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ProPublica: “In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft’s biggest cloud computing offerings. The tech giant’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left reviewers with a “lack of confidence in assessing the system’s overall security posture,” according to an internal government report reviewed by ProPublica. Or, as …
Ars Technica: “Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do. Last summer, a group of officials from the Department of Energy gathered at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling 890-square-mile complex in the eastern desert of Idaho where the US government built its first rudimentary nuclear power plant in …
Alan Gerard from Balanced Weather – “Over the weekend, there was a lot of talk on social media about the results from the 2025 version of the annual survey of federal employees done by the Partnership for Public Service about their workplace and the quality of services they feel their agency is providing to the …
Nippon.com – From bad manners to taboo, there are certain ways of using chopsticks that are considered as going against dining etiquette. These various acts, known as kiraibashi, are listed below. (Listed in Japanese syllabary order)
The Wrap – New York Times Reporters to Return to Pentagon Monday. The paper’s journalists are expected to regain access Monday after a federal judge ruled that the Defense Department’s press policy is unconstitutional Washington Post – Pentagon will move press to external ‘annex’ following court loss over restricted access. The Department of Defense said …
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) published a new report on security based swap dealers (SBSDs) and updated statistics and data visualizations on initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on registered offerings, corporate bond offerings, Regulation A offerings, Regulation Crowdfunding offerings, Regulation D offerings, municipal advisors, transfer agents, SBSDs, and asset-backed …
Economic Forecasts and Projections: Fact Sheet. R47295, Leubsdorf, Ben – Economic projections (also called forecasts) are predictions about the future behavior of economic and financial indicators. They can help lawmakers in assessing the likelihood of key events such as recessions, addressing budget and economic challenges, and estimating the effects of policy changes. Many government agencies …
Plain Text Accounting (PTA) – Welcome! Plain text accounting is a way of doing bookkeeping and accounting with plain text files and scriptable, command-line-friendly software, such as Ledger, hledger, or Beancount. This site collects the PTA community’s tools, docs and practices. It is maintained by Simon Michael (hledger project leader, PTA fan) and contributors like you. …
Via Ben Amata, Government Information Librarian, University Library, California State University, Sacramento: “Neither DOD nor the Whitehouse are providing budgetary information at their websites, to Congress, or to the public on the Iran war costs. Some in Congress are commenting. https://www.congress.gov/119/crec/2026/03/18/172/49/CREC-2026-03-18-pt1-PgH2587-4.pdf https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-172/issue-50/house-section/article/H2609-6?hl=iran+war&s=1&r=1 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-172/issue-42/house-section/article/H2452-5?hl=iran+war&s=1&r=18 See also – NPR – How much is the Iran war costing …
Project Saltbox: An RFI released today details ICE’s plans to rent co-working space for over 300 personnel nationwide ICE is seeking co-working space for over 300 personnel nationwide, according to market research released earlier today. In the request, the agency outlines their need for flexible workspace (private offices and/or workstations). ICE is specifically looking for vendors …
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Art Discovery Engine – The Tenth Muse is an art discovery engine. Over 120,000 artworks from museums and institutions — searchable by feeling, mood, atmosphere, era, and medium. Every piece links back to its original source. 95% are public domain. Nothing here is generated. It’s discovery, not creation. The best experience is on desktop, but …
