Category «Government Documents»

Latest US climate assessment shows the extreme toll taken by climate change

The Verge: “Climate disasters are costing the US billions of dollars a year, and the damage isn’t spread out evenly, according to a new national climate assessment. The assessment, produced about every four years, lays out the toll climate change is taking across every region in the United States. This is the fifth one — …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

Supreme Court issues Code of Conduct

Supreme Court, November 13, 2023 [15 page PDF]: “The undersigned Justices are promulgating this Code of Conduct [there is no accountability nor enforcement mechanism] to set out succinctly and gather in one place the ethics rules and principles that guide the conduct of the Members of the Court. For the most part these rules and …

Subjects: Courts, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Webinar on the Nuts and Bolts of the Foreign Relations of the United States series

Webinar on the Nuts and Bolts of the Foreign Relations of the United States series. Please register today to join us on November 15 at 2 pm Eastern. The next Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian webinar will be held on November 15 at 2 pm Eastern. Elizabeth C. Charles, historian in the Office …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Generative AI and libraries: 7 contexts

LorcanDempsey.net: “Libraries are engaging with AI in their educational, service and policy work. This post discusses seven contexts in which that work is taking place. This is the third of four posts on Generative AI: Generative AI and large language models: background and contexts Generative AI, scholarly and cultural language models, and the return of …

Subjects: AI, E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Libraries

Human Rights Declined in 3 out of 4 Countries since Global Rule of Law Recession Began in 2016

“The rule of law has once again eroded in a majority of countries this year, according to the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2023. More than 6 billion people live in a country where the rule of law weakened between 2022 and 2023.  Since authoritarian trends pushed the world into a rule …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, Free Speech, Government Documents, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 11, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 11, 2023 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: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media, Transportation

‘Heartbroken, Furious, and Angry’: Election Official sounds off on threats facing poll workers

MSNBC via YouTube: “Jocelyn Benson Michigan Secretary of State and Frank Figliuzzi, Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI, join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss news that envelopes containing fentanyl were sent to election officials in Fulton County and the heightened threat environment facing poll workers across the country.”

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Supervision and Regulation Report

Federal Reserve Board, November 2023 – Preface – The Federal Reserve promotes the safety and soundness of individual financial institutions and monitors their impact on the financial system. It is responsible for supervising—monitoring, inspecting, and examining—certain financial institutions of varying size and complexity to ensure that they comply with rules and regulations, and that they …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Data broker’s “staggering” sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing

Ars Technica: “One of the world’s largest mobile data brokers, Kochava, has lost its battle to stop the Federal Trade Commission from revealing what the FTC has alleged is a disturbing, widespread pattern of unfair use and sale of sensitive data without consent from hundreds of millions of people. US District Judge B. Lynn Winmill …

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

Artificial intelligence experts discuss legal implications on ABA Presidential Speaker Series

“A panel of experts on artificial intelligence and how it will affect the legal landscape are featured in the next installment of the ABA Presidential Speaker Series. The program, titled “A.I. – The New Frontier,” will feature a panel of special advisers to the ABA Task Force on the Law and Artificial Intelligence. The program …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Congress, Data Governance, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

New Environmental Justice Playbook for Federal Agencies

White House: “When President Biden signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14096 on Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, he called on the federal government to bring clean energy and healthy environments to all, and to recognize, undo, and mitigate harms to those who have suffered from pollution and the cumulative impacts of other …

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