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Interning in Guatemala on the Archive Project

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As an intern with HRDAG , I was part of the team analyzing data drawn from documents in the National Police Archive, a cache of approximately 80 million sheets of paper kept by the police system during the Guatemalan Civil War, a 36-year long conflict that ended in 1996. It’s funny, my parents asked the same question.)

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Google training documents advise avoiding monopoly language

The Verge

Alphabet and Google employees are trained to avoid using certain words and phrases in internal communications and “assume every document will become public,” according to a new report from The Markup. A document titled “Five Rules of Thumb for Written Communications” states that “Words matter.

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Google can’t cloak documents showing an ‘antiunion campaign,’ NLRB judge rules

The Verge

Judge rules Google has to turn over 180 documents in an NLRB case | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. A judge appointed by the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Google must turn over some 180 documents related to an internal campaign to fight union organizing efforts by employees.

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The Role of LMS in Achieving ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Certification in Manufacturing

Gyrus

However, achieving and maintaining these certifications requires structured training, comprehensive documentation, and ongoing compliance monitoring—all of which can be efficiently managed through a Learning Management System (LMS). Internal audits ensure that processes align with the established standards.

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

TechCrunch

For the past three years, UpCodes and its founders have been entangled in a copyright lawsuit filed by the International Code Council (ICC). ” Can the law be copyrighted? Public.Resource.org , which stemmed from another case involving copyright and the law.

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Doing good, wrong? The role of philanthropy in keeping people safe

Candid

In well documented cases of international aid organizations operating in Haiti, weak safeguarding measures led to the sexual exploitation of the very people those groups exist to serve.

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. Dave suggested we rename our idea Martus, the Greek word for “witness.”

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