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White House Blog Redesigned
You might want to check out the changes to the White House Blog. It is now mobile-friendly and thankfully, has an RSS feed and RSS feeds for the President’s and Vice President’s schedules. How We Changed the White House Blog by Ashleigh Axios (August 13, 2015 at 12:45 PM ET).
The FDLP Historical Collections
A recent question on the govdoc-l mailing list asked if GPO had ever officially defined the term “legacy collection” or “legacy document” and if the definition goes beyond something that has historical value or importance. I posted a short answer there. Here, I document and explain that brief response. The term was introduced by the […]
DOTD: Recovering from identity theft
The Federal Trade Commission web site IdentityTheft.gov is today’s Document of the Day. Recovering from identity theft is easier with a plan. IdentityTheft.gov is the federal government’s one-stop resource for identity theft victims. The site provides streamlined checklists and sample letters to guide you through the recovery process. “IdentityTheft.gov, a new website, offers step-by-step checklists […]
FED study says many in debt, at risk, and cannot retire
Document of the Day. The results of a survey conducted on behalf of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System have been reported in the news recently. Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking Federal Reserve Board issues Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households FRB: Press Release (May 27, 2015). Report on […]
Dodging the memory hole
Abbey Potter’s comments about preserving digital news are also very relevant to the preservation of government information. Potter is the Program Officer with the the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). In her post on The Signal blog, she elaborates on her closing keynote address at the Dodging the Memory Hole II: An […]
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