"The People's Select Committee of 10 former MPs is taking submissions on the Pay Equity changes. Since nobody got a say before the govt passed it under urgency. "

(Text stolen from the Bsky account I saw this boosted from).

#NZPol #PayEquity #SelectCommittee #PublicAction

https://www.payequity.org.nz/

Can someone please tell #RachelReeves to stop saying um and er between every word during the Treasury Select Committee, or else her nickname will have to change to "Rachel from er Accounts"

#SelectCommittee #Chancellor #UKPolitics

Matt Gaetz Has a Plan for Blocking Jack Smith’s Indictments of Trump | Gaetz believes a select committee should be established to grant Trump immunity from prosecution for his crimes.

https://truthout.org/articles/matt-gaetz-has-a-plan-for-blocking-jack-smiths-indictments-of-trump/

#MattGaetzPlan #BlockingIndictments #TrumpImmunity #SelectCommittee #ProsecutionCrimes #JackSmithIndictments #Politics #News

Some brief reflections on the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report, and the role that research infrastructure can play in changing practice around research integrity and reproducibility :

https://www.digital-science.com/tldr/article/reproducibility-and-research-integrity-top-uk-research-agenda/:

#ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility #SelectCommittee #UKResearch #OpenScience

The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report on Reproducibility and Research Integrity is out today.

“We call for a clearer focus from research funders, publishers and academic institutions to ensure that research is transparent and reproducible.”

Read the news story: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/science-innovation-and-technology-committee/news/195158/mps-call-for-research-sector-reforms-to-address-concerns-with-reproducibility-of-science/

Read the full report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmsctech/101/summary.html

Key recommendations in 🧵

#ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility #SelectCommittee #UKResearch #OpenScience

#SelectCommittee Chairman #BennieThompson sent fiery letter to #Georgia #GOP Rep. #BarryLoudermilk recently, letting the #Republican lawmaker know that they are in possession of evidence that directly contradicts his and other GOPers’ claims that lawmakers in the party did not give conveniently-timed #Capitol tours to individuals or groups just days before the attack, that could have given some of the rioters an advantage during the #siege.

#J6 #Jan6 #Coup #CapitolRiot

https://polinews.org/j6-investigators-confirmed-they-have-reviewed-evidence-that-directly-contradicts-gop-denial-of-capitol-tours-in-the-days-before-attack-that-likely-gave-rioters-prior-knowledge-of-the-buildings-l-3/