses outstanding questions about the program and renter needs."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Driessen, Grant A.; McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby
2021-09-08
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF)
From the Abstract: "On February 2, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 140111 and ordered the formation of the President's Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department) is the Chair and is joined by the Department of State (DoS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) (collectively known as the Task Force). The Executive Order instructs the Task Force to identify and implement comprehensive strategies that will bring families back together, ensuring that the children and parents who were intentionally separated from each other at the United States/Mexico border are provided support. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is being conducted to analyze the privacy risks associated with the personally identifiable information (PII) collected as part of this effort and document the mitigation strategies implemented to ensure adequate protection of those individuals' privacy."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2021-09-08
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In North American Somali Communities, A Complex Mix of Factors Influence Gang Involvement, Violent Extremism
From the Webpage: "Against a backdrop of sustained disadvantage, recent research shows Somali refugee communities in the United States, as well as Canada, live with an elevated exposure to discrimination, social isolation, and other conditions that can put young people at greater risk of gang affiliation or even violent extremism. Abiding concern within those communities over gang influences on their youth may draw parental concern away from the separate risk of radicalization and inadvertently heighten the appeal of extremism. Also raising the risk of radicalization, as a gang alternative, is the perception among some Somalis in both countries who are involved with gangs that switching to extremism can offer an escape from gang life, as well as a way to prove themselves. Thus, the presence of gangs in those communities may itself contribute to the risk of radicalization. Those insights on factors informing extremism are key conclusions of a scientific study, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, on gang affiliation and radicalization to violent extremism in select Somali communities in the United States and Canada."
National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
2021-09-08
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ICE's Management of COVID-19 in Its Detention Facilities Provides Lessons Learned for Future Pandemic Responses
From the Highlights: "In congregate environments such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) detention facilities, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can spread easily, creating unique challenges for mitigating the risk of infection and transmission of the disease. As a result, ICE took various actions to prevent the pandemic's spread among detainees and staff at its detention facilities during 2020 and into 2021. At the nine facilities we inspected remotely, these measures included maintaining adequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as face masks, enhanced cleaning, and proper screening for new detainees and staff. However, we found other areas in which detention facilities struggled to properly manage the health and safety of detainees. For example, we observed instances where staff and detainees did not consistently wear face masks or socially distance. In addition, we noted that some facilities did not consistently manage medical sick calls and did not regularly communicate with detainees regarding their COVID-19 test results. Although we found that ICE was able to decrease the detainee population to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, information about detainee transfers was limited. We also found that testing of both detainees and staff was insufficient, and that ICE headquarters did not generally provide effective oversight of its detention facilities during the pandemic. Overall, ICE must resolve these issues to ensure it can meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as future pandemics."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2021-09-07
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the DHS Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
From the Abstract: "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sponsors federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC). The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) FFRDC Program Management Office (PMO) oversees and manages access to these specialized services in systems engineering, integration, studies, and analysis. The FFRDC services can be accessed by DHS components; external federal, state, and local government; non-governmental organizations and institutions; universities and affiliated research centers; and other public sector and private sector groups, through the PMO. S&T conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to address the Department's FFRDC program as well as two specific FFRDCs (i.e., Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center [HSOAC] and Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute [HSSEDI]) and the privacy risks associated with the collection, use, maintenance, and dissemination of personally identifiable information (PII), privacy sensitive projects and activities, and use of DHS-accredited information systems."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2021-09-07
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 3, 2021: Hospitalizations Associated with COVID-19 Among Children and Adolescents -- COVID-Net, 14 States, March 1, 2020-August 14, 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: "Hospitalizations Associated with COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Among Children and Adolescents -- COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1, 2020-August 14, 2021." 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.)
2021-09-03
