Category Archives: Current Events

February 27, 2021 · 2:50 pm

Assessing an applicants or appointees fitness for federal employment on the basis of marijuana use


Memo:
Assessing the Suitability/Fitness of Applicants or Appointees
on the Basis of Marijuana Use; Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace
Kathleen M. McGettigan, Suitability Executive Agent & Acting Director
U.S. Office of Personnel Management

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· 12:59 pm

Church blocks enforcement of Gov. Newsom’s ban on indoor worship services in California


Opinion:
SOUTH BAY UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH,
ET AL.
v.
GAVIN NEWSOM, GOVERNOR
OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL.

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· 1:28 am

Dismissals of federal tort claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction are with prejudice


Opinion:
DOUGLAS BROWNBACK, ET AL.
v.
JAMES KING

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February 13, 2021 · 12:19 am

Veterans Community Care Program: VA doesn’t verify discipline or licensing data of healthcare providers


Report:
Veterans Community Care Program: Immediate Actions Needed
to Ensure Health Providers Associated with Poor Quality
Care Are Excluded
Sharon M. Silas, Director, Health Care

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February 11, 2021 · 10:05 pm

Freedom of Information Act: Update on federal agencies’ use of exemption statutes


Report:
Freedom of Information Act: Update on Federal
Agencies’ Use of Exemption Statutes
Michelle Sager, Director
Strategic Issues

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February 9, 2021 · 9:14 pm

Voluntary Voting System Guidelines: An Overview


Brief:
Voluntary Voting System
Guidelines: An Overview
Karen L. Shanton,
Analyst in American National Government

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· 8:47 pm

Railroad Retirement Board’s refusal to reopen a prior benefits determination is subject to judicial review


Opinion:
MANFREDO M. SALINAS
v.
U.S. RAILROAD
RETIREMENT BOARD

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February 8, 2021 · 4:22 pm

A foreign country’s takings of its own nationals’ property isn’t a violation of international law


Opinion:
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
ET AL.
v.
ALAN PHILIPP, ET AL.

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February 6, 2021 · 11:42 pm

Restrictions on commercial filming in U.S. national parks ruled unconstitutional


Opinion:
GORDON M. PRICE
v.
WILLIAM P. BARR, U.S. Attorney
General, et al.

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February 2, 2021 · 11:44 am

CCP election influence campaign to amplify anti-Trump sentiment on Twitter


CHINA-LINKED INFLUENCE OPERATION ON TWITTER DETECTED
ENGAGING WITH THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Cardiff University Wales
Crime and Security Research Institute
Report:
PART 1 DETECTION REPORT
PART 2 DEVELOPMENT REPORT

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