Day archives: July 13th, 2025

Agencies plan to decommission hundreds of .gov websites following GSA review

Federal News Network: “Hundreds of federal agency websites are being targeted for elimination, following a governmentwide review. In an analysis led by the General Services Administration, the 24 largest departments and agencies inventoried more than 7,200 total websites. Documents obtained by Federal News Network show agencies plan to eliminate 332 of those websites — less …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, E-Records, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Can you trust AI in legal research?

Sally McLaren post on LinkedIn: “Can you trust AI in legal research? Our study tested how leading Generative AI tools responded to fake case citations and the results were eye-opening. While some models correctly flagged the fabricated case, others confidently generated detailed but entirely false legal content, even referencing real statutes and cases. Our table …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

What to Do When You See ICE in Your Neighborhood

The Intercept – How can you deter the Trump administration’s immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps… Out running errands and see a cluster of weirdos kitted out for war, milling about like they’re stuck in a Call of Duty matchmaking lobby? Grab some pics and vids to raise …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 12, 2025

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 12, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Legal Research, Privacy

Cops’ favorite AI tool automatically deletes evidence of when AI was used

Ars Technica: AI police tool is designed to avoid accountability, watchdog says. On Thursday, a digital rights group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, published an expansive investigation into AI-generated police reports that the group alleged are, by design, nearly impossible to audit and could make it easier for cops to lie under oath. Axon’s Draft One …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Updated ‘PLUM’ book offers deeper look at Trump administration officials working governmentwide

Federal News Network – “There is now a public list showing the names, agencies and salaries of more than 9,000 Trump administration officials and career federal leaders currently working across government. The Office of Personnel Management on Wednesday updated the PLUM book — a digital employment roster listing virtually all senior federal leaders governmentwide. The …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

First Amendment: Government Retaliation for Protected Expression

CRS Legal Sidebar – “The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment provides that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech.” The clause applies to any government action, whether federal, state, or local. Individuals may be able to challenge violations of their free speech rights in a variety of …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Senate report details “preventable failures” surrounding Butler assassination attempt

Axios: “The U.S. Secret Service denied multiple requests for additional resources from President Trump‘s detail during his campaign, according to a new report on the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt. The big picture: The report released Sunday from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs detailed a “disturbing pattern of communications failures and negligence” …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online

Open Culture: “..the thousands of mid- to late 19th century titles at the University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature. Their digitized collection currently holds over 10,000 books free to read online from cover to cover, allowing you to get a sense of what adults in Britain and the U.S. wanted children to …

Subjects: Education, Libraries