Where Are We In The Net Neutrality Debate?
A good overview: Where Are We In The Net Neutrality Debate?, by Kevin Taglang, Benton Foundation (September 19, 2014).
State Agency Databases Activity Report 9/21/2014
Hi All, It’s been a long time since I’ve provided an update on activity at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. I thought I’d experiment with a new format for this report. Feel free to give me feedback on this or the previous format. You can always check on changes in the past seven days […]
PACER to restore documents it took offline
The Washington Post reports that The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has a plan to restore online access to documents that were controversially removed in August from PACER, the online system for accessing public court records. “The Administrative Office is working to restore electronic access to these cases by converting the docket sheets in […]
Senator demands US courts recover 10 years of online public PACER records
This is an update to our post a few weeks ago PACER Removes Court Case Documents. It seems now that PACER has angered Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) to the point that he’s written a letter to US District Judge John D. Bates, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AO) […]
Coming Soon: Connect.gov
The federal government is experimenting with a technology that will allow users to register once to create a password and use that same ID at multiple sites. NextGov reports that “The vision is not expected to be fully realized until after 2020. But one part of the network is slated to debut as early as […]