Category «Government Documents»

Digital Security and Reproductive Rights: Lessons for Feminist Cyberlaw

Meister, Michela and Levy, Karen, Digital Security and Reproductive Rights: Lessons for Feminist Cyberlaw (October 31, 2022). Feminist Cyberlaw (Meg Leta Jones and Amanda Levendowski, eds.), University of California Press, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4262774 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4262774 – “Reproductive rights in the United States are under threat, and the threat is growing more serious by …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Digital Rights, E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New Database Eases Release of Judges’ Finance Reports

United States Courts: “A new free public database of federal judges’ financial disclosure reports (FDRs), including periodic transaction reports (PTRs), was launched today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Once users register in the new database, they can access an electronic version of federal judges’ reports. The new database design allows members of …

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

Let’s Vote – Same Day Voter Registration

NCSL: “As of 2022, 22 states and Washington, D.C., have implemented same-day registration (SDR), which allows any qualified resident of the state to register to vote and cast a ballot at the same time. Of those states, 20 and Washington, D.C., offer Election Day registration, which means voters can both register and vote on Election …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

Provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – Provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022: “The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and cost billions this year, according to the WMO Provisional …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Federal Reserve Board – Financial Stability Report

Financial Stability Report November 2022 – “This report presents the Federal Reserve Board’s current assessment of the stability of the U.S. financial system. By publishing this report, the Board intends to promote public understanding by increasing transparency around, and creating accountability for, the Federal Reserve’s views on this topic Financial stability supports the objectives assigned …

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

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 5, 2022

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 5, 2022: “Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, EU Data Protection, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

Eight warmest years on record witness upsurge in climate change impacts

World Meteorological Association: “The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and cost billions this year, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022 report. …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Climate change: No ‘credible pathway’ to 1.5C limit

27 October 2022 – Emissions Gap Report 2022 – Authors: UNEP – Download the full report – “As growing climate change impacts are experienced across the globe, the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall is unambiguous. Yet the Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Z-Library eBook site domains seized by U.S. Dept of Justice

Bleeping Computer: “Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized early morning [November 4, 2022] by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service. Z-Library is ranked in the top 10k most visited websites on the Internet, offering over 11 million books and 84 million articles for free via …

Subjects: Copyright, Courts, Digital Rights, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Algorithms Quietly Run the City of DC and Maybe Your Hometown

EPIC: “The D.C. government outsources critical governmental decisions to automated decision-making systems in areas such as public benefits, healthcare, policing, and housing. As a result, District residents are surveilled, screened, and scored every day. But because of weak government transparency laws, opaque procurement processes, the power and influence of tech vendors, and the decline in …

Subjects: AI, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

First Street Foundation Partners with Fannie Mae to Deliver Climate Risk Insights

“Today, science and technology nonprofit First Street Foundation announced that Fannie Mae will use their high resolution, property parcel level, climate adjusted risk data to run internal research related to physical climate change impacts to the mortgage market. The data enables Fannie Mae to engage in highly granular analysis of property risk exposure to perils …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

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