Day archives: January 11th, 2017

GPO Begins Digital Release Of Historical Federal Register, 1990-1994 Available Today

“The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) start the digital release of historic issues of the Federal Register with issues from 1990-1994. The complete collection of 1990s Federal Registers are now available digitally on GPO’s govinfo. This project will digitize a total of 14,587 individual issues, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Legal Research

MSPB – Preventing Nepotism in the Federal Civil Service

Preventing Nepotism in the Federal Civil Service – A Report to the President and the Congress of the United States by the Merit Systems Protection Board June 2016. “…As explained in this report, new political appointees whose backgrounds do not include prior public service may be unfamiliar with the rules for the civil service, including …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

NPS – Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy

Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science Climate Change Response Program, December 2016. “The purpose of this Strategy is to set out the broad scope of cultural resources in relation to climate change and identify major directions of action in cultural resources and climate …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

Valuing Climate Changes: Updating Estimation of the Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide

“The social cost of carbon (SC-CO2) is an economic metric intended to provide a comprehensive estimate of the net damages – that is, the monetized value of the net impacts, both negative and positive – from the global climate change that results from a small (1-metric ton) increase in carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions. Under Executive Orders …

Subjects: Climate Change, Congress, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

Paper – The Foreign Emoluments Clause: Article I, Section 9, Clause

Tillman, Seth Barrett and Teachout, Zephyr, The Foreign Emoluments Clause: Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 (August 8, 2016). Zephyr Teachout & Seth Barrett Tillman, The Foreign Emoluments Clause: Article I, Section 9, Clause 8, in The Interactive Constitution (National Constitution Center 2016); Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2820288. Available for download at …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Brookings Paper – The Emoluments Clause: Its Text, Meaning, and Application to Donald J. Trump

Brookings Paper – The Emoluments Clause: Its Text, Meaning, and Application to Donald J. Trump, December 16, 2016. Norman L. Eisen, Richard Painter and Laurence H. Tribe. Introduction – “Foreign interference in the American political system was among the gravest dangers feared by the Founders of our nation and the Framers of our Constitution. The …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Report – changing face of business and the part artificial intelligence has to play

Accenture via World Economic Fortune: “Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be the single most disruptive technology the world has seen since the Industrial Revolution. Granted, there is a lot of hype out there on AI, along with doomsday headlines and scary movies. But the reality is that it will positively and materially change how we engage …

Subjects: Uncategorized

Office of Government Ethics – status of presidential transition

“The plan the [president-elect] has announced doesn’t meet the standards that the best of his nominees are meeting and that every president in the last four decades have met.We can’t risk the perception that government leaders would use their official positions for professional profit. Stepping back from running his business is meaningless from a conflict …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research