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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 4/30/22

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Press releases : Apr 30 - May 6

5/3 - Introducing NCES’s New Locale-Focused Resource Hub: Education Across America (NCES; direct to website)

5/3 - Smithsonian Adopts Policy on Ethical Returns (SI)

5/3 - Reclamation’s drought response actions will boost Lake Powell (USBR; direct to plan page)

5/4 - Study Links Urbanization to Poor Ecological Knowledge, Less Environmental Action (NIST; direct to article page)

5/5 - Census Bureau to Release 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Results for 50 States and DC (Census)

5/5 - Justice Department Launches Comprehensive Environmental Justice Strategy (DOJ; see also, AG remarks)

5/5 - FDA Limits Use of Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine to Certain Individuals (FDA)

5/5 - USDA Promotes Program Access, Combats Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Community (FNS; direct to policy page)

5/5 - Endangered California Salmon Returned To Safer Waters After More Than A Century (FWS)

5/5 - May 5, 2022 will be the last date the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt (MSPD) will be published on TreasuryDirect.gov (Treas)

5/5 - USCIS Simplifying, Improving Communication of Case Processing Data (USICS; see also, processing times page)

5/5 - President Biden Announces Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary (WH)

5/6 - Secretary Haaland Announces $61 Million to Increase Outdoor Access in Urban Spaces (DOI)

5/6 - U.S. Department of Education Announces Intent to Strengthen and Protect Rights for Students with Disabilities by Amending Regulations Implementing Section 504 (ED)

5/6 - HHS Launches New Maternal Mental Health Hotline (HHS)

5/6 - Library of Congress Awards More than $250,000 to Inaugural Projects Highlighting Uses of Digital Collections (LOC)

5/6 - U.S. Treasury Issues First-Ever Sanctions on a Virtual Currency Mixer, Targets DPRK Cyber Threats (Treas)

Bills Signed into Law : Apr 30 - May 6

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.

5/5 - S.2629 Better Cybercrime Metrics Act - establishes requirements to improve the collection of data related to cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime; among other requirements, DOJ must establish a category in NIBRS for collecting cybercrime reports from federal, state, and local officials, and questions about cybercrime must be included in the annual National Crime Victimization Survey

Congressional Budget Office / Congressional Research Service / Government Accountability Office : Apr 30 - May 6