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Healthcare
fromTruthout
1 day ago

Trump Admin Seeks Sweeping Access to Federal Workers' Health Records

The Trump administration seeks access to detailed medical records of federal workers and retirees, raising concerns about privacy and data security.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 day ago

Scarcity, Surveillance, and the Return of Hard Power Week In Review

Bitcoin remains above $71,000, indicating institutional demand and potential for broader adoption amid macroeconomic developments and a 4-year cycle breakout test.
Mission District
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

Commentary: On the blight side, a stroll around City Hall provokes the question: Can't we do better?

The Frank Putnam Flint fountain symbolizes neglect and failed leadership in Los Angeles, raising concerns about city maintenance and public space care.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 days ago

Arizona's criminal case against Kalshi was halted by a federal judge after the Trump administration stepped in

Federal Judge Michael Liburdi's decision to back the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission came after a week of arguments regarding the legality of prediction markets. A lawyer for the CFTC stated that a state criminal case would be a flawed approach to resolving contentious issues surrounding these markets.
Law
#new-york-city
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago
NYC politics

Mamdani confirms probe of probation chief after lawsuit alleges firing over DOI complaint tied to alleged relationship

Allegations against probation commissioner Sharun Goodwin are under investigation following a lawsuit from a former investigator claiming wrongful termination.
fromwww.amny.com
6 days ago
NYC politics

Editorial | Building a responsible budget at City Hall | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin present competing budget plans to address a $5.9 billion deficit in New York City.
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

Mamdani confirms probe of probation chief after lawsuit alleges firing over DOI complaint tied to alleged relationship

Allegations against probation commissioner Sharun Goodwin are under investigation following a lawsuit from a former investigator claiming wrongful termination.
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
6 days ago

Editorial | Building a responsible budget at City Hall | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin present competing budget plans to address a $5.9 billion deficit in New York City.
SF politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Illegal' forest service overhaul risks causing chaos' across US public lands, union claims

The Trump administration's restructuring of the US Forest Service threatens public lands and violates legal funding stipulations.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago

DOJ Says Laws Congress Passed to Prevent Another Nixon Don't Apply to Trump

Trump's DOJ claims presidential records don't need public sharing, undermining the Presidential Records Act and allowing potential misuse of documents.
New York City
fromNewsmax
3 days ago

Mamdani Says He Will Overrule Police Commissioner If Needed

Mayor Mamdani asserts ultimate authority over NYC policing policy, prepared to overrule Police Commissioner Tisch if necessary.
Remote teams
fromThe Conversation
4 days ago

Should the government encourage people to work from home to save fuel?

Countries are responding to the fuel crisis with measures like remote work to reduce dependency on cars.
Marketing
fromForbes
5 days ago

How To Serve Clients Amid Board Scrutiny And Investor Activism

Agency conversations with executives now focus on measurable business impact rather than just creative output.
Environment
fromComputerWeekly.com
5 days ago

What you need to know before emissions regulators come knocking | Computer Weekly

IT infrastructure carbon emissions reporting is becoming a global regulatory requirement with strict compliance standards.
Non-profit organizations
fromNextgov.com
6 days ago

The war against fraud should be a war for tech modernization

A new task force aims to combat fraud in public benefits programs by ensuring adequate anti-fraud controls and addressing data sharing challenges.
NYC politics
fromDocumented
4 days ago

Here Are Several Lesser-Known NYC Laws - Documented

President Trump is reshaping immigration policy, causing concern among migrant communities about safety and legal repercussions in the U.S.
#presidential-records-act
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago

The Most Transparent Presidency in History-And the Most Opaque

The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, potentially allowing Trump to destroy or take records from his administration.
US politics
fromAxios
1 week ago

Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records

The Presidential Records Act mandates that presidential records belong to the U.S. government, a law Trump has challenged by retaining documents.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago

The Most Transparent Presidency in History-And the Most Opaque

The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, potentially allowing Trump to destroy or take records from his administration.
US politics
fromAxios
1 week ago

Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records

The Presidential Records Act mandates that presidential records belong to the U.S. government, a law Trump has challenged by retaining documents.
New York City
fromCurbed
4 days ago

Meet the Office of Curb Management

The newly created Office of Curb Management aims to improve safety and manage competing demands on New York's curbs.
Healthcare
fromArs Technica
4 days ago

Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers

The Trump administration plans to collect sensitive medical records from millions of federal workers and retirees, raising legal and health policy concerns.
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 days ago

FinCEN proposes new AML rule for financial institutions

FinCEN proposed a rule to reform AML/CFT programs, focusing on effectiveness and reducing compliance burdens for financial institutions.
#higher-education
Public health
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Water utility announces it's ditching fluoride-then reveals it did so years ago

Birmingham's lawsuit against CAW seeks to restore fluoride in water, citing public health risks from its removal.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

New bin rules begin in England but not all councils are ready

New rules mandate weekly food waste collections in England, but many councils are unprepared to meet the deadline.
fromAllthingssmitty
1 week ago

You probably don't need to lift state - Matt Smith

Keep state as close as possible to where it's actually used. Lift it when multiple components need it or you need to coordinate behavior between components.
React
Privacy professionals
fromFEDweek
2 weeks ago

Agencies Need More Complete Guidance on Privacy Considerations of AI Use, Says GAO

GAO identifies gaps in AI guidance, highlighting risks and the need for comprehensive privacy protections in agency implementations.
NYC politics
fromPolitics NY
4 days ago

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Council Member Gale Brewer

Gale Brewer focuses on affordable housing, public safety, and community services to improve constituents' daily lives in New York City.
fromNextgov.com
2 weeks ago

Agency data leads worry about staff capacity to tackle statutory requirements, survey finds

Among the 189 CDO and other data leader respondents to the annual survey conducted by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Data Foundation, about 40% said they had lost six or more employees last year.
EU data protection
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Op-Ed | It's time to modernize SEQRA to ensure responsible development

Vacant office spaces in Midtown could be transformed into thousands of apartments, addressing housing shortages and environmental concerns.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Ministers hope red tape cuts will speed-up decision making

The government aims to expedite decision-making by eliminating outdated regulations and overlapping consultations to reduce red tape.
EU data protection
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

Companies House disciplines over 100 staff amid compliance concerns

Companies House disciplined 132 employees for policy breaches, highlighting operational challenges and the need for stronger data security measures.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Campaigners celebrate after new town plans dropped

Campaigner Aysha Hawcutt stated that residents were 'not anti-homes', but believed the Adlington plan was 'the wrong proposal in the wrong place'. She expressed pride in the community's resilience against the development threats.
London politics
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

'We've had enough secrets': First Nations group opposes Ontario move to limit freedom-of-information laws | CBC News

Provincial decisions affect First Nations' rights, lands and environments, and FOI requests are one of the few mechanisms available to First Nations and the public to understand how those decisions were made. Having access to this information, particularly if it's a decision made by the premier or other cabinet ministers, or just understanding how those decisions came to be, is just part of good governance.
Canada news
Artificial intelligence
fromNextgov.com
3 weeks ago

Safe AI pathfinding is essential for government adoption, officials say

Federal agencies should adopt AI through experimentation and fit-for-purpose deployments, using centralized platforms like USAi.gov to safely evaluate tools and determine when AI solutions are actually needed.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago

Did Trump cuts slow access to public records? We found 26 cases that say yes.

Federal workforce reductions have severely impaired agencies' ability to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests, with at least 13 agencies citing staffing cuts as reasons for missing FOIA deadlines in court.
fromNextgov.com
1 month ago

Vought takes aim at GAO in new guidance

Doing so has failed to prioritize agency internal control processes to adequately protect American taxpayer dollars, leading to documented examples of widespread abuse. Prior versions of OMB's guidance have overly deferred to the direction and priorities of external entities whose views are not binding on the Executive Branch, such as the Government Accountability Office.
Washington DC
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

NYC BUDGET: City Hall approves first round of savings after Mamdani told agencies to tighten belts | amNewYork

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration identified over $1.7 billion in savings to address NYC's budget gap through various efficiency measures.
SF politics
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

Months and millions later, maybe few changes to city commissions after all

San Francisco's Commission Streamlining Task Force recommendations to cut or weaken dozens of city commissions face minimal board support and will likely result in only minor, non-controversial changes like eliminating inactive bodies.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

Secrecy, Democracy, Necessity

Executive officials justify secrecy through claims of protecting decision-making integrity and national security, but such necessity arguments alone cannot legitimize secret governance in democracies.
#epa-enforcement-decline
Environment
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

What crackdown? Trump's EPA enforcement claims don't pass sniff test.

