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“Unreported documents” and the history of the printing and distribution of Congressional hearings
Those of you who know me know that I’m an “unreported documents” nerd and have LONG advocated that it is every government information librarian’s duty to hunt for and send “unreported documents” to the Government Publishing Office (GPO) so that they can capture and catalog them for inclusion in the National Collection of U.S. Government […]
Hearing Tuesday 6/19/12 “Economic Impact of Ending or Reducing Funding for the ACS and other Government statistics”
Finally! I hope all of our DC friends will show up for this Congressional hearing next week entitled, “The Economic Impact of Ending or Reducing Funding for the American Community Survey and other Government Statistics” being held by the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC). As we've argued over and over, these types of data/statistics are critical to a well-functioning democracy. Here's a great chance for the American public to shut down the misguided and unsupported perspectives of Representative Daniel Webster and other politicians of his ilk. Support the ACS and the Census!
The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), will hold a hearing entitled, “The Economic Impact of Ending or Reducing Funding for the American Community Survey and other Government Statistics,” at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, in room 210 of the Cannon House Office Building. WHAT: Hearing on “The Economic Impact of Ending or Reducing Funding for the American Community Survey and other Government Statistics” WHO: Mr. Kenneth Simonson, Chief Economist The Associated General Contractors of America and Vice President, National Association for Business Economics Washington, DC The Honorable Vincent P. Barabba, Former Director of the Census Bureau (1973-1976; 1979-1981) and Current Chairman Market Insight Corporation Capitola, CA The Honorable Keith Hall, Senior Research Fellow Mercatus Center at George Mason University and former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Arlington, Virginia The Honorable Grant D. Aldonas, Principal Managing Director Split Rock International Washington, DC WHEN: 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2012 WHERE: 210 Cannon House Office BuildingContinue reading
Video Blackout of Hearing on Budgets of GPO, LoC, GAO, CBO
The hearing on Tuesday (Feb 7, 2012) on budgets for the Library of Congress, the Government Printing Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Congressional Budget Office is not expected to be webcast by the committee.
- Video Blackout of Hearing on Budgets for Legislative Support Agencies, Daniel Schuman, Sunglight Foundation (Feb. 5, 2012). Only the House and Senate Legislative Appropriations Committees regularly hold annual public hearings on the workings of these agencies; the oversight committees (Committee on House Administration and Senate Rules) generally do not, and the Joint Committee on the Library and Joint Committee on Printing no longer holds substantive meetings in public. The new House rules require that all committees provide "audio and video coverage of each hearing or meeting" that "allows the public to easily listen ... and view the proceedings" "to the maximum extent practicable." All of the House committees have at least one hearing room that is equipped with a camera, and the House Recording Studio will provide a camera upon a committee's request. Unfortunately, this hearing is being held in a room without a camera, and I've been informed that the Committee has not requested one.
House to live-stream committee proceedings
House to live-stream committee proceedings, By Debbie Siegelbaum, The Hill (02/02/12).
The House is now offering live video streaming of committee proceedings online through the Library of Congress. The Committee on House Administration announced on Thursday that the live webcasts would be available at http://thomas.loc.gov/video/house-committee. The Library of Congress also will archive previous committee proceedings, which the panel said would create the first "one-stop shop for House committee video content."Continue reading
Government-recorded Hearings Now Being Added to C-SPAN
Carl Malamud was instrumental in getting more videos recorded by the Congressional committees themselves released to C-SPAN.
- Government-recorded Hearings Now Being Added to the Video Library C-SPAN Video Library Blog (March 18, 2011). "The C-SPAN Video Library now contains committee hearings produced by House and Senate committees. C-SPAN can only record a limited number of committees every day. However, a number of House and Senate committees have installed their own equipment to webcast their committee proceedings. These webcasts are now scattered across House and Senate committee websites or not available at all. In order to enhance the offerings of the C-SPAN Video Library and to consolidate these hearings in one place, we are importing government produced committee video into the Video Library."
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