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State Agency Databases Project Activity Report 1/19/2014
Last week was sorta quiet at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. FEATURED DATABASE Today’s featured database was provided by John Stevenson, our volunteer for Delaware. It provides material to ponder in response to the question, “Are Delaware’s vanity plates really the ugliest in the nation?” as reported by Delaware Online. Delaware Vanity Plate Search […]
Sunlight Foundation Congress App: Great App Put to Immediate use
We recently became aware of a new(ish) app from the Sunlight Foundation. It is the Congress App and is available for both iOS and Android. We think anyone who is interested in keeping tabs on Congress and who owns a smartphone ought to download this app. I (Daniel) have the Android version, which is divided […]
State Agency Databases Activity Report 1/12/2014
Last week was busy at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. FEATURED DATABASE Today’s featured database was suggested by Annie Moots, the volunteer for Missouri: Missouri Appellate Courts and Missouri Supreme Court Opinions (http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=12086&dist=Opinions) This database contains the full-text opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, of the Missouri Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts Courts of Appeals […]
Writer’s Guide to Government Information: Creative Promotion
I (Daniel) have a dream of making government information relevant to people’s lives regardless of walk of life. I think it is a dream many government information specialists/documents librarians share. In making government information relevant to people we need to answer the question in their minds – “What’s in it for me?” If we can answer that […]
Defend Net Neutrality: Sign White House Petition
January 15, 2014 / 1 Comment on Defend Net Neutrality: Sign White House Petition
We recently received the following White House petition by e-mail and hope you will sign it: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/restore-net-neutrality-directing-fcc-classify-internet-providers-common-carriers/5CWS1M4P we petition the Obama administration to: Restore Net Neutrality By Directing the FCC to Classify Internet Providers as “Common Carriers” On January 14, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that struck down […]
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