Category «Government Documents»

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 30, 2021

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 30, 2021 – Privacy and security 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 …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Energy, Government Documents, Health Care, Privacy, Search Engines

EUIPO’s TMview database expands to Chinese market

“As of … the 19 May 2021, TMview will include trade mark data made available by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), taking the total number of trade marks in the search tool from 62 to over 90 million from 75 participating IP Offices. Over 32 million Chinese trade marks are now available in the …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Legal Research, Patent and Trademark

The name game for coronavirus variants just got a little easier

STAT: “Do you have trouble keeping the names Covid-19 variants straight, and struggle to distinguish B.1.1.7 from B.1.351 or B.1.617.2? The World Health Organization wants to help. On Monday, it announced a new naming system it devised for so-called variants of interest and variants of concern, the forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with important mutations. …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

Another Nobelium Cyberattack

ZDNET – Microsoft warns of current Nobelium phishing campaign impersonating USAID: “Russian-backed group gained control of email marketing platform used by USAID to ramp up its attacks…” Microsoft Blog: “This week we observed cyberattacks by the threat actor Nobelium targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations. This wave of attacks targeted approximately 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organizations. While organizations in the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Mail, Government Documents, Microsoft

Videoconferencing and Procedural Doctrine

Dodson, Scott, Videoconferencing and Procedural Doctrine (May 20, 2021). Southwestern University Law Review (symposium), Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3850320 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3850320 “Enduring post-pandemic reliance on, and normalization of, videoconferencing in federal civil litigation and throughout society and commerce ought to have downstream effects on legal doctrines that depend upon contacts, burdens, and conveniences. Videoconferencing facilitates …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

EU Commission presents guidance to strengthen the Code of Practice on Disinformation

“Today, the Commission publishes its guidance on how the Code of Practice on Disinformation, the first of its kind worldwide, should be strengthened to become a more effective tool for countering disinformation. It sets out Commission expectations, calls for stronger commitments by the signatories and foresees a broader participation to the Code. Based on a …

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

US Government Hides Some Of Its Darkest Secrets At Department Of Energy

The Department of Energy controls many ‘black projects’ that live outside of the limelight that is intrinsic to the DoD and the intel community. “…the fact that there is a wholly separate cabinet-level department of the U.S. government that is arguably even more opaque in terms of secrecy and oversight than the Department of Defense. …

Subjects: Defense, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

Hearing – SolarWinds and Beyond: Improving the Cybersecurity of Software Supply Chains

“Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittees on Investigations & Oversight and Research & Technology are holding a hearing titled, “SolarWinds and Beyond: Improving the Cybersecurity of Software Supply Chains.”Chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Rep. Bill Foster’s (D-IL), opening statement for the record is below. We’re focusing on the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Internet

Biden executive order bets big on zero trust for the future of US cybersecurity

TechRepublic: “This post focuses on the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity and its impact on cybersecurity and the zero trust approach. The Biden administration also published a fact sheet: “President Signs Executive Order Charting New Course to Improve the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Protect Federal Government Networks” giving a solid summary of the executive order that …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Legal Research

What the ephemerality of the Web means for your hyperlinks

Columbia Journalism Review: “Hyperlinks are a powerful tool for journalists and their readers. Diving deep into the context of an article is just a click away. But hyperlinks are a double-edged sword; for all of the internet’s boundlessness, what’s found on the Web can also be modified, moved, or entirely vanished.  The fragility of the …

Subjects: E-Records, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

UPDATE: Comparative Criminal Procedure – A Select Bibliography

Lyonette Louis-Jacques: “This bibliography lists selected English-language resources on comparative criminal procedure. It focuses on journal articles, book chapters, and treatises covering comparative criminal procedure generally, criminal procedure in multiple jurisdictions, and specialized research topics in comparative criminal procedure such as: arrest, pre-trial detention, criminal investigation, criminal evidence, interrogation, right to counsel, legal assistance for …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Legal Research

The LBJ Telephone Tapes

“The LBJ Telephone Tapes: Inside the Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson is a collaboration between the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Foundation and the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. Featuring representative conversations from the secret tapes recorded by President Johnson during his time in office, The LBJ Telephone Tapes provides extraordinary …

Subjects: E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research