More than 100 Dot-Govs Cut or Consolidated
More than 100 Dot-Govs Cut or Consolidated, By Joseph Marks, NextGov (10/05/11).
The government campaign against outdated and unnecessary websites appears to be gaining steam. An updated list of top-level dot-gov domains posted to the government dataset repository Data.gov Friday lists only 1,634 domains, down from nearly 1,759 domains when the list was first posted.Continue reading
Video: Towson University Joins FDLP
This new 4:16 video from the GPO was recorded during a September 19, 2011 when Townson University became a FDLP member. The video includes comments from Public Printer Bill Boarman and Congressman John Sarbanes. ">Direct to Video (via YouTube) Continue reading
GPO Partners With University Of Iowa To Preserve Historic Collection
Press Release from GPO:
GPO PARTNERS WITH UNIVERSITY OF IOWA TO PRESERVE HISTORIC COLLECTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2011 No. 11-57 WASHINGTON-The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is partnering with the University of Iowa Libraries to preserve and make available in digital format historic Government-issued posters from pre-World War II to the 1990s. The University of Iowa Libraries is providing public access to the collection of 1,500 posters promoting services, programs, and initiatives by Government agencies. The University of Iowa Libraries is part of GPO's Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), which provides public access to published information of all three branches of the Government through partnerships with more than 1,220 libraries nationwide. GPO is providing back-up support for the digital poster collection; in the event that the University of Iowa Libraries cannot provide access, GPO will make the digital poster collection available on the agency's Federal Digital System (FDsys), a one-stop site to authentic, published Government information. Link to digital poster collection: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/gpc/index.php "GPO's mission of keeping American informed is demonstrated through the agency's partnerships with more than 1,200 libraries nationwide and our joint effort to make Government information available to the public," said Public Printer Bill Boarman. "As GPO celebrates its 150th anniversary, we recognize the importance of history and preserving history for future generations and that is why GPO is thrilled to work with the University of Iowa Libraries to preserve and make available this historic collection." "GPO is excited to partner with the University of Iowa Libraries to preserve and protect the future of this historic collection," said Superintendent of Documents Mary Alice Baish. "As we embrace the new digital age, GPO is seeking partnerships with libraries nationwide in order to safeguard historic collections and provide the American people with permanent public access to Government information." "I'm delighted that this previously hidden collection is now available to anyone with an Internet connection. These posters often represent a graphic documentation of priorities of a given presidential administration or reflect social culture at a discrete point in time," said Marianne Mason, Federal Information Librarian University of Iowa Libraries. "Nearly all federal agencies, both past and present, have produced social marketing posters including the Works Project Administration, War Mobilization Office, EPA, Dept. of Interior and NASA. This visual collection has the potential to complement academic course work in public policy, history, communication studies, and health sciences and to enhance outreach activities to primary and secondary (K-12) students. The Government Printing Office has been a steadfast partner in preserving rich digital collections from many libraries and, happily, The University of Iowa has joined that partnership."Continue reading
Update Report on February and March 2010 Lost Docs
In addition to our usual monthly report, we at the Lost Docs Project Blog will from time to time revisit, check, and update posted document receipts that at the time of their corresponding monthly reports were still classed as fugitives. The following report focuses on the receipts posted February-March, 2010. They were reported to GPO between January and March, 2010, the majority between February and March. Report/Update Of the 34 fugitive document titles from receipts posted February-March 2010, 12 (35%) of the titles have had records added to the Catalog of Government Publications (CGP), 9 of these have been added since the February and March, 2010 monthly reports. Of the 34 titles, 22 (65%) remain fugitives. Two of the cataloged titles we identified as "Preservation Needed" as they have not been assigned a PURL. While the low percentage of those cataloged is disappointing, we are appreciative of those records that have been created and added to the CGP. Found documents can be viewed by looking at the blog posts with February and March, 2010 dates at http://lostdocs.freegovinfo.info/category/found/ and/or view a listing by visiting https://sites.google.com/site/founddocslisting/ For this report we are also providing a breakdown of cataloging times. 42% of the items cataloged from the February and March, 2010 posted receipts were cataloged between 100 and 200 days. A more detailed breakdown is provided below. less than or equal to 15 days 2(17%) >15 days but less than or equal to 50 days 2(17%) >50 days but less than or equal to 100 days 2(17%) >100 days but less than or equal to 200 days 5(42%) >200 days but less than or equal to 300 days 1(8%) If you report a fugitive document to GPO, please send your e-mailed receipt to lostdocs@freegovinfo.info. We welcome any item reported to GPO in the past month. It is best if you can send us the receipt the same day you get it from GPO. Some e-mail programs will support auto-forwarding. If so, please consider autoforwarding items where the subject contains "lostdocs submission." Continue reading
State Agency Databases Activity Report: October 3, 2011
This has been a relatively busy week at the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases. Lynn McClelland continues to expand the healthcare practioner databases page at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Healthcare_practitioners_databases. It now features practioner related databases from 14 states and will be under heavy construction for the next month or so. ORPHAN NEWS Our last official orphan remains Rhode Island. If you're interested in adopting Rhode Island, check out our volunteer guide at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/SADATFS_Volunteer_Guide and then send me an e-mail if you'd like to adopt it. If you adopt Rhode Island, be prepared to put your name and contact information on the main project page AND your state page within two weeks of receiving your wiki login. See the Volunteer guide for more details. WIKI ACTIVITY See our last seven days of activity at http://tinyurl.com/statedbs for a blow by blow description of changes to the page. Here are a few highlights: DATABASES ADDED NORTH DAKOTA (Kathryn Thomas) Cass County, N.D. Divorce and Civil Cases Index - This database indexes over 3,300 civil and divorce case files, spanning from the 1870s to 1942, handled in Cass County District Court. Individual entries include names of the plaintiff and defendant, attorneys, dates of proceedings, and miscellaneous notes. Kathryn recently completed a major expansion of the North Dakota page. If you haven't visited in the past week, you ought to now. SOUTH DAKOTA (Brenda Hemmelman) Professional Licensing Boards - links may or may not include searchable databases or lists of active/inactive licensees. WASHINGTON (Marilyn Von Seggern) Health Systems Quality Assurance Online Search - A credential search system for health care provider, health facility, hotels/motels, and migrant farmworker housing. The search is by credential number or name. Continue reading