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Administration sets record for withholding government files
The Obama administration set a record again for censoring government files or outright denying access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. The analysis of new FOIA data released by U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, covered all requests […]
Government Web Sites Analytics
The web site analytics.usa.gov, which is run by the General Services Administration, provides real time web site analytics for a selection of federal government web sites. From “about this site”: This data provides a window into how people are interacting with the government online. The data comes from a unified Google Analytics account for U.S. […]
DOTD: Propaganda Posters at NARA
Document of the Day: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has some propaganda posters from the the U.S. Information Agency online. Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, ca. 1950 – ca. 1965. NARA. Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 – 2003. The Publications Division and […]
GPO Observes 154th Birthday With New Name, New Logo
GPO is observing its 154th anniversary with a new logo. Here is the press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2015 No. 15-04 GPO OBSERVES 154th BIRTHDAY WITH NEW NAME, NEW LOGO WASHINGTON – The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) marks its 154th anniversary of opening for business today. Since March 4, 1861, GPO has […]
“An alarmingly casual indifference to accuracy and authenticity.” What we know about digital surrogates
In a new article in Portal, Diana Kichuk examines the reliability and accuracy of digital text extracted from printed books in five digital libraries: the Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, the HathiTrust, Google Books, and the Digital Public Library of America. She focuses particularly on the accuracy and utility of the digital text for reading in […]
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