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The late summer release for GovInfo included 85 individually tracked system changes

GovInfo – RSS Feeds for Searches, Browse Pages Updates, and New Mobile Buttons – The late summer release for GovInfo included 85 individually tracked system changes. Highlights were functionality to create RSS feeds based on search criteria, design improvements for mobile button display, browse updates that include migrating the Public and Private Laws collection to the new web application framework, as well as security patches and component upgrades, design improvements, collection and system enhancements, bug fixes, and more. New Content: Over 101,000 content packages (roughly equivalent to one bound printed document) were made available from July 1 to September 30. Notable submissions include the Spring 2024 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions; United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session; Volume 38, No. 8-9 of the FCC Record: A comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices and other documents of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States; 100 reports submitted by Federal agencies into the new Congressionally Mandated Reports collection (bringing the total to over 500); 10,784 born-digital documents that were acquired through GPO’s Cataloging and Indexing Program; judicial opinions from the U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin (WIWD); over 45,000 digitized U.S. Congressional Serial Set reports, documents, and journals; over 1,000 digitized Congressional Hearings; interim packages for the Privacy Act Issuances collection; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) publications; and more. [h/t Pete Weiss]

Parltrack – european initiative to improve the transparency of legislative processes

“Parltrack is a european initiative to improve the transparency of legislative processes. It combines information on dossiers, representatives, vote results and committee agendas into a unique database and allows the tracking of dossiers using email and RSS. Most of the data presented is also available for further processing in JSON format. Using Parltrack it’s easy… Continue Reading

Thriving, Not Just Surviving, at the Chat GPT Tipping Point

JD Supra – What Lawyers, Judges, and Clients Need to Know About Using Generative AI Right Now: “Generative AI and Chat GPT exploded in the past few months causing businesses and legal professionals to reconsider their operational and administrative processes. The race to develop programs and applications using AI for legal professionals is proliferating faster… Continue Reading

The Scarcest Thing in the World

The Honest Broker – Ted Gioia: “Everybody is trying to kill it—criminals, technocrats, politicians, you name it. Not long ago, Disney was the only company selling a Fantasyland, but now that’s the ambition of every tech empire. The trust crisis could hardly be more intense. But it’s hidden from view because there’s so much information… Continue Reading

5 Novel RSS Reader Apps to Change How You Get News Feeds and Updates

Make Use Of: “From AI summaries and ChatGPT queries of your RSS feeds to minimalist and privacy-friendly apps, you need to check out these cool new RSS readers. When it comes to RSS readers, the conversation usually boils down to Feedly vs. Flipboard. But there are several other new options worth checking out, as they… Continue Reading

How to Take Back Control of What You Read on the Internet

The Atlantic – “How to Take Back Control of What You Read on the Internet Social-media algorithms show us what they want us to see, not what we want to see. But there is an alternative. By Yair Rosenberg. “The social-media web is built on a lie. Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter enticed… Continue Reading