“Washington, D.C. can get quite miserable during the summer heat. Rather than sweating outside, we like to channel our frustration with the weather by updating Congress.gov and sharing related news during the August recess. This continues a tradition that started with THOMAS back in 2010; and continued with our sharing popular items in 2011; introducing Congress.gov in 2012; showing how to add the site to your phone’s home screen in 2013; removing Congress.gov’s beta label in 2014; and highlighting the most-viewed items from the summer of 2015. We are excited to see that these updates are being noticed – FedScoop, the Washington, D.C. government tech media company, announced that Congress.gov is one of their nominees for the 2016 FedScoop 50 awards…”
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Daily Archives: September 8, 2016
United States Treaties Added to the Law Library Website
Jennifer González – “We have added the United States Treaty Series, compiled by Charles I. Bevans, to our online digital collection. This collection includes treaties that the United States signed with other countries from 1776 to 1949. The collection consists of 13 volumes: four volumes of multilateral treaties, eight volumes of bilateral treaties and one volume of… Continue Reading
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments
CRS report via FAS – Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments, Mary Beth D. Nikitin, Specialist in Nonproliferation. September 1, 2016. “Nuclear testing has a long history, beginning in 1945. The Natural Resources Defense Council states that the United States conducted 1,030 nuclear tests, the Soviet Union 715, the United Kingdom 45, France 210,… Continue Reading
Climate Change: Frequently Asked Questions about the 2015 Paris Agreement
CRS report via FAS – Climate Change: Frequently Asked Questions about the 2015 Paris Agreement, Jane A. Leggett, Specialist in Energy and Environmental Policy; Richard K. Lattanzio, Specialist in Environmental Policy. September 1, 2016. “Experts broadly agree that stabilizing greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere to avoid dangerous GHG-induced climate change could be accomplished… Continue Reading
Will NYC become a gradual Atlantis?
New York Magazine – Even locals who believe climate change is real have a hard time grasping that their city will almost certainly be flooded beyond recognition, by Andrew Rice “Klaus Jacob, a German professor affiliated with Columbia’s University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is a geophysicist by profession and a doomsayer by disposition. I’ve gotten to… Continue Reading
NPR series – 15 Years Later: The Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks
One in the series of NPR articles – Sept. 11 Legacy: One Endless War Against Many Radical Enemies, September 6, 2016 – The U.S. went to war after Sept. 11 and has now been fighting for 15 years, the longest unbroken period in its history. Despite disappointing results, there’s broad consensus it should continue. Continue Reading
Article excerpt from new book – “Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History”
This article is published via the Passcode – Modern field guide to security and privacy from The Christian Science Monitor”: The cypherpunk revolution-How the tech vanguard turned public-key cryptography into one of the most potent political ideas of the 21st century, by Thomas Rid, July 20, 2016. “…But amid the hype [in the 1990s with… Continue Reading
NextGov – Who’s in Charge of Regulating the Internet of Things?
Via NextGov – “The “internet of things” refers to a group of technology so vast the term is beginning to lose meaning. The internet of things hints at a vision of a ubiquitous network of electronics: refrigerators pinging their owners’ smartphones if they’ve run out of eggs, wearable devices that can detect the tell-tale vibrations of… Continue Reading
