The "changelogs" for ACL2 are in the release-notes topics of the manuals. In particular, there are release notes for Version 8.2.
ACL2 sources are available between releases at the ACL2 GitHub Repository.
A team of four ACL2 users entered the VSTTE 2012 competition. For information, including the team's solution, visit this link.
The ACL2 GitHub repository allows contributions of ACL2 books (input files), and also provides between-release updates.
See the performance comparisons page.