President Obama interviews Marilynne Robinson
Lunchtime Listen. Yes, you read that right: Listen to President Obama interview Marilynne Robinson, the author novels “Lila,” “Home,” “Gilead” (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and “Housekeeping.” The conversation was recorded in in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 14, 2015. You can listen to it via iTunes on the The New York Review of Books […]
GPO To Digitize The Federal Register 1936-1994
Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 14, 2015 No. 15-20 GPO TO DIGITIZE TWO MILLION PAGES OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER WASHINGTON – The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) partners with the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) to make every issue of the Federal Register digitally available to the public. A total of […]
Tell the FCC what you think about its website
The Federal Communications Commission has a prototype of a new version of its website and is soliciting comments: Your Feedback is Building a Better FCC.gov, by: Dr. David A. Bray, FCC CIO, Official FCC Blog (October 9, 2015 – 11:00 AM). The prototype site. comment form.
Project Apollo Archive
All 12,588 photos taken during the Apollo missions are up on Flickr in high-res. Wow, endless hours of fascination if you’re a space geek! The Project Apollo Archive was created in 1999 as a companion to my “Contact Light” web site…a personal retrospective of the era of the space race. A subsequent collaboration between the […]
Lots of enhancements to Congress.gov
Enhancements include a new series of “Two-Minute Tips” videos, a browsable list of Popular Titles and Short Titles of legislation, and indexing of Senate Executive Communications. For more information: List of Congress.gov Enhancements Now over 1,000,000 Items to Search on Congress.gov: Communications and More Added, by Andrew Weber, In Custodia Legis (October 7, 2015). Hat […]