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Pentagon Culls Social Science Research, deletes 91 funded projects
Today the Pentagon announced that “The Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) is scrapping its social science research portfolio as part of a broader effort to ensure fiscal responsibility and prioritize mission-critical activities.” Pentagon Culls Social Science Research, Prioritizes Fiscal Responsibility and Technologies for Future Battlefield Examples of cancelled research […]
JCP and JCL house members
House Resolution 190, introduced on March 5, 2025, names Mike Carey (R, OH:15), Joseph Morelle (D, NY:25), and Julie Johnson (D, TX:32) to the the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library and Joseph Morelle (D, NY:25), Gregory Murphy (R, NC:3), Terri Sewell (D, AL:7), and Mary Miller (R, IL:15) to the Joint Committee on […]
PEGI Project Urges Preservation of Public Federal Data
[Editor’s note: This was originally posted on the PEGI Project blog, of which jrj is a member. In the interest of increasing the reach of PEGI’s important message, we re-post here w permission from PEGI.] Rapid political events have led to an upheaval in access to data and other information resources produced by the U.S. […]
Public letter re the firing of the Archivist of the United States
[Patrice McDermott sent the following to GOVDOC-L. In the interest of time, I’m pasting her message below with just a touch of editing of the email addresses.] As you may know, Trump has fired the Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan. Even though it is extremely unlikely Trump will reconsider firing Dr. Shogan, we […]
Call to arms: What government information librarians can do to help save critical federal information from being lost
What is a government information librarian to do during these times when the very public information we base our daily work around is being redacted, cleansed, and deleted? First, make yourself aware of all the work that is already being done (and has been being done since 2008 and before). Our friend and PEGI colleague […]
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