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Senators Express Concerns Over Trump Admin. Records Compliance

Gary Price at InfoDocket reports that Senators Claire McCaskill and Tom Carper from the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs sent a letter to David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, "regarding concerns over compliance by President Donald Trump’s Administration with the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act." […]

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Changes to Title 44 would enhance accountability and kill printed Federal Register

The federal technology news site FCW.com reports that The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote on bills, which have been introduced in previous Congresses, that try to keep electronic government records from being altered or disappearing outright. One of the bills will also cease the printed version of the Federal Register. Lawmakers target […]

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GPO releases digital Congressional Record for the 1970s

The Government Publishing Office just announced that they’ve released another decade of historic bound Congressional Record, this time covering 1971 – 1980. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) partners with the Library of Congress to release the digital version of the bound Congressional Record from 1971-1980 on GPO’s govinfo system. This release covers debates and […]

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Trump Officials Refuse to Give Their Names to Reporters

In a break with standard practice, Trump administration officials participating in a conference call with reporters did not give their names even though journalists had agreed to identify them only as unnamed officials. Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Excludes Iraqis, by Glenn Thrush, New York Times (March 6, 2017). In a conference call with reporters on […]

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To Help Consumers, DOL Removes Consumer Information

The Department of Labor (DOL) has deleted a blog post and a consumer FAQ that explained the benefits of a rule that requires financial advisers act in the best interest of their clients. Both the blog post and the FAQ explained the benefits of the “Conflict of Interest Rule.” The post on the U.S. Department […]

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