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US Executive Branch Update – January 28, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021

This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases.

POTUS’ Schedule*

*The US President (POTUS) and Vice President’s (VPOTUS) daily schedules are subject to change, as is the White House press briefing schedule.

9:45 a.m. EST – The President and The Vice President receive the President’s Daily Brief | Oval Office

1:30 p.m. EST – The President signs executive actions strengthening Americans’ access to quality, affordable health care; The Vice President also attends | Oval Office

VPOTUS’ Schedule*

9:45 a.m. EST – the Vice President will join THE PRESIDENT in receiving the President’s Daily Brief | Oval Office

1:30 p.m. EST – the Vice President will join the President when he signs executive actions strengthening Americans’ access to quality, affordable health care | Oval Office

White House Press Briefing Schedule*

2:30 p.m. EST – Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki


Recap of Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Note: Bold hyperlinks spotlight COVID-19 and reopening developments.

The White House

  • Fact Sheet: President Biden to Sign Executive Orders Strengthening Americans’ Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care | January 28, 2021

  • Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan

  • Remarks by President Biden Before Signing Executive Actions on Tackling Climate Change, Creating Jobs, and Restoring Scientific Integrity

  • Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

  • Presidential Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking

  • Fact Sheet: President Biden Takes Executive Actions to Tackle the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, Create Jobs, and Restore Scientific Integrity Across Federal Government

  • Executive Order on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

  • Transcript: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, January 27, 2021

  • Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan Call with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval of India

  • Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Department of Defense (DOD)

  • Statement by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home, Abroad

  • Readout of Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s Phone Call With Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh

  • Readout of Defense Secretary Austin’s Call With German Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer

  • Publication: COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, Jan. 27, 2021

  • Article: Data Summit Syncs Joint Strategy, Standards

  • Article: Software Modernization Means Moving Faster, Smarter

  • Contracts for January 27, 2021

Department of State

  • Daily Schedule | Thursday, January 28

  • January 27: Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Call with French Foreign Minister Le Drian

  • January 27: Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Call with German Foreign Minister Maas

  • January 27: Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Call with UK Foreign Secretary Raab

  • January 27: Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Call with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg

  • January 27: Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Call with Australian Foreign Minister Payne

  • January 27: Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Call with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Locsin

  • January 27: Readout | Secretary Blinken’s Call with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai

  • January 27: Readout | Secretary Blinken’s First Call with Israeli Foreign Minister Ashkenazi

  • January 27: Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken to State Department Employees

  • January 27: Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability

  • January 27: Statement | On the Death of Colombian Defense Minister Trujillo

US Mission to the United Nations (UN)

  • Remarks at the UN Memorial Ceremony on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (via VTC)

Department of the Treasury

  • Readout: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Call with United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

  • Readout: Secretary of the Treasury Yellen’s Call with German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz

  • Guidance: Issuance of Communist Chinese Military Companies General License 1A and Related Frequently Asked Questions

Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

  • Press Release: SEC Charges Vuuzle Media Corp. and Affiliated Individuals in Connection With $14 Million Offering Fraud

Department of Justice

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Daily Press Releases

  • Press Release: Department of Justice Launches Global Action Against NetWalker Ransomware

  • Press Release: Three Individuals Affiliated With the Oath Keepers Indicted in Federal Court for Conspiracy to Obstruct Congress on Jan. 6, 2021

  • Press Release: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference Stemming from Voter Disinformation Campaign

  • Press Release: Businessman Charged in Scheme to Hoard Personal Protective Equipment and Price Gouge Health Care Providers

  • Press Release: Marketing Company Agrees to Pay $150 Million for Facilitating Elder Fraud Schemes

  • Press Release: Former Media Producer Indicted on Charges of Extortion and Obstruction of Justice

  • Press Release: North Carolina Tax Preparer Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS and Aggravated Identity Theft

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

  • Press Release: DHS Issues a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin (re: “heightened threat environment across America”)

  • Press Release: Medically-Trained Air and Marine Operations Agents Prove Critical to Law Enforcement Missions (Washington, D.C.)

  • Press Release: Agents Stop Two Drug Smuggling Attempts at Separate Checkpoints (California)

  • Press Release: CBP Air and Marine Operations Locates and Extracts a Distressed and Stranded Hiker from the Huachuca Mountains (Arizona)

  • Press Release: Air and Marine Operations Locates and Extracts Migrant Stranded and Alone in the Baboquivari Mountains (Arizona)

  • Press Release: Joint Enforcement Actions Lead to Closedown of Stash Houses (Texas)

  • Press Release: RGV Border Patrol Agents Arrest 100 Illegal Aliens From Stash Houses Within Six Hours (Texas)

  • Press Release: Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex Offenders (Texas)

  • Press Release: Triple Play | CBP Officers at the Laredo Port of Entry Seize Cocaine worth Over $380K (Texas)

  • Press Release: CBP Introduces Simplified Arrival at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (Minnesota)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  • Press Release: FEMA Supports Vaccine Distribution | COVID-19 Response Update

US International Trade Commission (USITC)

  • Press Release: USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Active Matrix OLED Display Devices and Components Thereof

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments

  • Press Release: USDA Temporarily Suspends Debt Collections, Foreclosures and Other Activities on Farm Loans for Several Thousand Distressed Borrowers Due to Coronavirus

Department of Interior

  • Fact Sheet: President Biden to Take Action to Uphold Commitment to Restore Balance on Public Lands and Waters, Invest in Clean Energy Future

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  • Press Release: EPA Welcomes Additional Members of the Biden-Harris Leadership Team

US Government (USG) COVID-19 Webpages

Non-USG COVID Webpages

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine

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