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Many Federal Websites Again Fail to Meet Basic Standards for Speed and Security
About 91 percent of federal websites failed at least one of the government and industry standards for design and development in the latest test by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). The metrics analyzed included an assessment of speed, accessibility and security. Benchmarking U.S. Government Websites [Summary], by Daniel Castro, Galia Nurko, and Alan […]
Digital Deposit And The Biennial Survey: context and actions
It is time for the biennial survey of FDLP libraries and, therefore, a good time to review “digital deposit.” Digital deposit is a very simple concept: It simply means that GPO should treat digital and non-digital government information the same way. In so doing, GPO would allow FDLP libraries to select digital government information and […]
Treasury Department scrubs paper from website
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the Treasury Department removed from its website a 2012 technical paper that contradicts the statements that the Treasury Secretary has been making about corporate tax cuts. Rubin, Richard. (2017, Sep 28). Treasury removes paper at odds with Mnuchin's take on corporate-tax cut's winners. Wall Street Journal. The […]
Strengthening the Discussions about Title 44
Since last week, when we posted Stanford Library Director Michael Keller’s letter to the Committee on House Administration (CHA) and the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP), there has been more activity around the efforts to modify Title 44 of the US Code. We understand that the ALA and its Committee on Legislation (COL), the Government […]
Discussing DLC’s Title 44 Recommendations. Thoughts and questions
October 4, 2017 / 1 Comment on Discussing DLC’s Title 44 Recommendations. Thoughts and questions
Depository Library Council (DLC) released its recommendations for Title 44 reform yesterday. Title 44 Reform Recommendations from the DLC (October 03 2017) [PDF file]. These recommendations will be at the center of discussions at the upcoming Fall 2017 Depository Library Conference. The entire Monday afternoon session (October 16) will be devoted to a discussion of Title 44 […]
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