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Transcript & Video of POTUS NSA Reform Speech
via Washington Post [Reproduced in its entirety] January 17, 2013 PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you so much, please have a seat. At the dawn of our Republic, a small, secret surveillance committee, born out of the Sons of Liberty, was established in Boston. And the group’s members included Paul Revere. […]
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
Document of the day: the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean by The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). The yearbook is available as a free PDF download and free Excel files. See also Statistical databases and indicators of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean […]
UK Academics consider legal action to force Foreign Office to release public records
The Guardian reports that historians describe “a scandalous act of concealment” underlines the need for a major overhaul of the system for declassification of government papers as public records. Academics consider legal action to force Foreign Office to release public records, by Ian Cobain, The Guardian (Jan 13, 2014) Leading historians are calling on the […]
Redaction Classics
Propublica maintains examples of redacted documents with short descriptions. These include state and local documents as well as federal documents. As Zamora and Shaw note, despite the Obama administration’s promise of greater openness, its “take on transparency can be rather opaque. And as local reporters know, state governments are often even worse.” One example, a […]
Pinterest and Libraries
The value of social media to libraries probably depends on the library, who its users are, and how they use the library. One would guess that a strong library presence in social media can, at the very least, aid in the visibility of the library. With that in mind, here is an interesting story about […]
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