EPA criminal enforcement cases dropped 76 percent in Trump's first year compared to Biden's first year, with only 16 cases filed despite recent high-profile prosecutions and $17 million in criminal fines.
Environment
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

What crackdown? Trump's EPA enforcement claims don't pass sniff test.

EPA criminal enforcement cases dropped 76 percent in Trump's first year compared to Biden's first year, with only 16 cases filed despite recent high-profile prosecutions and $17 million in criminal fines.
US politics
fromemptywheel
3 weeks ago

Accountability - emptywheel

Accountability for Trump and his administration is essential to prevent him from scapegoating Muslims for failures resulting from his Iran conflict decisions.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

The Justice Department Is Lowering Its Ethical Guardrails - Above the Law

The Justice Department eliminated a policy classifying senior political appointees as 'further restricted' under the Hatch Act, removing safeguards requiring election law enforcers to maintain strict political neutrality.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

Editorial | NYC spends too much money. It's time to get things under control. | amNewYork

New York City faces a $7.3 billion budget deficit over two fiscal years due to chronic overspending relative to revenue, with structural imbalances threatening municipal bond ratings.
Intellectual property law
fromNextgov.com
1 month ago

Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders

Anthropic sued federal agencies and leaders for allegedly retaliating against the company for refusing to modify Claude's terms of use for Department of Defense surveillance and autonomous weapons applications.
Business
fromHarvard Business Review
1 month ago

What to Do When Your Board Is Meddling in Operational Work

Boards are increasingly adopting operational roles, blurring governance and management boundaries through private equity-style monitoring as economic uncertainty and AI disruption intensify.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 month ago

Video: Opinion | The Government's A.I. Alignment Problem

AI alignment is fundamentally a political question about instantiating different moral philosophies into systems, and government pressure on AI companies signals potential suppression of diverse values.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Lobbyists send legal threats to councils over anti-wood burner campaigns

UK wood-burning stove industry lobbyists threatened legal action against councils for public health campaigns warning of air pollution harms from wood burners.
NYC politics
fromNBC New York
1 month ago

Mamdani pledged a 'culture of transparency.' But he's not ready to hand over these gov't records.

Mayor Mamdani promised transparency and accountability but delayed releasing AI program records, citing FOIL request backlogs similar to his predecessor's approach.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

How leaders can make ethical choices when the rules fall short

Research finds that relying on regulations to determine your policies and procedures can result in ethical blindspots, or situations where people might think if there is not a rule for something, that it's permissible. After years of shifting towards values and culture-based compliance, leadership might be heading the opposite direction.
Philosophy
#agentic-ai
fromFast Company
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Local governments could deploy AI for good. Here's how

Agentic AI can transform city governance by automating routine tasks, improving service efficiency, and enabling proactive infrastructure maintenance while maintaining accountability through ambitious local leadership.
fromFast Company
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Why a lack of governance will hurt companies using agentic AI

Businesses rapidly adopt agentic AI for regular workflows, but governance frameworks lag, creating operational risk and accountability gaps.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Local governments could deploy AI for good. Here's how

Agentic AI can transform city governance by automating routine tasks, improving service efficiency, and enabling proactive infrastructure maintenance while maintaining accountability through ambitious local leadership.
fromBloomberglaw
1 month ago

Punching In: Labor Department Watchdog Pressed on His Future

I'm here on this panel today answering your questions as the inspector general. I hope if you are indeed doing this that you do resign. I am well aware of the Hatch Act. The inspector general is currently heading an investigation into both Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who is accused of committing travel fraud and having an affair with her bodyguard, and the secretary's husband Shawn DeRemer, who allegedly assaulted at least two female department employees.
US politics
fromEntrepreneur
2 months ago

How to Win Big With Public-Sector Partners

Understanding the difference in purpose Unlike private businesses, which exist to make a profit, public institutions are designed to create impact - especially social and economic outcomes that benefit everyone, not just paying customers. A public agency doesn't measure its success in revenue or margins, but in how much it improves lives, builds equity and maintains public trust. This doesn't mean budgets and spending don't matter - they absolutely do - but money is not the goal. It's the tool.
World politics
Fundraising
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Which Grant Management Tools Are Best for Government Agencies?

