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State of Federal Blogging 2016

This is an interesting article that goes a bit behind the scenes to give you a sense of the what, why, and who of blogs at the White House, NASA, and the Department of the Interior. State of Federal Blogging 2016 by Danielle Brigida, DigitalGov (January 15, 2016).

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PACER’s bad math overcharges users. US Courts Administrative Office sued

The Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) document system of the US Courts provides online access to US Appellate, District and Bankruptcy court records. But this access is not free; PACER charges users $.10/page to access and download court documents. For years, many have pointed out both the technical and philosophical problems with the […]

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DLC responds to open letter regarding the new Regional discard policy

On December 18, 2015, a group of 16 librarians wrote an open letter to GPO regarding the implementation of the new Regional discard policy (here’s more on our coverage of the regional discard policy). The letter asked a series of questions that the signatories felt would need to be thought about — if not answered […]

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NYPL makes 187,000 digital items available in public domain collection

Wow I’ve been lost in this new public domain search from NY Public Library’s NYPL Labs. And they’ve made the data and code available on github! Check it out for yourself. Go Public Domain! On January 6th, 2016, The New York Public Library made over 187K digital items in the public domain available for high […]

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DOJ tests new data-gathering method to more accurately count deaths in police custody

In March of 2015, an official assessment of the Department of Justice statistical program that reports “arrest-related deaths” — a program that has been in place since 2003 — found that the program identified only between 59 and 69 percent of the estimated actual total of fatal interactions with police in 2011. Arrest-Related Deaths Program […]

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