Category «E-Records»

The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here’s what remains

CBS News: “The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released. After removing tens of thousands of files, the Department of Justice currently makes public about 2.7 million pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a CBS News analysis found, a number …

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

War in the Age of the Online “Information Bomb”

The New Yorker – no paywall – “Memes such as “monitoring the situation” reflect a deluded belief that we can be more than just passive, confused bystanders to a spray of digital shrapnel. On TikTok, the war against Iran began with a series of videos from influencer types in Dubai, Doha, and elsewhere in the …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Sick of Microsoft and Google?

ZDNET – “…This new European office suite is a private, open-source alternative…Built primarily on the EU-based, open-source Nextcloud Hub, Office.eu bundles file storage and sharing, email, calendar, online document editing, and chat plus video calls into a single, browser‑based platform. The service deliberately mimics the look and feel of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace to …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management

Pentagon Should Focus on Defense Priorities After Historic $93.4B “Use-It-or-Lose-It”

Open the Books – “Defense officials typically enter the end of each fiscal year with at least one goal in mind: spend the rest of the military’s budget by any means necessary. Otherwise, “use-it-or-lose-it” funding rules force the Pentagon to forfeit its unused money and potentially see reduced funding next year. Open the Books has …

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

Much of the government’s technology isn’t accessible, internal report finds

NextGov/FCW: “Nearly 30 years after Congress put accessibility requirements for government technology into law, much of the federal government’s technology still isn’t fully meeting accessibility standards.  Less than 40% of the government’s most-viewed public webpages are fully accessible, according to a new report by the General Services Administration.  Overall, the federal government’s technology, including internal …

Subjects: E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

DOGE employee stole Social Security data – put it on a thumb drive

TechCrunch: “A former employee of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency reportedly stole Americans’ personal data from the U.S. Social Security Administration and stored it on a thumb drive, according to a whistleblower complaint reported by The Washington Post. The former DOGE software engineer told co-workers at his new job that he “possessed two tightly …

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

From Iran to Ukraine, everyone’s trying to hack security cameras

Ars Technica: “Research shows apparent Iranian state hackers trying to hijack consumer-grade cameras. For decades, satellites, drones, and human spotters have all been part of war’s surveillance and reconnaissance tool kit. In an age of cheap, insecure, Internet-connected consumer devices, however, militaries have gained another powerful set of eyes on the ground: every hackable security …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Free Speech, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Trump administration says it can’t process tariff refunds because of computer problems

CNBC: “U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a U.S. Court of International Trade judge on Friday that it is not currently able to comply with his order to begin refunding about $166 billion collected in reciprocal tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump. CBP, in a court filing, cited its existing technology, processes and …

Subjects: Courts, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 7, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 7, 2026 – 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, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Privacy

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7

Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7 – This article is the seventh in a series focused on how the second Trump presidency unleashed a causal chain that has rapidly morphed into an extensive continued attack against civil liberties, commerce, government funded …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, E-Government, E-Records, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research