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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

.orgSource

And, in the current volatile environment, you need the best governance you can get. But a poor web design won’t get anyone on the bad side of the law whereas ignoring those important statements might. Board members are personally responsible for the organization’s compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law

TechCrunch

Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to follow), the lawsuit deals with an issue that has wider ramifications: is it possible to copyright the law, or text that carries the weight of the law? ” Can the law be copyrighted? Does the government edicts doctrine apply?

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Texas sued over terrible social media law

The Verge

NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) have sued to stop Texas from enforcing HB 20, a new law barring large social media companies from banning users or removing content based on the “viewpoint” of the user. It argues that as a whole, the law infringes on web services’ right to free expression.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance. Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Increased understanding of their legal and governance responsibilities.

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Business Canvas, a Korea-based document management SaaS company, closes $2.5M seed round

TechCrunch

Business Canvas , the South Korean document management SaaS company behind Typed, announced today it has raised a $2.5 The seed round will be used for accelerating product development and the global launch of an open beta for its AI-powered document management platform. These are primarily B2C users,” Kim told TechCrunch. “As

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although reports of the massacre appeared in the United States, Salvadoran army and government leaders denied them and, all too soon, El Mozote was forgotten. Beyond those top organizations, almost no groups had good technology designed for human rights documentation.

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The Hard Problems: A Resilient Civil Society To Face What’s Next

The NonProfit Times

Democratic backsliding and restrictive laws will pose challenges to nonprofits operations and the safety of their beneficiaries. They are increasingly a vector attack, used as pathways for bad actors to get into government or foundation information technology (IT) systems. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year?

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