Gizmodo – “For the first time in more than a decade, a legislative effort to capture Supreme Court hearings and other federal court proceedings on camera has cleared the Senate committee. On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in the nation’s highest courts. The Cameras in the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2021
7 skills you need if you want to solve public problems
Fast Company – Beth Simone Noveck, director of the Governance Lab at NYU, explains the tools you need to develop to change policy to improve people’s lives – “In my book Solving Public Problems, I seek to articulate a learnable set of tools that, when combined with subject-matter expertise, make it possible to design interventions… Continue Reading
How to See Trending Searches on Google With Google Trends
Make Use Of: “With Google’s ubiquity, seeing what people search for is quite interesting. By looking at trending searches, you can easily find what the hottest topics are, which terms people care about, and gain insight into the minds of internet users. Did you know that Google provides a powerful tool called Google Trends that… Continue Reading
The Best Cities for Cyclists
Lawnstarter – “Prefer to get around on two wheels over walking or driving? Then you need to know the Best Biking Cities in America. Pedal power was already gaining steam before the pandemic sent millions of Americans scrambling to find bicycles. Now we ride like the wind to the store, to the office or just… Continue Reading
Federal Workforce Statistics Sources: OPM and OMB
Federal Workforce Statistics Sources: OPM and OMB Updated June 24, 2021: “This report describes online tools, reports, and data compilations created by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that contain statistics about federal employees and the federal workforce. The report also describes key characteristics of each resource… Continue Reading
The Value of Intuition in Judging: A Case Study
Kimble, Joseph, The Value of Intuition in Judging: A Case Study (February 23, 2021). 57 Court Review 34 (2021), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3850952 “The article reports on a survey of readers about the reasoning in United States v. Hayes, 555 U.S. 415 (2009), a case involving muddled statutory drafting. The decision is fascinating for its… Continue Reading
Theft Perception Examining the Views of Americans Who Believe the 2020 Election was Stolen
Voter Study Group: “Key Findings: Republicans widely support Donald Trump and believe his claims about a stolen election. While Republicans support all elements of the ‘Stop the Steal’ narrative in high numbers, the overall electorate largely rejects these claims and propositions. Among Republicans, 85 percent believe it was appropriate for Trump to file lawsuits challenging… Continue Reading
Gartner: 51% of global knowledge workers will be remote by the end of 2021
Tech Republic: “By the end of 2021, 51% of all knowledge workers worldwide are expected to be working remotely, up from 27% of knowledge workers in 2019, according to Gartner. The research firm also estimates that remote workers will represent 32% of all employees worldwide by the end of 2021. This is up from 17%… Continue Reading
Brave Search beta now available in Brave browser
“Starting today, online users have a new independent option for search which gives them unmatched privacy. Whether they are already Brave browser users, looking to expand their online privacy protection with the all-in-one, integrated Brave Search in the Brave browser, or users of other browsers looking for the best-in-breed privacy-preserving search engine, they can all… Continue Reading
Rembrandt’s Night Watch uncropped by AI 300 years after it was trimmed
The Verge – “A mixture of artificial intelligence and painstaking research has allowed researchers to restore Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Night Watch to its original size, the Associated Press reports, centuries after it was trimmed down to fit in a smaller wall. The work was conducted as part of the Operation Night Watch project, and… Continue Reading
Big data: With great data comes great responsibility
Open Access Government – “Dr Florian Kerschbaum from the University of Waterloo, argues that with great data comes great responsibility in this big data focus. Big data helps us combat the pandemic and build cleaner tech-nology – amongst many other benefits. We collect exposure data to contain and trace the spread of the coronavirus. Genome… Continue Reading
“Labels Unwrapped” empowers consumers to make more informed food choices
“Today the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law School launched a newly-revamped website that “unwraps” the laws behind food labels. Available at labelsunwrapped.org, the site provides an accessible resource for the public to explore the facts behind the many claims, stamps, and certifications commonly found on packaging. “Food labels are meant… Continue Reading
