Report: February 13, 2025.
Congressional Budget (CBO) cost estimates, which represent the agency’s best assessment of a bill’s budgetary effects, can be subject to uncertainty arising from various sources. CBO describes how it addresses six common sources of uncertainty.
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Materials consulted in preparing this posting were curated from various sources including the recently introduced Deep Research by OpenAI.
With Elon Musk at the helm of the Department of Government Efficiency, various agencies within the U.S. government may experience restructuring aimed at streamlining operations, reducing costs, and integrating advanced technologies. One area likely to be affected is government agency libraries—institutions that provide critical research, archival, and information services to federal employees, policymakers, and researchers. These libraries, usually housed within agencies such as the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the Department of Defense (DoD), play an essential role in supporting government functions. This essay explores how Musk’s efficiency-driven policies might reshape these libraries, with potential consequences for automation, digitization, data management, funding, privacy and information security. Although the focus of this posting is U.S. government libraries, its implications are far reaching.
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During the week ending February 14, 2025 we have received listings of 19 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 18 Constitutional Law summaries, 59 Criminal Law Summaries, 3 White Collar Law Summaries , 4 Intellectual Property summaries . We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated. To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:
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A message from William R. Bay, President of the American Bar Association, February 10, 2025:
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform.Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity.
During the week ending February 7, 2025 we have received listings of 14 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 18 Constitutional Law summaries, 43 Criminal Law Summaries, 2 White Collar Law Summaries 1 Medical Malpractice Summary, 4 Intellectual Property summaries . 1 Internet Law Summary, and 1 Copyright Law Summary. We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated. To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:
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An event hosted by the American Bar Association Science and Technology Law Section.
” Hosted by the ABA Science & Technology Law Section (SciTech), the Privacy and Emerging Technology National Institute combines Privacy with the Section’s Spring Meeting (PRISM). And like a prism, this enlightening conference provides you with opportunities to see and understand privacy and emerging technology legal issues in a different and transformative way. Network with top attorneys, policymakers, and industry experts. Earn 10 CLE credits, including 1 hour of ethics.”
March 20, 2025 – March 21, 2025.
February 3, 2025.
Congressional Budget office (CBO) requests appropriations of $75.8 million for fiscal year 2026. The requested amount is an increase of $5.8 million, or 8.2 percent, above the annualized funding (at the 2024 level) under the continuing resolution currently in effect.
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From the ABA Cybercrime Committee of the Criminal Justice Convention
“Please see attached abstract and registration information for a webinar our committee is putting on with the Cybercrime Committee of the Criminal Justice Section on the newly adopted UN Cybercrime Convention: Overview & Impact. I hope you will be able to attend. Please feel free to share the abstract with others or post it online!”
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During the week ending January 31, 2025 we have received listings of 15 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 19 Constitutional Law summaries, 45 Criminal Law Summaries, 1 White Collar Law Summary, 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries and 4 Intellectual Property summaries. We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated. To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:
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