A new “Clean Slate” bill being proposed would create a two-step process to automatically seal and eventually expunge past convictions and make it easier for those who served time to find work and housing opportunities.
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A ballot of academics at a top London university that was expected to reverse a decision to adopt a new definition of antisemitism has been delayed until the new year.
The Academic Board of University College London (UCL) had been due to vote on whether to rescind the 2019 adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, but at the last minute it was rescheduled for January “to allow proper debate”.
In November 2019, UCL’s Council adopted the definition with the support of the Provost and the University’s Jewish Society, but a working group has since said it stifles free speech on Israel.
2011. $2.7 billion for igs in 2012 and roughly $2.7 billion is in the presidential budget for 2015. i think that s notable, given, and just about every other area we re seeing significant cuts in discretionary programs and there s clearly evidence of ensuring that the cuts are not 4i9ing the igs. i would simply point out and then my friends on the other side of the aisle talk about government costing too much, but there are some investments that have a return on them. for example we know that the additional resources being proposed for ig offices have a return on them. do they not? absolutely. absolutely. recoverable funds in lost i mean, in increased efficiency and in certainly uncovering waste, fraud and abuse? yeah. and we saw statistics earlier in the hearing that pointed to particular savings and accomplishments. would that not also be true, for example, of the general accounting office? yes. the government accountability office center that has impact in te