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Troubling freeze on science by Trump administration
The news out of Washington DC is not good if you’re a government information librarian or an open government advocate. In the last 24 hours, the Trump administration has put a freeze on EPA grants and contracts and ordered USDA science researchers to “cease publication of ‘outward facing’ documents and news releases.” Not only does […]
EPA’s changes fracking report (at least) twice, downplaying then emphasizing risk of drinking water pollution
Wow, this *should* be bombshell news. According to joint reporting from APMreports and MarketPlace, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made 11th hour changes to a fracking study to downplay the risk of drinking water pollution (november 30 story). Then just a couple of days ago, EPA reversed course *again*, saying there *is* a connection between […]
A Roundup of Recent Government Info News and New Resources
Time once again for a selection of news and new resources that we hope will be an interest to the FGI community. The following posts are from INFOdocket.com (@infofodocket) where we compile and post new items daily. The oldest item in this roundup was posted on January 26, 2012. 1. President Requests $231,953,777 for Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) 2. MEDLINE/PubMed: List of Serials Indexed for Online Users, 2012 Now Available in XML 3. South Dakota: State Archives Going Digital 4. Recently Launched iOS App: United Nations News Reader from the UN News Centre 5. Full Text of Prepared Testimony: Librarian of Congress, Public Printer, & Others Testify at House Appropriations Committee Hearing (re: FY 2013 Budget) 6. Montana: “New State Librarian Leads Digitization” 7. Government Information: A New Issue of the FDLP Connection Newsletter is Now Online (Vol. 2, Issue 2) 8. New Reference Resource: PACrimeStats.Info (Pennsylvania Crime Data) 9. EPA Releases New Interactive Tool with Information About Water Pollution Across the U.S. 10. FEMA Grant Helps Restore New Orleans’ Katrina-Damaged Archives 11. Listen Online: National Park Service Releases Historic Audio Recordings Made by Thomas Edison’s Recording Engineer 12. New Feature: The World Factbook Now Allows Users to Listen to the National Anthems of Most Countries 13. U.S. Congress: THOMAS Adds Direct Links to House Committee Hearings 14. New Document from NIH: Public Access Policy Implications 15. New Database: See Who’s Donating to Super PACs 16. LOCPix: New iOS App Provides Access to Digitized Photos from the Library of Congress 17. New Interactive Reference Resource: State Transportation Facts and Figures 18. U.S. Congress: Financial Contributions: MapLight Launches New Company Pages 19. Let’s Fly! FAA Launches Mobile Web App 20. New Search Tool from the IRS: Exempt Organizations Select Check Continue reading
Roundup of Recent Government Info News and New Resources
Time once again for a selection of news and new resources that we hope will be an interest to the FGI community. The following posts are from INFOdocket.com (@infofodocket) where we compile and post new items daily. 1. New iOS App From SEC: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission News 2. Just Released: Library of Congress Offers Congressional Record As iPad App 3. National Library of Medicine Announces Latest Release of Its “History of Medicine Finding Aids Consortium” 4. Asked and Answered Questions: U.S. Department of Education Releases Mobile Version of Answers.Ed.gov 5. Smithsonian Gets Dedicated Funds for Digitization and New Media, Will Spend $8.7 Million In FY 2012 6. The Library of Congress Names Gayle Osterberg Director of Communications 7. EPA Releases Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Online Database and Dataset Available 8. White Paper: “Authentication of Primary Legal Materials and Pricing Options” 9. Federal Elections Commission (FEC) Launches Mobile Web Site 10. Full Text Reference Resource: Trade & Development: UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2011 From the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 11. NARA Launches “Citizen Archivist Dashboard” 12. U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Begin Offering Online Chat Services 13. USDA Launches New Online Nutrition SuperTracker 14. New Database: Time-Series Plots of Phrases in U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (Legal Language Explorer) 15. Statistics: NLM Updates MEDLINE Indicators With FY2011 Numbers Continue reading
EPA wants your Documerica Photos!
This is from last year, in case you missed it. (I did.):
- Documerica Returns!, EPA blog (May 2nd, 2011). Almost 40 years ago, EPA’s Documerica project captured thousands of images of environmental problems and everyday life. Now it’s your turn! On Earth Day 2011, EPA put out a global call for current photos of life and our environment, PLUS a challenge to photograph the ‘now’ of places in Documerica. Your photo could be exhibited around the U.S. in 2012! Join In! Sign up and submit photos through Flickr!
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