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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.

Laws 111
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Celebrating Legislative Wins to Combat Vacancy in Missouri and Alabama 

Center for Community Progress

First, it allows counties to opt out of the harmful default, tax-lien sale foreclosure process, and instead use a court-supervised process, designed to better protect homeowners and more quickly address problem properties. This legislation gives communities two important new tools to address VAD properties. Louis County to create land banks.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

Courts consider the breed of the dog for the dog’s aggressive nature, the dog’s location and behavior, and any dog owner’s negligence or lack of supervision or control. In short, “the law does not require the officer to wait until the approaching animal is within biting distance or is leaping at him before taking protective action.”

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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

Learn about the startups and the problems they aim to solve: 10-8 Systems Mission Viejo, CA 10-8 Systems offers advanced, cloud-native computer aided dispatch (CAD) and records management software (RMS) for law enforcement, emergency services, fire, and private security. Revir Technologies, Inc. Austin, TX Revir Technologies, Inc.,

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Why States Need Stronger Statutes about Animal Cruelty

Barrett & Greene

Known as “Desmond’s Law” it was enacted in October of 2016. The first law of its kind in the nation the statute puts a pro bono lawyer or a law student under the supervision of a law professor in court to advocate for justice for the dog or cat victim of egregious abuse.

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Why Heirs’ Property is a Problem for Vacancy and Abandonment

Center for Community Progress

When a property owner dies without a will or estate plan, state laws governing inheritance determine how the property is passed to family members legally entitled to it. Though heirs’ property is widespread, it disproportionately affects Black landowners in the South due to the legacy of slavery and racist land ownership laws.

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How to evolve federal performance management—and what’s possible right now

Partnership for Public Service

Train supervisors on the performance management process Supervision requires a lot of time, energy and training, so it’s important that agencies put in the work on the front end to ensure supervisors are equipped before they’re tasked with managing people.