Day archives: October 24th, 2024

Gun Companies Gave Customers’ Sensitive Personal Information to Political Operatives

ProPublica: “For years, America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives. Those operatives, in turn, secretly employed the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians running for Congress and the White House, a ProPublica investigation has found. The clandestine sharing of gun buyers’ …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Legal Research, Privacy

Harris, Trump Voters Differ Over Election Security, Vote Counts and Hacking Concerns

Pew: More than seven-in-ten registered voters in the U.S. (73%) think the election this November will be run and administered at least somewhat well. Nine-in-ten Harris supporters say this, compared with 57% of Trump supporters. Just 20% of voters are highly confident the Supreme Court would be politically neutral if it rules on legal issues …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Legal Research

There Are Four Anti-Trump Pathways We Failed to Take. There Is a Fifth.

The New York Times Opinion [unlocked], Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, professors of government at Harvard and the authors of “Tyranny of the Minority.” :”…In the United States, the civic response to the Trump threat has been tepid. For a moment, business leaders seemed poised to defend democracy. After the Jan. 6 insurrection, many leading …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

New website tracks government’s many digital services teams

StateScoop: “Last week, the Digital Service Network at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University published a new online tracker that documents details about government digital service teams across the country. The new Government Digital Service Team Tracker, which was published on the Digital Service Network’s new Digital Government Hub reference …

Subjects: E-Government, Education, Knowledge Management

Stress in America 2024 A nation in political turmoil

American Psychological Association (APA) latest Stress in America™ poll revealed a populace dealing with multiple stressors as the country braces for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. In the new survey, conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of APA, the most commonly reported sources of stress centered on the election or were political in nature. …

Subjects: Congress, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research, Social Media

Can someone find out who you voted for?

NPR – No. Here is what you should know – “With less than [12 days] until Election Day and with early voting taking place across the U.S., many Americans are questioning the secrecy of their ballots. Election officials, voter registration organizations and election law experts — including New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

Emissions Gap Report 2024

As climate impacts intensify globally, the Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! finds that nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions or the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years. The report is the 15th edition in a …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law