Day archives: September 16th, 2020

New Survey by Claims Conference Finds Significant Lack of Holocaust Knowledge in the United States

“Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announces the release of a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among adults in the United States on the occasion of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). The survey found there are critical gaps both in awareness of basic facts as …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure

U.S Department of Defense Standards of Conduct Office – Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure1Revised October 2019 The Standards of Conduct Office of the Department of Defense General Counsel’s Office has assembled the following selection of cases of ethical failure for use as a training tool. Our goal is to provide DoD personnel with real examples of …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New Investigative Report Detailing Harmful Impacts of Nationwide Mail Delays

“U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report detailing the results of his investigation into how operational changes at the United States Postal Service (USPS) ordered by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resulted in compromised service and serious harm for veterans, small businesses, rural communities, seniors, and millions …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

US unveils broad vaccine plan but no quick rollout

AP – “The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans when proven safe and effective, though a top public health official made clear that widespread vaccination of millions of Americans couldn’t come until well into next year. In a report to Congress and an accompanying …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Health Care

Interactive Maps Track Western Wildfires

The Dirt: “California, Oregon, and Washington, along with nine other states in the West are now experiencing record-breaking wildfires. According to experts, there are a number of reasons: climate change is creating the underlying conditions for more extreme weather events. Heat waves over the summer dried out much of Western forests, which were already impacted …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law