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NARA proposing to shut down San Bruno/San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle facilities. We need YOU to stop it from happening!
The Federal News Network broke the news last month that the “National Archives to transition out of three federal records centers.” NARA is proposing to close down the regional facilities in San Bruno/San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. Sources say that records may be removed from these facilities as early as this September and relocate its […]
Contact the FCC and Congress. Tell them we need net neutrality for an equitable Internet
“The chairman’s defenders — the cable and phone companies themselves — would likely respond that the “slow” lanes would be pretty fast while the “fast” lanes could offer governments even more benefits. But don’t believe it. Our nation is already in the global slow lane.” — Slate.com See the spinning wheel of death? September 10 […]
FOIA Reform Support Needed Now! Contact your Senator
Are you a supporter of the [Freedom of Information Act] (FOIA)? Of course you are. Well, there’s a pretty solid FOIA bill introduced by Senators Leahy and Cornyn (S. 2520, the FOIA Improvement Act) coming out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill would create a presumption of access to government information, address some of […]
Letter in support of the NTIS
Things seem to be coming to a slow boil with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). We wrote about Senate Bill 2206 the “Let Me Google That For You” Act on April 11, 2014, and again earlier this month to report about how the American Library Association and its Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) were […]
FGI’s analysis of the draft Title 44 “reform” bill
December 12, 2017 / 1 Comment on FGI’s analysis of the draft Title 44 “reform” bill
[Note: We wrote this analysis based on the text of the draft bill of December 1, 2017. Just before posting we received a new draft bill dated December 11, 2017. A quick comparison shows few significant changes between the two bills, but there are some improvements (we note one below.) We encourage you to suggest […]
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