DPLA releases The Impeachment Papers as a free ebook
DPLA releases The Impeachment Papers as a free ebook. By Kathleen Williams, January 21, 2020. “The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce the release of a new ebook, The Impeachment Papers, a compendium of 38 documents related to the impeachment of Donald J. Trump. The ebook consists of witness testimony, subpoenas […]
Climate Denial in Scientific Research
Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research. Tabuchi, Hiroko. New York Times. Mar 2, 2020. “An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change – including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial – into the agency’s scientific reports, according to […]
FINCEN & secrecy
According to Reveal, ‘America’s cities are being bought up, bit by bit, by anonymous shell companies using piles of cash…All-cash transactions have come to account for a quarter of all residential real estate purchases, “totaling hundreds of billions of dollars nationwide,” the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network – the financial crimes unit of the federal Treasury […]
government staffing & turnover
Senior Fellow Tenpas at the Brookings Institution conducted a study on the administration’s senior government turnover, “Tracking turnover in the Trump administration.” The Office of Personnel Management issues reports. “Sizing Up the Executive Branch.” (FY 2017) GPO cataloged FY 2012, SuDoc Number: PM 1.2:W 89/6/ 0295 (online). “Senior Executive Service Report.” (FY 2017) SuDoc Number: […]
Report on the USA Freedom Act Telephone Call Records Program
A disputed program that allowed the National Security Agency to gain access to logs of Americans’ domestic calls and texts yielded only one significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study. The United States. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (Y 3.2:P 93/3/) issued the report “Report on the USA Freedom Act Telephone Call Records […]