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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/16/24

Press Releases : Mar 16 - Mar 22

3/18 - CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Impact Wellbeing™ Campaign Releases Hospital-Tested Guide to Improve Healthcare Worker Burnout (CDC; direct to website)

3/18 - New Annual Integrated Economic Survey Officially Launches (Census; direct to website)

3/18 - Biden-Harris Administration finalizes ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer (EPA; direct to info page)

3/18 - NIH studies find severe symptoms of “Havana Syndrome,” but no evidence of MRI-detectable brain injury or biological abnormalities (NIH)

3/18 - Fact Sheet: President Biden Issues Executive Order and Announces New Actions to Advance Women’s Health Research and Innovation (WH; see also, EO)

3/19 - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on FBI Quarterly Uniform Crime Report (DOJ; direct to data page)

3/19 - New Treasury Department Data Show Homeowner Assistance Fund Kept More Than 500,000 Families In Their Homes (Treas)

3/20 - Biden-Harris Administration finalizes strongest-ever pollution standards for cars that position U.S. companies and workers to lead the clean vehicle future, protect public health, address the climate crisis, save drivers money (EPA; direct to info page)

3/21 - Justice Department Sues Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets (DOJ; see also, AG remarks)

3/21 - Six Former Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Sentenced for Torturing and Abusing Two Black Men (DOJ)

3/21 - Secretary Buttigieg Announces First Industry-Wide Privacy Review of U.S. Airlines (DOT)

3/21 - Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $5.8 Billion in Student Debt Relief for 78,000 Public Service Workers (ED)

3/21 - Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data (EPA; direct to report/data page)

3/21 - FTC Releases Report on Grocery Supply Chain Disruptions (FTC; direct to report)

3/21 - HHS Releases Large Scale Water Utility Affordability Survey Report as Part of the First-Ever Federal Water Assistance Program (HHS; direct to report)

3/21 - United Nations General Assembly Adopts by Consensus U.S.-Led Resolution on Seizing the Opportunities of Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Systems for Sustainable Development (State; direct to resolution)

3/21 - The 2024 Economic Report of the President (WH/CEA; direct to report)

3/22 - DIA Comic Book Series Returns to Battle Killer Robots (DIA; direct to website)

3/22 - Continued Decline of Wetlands Documented in New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report (FWS; direct to report page)

3/22 - The White House Advances Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Leadership with the Launch of the National Bioeconomy Board (WH/OSTP)

Bills Signed into Law : Mar 16 - Mar 22

Information below is from congress.gov. Date listed is date signed into law, and the description is an abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.


3/18 - S.206, END FENTANYL Act - requires CBP to review and update manuals and policies related to inspections at ports of entry to ensure the uniformity of inspection practices to effectively detect illegal activity along the border

3/23 (time sensitive) - H.R. 2882, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 – provides funding through 9/30/24 (via WH; see also, president’s statement and Senate Appropriations release with summaries & explanations)

Trump Indictments: Mar 16 - Mar 22

Classified documents search warrant/indictment:

3/20 - ‘Very, very troubling’: Judges, lawyers flummoxed by Judge Cannon (via Washington Post; see also, source document)


2020 election/January 6 indictment:

3/19 - Trump lawyers urge US supreme court to dismiss election interference case (via The Guardian, with link to source document)


2020 election/Georgia indictment:

Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in Fulton County (via Lawfare; provides access to documents)

None this week