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Graphic videos of Hamas attacks spread on X – POLITICO
Videos and images of mass shootings, kidnapped civilians and soldiers and other violence linked with Hamas’ attack on Israel are being widely shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, in violation of the company’s own rules against inciting violence. POLITICO’s review of Elon Musk’s social media platform in the wake of Hamas’ attacks, which began …
Open Source Policy: Why It’s Not Just For Wonks Anymore
There was a time when tech reporters had to stretch to find an open source angle on a story. Those days are gone: In 2022, you’d be pressed to find a major news story that didn’t involve open source. Russia – Ukraine war? Protestware. Supply chain issues? Yep. Thrumming inflation and climate change? Open source might …
A Scalable Solution for Policy
Every day, thousands of developers design and build permissions systems into their software. Without knowing it, these developers risk creating a legacy of a bespoke system with siloed data and minimal tooling for maintenance or ensuring correctness. To reduce this risk, Authzed is building every developer’s dream suite of authorization tooling. At the core of …
Public Health Funding and Policy Committee (PHFPC) Agenda
Department of State Health Services, Bernstein Building, Room K-100, Austin, Texas 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas78756United States The physical location for this meeting is located at Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th Street, Bernstein Building, Room K-100, Austin, Texas 78756. This meeting will also be available by video and/or teleconference using Microsoft …
Idaho science and technology policy fellowship places scientists in state agencies
MOSCOW, Idaho (KIFI) — An expanded fellowship program across three Idaho universities is placing two scientists in Idaho state government agencies to bring scientific expertise to policymaking. The Idaho Science and Technology Policy Fellowship (ISTPF) is a nonpartisan program that places scientists, social scientists and engineers in state government to learn firsthand about policymaking while using …
Center for Information Technology Policy gives students up-close government experiences
For a third consecutive summer, Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy gave students the opportunity to learn the workings of local, state and federal government in the Public Interest Technology Summer Fellowship (PIT-SF) program. The students, five from Princeton and 14 from other universities, spent roughly eight weeks working for agencies like the Consumer Financial …
Health Policy and Administration grad fights health care fraud
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Patrick Spurlock, a 2019 health policy and administration graduate from the College of Health and Human Development, took a unique path during his undergraduate career. “When I started my undergraduate degree, I was enrolled as a criminology major. My heart was set on pursuing a degree that would lead me to an …
New Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee Aims to Improve Health Outcomes for Mass General Community
The MGH has always been home to people who want to make a difference in their communities – within the hospital and beyond. Now, staff are taking their advocacy to the state and federal levels through the newly formed Executive Committee on Community Health (ECOCH) and Executive Committee on Diversity and Equity (ECODE) Policy and …
Israel’s policy: Kill the messenger, attack the mourners | Opinions
On Friday, May 13, The New York Times website ran the headline “Israeli Police Attack Funeral of Slain Palestinian Journalist”, which was then updated to “Israeli Police Attack Mourners at Palestinian Journalist’s Funeral”. The journalist in question, of course, was 51-year-old Shireen Abu Akleh, the veteran Al Jazeera reporter shot in the head and killed …
Owensboro Health updates visitor policy allowing 2 visitors at a time
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) – Owensboro Health has updated its visitor policy. They say they’re now allowing two visitors at a time for non-COVID patients. These visitors do not have to remain the same. However, health officials say the only area they must remain the same is in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Click here to …
