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Hiroshima Documents Posted by National Security Archive
In 1945 the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, destroying the two cities and killing over 200,000 people by the end of the year. On the 60th anniversary of the bombing, the National Security Archive has published on-line collection to date of declassified U.S. government documents on the first use of the atomic bomb and the end of the war in the Pacific. The documents include "Top Secret Ultra" summaries and translations of Japanese diplomatic cable traffic intercepted under the "Magic" program etc. The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II: A Collection of Primary Sources Continue reading
Practical example of hard to use electronic file
Thanks to Grace York of the University of Michigan Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for letting us reprint this insightful GOVDOC-L posting in full for our (hopefully) growing nondepository audience:
People usually give me a blank look when I talk about making format (electronic, fiche, paper) appropriate to an individual document so here's an example.
Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments, Part 3 (Senate Judiciary Committee, Y 4.J 89/2:S.hrg. 108-135, pt.3) http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/pdf/108hrg/92548.pdf
This is part of the John G. Roberts confirmation hearing for the D.C. Circuit Court in 2003. It is 1236 pages long and about 41 MB. The Roberts testimony is scattered throughout, not just on a select group of pages. LEXIS Congressional only gives partial coverage of the text.
So, if I were a normal person, I would be nervous about downloading a document that size and I would much prefer to browse the paper to find where his testimony begins and ends, especially after doing a search for ROBERTS within the text using Acrobat. That's what I mean by usability. Continue reading
Several new GPO documents to peruse
GPO has recently released several new documents, including ID73 "Harvesting Federal Digital Publications", Digitization Specification 3.0, and three additional segments of the Spring 2005 Depository Library Council meeting in Albuquerque, NM. Please have a look and let us know what you think. Additionally, the GPO is asking for comment on the digitization specification by Monday, August 8, 2005. Comments should be sent to jrussell@gpo.gov, AND ALSO to Ted Priebe, tpriebe@gpo.gov. I will also add these documents to the FGI library.
- ID 73: "Harvesting Federal Digital Publications for GPO's Information Dissemination (ID) Programs." This policy governs both manual and automated harvesting of publications from Federal agency web sites for inclusion in the Federal Depository Library and National Bibliography Programs.
- GPO's Digitization Specification 3.0. This document will be used to Continue reading
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) restores documents to their library
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is restoring public access to more than 70,000 additional documents after reviewing them for security sensitivity. The documents will be available NRC's on-line public library, ADAMS. NRC press release here Continue reading
Where oh where did that govt document go?
May 18, 2005 / 1 Comment on Where oh where did that govt document go?
Has anyone got a digital copy of the Overseas Base Closing Commission report that was released a couple of weeks ago? It seems the Secretary of Defense didn't like it so he had it pulled from the Internet. I'd be willing to trade for the May 3, 2005 GAO Report on Military Base Closures. Heck, I'll give you the report up front! If you have a digital copy, please send it to admin at FreeGovInfo dot info. Continue reading →
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