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European Union’s new AI law: What programmers need to know

Open Access Government - Technology News

Impact on programmers Professor Holger Hermanns, a key figure in analysing the AI Act’s implications, highlighted a crucial concern among programmers: understanding their obligations under the new law without delving into its extensive text.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. To account for these limitations, we’re seeing land banks step in as the property developer. CP: You played a key role in advocating for West Virginia’s land bank-enabling legislation.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

However, to fully understand how this legislation came to pass, and why it is helpful contextually to review the history of land banking and tax foreclosure in Ohio. Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. In 2006, the Ohio General Assembly passed this legislation. Next-Generation Ohio Land Banks.

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How agencies can use enterprise risk management to implement new legislation

Partnership for Public Service

On July 11, the Partnership and Deloitte held a working session, “ERM to Drive Programmatic Success,” featuring Deidre Harrison, acting controller at the Office of Management and Budget, and Bob Westbrooks, executive director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. Employ a top-down and bottom-up approach.

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Approaches to Rural Property Vacancy in Law and Policy

Center for Community Progress

Eisenberg , associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, discusses the unique challenges and approaches to addressing vacancy in rural communities. Thus, a realistic, creative discussion of rural property vacancy should take these conditions into account. In this chapter, Ann M.

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The evolution of fraud and the importance of continuous professional development and learning

Open Access Government - Technology News

Continuous professional development is about more than staying relevant; its about staying effective, ethical, and lawful in a field that demands constant adaptation. Staying current on case law: Whats illegal isnt just defined by legislation; court decisions shape it. It is chameleon-like and behaves like a bubble.

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TOO MUCH DATA – TOO LITTLE TIME

Barrett & Greene

A notable one is an element of New York City legislation called the “How Many Stops Act”, which would require New York police officers to report on every single police street stop and investigative encounter, including demographic information about the person stopped and the reason for the encounter. I've been the victim of police abuse.