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The Obama Administration’s Addresses on National Security Law
A new book by Kenneth Anderson and Benjamin Wittes analyzes the Obama administration’s positions on national security law and how they have been disclosed through public speeches and address by administration officials. Speaking the Law: The Obama Administration’s Addresses on National Security Law, by Kenneth Anderson and Benjamin Wittes Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2015. Publisher’s […]
Government Shutdown Contingency Plans 2015
The Office of Management and Budget has links to how agencies are preparing for the possibility of a government shutdown: Agency Contingency Plans. See also: Government Shutdown? Some Federal IT Systems Would be Unplugged, Websites Go Offline, By Jack Moore, NextGov (September 24, 2015). And don’t forget, FDLP libraries could collect instead of pointing. It […]
GPO & Federal Judiciary Provide Access To More Than One Million Federal Court Opinions
This is an important milestone! (It is important to note that this project has Court Opinions, and does not include everything in the notorious PACER system. See FDsys Court Opinions Project and PACER.) GPO Press Release: GPO & FEDERAL JUDICIARY HONORED FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO MORE THAN ONE MILLION FEDERAL COURT OPINIONS [PDF] Excerpt: FOR […]
Bernard A. Barton Jr.: New CIO of the Library of Congress
8 Tough Questions for the New CIO of the Library of Congress, By Hallie Golden, NextGov (September 14, 2015). As the newly appointed chief information officer of the Library of Congress, Bernard A. Barton Jr. says excelling in the digital age is going to depend a lot on making smart predictions.
College Scorecard
College Scorecard is the new U.S. Department of Education website that provides detailed comparative information about colleges. (The Department has abandoned its earlier attempt to rate colleges.) The site includes both a user-friendly front end of statistics and graphs and a separate data site (College Scorecard Data) with data behind the College Scorecard, as well […]
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