How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole… Through clever usage of APIs, the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School has created an archive of Data.gov, home to 311,000 public datasets. #Archive #PublicInformation
Increasing Flood Risk Awareness Through A Real Estate Professional Training Program
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https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/flood-risk.html <-- link to article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NOAA #DigitalCoast #PinellasCounty #flood #flooding #education #risk #hazard #training #program #realestate #residential #floodzones #floodinsurance #publicsafety #loss #damage #economics #tools #analysis #information #Florida #floodrisk #investment #infrastructure #publicawareness #realtor #awareness #CommunityRatingSystem #disclosure #publicinformation #premiums #costsaving #water #hydrology #extremeweather #climatechange #naturaldisasters #coast #coastal #NOAA
@NOAA
BETTERHELP ARE ARSEHOLES
The micromobility firm Lime is offering free rides to voters in the US
#ebikes #escooters #micromobility #bikeshare #scootershare #evs #earlyvoting #electricvehicles #gotv #registrationday #voteearlyday #elections2024 #voters #voting #votingrights #elections #usa #voterregistration #democracy #democracies #government #publicinformation #psa #esg #csr #socialresponsibility #civicresponsibility
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/18/e-bikes-e-scooters-to-rescue-stranded-voters-for-free/
The micromobility firm Lime is offering free rides to voters in the US
#ebikes #escooters #micromobility #bikeshare #scootershare #evs #earlyvoting #electricvehicles #gotv #registrationday #voteearlyday #elections2024 #voters #voting #votingrights #elections #usa #voterregistration #democracy #democracies #government #publicinformation #psa #esg #csr #socialresponsibility #civicresponsibility
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/18/e-bikes-e-scooters-to-rescue-stranded-voters-for-free/
"The Houston Community College System last month was ordered to pay more than $291,000 in attorney’s fees incurred during a legal dispute alleging the college failed to turn over public records, a Harris County judge determined.
Ongoing litigation against the college system stemmed from a 2020 lawsuit filed by Houston Attorney Ben Hall, who requested documents related to a $100 million racial discrimination lawsuit..." #PublicInformation #Texas #Law #RecordsRequest https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/04/05/482712/houston-community-college-ordered-to-pay-more-than-291000-in-open-records-request-dispute/
Via #EuropeanMovementInternational
Dear #EUCommission, protect #MediaFreedom in #Italy!
Ahead of the #EUElections, the #EuropeanMovement along with media & journalists' orgs, urge #VeraJourova, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, to investigate the #Italian government's attempts to control #media & #PublicInformation.
https://europeanmovement.eu/publication-articles/protect-media-freedom-in-italy/
I just read that my city publishes all their social media posts also on Stage.
This seems to be a site that shows social media posts from registered public profiles, like that of cities and other public authorities, so that you don't have to have an account on any of the social media platforms. That's amazing!
It seems you can make an account there so you can follow profiles, but you don't have to. Just bookmark the ones you want to follow and check back whenever you like. My city links to their Stage page from their homepage as well.
The question I have now is: Is there an RSS feed I could subscribe to for these posts.
I have to add: This is a German service. I don't know if anything like that exists in other countries.
#SocialMedia #PublicInformation
The NSW biodiversity credits market
"NSW pricing watchdog recommends overhaul of biodiversity offsets scheme. Tribunal found developers were paying into fund five times faster than the Biodiversity Conservation Trust was able to find required offsets."
"The report said a submission the tribunal received from the Independent Commission Against Corruption noted “inadequate governance arrangements undermine confidence and introduce the risk of corruption”.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/19/nsw-pricing-watchdog-recommends-overhaul-of-biodiversity-offsets-scheme
#NSW #transparency #PublicInformation #Offsetting #offsets #governance #biodiversity
In case anyone was wondering, yes, #Apple #FaceID works when you have a #McVities #Digestive #biscuit hanging out of your mouth.
Mapping – Possible Nuclear Weapons Deployment Effects
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ <-- NukeMap
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ <-- MissileMap
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https://alexwellerstein.com/ <-- author/creator’s biography
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[note that I have NOT dug into the veracity of these spatial analyses, and these are considered emergency planning & response tools , as well as for informing the general public]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #destruction #military #nuclearweapons #atomicbomb #ICBM #model #modeling #nuke #NukeMap #MissileMap #gischat #UI #interface #war #attack #nuclearstrike #geointelligence #roguestates #terrorism #publicinformation
#AlexWellerstein
Was great to have @carlmalamud at @takshashila today talking about his adventures in making public information public.
IANAL but I side with the Ninth Circuit here. If you are a #government official using a personal #SocialMedia account to post #PublicInformation or notices, you've made that a government forum where commentary is #ProtectedSpeech and blocking is not allowed under the #FirstAmendment (#freespeech and #petition).
If there's not an official social media site for you to use, open a second account. If you mingle government function and personal media, that's on you.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/politics/social-media-first-amendment-supreme-court/index.html
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#MonochromeMonday #Monochrome #Momo #Masto_Momo #Mono_Monday #BlackAndWhiteCapture #BNW #UrbanPhoto #Urbex #Leeds #LeedsThroughALens #Outdoors #ArmleyParkLeeds #ArmleyIsBeautiful #PublicInformation #PublicInformationPoint #RustInPeace #Vandalised #Decay #Trees #Fence #YouAreHere
Those of us in the UK who watched TV in the late 70s will most likely remember the government's public information series 'Protect and Survive'.
They were criticised at the time as giving the impression that a nuclear attack was survivable and therefore made such an attack more likely.
[I’ve gifted this article, so no paywall through through 1/31/2023]
Bomb Cyclone? Or Just Windy with a Chance of Hyperbole?
When the barometer drops, the volume of ‘hyped words’ rises, and many meteorologists aren’t happy about it.
#meteorology #weather #language #communication #scicomm #PublicInformation
What do a mass shooter in the US, an ISIS member in Iraq, and The London Times newspaper in 1853 all have in common?
Watch this video to find out.
Greg Cocks 
