Category «Government Documents»

Finetuning Activates Verbatim Recall of Copyrighted Books in Large Language Models

Liu, Xinyue and Mireshghallah, Niloofar and Ginsburg, Jane C. and Chakrabarty, Tuhin, Alignment Whack-a-Mole : Finetuning Activates Verbatim Recall of Copyrighted Books in Large Language Models (March 20, 2026). Columbia Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6449179 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6449179 Frontier LLM companies have repeatedly assured courts and regulators that their models do not …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Judiciary Democrats Stand Up Against Donald Trump’s Retaliatory Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms

Follow up to DOJ reverses course and seeks to defend orders targeting law firms – See also Amicus Brief Defends Constitutional Separation of Powers and Rejects Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Attempt to Punish Law Firms Standing Up to Executive Coercion. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Judiciary Democrats in filing an amicus …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE

EFF: “The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide flight restriction preventing private drone operators, including professional and citizen journalists, from flying drones within half a mile of any ICE or CBP vehicle. In January, EFF and media organizations including The New York Times and …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Epstein Child Sex Trafficking At Least 1,114 Victims Only 138 Victim Interviews Release

Follow up to Searchable database for the Epstein Files – Only Fraction of Files Released – See Why Are FBI and DOJ Hiding 976 Victim Interviews??? Compiled by Joseph Elfelt. Version 1 April 2, 2026. Download this PDF – “Recently I finished making a list of the unique FD-302 victim interviews that have been released. …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Pam Bondi is ousted as attorney general

Zev Shalev – The Narativ: “President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday, removing the nation’s top law enforcement officer after months of growing frustration over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and what Trump saw as her failure to prosecute his political enemies aggressively enough. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche — …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Availability of Federal Data: Policy Considerations for Disclosure, Preservation, and Governance

CRS Report No. R48889. March 31, 2026. Availability of Federal Data: Policy Considerations for Disclosure, Preservation, and Governance – Federal data can provide valuable information for various audiences—from farmers seeking to protect bats that eat crop-harming insects to local efforts determining where to rebuild to avoid coastal flooding. In 2013, the Office of Management and …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Hitler’s Edifice Complex

The Atlantic Gift Article: “He wanted it big. He wanted lots of gold, lots of marble. He wanted visitors awestruck by his architectural expansion of the country’s symbolic seat of power. “They should sense the strength and grandeur of the German Reich as they walk from the entrance to the reception hall,” Adolf Hitler told …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents

New York City Bar Association Follow-Up Report Documents Escalating Constitutional Violations

“The New York City Bar Association (City Bar) has released an update to its December 2025 report on presidential abuse of power, documenting a sharp escalation of constitutional violations by President Donald J. Trump and his Administration since that report was issued, and calling on Congress to act immediately, including by considering impeachment, to hold the …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Defense, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

More Than Just Parks – “Late Tuesday afternoon [March 31, 2026], with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a “reorganization.” An execution. …

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

Trump isn’t immune from civil claims his Jan. 6 rally speech incited riot

AP: President Donald Trump is not immune from civil claims that he incited a mob of his supporters to attack the Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021, a federal judge has ruled in one of the last unresolved legal cases stemming from the riot. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Tuesday that Trump’s remarks at his …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump’s DOJ says he’s not required to turn over official records

“President Trump DOJ says he’s not required to turn over official records.” The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring presidential records to be turned over to the government is unconstitutional, a senior White House official tells Axios. The finding is an indication Trump will be reluctant to give all of his official …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses

The New York Times Gift Article: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has temporarily paused testing for rabies and pox viruses, the family of viruses that includes smallpox and mpox, according to an update to the agency’s website on Monday. The C.D.C. offers testing for dozens of pathogens to assist state and local public …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

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