Category «Government Documents»

How data insights can solve geographic inequity, build regional economies

GCN – The Commerce Department’s Regional Economic Research Initiative will provide accessible data tools, visualizations and expert services help to federal, state, local and tribal decision-makers better understand what kind of projects will promote growth: “A new data initiative aims to increase the understanding of local regional economies and help them compete. The Department of …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

DOJ said to have more evidence of possible Trump obstruction at Mar-a-Lago

Washington Post: “Justice Department and FBI investigators have amassed fresh evidence pointing to possible obstruction by former president Donald Trump in the investigation into top-secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home, according to people familiar with the matter. The additional evidence comes as investigators have used emails and text messages from a former Trump aide …

Subjects: Courts, Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian webinar

“I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian webinar is scheduled for April 6, 2023, from 1-2pm Eastern. This session, co-hosted by Teresa Hazen (University of Arizona Libraries) and Lisa Nickum (Colorado School of Mines) will teach you all about TRAIL (the Technical Report Archive and Image Library). During this webinar, you will learn about the project, …

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

We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC

National Women’s History Museum: We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC traces Black feminism in Washington, DC from the turn of the 20th century through the civil rights and Black Power movements to today. Curated by renowned historians Sherie M. Randolph and Kendra T. Field, the exhibition focuses on the stories and voices of …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Education, Government Documents, Legal Research

Biden Urges Regulators to Reverse Trump Weakening of Safeguards and Supervision for Large Regional Banks

FACT SHEET: “President Biden Urges Regulators to Reverse Trump Administration Weakening of Common-Sense Safeguards and Supervision for Large Regional Banks…As the President said when his administration announced actions to stabilize the banking system, he is committed to “continuing our efforts to strengthen oversight and regulation of larger banks so that we are not in this position again.” …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Donald Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

“CNN’s John Miller on-air Thursday evening announced, “I am told by my sources that this is 34 counts of falsification of business records, which is probably a lot of charges involving each document, each thing that was submitted, as a separate count.” Upated April 4, 2023 – ALL 34 counts are Class E felonies – …

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

The criminal use of ChatGPT – a cautionary tale about large language models

EUROPOL: “In response to the growing public attention given to ChatGPT, the Europol Innovation Lab organised a number of workshops with subject matter experts from across Europol to explore how criminals can abuse large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, as well as how it may assist investigators in their daily work.  Their insights are …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Legal Research

LocalView

LocalView is a database co-created by Soubhik Barari and Tyler Simko to advance the study of local government in the United States. “We introduce LocalView: a comprehensive dataset of over 100,000 real-time U.S. local government public meeting videos from 1,000+ localities (and counting). If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that attention, …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Energy, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Visualizing Political Bias in Bicameral Legislatures

The Economist – See the visualization here: “Left-of-centre Americans often bemoan their country’s Senate, in which each state gets two seats regardless of population. This has always given the least populous states extra sway in the upper chamber of Congress. But in recent years, smaller states have become more Republican, and Democrats have called for …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

FTC Proposes Rule Provision – “Click to Cancel” Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships

“The Federal Trade Commission today proposed a “click to cancel” provision requiring sellers to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up. That is just one of several significant updates the Commission is proposing to its rules regarding subscriptions and recurring payments. The new click to cancel …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Government Documents, Internet

Utah parent says the Bible contains porn – remove from school libraries

The Salt Lake Tribune: “Frustrated by the books being removed from school libraries, a Utah parent says there’s one that hasn’t been challenged yet, but that they believe should be, for being “one of the most sex-ridden books around.”So they’ve submitted a request for their school district in Davis County to now review the Bible …

Subjects: Censorship, Courts, Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries