Day archives: May 27th, 2025

White House ends public access to official transcripts, announcements, remarks

Follow up to Trump’s disappearing transcripts, via Ben Amata [Government Information Librarian, California State University, Sacramento]: “The White House has removed a database of official transcripts documenting the President’s announcements and appearances. The “remarks” section of the White House website provides only YouTube videos rather than the transcripts that for decades past administrations have published. …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Government, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data

The Intercept: “The ever-growing market for personal data has been a boon for American spy agencies. The U.S. intelligence community is now buying up vast volumes of sensitive information that would have previously required a court order, essentially bypassing the Fourth Amendment. But the surveillance state has encountered a problem: There’s simply too much data …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

AI Hallucination Cases

Damien Charlotin: “This database tracks legal decisions in cases where generative AI produced hallucinated content – typically fake citations, but also other types of arguments. It does not track the (necessarily wider) universe of all fake citations or use of AI in court filings. While seeking to be exhaustive (121 cases identified so far), it …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

The Weather & Climate Livestream

The Weather & Climate Livestream is a non-partisan event that aims to educate and inform the public about weather and climate issues. We provide a platform for experts to share their knowledge and insights on the value of public funded science. Information for speakers – If you’re a meteorologist or climate scientist who has been …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

New Investigative Report – Fired Inspectors General Identified More Savings than DOGE

REPORT: “Undermining the Watchdogs: The 19 Independent Inspectors General Fired by President Trump Uncovered Billions in Fraud, Waste, and Abuse” “U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report detailing the Trump Administration’s unprecedented attacks on Inspectors General – the independent watchdogs tasked with rooting …

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

Judge Strikes Down Another Big Law EO

TMP: “U.S. District Judge John Bates of Washington, D.C. just awarded summary judgment to Jenner & Block, finding President Trump’s executive order against it unlawful and declaring it null and void. This is remarkably strong language from a George W. Bush appointee who served on Special Counsel Ken Starr’s team: This case arises from one …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

Fan-favorite app for reading things later is going dark

Try these alternatives – Washington Post – no paywall: “After 18 years, Pocket, a service that helped web-savvy readers dig into stories in their free time, is going dark. The Mozilla Corporation, best known for its Firefox browser, said it would soon turn out the lights on Pocket, a handy tool for discovering and saving …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

Why AI May Be Listening In on Your Next Doctor’s Appointment

WSJ no paywall: “Even the hospital walls may soon have ears. A fast-growing technology known as ambient listening is taking over an onerous but necessary task in healthcare: documenting what happens in the doctor-patient encounter. Already gaining traction for outpatient medical visits, the AI-powered systems are also moving into hospital rooms and emergency departments to …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine, Privacy

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