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Vacancy: Postdoctoral researcher in Law

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Petitioners' Supplemental Brief in Support of Motion to Unseal Docket Sheets and Publicly Docket Court Records

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United States

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Author(s): Jennifer GranickRiana PfefferkornPublication Date: April 21, 2017Publication Type: Litigation Brief

CrowdCurio: an online crowdsourcing platform to facilitate climate change studies using herbarium specimens

Charles G. Willis et al in New Phytologist: “Phenology is a key aspect of plant success. Recent research has demonstrated that herbarium specimens can provide important information on plant phenology. Massive digitization efforts have the potential to greatly expand herbarium-based phenological research, but also pose a serious challenge regarding efficient data collection.

Smart Government: A New Adjective to Government Transformation or a Trick?

Chapter by Leonidas G. Anthopoulos in Understanding Smart Cities: A Tool for Smart Government or an Industrial Trick: “Smart city and smart government appear to share a common scientific interest, since they structure corresponding research and practice terms like the “Web Applications and Smart Cities (AW4City)”, “The Smart Cities and Smart Government Research-Practice (SCSGRP) Consortium” and the “Beyond Bureaucracy”, while calls for mutual sci

The three ‘B's’ of cybersecurity for small businesses

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United States

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Author(s): Scott ShackelfordPublication Date: April 17, 2017Publication Type: Other WritingLarge-scale cyberattacks with eye-watering statistics, like the breach of a billion Yahoo accounts in 2016, grab most of the headlines. But what often gets lost in the noise is how often small and medium-sized organizations find themselves under attack.

Facebook Struggles to Address Violent Videos, Live-Streamed Crimes

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United States

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Académicos capacitan a profesionales de la atención primaria

Entre el 4 y el 6 de abril, los académicos de la Facultad de Medicina Graciela Rojas, Vania Martínez y Ricardo García, fueron convocados por el Ministerio de Salud para participar de la segunda versión de la Jornada de Formación de entrenadores en Salud Mental para los equipos de Atención Primaria de Salud del país.

Sequía: el fenómeno que afecta casi al 80 por ciento del país

Los efectos del cambio climático y la progresiva disminución de la cantidad de precipitaciones en nuestro país nos obligan a cambiar nuestra forma de relacionarnos con el recurso hídrico.

Esto obedece a una política de EE.UU. para derribar al régimen sirio

El reciente bombardeo por parte de Estados Unidos a una base aérea del ejército sirio ha desatado una polémica mundial, entre acusaciones que responsabilizan a Siria o a la oposición rebelde de estar a cargo de un incidente con armas químicas que causó la muerte de decenas de civiles en la localidad de Khan Sheykhun.

Diez mil Hijos de Bello participaron del Censo 2017

Académicos, funcionarios y estudiantes de la U. de Chile, incluidos el Rector Ennio Vivaldi, vicerrectores y decanos, participaron este 19 de abril de esta jornada, aplicando el cuestionario en las zonas aledañas a los distintos campus universitarios.

Air Mozilla: American Spies: Modern Surveillance and What We Can Do Speaker: Jennifer Granick

Intelligence agencies in the U.S. (aka the American Spies) are exceedingly aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal and political boundaries of lawful surveillance.
 April 26, 2017SFO Commons

98° Mercoledì di Nexa - Privacy by Design e by Default: dai principi generali ai requisiti operativi

Page Type: Eventmercoledi14 giugno 2017
Stefano Leucci (Università degli Studi di Trento)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 14/06/2017 - 18:00 to 20:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

TEDx Stanford - Seize the Moment: Jennifer Granick

CIS Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick will talk about the ideas in her book American Spies with other panelists at the TEDx Stanford Seize the Moment Session. 
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April 23, 2017CEMEX Auditorium

The GovLab Selected Readings on Blockchain Technology and Its Potential for Transforming Governance

By Prianka Srinivasan, Robert Montano, Andrew Young, and Stefaan G. Verhulst

Right to Education Index 2016 Data Now Live!

RESULTS Educational Fund and Open Knowledge International are pleased to present the 2016 data from the Right to Education Index (RTEI), a global accountability initiative that aims to ensure that all people, everywhere, enjoy the right to a quality education.

The ICO Revolution

The startup-investment market is preparing for the next revolution: Initial Coin Offerings (ICO). While most financial institutes and investors are still busy, getting a gist of crpto-currencies and blockchain technology, ICO... MORE

Sunil Abraham: Honorary steward September 2017

Shuttleworth Foundation has announced Sunil Abraham as Honorary Steward for its September 2017 fellowship round.

Direito Rio apresenta pesquisa em reunião do Grupo Anticorrupção do G20, em Brasília

Evento foi realizado no dia 12 de abril, na CGUO coordenador do Centro de Justiça e Sociedade (CJUS) da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (Direito Rio), professor Michael Mohallem, participou, no dia 12 de abril, da reunião do Grupo Anticorrupção do G20, em Brasília. O encontro reuniu representantes de países das maiores economias do mundo, além de organizações internacionais como a OCDE (Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico), Banco Mundial e OEA (Organização dos Estados Americanos).

Direito Rio seleciona propostas de atividades complementares para o segundo semestre

Propostas devem ser enviadas até 31 de maioA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) recebe inscrições para a seleção de Atividades Complementares Eletivas (ATCE) da Graduação 2017. Professores e pesquisadores podem enviar suas propostas até 31 de maio.

This is how Guatemala joined the worldwide celebration of Open Data

This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.