Help redesign clerk.house.gov
The Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives is asking for the public’s help in redesigning clerk.house.gov. Please take this brief survey and let them know what’s absolutely critical for their new site. I hope you’ll put a good word in for long-term digital preservation, open non-DRM’d bulk data, and ongoing deposit […]
State Agency Databases Project Activity Report 1/19/2014
Last week was sorta quiet at the State Agency Databases Project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. FEATURED DATABASE Today’s featured database was provided by John Stevenson, our volunteer for Delaware. It provides material to ponder in response to the question, “Are Delaware’s vanity plates really the ugliest in the nation?” as reported by Delaware Online. Delaware Vanity Plate Search […]
Transcript & Video of POTUS NSA Reform Speech
via Washington Post [Reproduced in its entirety] January 17, 2013 PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you so much, please have a seat. At the dawn of our Republic, a small, secret surveillance committee, born out of the Sons of Liberty, was established in Boston. And the group’s members included Paul Revere. […]
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
Document of the day: the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean by The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). The yearbook is available as a free PDF download and free Excel files. See also Statistical databases and indicators of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean […]
Defend Net Neutrality: Sign White House Petition
January 15, 2014 / 1 Comment on Defend Net Neutrality: Sign White House Petition
We recently received the following White House petition by e-mail and hope you will sign it: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/restore-net-neutrality-directing-fcc-classify-internet-providers-common-carriers/5CWS1M4P we petition the Obama administration to: Restore Net Neutrality By Directing the FCC to Classify Internet Providers as “Common Carriers” On January 14, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that struck down […]
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