Fiction: Postcard from an Un-neutral Net
I (Daniel), was part of National Novel Writing Month. Despite the name, you can pretty much write anything you want as long as you try to make 50,000 words during the month of November. I chose to write an anthology of short stories using randomly generated writing prompts. One of my stories turned out to […]
The League of Dangerous Mapmakers
The Republican Party is in control of both the House and Senate, and the redrawing of Congressional districts is one of the tools that led America to its current fate. The Atlantic follows Tom Hoffeler, a Republican consultant responsible for the bulk work of the redistricting strategy. Following the coincidence of the 2010 Census and […]
CIA and DHS want to delete almost all their emails
There are a couple of things that are troubling to me about this report: Agencies were asked to send proposals on management of email and CIA and DHS proposed to just delete them, regardless of their historical importance. The National Archives has already tentatively approved of the proposal The story goes on to note that […]
Search Congressional Press Releases
Derek Willis posted a brief announcement of a new service that will allow you to browse & search (titles only) congressional releases. An API is forthcoming. Statementer I wonder if any library will be smart enough to make use of the API to preserve these elusive (dare I say, “fugitive”?) documents?
The “Evolving” Congress
Here is a new CRS report on “The Evolving Congress.” It is a compendium of 22 reports that examine how and why Congress evolved over the previous decades to where it is today. Congressional Research Service. 2014. The Evolving Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate Committee Print 113–30 (“89–394”) (Y 4.R 86/2) Washington: Government Printing […]