US executive branch text over image of White HouseThis report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases.

POTUS’ Schedule*

9:50 a.m. EDT – The President and The Vice President receive the President’s Daily Brief | Oval Office

1:30 p.m. EDT – The President and The Vice President receive a COVID-19 briefing | South Court Auditorium

2:10 p.m. EDT – The President delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the state of vaccinations; The Vice President also attends | South Court Auditorium

VPOTUS’ Schedule*

9:50 a.m. EDT – the Vice President will receive the President’s Daily Brief in the Oval Office

1:30 p.m. EDT – the President and the Vice President will receive a briefing from members of their COVID-19 Response Team on the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of vaccinations in the South Court Auditorium

2:10 p.m. EDT – the Vice President will join the President when he delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the state of vaccinations in the South Court Auditorium

White House Press Briefing Schedule*

11:00 a.m. EDT – Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and public health officials | The White House

12:30 p.m. EDT – Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki | James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

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

Recap of Friday-Sunday, March 26-28, 2021

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

The White House

  • Remarks by President Biden Before Air Force One Departure, Newcastle, Delaware | March 28, 2021
  • Disaster Declaration: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Disaster Declaration for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians | March 28, 2021
  • Bill Signing | March 27, 2021
    • R. 1651, COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act of 2021
  • Remarks by President Biden in a Virtual Fundraiser for Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms | March 26, 2021
  • Remarks by President Biden After Air Force One Arrival | March 26, 2021
  • Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom | March 26, 2021
  • Remarks by President Biden Before Marine One Departure | March 26, 2021
  • Press Release: President Biden Invites 40 World Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate | March 26, 2021
  • Statement by President Biden on the Attack on the Right to Vote in Georgia | March 26, 2021
  • Nominations: President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Key Members for the Department of State | March 26, 2021
  • Nominations: President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Key Members for the Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Appalachian Regional Commission | March 26, 2021
  • Transcript: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 26, 2021
  • Transcript: Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials | March 26, 2021
  • Statement from the President on Passover | March 26, 2021

Department of Defense (DOD)

  • Joint Statement of Chiefs of Defense Condemning Military-Sponsored Violence in Myanmar
  • Press Release: International Chiefs of Defense Condemn Use of Lethal Force in Burma
  • Article: Entire Force May Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 by Early Summer
  • Contracts for March 26, 2021

Department of State

  • Daily Schedule | Monday, March 29
  • March 27: Statement | PRC Sanctions on U.S. Officials
  • March 27: Statement | Arrest of Bolivian Former Interim Government Officials
  • March 27: Advisory | Special Representative Khalilzad Travel
  • March 27: Transcript | Briefing With Bureau of International Organization Affairs Senior Bureau Official, Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles On Secretary Antony J. Blinken’s Upcoming Virtual Travel to the United Nations
  • March 26: Statement | Entry Into Force of U.S.-UK Civil Air Transport Agreement
  • March 26: Statement | Houthis Attack, Yemenis Suffer
  • March 26: Statement | First-Ever West Africa Joint Ops Exercise Links Counterterrorism Investigators in Three Nations
  • March 26: Statement | Terrorist Attack in Mozambique
  • March 26: Statement | Renewal of the Charter for the Shipping Advisory Committee
  • March 26: Statement | Disbarment of 2020 IWOC Recipient Shahla Humbatova
  • March 26: Statement | Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS’s Small Group
  • March 26: Transcript | Department Press Briefing

US Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • Press Release: The United States Announces Additional $8 Million to Contain Ebola Outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo And Guinea
  • Press Release: The Passover Message of Freedom

US Mission to the United Nations (UN)

  • Press Release: Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield to Lead Virtual U.S. Delegation to the Fifth Brussels Conference on Syria
  • Closing Statement in the Fifth Committee, 75th Session First Resumed
  • Joint Statement on the Occasion of the Seventh Anniversary of the Adoption of UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 “Territorial Integrity of Ukraine”
  • Remarks at a UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on IEDs and Peacekeeping
  • Statement at a UN General Assembly Informal Meeting on the Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Joint Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

Department of the Treasury

  • Statement from U.S. Treasury Department on Sudan Bridge Financing
  • Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Nordgas S.r.l.

