Army locked public report after story on overdue suicide regulation

The Army blocked public access to a report on the status of forthcoming publications after Army Times referenced the report in an April 1 story on how the service has failed to publish a long-awaited regulation that will coordinate its suicide prevention programs.

The service initially announced it would create a dedicated suicide prevention regulation in 2020. In September 2021, the Army said it would publish that fall. Then, in November 2021, the Army said it would come “in the first quarter of 2022.”