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New data dashboard reporting street-level flooding in NYC gives real-time information on rising waters

PHYS.org: “New York City is girding itself for storm season, which, in the face of accelerating climate change, could mean more frequent and extreme storms like Hurricanes Henri and Ida, and local cloudbursts producing prodigious volumes of stormwater. The city has a new arrow in its quiver to confront these threats with greater resilience: An …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Transportation

20 SPAM Statistics for 2022

DataProt: What’s On the Other Side of Your Inbox: “Did you check your spam folder lately? It’s like walking into a giant shopping mall where everyone wants you to buy their products, hire their services, or marry a Nigerian prince. Thousands upon thousands of emails, all encompassed under a common denominator. Spam. We’ve compiled 20 …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Microsoft

Transacting in Person with Strangers from the Internet

Krebs on Security: “These safe trading places exist because sometimes in-person transactions from the Internet don’t end well for one or more parties involved. The website Craigslistkillers has catalogued news links for at least 132 murders linked to Craigslist transactions since 2015. Many of these killings involved high-priced items like automobiles and consumer electronics, where …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Internet, Social Media

Quartz’s Best Companies for Remote Workers 2022

“What makes a company great for remote workers? Is it the perks? The wifi reimbursements? The virtual bonding events? The occasional in-person gatherings? The embrace of the diversity and flexibility that so many people are craving now? Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes—plus effective leadership, warm colleagues, good managers, competitive pay, clear communication, helpful training, …

Subjects: Economy, Health Care, Knowledge Management

You Could Have Told Me That in the First Place: Five Tips That Might Have Saved a Young Lawyer a Lot of Trouble

Jay O’Keeffe, You Could Have Told Me That in the First Place: Five Tips That Might Have Saved a Young Lawyer a Lot of Trouble, 52 U. Rich. L. Rev. 53 (2022).  Available at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol52/iss5/7 “I will open with a confession: I have very, very little to contribute to legal scholarship. My day-to-day work as …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

How Book Bans Turned a Texas Town Upside Down

The New York Times Magazine: “…Over the last year, campaigns to ban books have erupted throughout school districts and local libraries across the country. The American Library Association, which tracks challenges to library books or resources since 1990, previously documented roughly 300 to 350 complaints annually, with most challenges targeting a single title each. But …

Subjects: Censorship, Education, Free Speech, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Launches New Climate Portal to Help Communities Navigate Climate Change Impacts “Today we’re launching a new climate website to help communities build resilience, with: Real-time dashboard of extreme weather; Interactive maps of future climate impacts for each area; snd Tools to develop resilience plans & access federal funding….Climate Mapping for Resilience …

Subjects: Climate Change, E-Government, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

The 2021/2022 Human Development Report

UN – Human Development Report – Uncertain times, unsettled lives – Shaping our future in a transforming world – “The global Human Development Index value has declined two years in a row, erasing the gains of the preceding five years…How to understand and navigate today’s uncertainty complex— driven by the Anthropocene, by purposeful societal transformation …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law

DOJ responds to Judge Cannon – classified documents do not belong to private citizens

CNN: “The Justice Department is appealing a court-ordered special master review of the materials seized by the FBI at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home…” and UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA WEST PALM BEACH DIVISION. CASE NO. 22-CV-81294-CANNON. DONALD J. TRUMP, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. THE UNITED STATES’ MOTION …

Subjects: Courts, Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

NHTSA Updates Cybersecurity Best Practices for New Vehicles

“The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles, an update to its 2016 edition. The document describes NHTSA’s guidance to the automotive industry for improving vehicle cybersecurity for safety. “As vehicle technology and connectivity develop, cybersecurity needs to be a top priority for …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Transportation

Introducing the Congress.gov API

In Custodia Legis – September 6, 2022 by Margaret Wood and Andrew Weber. “Congress.gov is a fantastic source of legislative information, and a marvelous source for investigating specific legislation and exploring the legislative history of a bill. Congress.gov also contains large amounts of data and various users have expressed interest in having additional access to …

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