Category «Government Documents»

“A mass disaster nonstop”: An inside look at the turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CDC

The New York Times Gift Article – Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s C.D.C. Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable. The civil servants who spoke to me worry that, instead, a century’s worth of expertise is being …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Food and Nutrition, Free Speech, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

In Plunging Into a Mideast Conflict, Trump Gambles His Presidency

The New York Times Gift Article: “Six American service members were killed, and U.S. military jets were shot out of the sky. Investors are bracing for market turmoil, fearing prolonged disruption to oil supplies. President Trump says the military campaign against Iran could extend for weeks, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions

Follow up to Trump Using Another Executive Order to Take Revenge on Law Firms – See also The New York Times – “The Trump administration on Monday abandoned its attempts to impose potentially crippling executive orders against law firms that refused to capitulate to the president, walking away from its appeal of victories the firms …

Subjects: Censorship, Government Documents, Legal Research

February 2026: Warehouses Dominate ICE Spending

$2.3B spent in a “slow” month. February is historically a slow month for government spending. Despite that, CBP and ICE pushed more than $2.3B in contracts, which is an unusually high burn rate that signals this spending surge is only beginning. ICE is exponentially increasing capacity. ICE’s big moves included nearly $900M in warehouse acquisitions …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may ‘disparage’ America

Washington Post [no paywall] – “An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, climate change and other topics at hundreds of national park sites…The database does not make clear which of the plaques, maps, films …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Government, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

WorldMove – Human Mobility Dataset

What is WorldMove? WorldMove is an open access worldwide human mobility dataset, we follow a generative AI-based approach to create a large-scale mobility dataset for cities worldwide. Our method leverages publicly available multi-source data, including population distribution, points of interest (POIs), and synthetic commuting origin-destination flow datasets, to generate realistic city-scale mobility trajectories. A global …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Energy, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

AI in Finance and Banking – February 28, 2026

Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking – February 28, 2026 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links …

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

Tracking ICE contracts with over 6,000 different entities

ICE Contracts Published on 2026-03-01 – Your Taxpayer Dollars Spent on the Following: Source: Department of Peace Countries: United States Download Size: 17.04 MB Download: Link Magnet: Link Torrent: Link This posting was done by anonymous person or persons: “Details on ICE contracts with over 6,000 different entities ranging from private businesses to government agencies …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Records, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Anthropic, the Pentagon Dispute, and War on Iran

“The Pentagon’s version of Claude could not be used to facilitate the mass surveillance of Americans, nor could it be used in fully autonomous weaponry—situations where computers, rather than humans, make the final decision about whom to kill. According to a source familiar with this week’s meeting, Hegseth made clear that if Anthropic did not …

Subjects: Censorship, Data Governance, Digital Rights, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

SCOTUS expanded USPS immunity from lawsuits over lost or misdelivered mail

The case is United States Postal Service v. Konan, U.S., No. 24-351, decided on 2/24/26. This Will Hold – “Yes, SCOTUS expanded USPS immunity from lawsuits over lost or misdelivered mail even if the nondelivery is alleged to be INTENTIONAL. Now layer that ruling with USPS’s updated postmark procedures. Ballots are not necessarily postmarked the …

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

Terrorism Research Center Study Introduces New Data Dashboard on Bias Murder in US

Terrorism Research Center: “Faculty members from the Department of Sociology & Criminology, Kayla Allison and Jeff Gruenewald recently published an article titled “An Open-Source Data Approach to Studying Bias Murder: An Introduction to the Bias Homicide Database (BHDB)” in the journal of >Homicide Studies. Housed in the University of Arkansas’ Terrorism Research Center (TRC), the BHDB provides students, researchers, and other …

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