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Mapped: How Much U.S. States Rely on Imports from Canada, Mexico, and China

Voronoi – “What We’re Showing – This map illustrates the top trading partner of every U.S. state as of November 2024. The data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. Key Takeaways Canada, Mexico, and China are the top trade partners for 42 states. The U.S. imports about $900 billion in goods from Canada and …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Legal Research

No, AI can’t decide whom to fire or many other DOGE goals

Washington Post – no paywall – Identify “mission-critical” jobs? Spot dead people on Social Security rolls? Government needs AI -— but what DOGE appears to be doing doesn’t add up. The U.S. DOGE Service is pursuing an “AI-first” strategy to remake the government. I understand why it’s an alluring idea: Bring a noted technologist like …

Subjects: AI, Congress, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 1, 2025

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 1, 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 …

Subjects: Censorship, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy, Search Engines

A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”

ProPublica: “A few months ago, Sen. Ted Cruz announced that he had uncovered $2 billion of science grants funded by former President Joe Biden’s administration that prioritized “radical political perspectives” or “neo-Marxist theories.’’ His aides on a congressional committee assembled the list by searching the project descriptions for 699 key terms like “women,” “diversify,” “segregation” …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Education, Health Care, Medicine

Non government sponsored real time health and disease information updated daily

Physicians for a Healthy [email protected]‬ – These sites might be useful: 1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org) 2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com) 3. Global Flu View – Tracks flu reports from citizen surveillance programs across multiple countries. (globalfluview.org) 4. WHO’s …

Subjects: Education, Health Care, Medicine

EFF Transition Memo to Trump Administration 2025

Contents  1. Introduction 2. Surveillance Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 Facial Recognition Technology Border Search and Immigration Surveillance Surveillance Tech at the Border and the Virtual Wall Reproductive Justice and Digital Surveillance 2. Encryption and Cybersecurity End-to-End Encryption Client-Side Scanning and Other Recent U.S. Attempts At Encryption Backdoors Government Cybersecurity 4. Consumer Privacy Consumer …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Copyright, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Medicine, Patent and Trademark, Privacy, Transportation

Army, Navy remove web pages highlighting women’s military service

Military Times: “A page devoted to women’s service in the U.S. Navy was removed in February by the Navy History and Heritage Command and replaced by a “page not found” message. (Screenshot/NHHC) In an effort to align with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order that terminated diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives across the …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Social Security News

Social Security News. A service of Hall & Rouse, P.C./© Charles T. Hall. Includes primary documents from DOGE and OPM, emails and chats from/to Social Security employees, author commentary, and articles from reliable media reporting on the fast moving actions to fire, using illegal terminations, as many staff and leadership as possible, around the country. …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Copyright, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, HIV/AIDS, Legal Research, Social Media

How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy

The New York Times – no paywall: “It was driven with a frenetic focus by Mr. Musk, who channeled his libertarian impulses and resentment of regulatory oversight of his vast business holdings into a singular position of influence. Without ceding control of his companies, the richest man in the world has embedded his engineers and …

Subjects: Courts, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media, Transportation

2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive

Internet Archives Blog: “Every four years since 2004-before and after the U.S. presidential election-the Internet Archive works with libraries and research organizations to preserve U.S. government websites during administration changes. These “End of Term” (EOT) Web Archive projects have documented transitions and preserved the record of administrative changes over time. The ongoing 2024/2025 EOT crawl …

Subjects: Censorship, Legal Research