Category «Legal Research»

Presidential and Vice Presidential Financial Disclosure Reports

U.S. Office of Government Ethics – Three 278 transaction reports for Trump posted to OGE Presidential and Vice Presidential Financial Disclosure Reports Certified reports listed here are those submitted by current (and former) President and Vice President. These reports can be downloaded without completing an OGE Form 201. All other nominee and appointee reports-> Trump, …

Subjects: E-Records, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

The Government Lawyers Database

The Government Lawyers Database [GLOW] is a publicly accessible record of the legal professionals who are or were involved in representing or supporting the legal positions of the US Executive Branch. The database is a work-in-progress. It’s the first-ever public record of U.S. Executive Branch attorneys’ conduct. The core problem: Government lawyers have a fundamental …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved

CNN via MSN: “Just blocks from the Presidio of San Francisco, the national park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, stands a gleaming white building, its façade adorned with eight striking gothic columns. But what was once the home of a Christian Scientist church, is now the holy grail of Internet history — …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines

AI in Finance and Banking, November 15, 2025

Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, November 15, 202 – 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 provided …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful

PBS: Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes against alleged drug traffickers and deployments to U.S. cities have sparked a debate over their legality. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Frank Rosenblatt, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, which …

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

Before you install an AI browser, read this

MakeUseOf: “The latest hype wave around LLMs has created a new trend in the browser world. Everyone suddenly wants to make an “AI browser,” and even the big names like OpenAI and Perplexity are now trying to take on the absolute giant that Google Chrome has become. Competition is always good, especially in a space …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency

Susan B. Glasser in The New Yorker: The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency [no paywall]. “The point is that no matter how much you might want to avoid paying attention to this truly unsavory story, it is not going away. The veteran journalist Jonathan Alter, who’s covered his share …

Subjects: Congress, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate

NOTE – The Epstein emails released on Wednesday November 12, 2025 are not the files the White House is fighting so hard to keep from coming out. See also Zeteo Scoured 26,000 Epstein Docs. Here’s What We Found You can search and review the emails here. Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops

ProPublica: “When President Donald Trump told reporters on Sept. 5 he’d started looking at sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, he said it was because of something he saw on television. He said the city was being destroyed by paid agitators. “What they’ve done to that place, it’s like living in hell,” he said, …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Defense, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New Comprehensive Guide to Help Newsrooms Protect Journalists from Online Abuse

PEN America: “In response to the alarming rise of abuse and threats targeting journalists, PEN America and the Coalition Against Online Violence have released a groundbreaking guide, Best Practices for News Organizations: How to Protect and Support Journalists Harassed Online, to empower industry leaders to protect their people amidst an escalating crackdown on the free …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media