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Information Today
March 28, 2013
Barbie E. Keiser |
Transparency in Government During Sunshine Week 2013 Congress was the focal point of two events during Sunshine Week 2013 (March 10-16). On March 12, the Congressional Transparency Caucus hosted an event examining recent progress concerning the Freedom of Information Act reform.   |
Searcher
March 2007
Mary Alice Baish |
Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress. |
Information Today
December 9, 2014
George H. Pike |
FOIA Reform Gets Key Senate Endorsement The Senate's FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 (and the House's similar bill) seeks to move the administration's "presumption of openness" from mere encouragement to federal law. |
Information Today
March 14, 2011 |
Organizations Support Free Online Access to CRS Reports More than 30 organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, urging him to appoint a Director of the Congressional Research Service who will work with Congress to provide online free public access to the unclassified, non-confidential, taxpayer-funded reports. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2011 |
House Republicans Push Net Neutrality Repeal The new Congress wasted no time going after the FCC. |
Information Today
January 5, 2016
George H. Pike |
The Year in Congress: Accomplishments in 2015 A review is offered of new laws that affect the library community and the information industry. |
Information Today
December 9, 2002
Miriam A. Drake |
Government Printing Tug of War Continues The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum on May 3, 2002 that directed executive agencies to contract directly with private firms for printing their documents. Things have gotten even more complicated since then in a bitter spate of infighting. |
Information Today
March 31, 2015
Barbie E. Keiser |
Sunshine Week 2015: Open Government Is Good Government "Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information," according to the event's About page. |
Information Today
February 3, 2015
George H. Pike |
New U.S. Laws Impact Information Gathering and Security Congress has not been the only branch of government acting in ways that could impact the information industry. The Supreme Court is continuing its recent trend of increased attention to patent and copyright issues. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Why Congress Loves Bank Stocks Little wonder that in a world where Congress can legally trade on inside information, the most faith is put in companies where Congress' actions influence most of the outcome. |
Information Today
August 24, 2009 |
U.S. Healthcare Reform Bill Available on FDsys As lawmakers and Americans discuss healthcare reform, the U.S. Government Printing Office has made available H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, in electronic and printed form. |
Information Today
January 14, 2014 |
GPO Plans for the Future The U.S. Government Printing Office released its Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2014-2018. It discusses the organization's intended evolution from print-centric to content-centric. |
Information Today
May 16, 2011
Barbie E. Keiser |
Public Printer Goes to the Hill -- GPO at a Crossroads Rep. Charles Gonzales (D-Texas) entered into the record the testimony of Suzanne Sears, assistant dean of public services University Libraries, University of North Texas, on the value of print documents to professional researchers and archivists. |
Information Today
June 14, 2010 |
Support for Public Access to Oil Leak Monitoring Data Almost 40 organizations led by OpenTheGovernment.org and including a number of library associations, joined in sending a letter to President Obama urging him to give the public access to all monitoring data. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Rich Smith |
Dear Congress: Please Stop Robbing Us It's time to pass the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2011
Rich Smith |
Why Congress Can't Stop Stealing Salary of rank-and-file members of the U.S. Congress: $174,000. Average annual Civil Service Retirement System benefits for retired members as of 2007: $63,696. But the profits they can make by trading on inside information? Priceless. |
Information Today
February 21, 2013
Miriam A. Drake |
GPO's Mission Is Validated by an Independent Study The report affirms GPO's mission of authenticating, preserving, and distributing Federal information and recommends measures to strengthen the agency's business model and activities for the future. |
National Defense
August 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Can Congress Keep Up the Pressure on Acquisition Reform? A recent groundswell of legislative and regulatory actions to reform Defense Department weapon acquisition practices may not lead to meaningful change if the efforts are not kept up for years to come |
Information Today
September 2002
Barbara Quint |
'Documents? What Documents?' The long-term feud between the executive and legislative branches of the federal government over who gets to print and publish federal government documents has broken out once more. |
Information Today
April 15, 2014 |
GPO Reaches Retrieval Milestone The U.S. Government Printing Office announced that 1 billion documents have been retrieved from its Federal Digital System, which provides free online access to about 1 million official federal government publications. |
Information Today
May 8, 2014 |
