Day archives: March 21st, 2022

Phaseout Pathways for Fossil Fuel Production Within Paris-compliant Carbon Budgets

Calverley, D., & Anderson, K. (2022). Phaseout Pathways for Fossil Fuel Production Within Paris-compliant Carbon Budgets. Tyndall Center for Climate Research, The University of Manchester, 22 March 2022 “To comply with the carbon budget for a 50:50 chance of not exceeding 1.5°C of warming requires immediate and deep cuts in the production of all fossil …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 20, 2022

Via LLRX– Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 20, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Records, Internet, Privacy

Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress

CRS Report – Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress Updated March 17, 2022: “The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons—maneuvering weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5—as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early 2000s. In recent years, the United States has …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

Two Expert Librarians and a webinar – US and international elections

“Join GODORT’s Help! and PPIRS Professional Development webinar series for a joint session on U.S. and international elections. Two experts in the political science and government documents community will provide search strategies and resources for conducting research on domestic and international elections, including finding raw and aggregated data. Catherine Morse of the University of Michigan …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Government Documents, Legal Research, Libraries

How to secure your home and office network: The best DNS blockers and firewalls

ZDNet: “How secure is your home or office network? I’ll assume you already have an antimalware/antivirus solution in place, such as Windows Security, which is built into Windows 10 and Windows 11 (and which I believe works particularly well). But antivirus isn’t enough. Escalating international tensions — coupled with an ever-increasing number of professionals working remotely …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Privacy

U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

TorrentFreak: “U.S. Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy have introduced the SMART Copyright Act of 2022. The bill requires online hosting services to implement standard technical protection measures, designated by the Copyright Office. Rightsholders see the proposal as a great step forward to protect creators, while opponents classify it as a filtering tool that will …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Copyright, Free Speech, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation

Legal Research as a Collective Enterprise: An Examination of Data Availability in Empirical Legal Scholarship

Matthews, Abigail and Rantanen, Jason, Legal Research as a Collective Enterprise: An Examination of Data Availability in Empirical Legal Scholarship (March 14, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4057663 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4057663 “This study is the first extensive examination of the degree to which the information underlying empirical legal studies is available for other researchers to review, use …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Return to Office plan

Harry’s, Inc.’s Post: “Hybrid work is our new normal, and navigating hybrid norms is no easy feat. Our goal at Harry’s, Inc. has been to create a safe space for our team members to get curious, make mistakes, and learn on this journey of hybrid work. To make the transition back to a physical office …

Subjects: Knowledge Management