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Politico: “The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown, specifically targeting employees who work for programs that are not legally required to continue. The Office of Management and Budget move to permanently reduce the government workforce if there is a shutdown, outlined …
Access To Stochastically Approximate Information – “Through a series of public records requests, Cascade PBS and KNKX obtained thousands of pages of ChatGPT conversation logs from city officials in Washington. The volume of the records suggests widespread use of the technology in local government.” When government officials use generative AI chatbots those ‘conversations’ are considered public …
Via Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social – The @archive.org has many epic features like saving sites and viewing deleted pages, but it’s also got some little useful functions like tracking edits, searching broadcasts and visualising topics in news items. I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial. This tutorial is part 26 of the OSINT At …
A LA Times review of the Trump administration’s settlement proposal to UCLA lays out sweeping demands on numerous aspects of campus life. The government has fined UCLA nearly $1.2 billion to settle allegations of civil rights violations. Hiring, admissions and the definitions of gender are among the areas the Department of Justice seeks to change. …
404 Media: “On Monday 404 Media filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding the agency publish its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware that can remotely break into mobile phones without the target even clicking a link. The sale of the spyware to ICE has activists and …
CRS Legal Sidebar – Privacy Act Lawsuits and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) September 17, 2025. On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order reorganizing and renaming the U.S. Digital Service as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Executive Order tasked DOGE with “modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental …
Chermak, S. et al., 2024. What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism, National Institute of Justice. United States of America. Retrieved from https://coilink.org/20.500.12592/gf1vpg0 on 23 Sep 2025. COI: 20.500.12592/gf1vpg0. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism. This article discusses the findings of …
Detailed statistical tables address the work of the U.S. courts of appeals, district courts and bankruptcy courts, as well as the federal probation and pretrial services system. The Judicial Caseload Indicators table compares data for the current 12-month period to that for the same period 1, 5, and 10 years earlier. Last updated: June 30, …
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World Bank Blogs: “In an increasingly connected world, digital trade is transforming how goods, services, and data move across borders. From online marketplaces and virtual professional services to cloud computing and digital payments, the digital economy represents a vital engine for growth and inclusion. Digital trade refers to trade in goods and services that are …
profulus – Measuring Political Violence in the United States by Ideological Alignment: Right-Wing Actors Dominate Incidents of Politically Motivated Violence. The Landscape of Domestic Political Violence: “Political violence in the U.S. refers to violent acts motivated by political beliefs, ideologies, or partisan affiliations. These range from hate crimes and extremist attacks to targeted assassinations and …
The New York Times Archive – Goebbels Ends Careers of Five ‘Aryan’ Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime: BERLIN, Feb. 4, 1939: “Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five “Aryan” actors and cabaret announcers by expelling them from the Reich’s Chamber of Culture on the grounds that “in their …