GPO's Annual Report Goes Public The GPO's highlights from the past year include new apps, expanded access to U.S. House of Representatives bill summaries, and an upgraded online bookstore for GPO titles. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Is Congress Hurting Market Returns? Practically the entire advance in the market since 1897 corresponds to the periods when Congress is in recess? Investors, take note. |
Information Today
August 5, 2002
Miriam A. Drake |
Is the GPO Endangered? For the Government Printing Office, dissemination of government documents is a nonpartisan, virtually automatic process, which has been enhanced in recent years by expanded reliance on the Internet and other new technologies. Now the GPO's hands have been tied. |
Searcher
May 2003
Miriam Drake |
Government Doublethink: Protection or Supression in Information This article deals with government information activities after September 11, 2001 and covers regulations and actions related to government withholding, suppressing, and altering information. |
Searcher
January 2006
Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Shhh!!: Keeping Current on Government Secrecy Here is a list of Web sites, blogs, listservs, and newsletters that could help clients needing access to government documents but who might experience difficulty locating that information. |
Information Today
November 18, 2010 |
U.S. GPO Content Available Through EBSCO Discovery Service EDS Customers will be able to search for federal records from the Government Printing Office's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. |
Information Today
August 27, 2013
Barbie E. Keiser |
Another Step Toward Transparency in Government The U.S. Code has been available online, but not always up-to-date, in an easily accessible format. With the release of an XML format, the public can expect developers to create apps to view and analyze legislative data in new and exciting ways. |
Information Today
August 19, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
Revising FOIA for Improved Access to Government Information Last year, Congress introduced a bill that is now known as the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014. This law would allow for easier information requests and faster receipt. |
Reason
October 2002
Jeffrey Benner |
Closing the Books Some kind of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption will almost certainly become law. Regardless of the exemption's final scope, it will be only the latest offensive in the Bush administration's sustained assault on transparency in government. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Kendy & Vranes |
Breaking Down the Barriers: A Two-Part Series, Part 1 Although it is a tired cliche, knowledge is power, and nowhere is that more true than in legislative politics. Your members of Congress cannot do their jobs without citizens' input. In other words, they need to be lobbied. |
Information Today
July 3, 2014 |
GPO Plans to Downsize Workforce In response to its shift toward digital publishing initiatives, the U.S. Government Printing Office announced that it will request the authority to offer buyouts to its 1,850 employees. |
Information Today
February 14, 2013 |
U.S. Government Printing Office Joins Pinterest Connecting people through "things" they find interesting is the founding principle of Pinterest and a natural fit with GPO's core mission of Keeping America Informed on the three branches of the federal government. |
Information Today
March 24, 2011
Peggy Garvin |
FOIA.gov: A Little Bit of Sunshine To mark Sunshine Week each year, newspapers around the U.S. carry articles and editorials making the case for our national Freedom of Information Act and local equivalents. |
Information Today
October 18, 2012 |
New FOIAonline Platform Launched The National Archives and Records Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Commerce have partnered to develop an online system aimed at expanding public access to information requested under the Freedom of Information Act |
Geotimes
August 2004
Emily Lehr Wallace |
Budget Procrastination If the average American were aware enough of the budget process to be outraged by this governance via procrastination, perhaps the Congress would get the message and perform one of their central duties in an efficient and timely manner. |
Searcher
October 2002
Mariam A. Drake |
Cost Cutting or Access Control: OMB Dismantiling GPO? By far, the most significant damage resulting from the Office of Management and Budget's proposal would be the effect it would have on the Government Printing Office's ability for ensuring citizen access to government information. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2007
Roy Mark |
Groups Seek 'Net Access to Congressional Research Coalition urges lawmakers to make their publicly-funded policy reports available over the Internet. |
Wired
November 2000
David Corn |
Filegate.gov The biggest Congressional scandal of the digital age: Politicians aren't putting public docs on the Net, and no one seems to care... |
Information Today
June 16, 2003
Miriam A. Drake |
GPO and OMB Compromise on Agency Printing: More information at a lower cost? At the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, GPO will develop a demonstration print procurement contract for an agency or department chosen by OMB. The program will feature an online system that allows federal agency GPO customers to use a one-stop and integrated system for print ordering and invoicing. |
