Monthly archives: March, 2020

ABA principles to better align legal education licensure to 21st century

“The American Bar Association Commission on the Future of Legal Education today issued a set of principles and recommendations to more closely align legal education and licensure with the objective of better addressing the legal needs of the public and the nation’s access to justice problems. The commission outlined its set of principles in a commentary …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Caring for COVID-19 patients – Hospitals will not be able to handle the volume of patients

Can Hospitals Around the Nation Keep Up? – Harvard Global Health Institute. Counting every bed, in every major hospital market, to inform community response – Cambridge, MA, March 17, 2020 — “When it comes to caring for a surge of COVID-19 patients, a closer look at hospital capacity in communities across the United States reveals …

Subjects: Education, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

NIST Updates and Expands Its Flagship Catalog of Information System Safeguards

NIST: “After your organization forms a general plan for tackling its cybersecurity and privacy risk management issues, it needs particular state-of-the-art tools to make that plan a reality. Computer security and privacy experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have the answer with an updated toolbox of safeguards for protecting an organization’s …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Knowledge Management

BBB tips on COVID-19

Better Business Bureau – “Don’t panic, be safe, and avoid scams COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is affecting people, businesses and communities around the world. Better Business Bureau reminds everyone to remain vigilant to avoid scams related to the virus, use necessary, common sense precautions when traveling, and find reliable sources to …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management

ABA Free Legal Answers reaches milestone with 100,000 inquiries since launch

ABA Free Legal Answers: “An online version of the walk-in clinic model where clients request brief advice and counsel about a specific civil legal issue from a volunteer lawyer. Free Legal Answers is a virtual legal advice clinic. Qualifying users post their civil legal question to their state’s website. Lawyers provide information and basic legal …

Subjects: Courts, Economy, Legal Research

U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages

The New York Times: “A federal government plan to combat the coronavirus warned policymakers last week that a pandemic “will last 18 months or longer” and could include “multiple waves,” resulting in widespread shortages that would strain consumers and the nation’s health care system. The 100-page plan, dated Friday, the same day President Trump declared …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine

COVID-19: How the enterprise is adapting to disruption

ZDNet – “From cancelled tech conferences and disrupted supply chains to telecommuting and cybersecurity threats, the enterprise faces a new normal as COVID-19’s impact escalates. As the impact of COVID-19 on the enterprise escalates, employers and employees must adapt to a new normal. From cancelled conferences to disrupted supply chains, not a corner of the …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

Maryland postpones primary – shifts special election to mail voting

Politico = The pandemic which has forced five states to move primaries is fueling a push for more voting by mail across the country: “Maryland is now the fifth state to move its primaries, joining Louisiana, Georgia, Kentucky and Ohio, which saw its primary originally scheduled for today pushed until June after an eleventh-hour legal …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care

2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Data Repository by Johns Hopkins CSSE

“This is the data repository for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Visual Dashboard operated by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CSSE). Also, Supported by ESRI Living Atlas Team and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU APL).” Reported coronavirus death toll in U.S. tops 100 – There have been …

Subjects: Education, Health Care, Knowledge Management