Cloud-based grant management software helps government agencies organize workflows, track metrics, run reports, improve recordkeeping, and support implementation through configurable products and vendor support.
California
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Letters: If polluters paid for damage, state's deficit would be less

Fossil fuel companies should be held financially responsible for climate-driven damages to reduce taxpayer burdens and accelerate the transition to renewable electricity and all-electric buildings and vehicles.
Information security
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Reducing risk: The importance of administrative access responsibilities

Clearly defined and strictly managed administrative access reduces cybersecurity risk while preserving operational efficiency in real estate, title insurance, and mortgage systems.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Can a council do five days' work in four?

South Cambridgeshire District Council adopted a 32-hour, four-day week and reports improved retention, higher applicant numbers, agency savings, and maintained or improved most service metrics.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Trump's EPA issues record low legal actions against polluters, watchdog group finds

Unlike the last administration, we are focused on achieving swift compliance and not just overzealous enforcement intended to cripple industry based on climate zealotry,
US news
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Council leader claims local authority bullied' to delay polls for extra funding and powers

Norfolk council leader withdrew from devolution and LGR after government reversed election postponement, accusing ministers of bullying by tying funding and powers to cancelling elections.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Accountability In An Age Of Unaccountability - Above the Law

Legal system turmoil: arrests, Epstein file fallout, judicial misconduct, and mounting ethical breaches requiring disbarment of dishonest administration lawyers.
#epa-endangerment-finding
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Government may tighten grip on east London council

These powers could cover "governance, financial management and recruitment" at the Aspirerun authority but should be used "only where necessary".
UK politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Purge the Public Servants

In this new season, I'm asking how the Trump White House is rewriting the rules of U.S. politics, and talking to Americans whose lives have been changed as a result. Today's episode examines the destruction of the civil service: the removal of professionals, and their replacement with loyalists. I've seen this kind of transformation before, in other failing democracies. Everyone suffers from the degradation of public services.
US politics
Environment
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Under Trump, EPA's enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds

Environmental enforcement has declined sharply under the Trump administration, with fewer lawsuits, lower penalties, and reduced regulatory actions harming public health protections.
New York City
fromCity Limits
2 months ago

Opinion: Automated Permitting is Vital to the Mamdani's Housing Agenda

Automated compliance checks should approve housing, retrofit, and energy projects in real time to speed deployment and reduce living costs.
fromAxios
2 months ago

Exclusive: Inside Google's push to sell AI to cities

Between the lines: This isn't benevolence. It's customer acquisition. Mayors don't just buy "AI." They buy cloud, data modernization, cybersecurity, services, and long-term support - the tech stack underneath any serious deployment. In return, cities get tools that could fix long-standing challenges, Cris Turner, vice president of government affairs at Google told Axios last June when it first released its playbook.
Artificial intelligence
#federal-workforce
fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

Trump admin green lights rule making it easier to fire thousands of federal employees

fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

Trump admin green lights rule making it easier to fire thousands of federal employees

US politics
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Trump admin reportedly plans to use AI to write federal regulations

The Department of Transportation will pilot using Google Gemini to draft federal regulations quickly, prioritizing speed over producing perfect or high-quality rules.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
1 month ago

Contract reviews continue at OMB, official says

OMB is leading a government-wide review to cull and reform IT contracts, emphasizing commodity IT and empowering CIOs in procurement and budgeting.
US politics
fromAxios
2 months ago

Why ICE agents face far less accountability than police

ICE lacks historical DOJ pattern-or-practice scrutiny and will likely avoid such probes under the Trump administration despite increased officer-involved shootings.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Charter Reform Commission, L.A. City Council look to impose transparency rules

Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance requiring Charter Reform Commission members to disclose private communications with elected officials and staff to boost transparency.
US politics
fromStreetsblog
2 months ago

Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence - Streetsblog USA

The DOT plans to use AI to draft federal transportation regulations, prioritizing speed and high output even if rules are only 'good enough'.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

New Trump administration rule makes it easier to fire career civil servants

OPM will reclassify about 50,000 senior career federal employees as at-will, allowing expedited removal for misconduct or intentionally subverting Presidential directives.
US politics
fromNature
2 months ago

Trump team's new rule could make firing government scientists easier

US OPM finalized a rule creating a 'Policy/Career' class to reclassify and ease firing of roughly 50,000 federal civil servants, including scientists.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

White House Orders Federal Funding Probe Focused Almost Entirely on Dem States

The OMB is reviewing federal funding in predominantly Democratic-led states to identify alleged fraud and potentially limit federal aid.
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