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CPSC staff April 1 expressed confidence in how standards development organizations (SDOs) are approaching wearable technology.

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When fulfilling FoIA requests, CPSC would not charge costs for use of certain computer hardware and software under an updated Federal Register notice that commissioners approved for publishing 4-0 April 1.

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CPSC got four comments on its request for comments on existing crib rules.

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There were an estimated 103,600 non-residential building fires in 2018, according to a late March report from the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA).

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An increasing number of consumer IoT devices can be reconfigured by the upload of new software supplied by the manufacturer or downloaded from a third party.

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The European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan as part of its European Green Deal on 11 March 2020, which will have wide-ranging implications on how products are designed, marketed and used in the EU.

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CPSC is advising that some companies' recall remedies currently might be unavailable.

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Briefs on bed rails, folding chairs, slings, and child garments plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.