Supreme Court Will Bypass PACER, Put Its Filings Online For Free
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts announced in his year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary that The Supreme Court is developing an “electronic filing system” similar to PACER, which, once made public in 2016, will make all filings at the Court available to the legal community and the public on the Court’s […]
Turning the Torture Report Into a Book
It takes care to turn a good paper book into a good digital book. But it also takes care to turn a lousy digital book into a good paper book! The New Yorker has a story about how Melville House is doing just that, publishing the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. But remember fine […]
Increasing the Reach of Census Bureau Data
A reminder of some of the ways the Census Bureau is using to promote and facilitate use of its wealth of data. Increasing the Reach of Census Bureau Data. By Raul Cisneros, director, Center for New Media and Promotion and Rebecca Blash, chief, Center for Enterprise Dissemination Services and Consumer Innovation (CEDSCI), U.S. Census Bureau. […]
State Agency Databases Activity Report: 12/21/2014
With the quarterly link check ongoing, we continue to see changes to the following pages at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases . (links are to revisions page, click on “page” tab to see regular page): Alabama – Paula Webb California – Joel Rane Delaware – John Stevenson Louisiana – Rita Franks Minnesota – Paul J McDonough Nevada […]
Senate to publish bulk data in XML
Big News! Senate Joins House In Publishing Legislative Information In Modern Formats, by Daniel Schuman. Congressional Data Coalition (December 18, 2014). There’s big news from today’s Legislative Branch Bulk Data Task Force meeting. The United States Senate announced it would begin publishing text and summary information for Senate legislation, going back to the 113th Congress, […]