Department of Justice

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Daily Press Releases
  • Press Release: Former CEO and Founder of Technology Company Sentenced for his Role in Investment-Fraud Scheme
  • Press Release: Defense Department Linguist Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Highly Sensitive Classified National Defense Information to Aid a Foreign Government
  • Press Release: Justice Department Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud
  • Press Release: Abatement Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Removing Asbestos
  • Press Release: California Woman Sentenced to 15 Months for Threatening to Bomb Catholic Prep School
  • Press Release: Louisiana Construction Company Owner and Two Employees Indicted for Tax Fraud

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

  • Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas on DACA
  • Press Release: El Centro Sector Agents Arrest Two Sex Offenders in Separate Events (California)
  • Press Release: US Border Patrol Agents Locate Downed Aircraft and Rescue Passengers (New Mexico)
  • Press Release: CBP Officers at the World Trade Bridge Seize Narcotics Worth Over $7 Million (Texas)
  • Press Release: CBP Officers Seize $91K in Unreported Currency at Laredo Port of Entry (Texas)
  • Press Release: CBP Officers have a busy week seizing drugs, currency and arresting fugitives (Texas)
  • Press Release: Agents Seize More Than 50 Pounds of Meth (Texas)
  • Press Release: Del Rio Sector Arrests Three Sex Offenders in Three Hours (Texas)
  • Press Release: CBP Expands Simplified Arrival in RGV (Texas)
  • Press Release: 61 Kilograms of THC Extract Seized in Pembina (North Dakota)
  • Press Release: Pittsburgh’s Pirates Possibly Peeved after CBP Seizes Shipments of Eye Patches (Pennsylvania)
  • Press Release: Boaters Rescued by U.S. Border Patrol Agents in the Upper Niagara River (New York)
  • Press Release: CBP Introduces Simplified Arrival at SJU in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  • Press Release: FEMA Provides an Additional $3.7 Million to Denver for Covid-19 Response
  • Press Release: California, FEMA to Complete Vaccine Mission in Oakland, Los Angeles April 11
  • Press Release: The Commonwealth and FEMA team up to increase vaccination administration in Boston
  • Press Release: Connecticut First State to Open COVID -19 Vaccine Mobile Unit
  • Press Release: Oklahoma Survivors Affected by Severe Winter Storms Can Upload Documents for FEMA at Local Libraries
  • Press Release: Preliminary Flood Maps for Kaufman County, Texas Ready for Public View
  • Press Release: FEMA Provides Over $1.2 Million to the New Hampshire Department of Safety

Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)

  • Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s virtual meeting with Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing
  • Press Release: USTR Announces Next Steps of Section 301 Digital Services Taxes Investigations
  • Statement from USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai on the death of Ambassador William E. Rrock, III
  • Statement from USTR Spokesperson Adam Hodge on U.S. Action to Prevent Maduro Regime’s Attempt to Undermine U.S. Sanctions

Department of Commerce

Department of Energy (DOE)

  • Press Release: DOE Announces $29 Million for Ultramodern Data Analysis Tools

Department of Interior

  • Press Release: Interior Department’s Virtual Forum Features Robust Discussion on Oil and Gas Program

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  • Press Release: EPA seeks public comment on Red Lake Nation’s application to implement water quality standards

Department of Transportation

  • Press Release: Air Travel Consumer Report: January 2021 Numbers
  • Press Release: United States and United Kingdom Open Skies Agreement Enters into Force

Department of Labor

  • Press Release: US Department of Labor files lawsuit alleging Texas hotel operator illegally fired worker who sought medical care for carbon monoxide exposure
  • Press Release: OSHA cites Seneca Foods after worker suffers serious injuries after being struck by forklift at Wisconsin facility

Health & Human Services (HHS)

  • Press Release: OCR Settles Eighteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

  • Press Release: FDA Approves First Cell-Based Gene Therapy for Adult Patients with Multiple Myeloma
  • Press Release: FDA Authorizes Marketing of Device to Improve Gait in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
  • Press Release: FDA Approves First in the World Device to Treat Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
  • Press Release: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update | March 26, 2021

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