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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 5/14/22

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Press releases : May 14 - May 20

5/16 - ACUS Announces Study of Disclosure of Agency Legal Materials, Requests Public Input (ACUS)

5/17 - Memorandum: Timely and Thorough Assessments of Reported Civilian Harm Incidents (DOD; see also, Executive Summary: Review of the Civilian Casualty Incident that Occurred on 18 March 2019 in Baghuz, Syria)

5/17 - Justice Department Sues to Compel a U.S. Businessperson to Register Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (DOJ)

5/17 - Justice Department Announces Publication of the First Volume of the National Firearms in Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (DOJ; direct to report)

5/17 - Newly Released Estimates Show Traffic Fatalities Reached a 16-Year High in 2021 (DOT; direct to report)

5/17 - FCC Commits $50 Million In Emergency Connectivity Funding To Schools And Libraries To Help Close The Homework Gap (FCC)

5/17 - New Online Collection: Foreign Legal Gazettes (LOC; direct to collection page)

5/17 - National Archives Awards $4.8 Million in Grants for Historical Records Projects (NARA; direct to list)

5/17 - NASA Seeks Input on Moon to Mars Objectives, Comments Due May 31 (NASA; direct to draft objectives)

5/17 - NIST Study Gives Animal Testing Alternatives a Confidence Boost (NIST; direct to OA article)

5/18 - National Endowment for Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 2022 (NEA; direct to recipients by state/city)

5/19 - CDC Strengthens Recommendations and Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Booster Shots (CDC; see also, ACIP meeting presentations)

5/19 - U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2020 Undercount and Overcount Rates by State and the District of Columbia (Census; direct to PES report)

5/19 - Department of Justice Announces New Policy for Charging Cases under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (DOJ; direct to revised policy)

5/19 - FTC to Crack Down on Companies that Illegally Surveil Children Learning Online (FTC)

5/19 - NASA, Partners Offer Global View of Environmental Changes (NASA; direct to website)

Bills Signed into Law : May 14 - May 20

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.

5/16 - H.R.3182 Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021 - makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute crib bumpers or inclined sleepers for infants