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How Libraries Can Go High-Tech on a Tight Budget

24 Jan

It may not be as big an issue in the private sector which knows how to justify the costs associated with using 21st century tech but it can be a fairly big deal in the academic and government sectors. In…

 

Supreme Court Action Today: GPS Tracking, Sex Offender Registration, Preemption, And Tort Immunity For Police

23 Jan

The United States Supreme Court issued four opinions this morning, one of which is receiving significant press coverage. That case is United States v. Jones (10-1259). The Government obtained a search warrant allowing it to install a GPS tracking device…

 
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Court Questions Existence of An Academic Privilege of Confidentiality

19 Dec

There’s an opinion out of federal district court in Boston from last Friday that’s making the rounds of academic news sites. It’s the case In Re: Request from the United Kingdom Pursuant to the Treaty Between the Government of the…

 

Indiana Child Support Calculator

01 Sep

Indiana child support calculator online and easy to use. Pro Bono resource guide and pro se listings for do-it-yourselfers. .
This is a state specific government calculator. Child support and child custody resources. This free child support calculator gives you a general idea of where you
stand with child custody and support rulings.

 
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Apparently the GPO Is Not Considered an Essential Government Service by Some Members of Congress

01 Aug

At least not if one views the issue in the context H.R. 2551, The Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill [Thomas]. Case in point, in response to the GPO’s request for $5 million to continue the development of FDsys, the House cut…

 

The World of Actionable Actions, Part IV: The Cold Comfort of Government Intervention for Consumer Advocacy

19 Jul

In On editing & updating standards (March 30, 2011), Jason Wilson, Vice President of one of the very few remaining independent legal publishers left in the US, Jones McClure Publishing, wrote: [W]hat do you, the consumer, consider to be a…

 

Get US Visa – Here’s How

19 Jul

Get US Visa How is the best way? Here is a 5 pg step by step free downloadable printable
document for immigration and visa to the US. Helpful resource links and free government forms…

 
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On "not inconsequential economic advantages"

14 Jul

We believe that public bodies have a duty to make law public and accessible free-of-charge, and that these objectives are further advanced if our courts, legislatures and government agencies commit to the production of official versions of primary legal materials…

 

A Little Light Reading on Best Practices for Government Libraries from Lexis

08 Jul

LexisNexis has released its 2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries. This year’s theme is expressed in the document’s subtitle: “e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding our Horizons.” I would list the TOC but it is way too long. Granted the document is…

 

What Casey Anthony Case Says About US? Sometimes the Guilty Go Free to Protect the Innocent.

06 Jul

This isn’t Syria. In America, we prefer to let some guilty people go in order to prevent the government from Imprisoning or killing innocent people. And it’s OK. Continue reading