Category «Knowledge Management»

Test your legal knowledge with our festive law quiz

OUPBlog: “This festive season, it’s important to make sure you know the ins and outs of the law surrounding the holidays. For example, what circumstances would enable Father Christmas’s elves to take strike action, and what are the legal implications of the Naughty and Nice lists? Test your legal knowledge with our themed quiz!”

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Fed Figures: The Federal Workforce and the Trump Administration

Partnership for Public Service: “This analysis sheds light on our nation’s federal civilian workforce during the Trump administration. What changes occurred throughout the administration’s four years? Did past trends continue or change under President Donald Trump? The Partnership for Public Service analyzed federal workforce data to answer these and other questions. Because of its sheer size, it is rare to see substantial shifts government-wide in the size of the workforce or its …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

21 photos that defined 2021 on Capitol Hill

As captured by CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists on the ground – “As the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2021, the world celebrated that 2020 was over and that things would finally get back to normal. 2021 proved much more challenging than most expected. From the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to the rise …

Subjects: Congress, Knowledge Management

National Archives Releases New Group of JFK Assassination Documents

“In accordance with President Biden’s directive of October 22, 2021, the National Archives today posted 1,491 documents subject to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act). Released documents are available for download. The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, established by the National Archives in November 1992, consists of …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Portmanteaur Portmanteau Generator

“The Portmanteaur Portmanteau Generator is a tool for making Portmanteaus. New algorithms are currently undergoing development!” [give this a try – it is delightful]

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Leave fact-checking to the fact-checkers

NiemanLab: “The Washington Post does it. So do The New York Times, CNN, USA Today, and The Daily Caller: fact-checking. In fact (no pun intended), fact-checking is so successful/important/sought after/self-reproducing (take your pick) that in 18 years, the number of fact-checking organizations has grown from one in 2003 to 349 worldwide in 2021, according to …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

DC Attorney General Introduces Legislation to Stop Algorithmic Discrimination

EPIC: “[On December 9, 2021] District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine introduced landmark legislation to strengthen civil rights protections for DC residents and prohibit companies and institutions from using algorithms that produce biased or discriminatory results and lock individuals, especially members of vulnerable communities, out of critical opportunities, like jobs and housing. “At …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Economy, Government Documents, Housing, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

6 Bad Remote Work Habits That Ruin Your Productivity, and How to Fix Them

MakeUseOf: “Your daily habits have a massive influence on your workday. The activities and behaviors you perform routinely become subconscious habits that affect everything in your life. Sometimes, you might intentionally incorporate an activity to enjoy a specific result, for example, going to the gym to grow muscles. Other times, however, life compels you to …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

Lessons from COVID-19 on Executing Communications and Engagement at the Community Level During a Health Crisis

National Academies: “On May 20, 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual convening of public health and communications practitioners to examine the challenges, opportunities, and lessons they saw while executing effective communications and community engagement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic….Participants in the convening discussed how communicating about COVID-19 to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine

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