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Bill summaries in XML

GPO and the Library of Congress are now making summaries of House bills available in XML format for bulk data download from GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2014 No. 14-03 GPO AND LOC INCREASE TRANSPARENCY TO CONGRESSIONAL INFORMATION HOUSE BILL SUMMARIES NOW AVAILABLE IN XML FORMAT WASHINGTON – The U.S. […]

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GISIG’s Docs o’ the Day: Keystone XL pipeline Project

reposted from gov-info.tumblr.com On May 4, 2012, the Department of State received a new application from TransCanada Corp. for a proposed pipeline [The Keystone XL] that would run from the Canadian border to connect to a pipeline in Steele City, Nebraska. The Department’s responsibility, under Executive Order 13337, is to determine if granting a permit […]

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The Post Office as Bank for the Unserved

Doc of the day: Providing Non-Bank Financial Services for the Underserved, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Report Number:RARC-WP-14-007 (January 27, 2014) [pdf. 33 pages]. Millions of Americans do not have a bank account, or use costly services like payday loans and check cashing exchanges just to make ends meet. The entire underserved population […]

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State Agency Databases Activity Report 2/2/2014

The last two weeks have been mostly quiet at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. I blame ALA Midwinter and the start of the Spring Semester in many places. FEATURED DATABASE Today’s featured database was provided by Jennifer Robble and Ellen Richardson, our volunteers for Massachusetts: Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP) (http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/researcher/community-health/masschip/) Provides community level […]

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QOTD: Barbara Fister

Quote of the day: Barbara Fister: In an age of austerity, survival is the name of the game, but it’s a rigged game and a distraction from what we’re here for. It’s how we ended up with a precarious faculty, a rented library, and indentured students. We need to focus further out, more broadly on […]

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