From the summary of the CRS Report, Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency, (R42108) (November 30, 2011): Openness is fundamental to representative government. Yet the congressional process is replete with activities and actions that are private and not…
Archive for the ‘Gov Docs’ Category
“If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we launch the Library of Congress into cyberspace?” YES WE SCAN Petition
05
Jan
Carl Malamud (Public Resources.Org) and John Podesta (Center for American Progress) have launched a petition drive calling upon the federal government to create a Federal Scanning Commission. To date, thinking about digitization has been piecemeal. Individual agencies have thought about…
“If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we launch the Library of Congress into cyberspace?” YES WE SCAN Petition
05
Jan
Carl Malamud (Public Resources.Org) and John Podesta (Center for American Progress) have launched a petition drive calling upon the federal government to create a Federal Scanning Commission. To date, thinking about digitization has been piecemeal. Individual agencies have thought about…
Free and Reliable e-Text Downloads for the New Federal Rules of Evidence (as well as 2012 editions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Criminal Procedure)
06
Dec
The Restyled Federal Rules of Evidence, which became effective on December 1, 2011, are “[s]impler. Easier to read. Easier to understand. These [characterizations] describe the Federal Rules of Evidence after their first top-to-bottom restyling since they were drafted and enacted…
PACER Users Training Site
03
Dec
Hat tip to Deborah K. Hackerson, Law Librarian & Legal Research Adjunct, Univ. of St. Thomas School of Law, for her FYI Legal Skills Prof Blog post about PACER’s training site. Do note that according to Nota Bene’s Nov. 13,…
PACER Users Training Site
03
Dec
Hat tip to Deborah K. Hackerson, Law Librarian & Legal Research Adjunct, Univ. of St. Thomas School of Law, for her FYI Legal Skills Prof Blog post about PACER’s training site. Do note that according to Nota Bene’s Nov. 13,…
Nixon Unplugged
14
Nov
Hat tip to WSJ Law Blog’s Joe Palazzolo who wrote in his time-stamped Nov. 10, 2011, 12:05 PM ET post Law Blog Doc Dump: Nixon’s Grand Jury Records: A heads up to our legal history buffs: The government’s Nixon Presidential…
ACRL Calls on GPO to Work with Depository Libraries to Develop Multi-State Collaborative Models
08
Nov
On Nov. 2, 2011 ACRL president, Joyce L. Ogburn, Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library and University Librarian, Univ. of Utah responded to recent GPO rulings that rejected new multi-state partnerships within the FDLP. From the letter to William Boarman, Public…
United States Courts Opinions on FDSYS
24
Oct
Last week I had the privilege of attending the Depository Library Council Meeting and Federal Depository Library Conference in Crystal City, Virginia. I was very excited to hear a presentation from the GPO about the new U.S. Court Opinion Pilot…
