2021

The Town’s FY21 budget commits $80,000 to “explore, plan, and implement strategies to confront systemic racism.” Specifically, the funds were intended to explore, identify, and implement strategies to move toward racial and social justice.... Read more about Town Manager, Amherst, MA., To: Town Council, Re: Funds Appropriated to Address Systemic Racism, 3/18/2021

County Administrator, To: Members of Pima County, AZ Board of Supervisors, Re: End of Mandatory County-Wide Temperature Screenings, 6/18/2021

In April 2020, Pima County instituted mandatory temperature checks/wellness screening for all persons entering an indoor Pima County facility. This program was memorialized in Administrative Procedure (AP) 23-54, Temporary Wellness Checks to Safeguard the Workplace During Novel Coronavirus Outbreak.... Read more about County Administrator, To: Members of Pima County, AZ Board of Supervisors, Re: End of Mandatory County-Wide Temperature Screenings, 6/18/2021

Equipment Policy Ad Hoc Committee, To: Oakland Police Commission, Re: Police Equipment Policy, 6/7/2020

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The Equipment Policy Ad Hoc Committee (Committee) requests that the Oakland Police Commission (Commission) waive further policy development requirements, endorse the proposed draft ordinance regulating the acquisition and use of controlled equipment by the Oakland Police Department, and forward the draft ordinance to City Council with a request for immediate adoption.... Read more about Equipment Policy Ad Hoc Committee, To: Oakland Police Commission, Re: Police Equipment Policy, 6/7/2020

Senior Project Manager, City of Aspen, CO. To: Mayor and City Council, Re: Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Update, 9/2/2016

SUMMARY: City staff seeks input and to provide an update to Council regarding the proposed Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan project. The goals for the work session include the following:

Highlight phase 1 summary.
Introduce phase 2 of the master plan.
- Bicycle boulevards... Read more about Senior Project Manager, City of Aspen, CO. To: Mayor and City Council, Re: Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Update, 9/2/2016

Lee C. White, Presidential Advisor, To: President Lyndon Johnson, Re: Notes to prepare for a meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King, 3/4/1965

The memo features detailed notes for a meeting that was to occur between President Lyndon B. Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The document is dated three days before the first march in Selma, Alabama. From the notes, voting rights was the focus of the meeting. (From IowaCulture.gov...

President Biden To: Sec. of State, Sec. of Defense, et. al. Re: Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad, 01/28/2021

"Section 1. Policy. Women should have access to the healthcare they need. For too many women today, both at home and abroad, that is not possible. Undue restrictions on the use of Federal funds have make it harder for women to obtain necessary healthcare. The Federal Government must take... Read more about President Biden To: Sec. of State, Sec. of Defense, et. al. Re: Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad, 01/28/2021

FROM: Exec. Comm., Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, TO: Participants of Civil Rights Date:1964 RE: Voting Registration in the 89th Congress

"In this new year and this Congress there is a possibility of the Civil Rights Movement realizing new and effective legislation which will finally open the democratic Processes to all Americans"

FROM: NAACP Exec. Secretary TO: President of Branches, et al. DATE: 7/25/63 RE: ACTION MEMO Nat'l. Civil Rights Legislative Conference

"The Big Push for Civil Rights Laws is under way. The success of this drive depends in large measure upon the amount of thrust the NAACP and allied organizations put behind it...."

Memo FROM: President of the Philippines TO: Heads of Departments, Agencies and Offices of the Government RE: Nationwide Enforcement of Testing and Quarantine Protocols for air travel DATE: 5/27/21

Memo FROM: Owen Barder, Sr. Fellow, Center for Global Development and Alex Evans, Sr. Fellow NYU's Center on International Cooperation TO: Members of the DFID Select Committee RE: Future UK Development Policy DATE: 9/5/2014

Owen Barder, Senior Fellow and Director for Europe at the “Center for Global Development” and Alex Evans, Senior Fellow, “New York University's Center on International Cooperation,” submitted this memo to the UK International Development select...

Memo FROM: World Bank Internat'l. Development Assoc TO: Executive Directors RE: Assistance to The Republic of Togo DATE: 11/19/2010

Memo FROM: World Bank Internat'l. Development Assoc. TO: Executive Directors RE: Proposed Credit of SDR 26.2 Million to The Republic of Burundi - Emergency Econ. Recovery Credit DATE: 3/23/2000

Memo FROM: Jim Yong Kim, President of World Bank TO: Executive Directors RE: Proposed Amendment to the Instrument Establishing BioCarbon Fund DATE: 6/9/14

FROM: Deputy Sec. of Defense, Kathleen Hicks TO: Sr. Pentagon Leadership RE: Implementing Responsible AI in DOD DATE: May 26, 2021

"As the DoD embraces artificial intelligence (AI), it is imperative that we adopt responsible behavior, processes, and outcomes in a manner that reflects the Department's commitment to its ethical principles, including the protection of privacy and civil liberties."

American Council on Education To: President Biden Re: Contributing to COVID-19 Resources 1/29/21

"On behalf of the associates below, representing the nation's four-and two-year public and private collages and universites, I write today to communicate the willingness of the higher education community to contribute to the administration's COVID-19 response efforts."

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