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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/12/22

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Press releases : Mar 12 - Mar 18

3/14 - New HHS Study in JAMA Pediatrics Shows Significant Increases in Children Diagnosed with Mental Health Conditions from 2016 to 2020 (HHS; direct to OA article)

3/15 - Equal Pay Day 2022: Actions include US Department of Labor report on occupational segregation; report explores women’s wage dynamics (DOL; direct to report)

3/15 - The FBI Establishes New Virtual Assets Unit (FBI)

3/16 - Justice Department Announces Civil Settlement in Cases Arising from 2018 School Shooting in Parkland, Florida (DOJ)

3/16 - New Library of Congress Podcast Explores "Space on the Page" (LOC)

3/16 - There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data, NIST Report Highlights (NIST; direct to report)

3/16 - NSF establishes new Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF; direct to website)

3/16 - 2022 Roadmap for the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse (State)

3/16 - Welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Order Directing the Russian Federation to Immediately Suspend Military Operations in Ukraine (State; direct to ICJ page)

3/16 - U.S. Departments of Treasury and Justice Launch Multilateral Russian Oligarch Task Force (Treas)

3/17 - New Statistics Available From the 2016–2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Census; see also, press kit)

3/17 - The Federal Trade Commission’s First Report on E-Cigarette Sales and Advertising Reveals Disturbing Trends Affecting the Health of Young Americans (FTC; direct to report page)

3/17 - The Library Services & Content Management FY 2021 Year in Review (GPO; direct to report)

3/17 - Smithsonian Collects COVID-19 Artifacts in Pandemic’s Second Year (SI)

3/18 - Justice Department Issues Web Accessibility Guidance Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (DOJ; direct to guidance page)

Bills Signed into Law : Mar 12 - Mar 18

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.

3/14 - H.R.3665 - To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in San Diego as the Jennifer Moreno Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and to support the designation of a component of such medical center in honor of Kathleen Bruyere

3/15 - H.R.2471 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 - among other purposes: provides full-year funding through September 30, 2022,  provides supplemental appropriations for Ukraine activities, and reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act

3/15 - S.1543 STANDUP Act of 2021 - amends the Public Health Service Act to provide best practices on student suicide awareness and prevention training and requires state/local/tribal educational agencies receiving funds under the Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy

Miscellaneous : Mar 12 - Mar 18