Court Takes Aim at White House Emails
Court may move against White House, by Pete Yost, Associated Press, Wed Oct 17, 2007.
Continue readingA U.S. magistrate indicated Wednesday that a federal court may order the Bush administration to preserve copies of all White House e-mails, a move that a government lawyer argued strongly against.
GAO Employees Speak Out on Need for Union
I think this video makes a good companion piece to the last GAO video I blogged about. I found this video on YouTube and it appears to have been made by a group of GAO analysts trying to form a union on their workplace. It introduces a number of people who appear to be actual GAO employees. It is about seven minutes long and is interesting for giving voice to the people behind the reports that often get so much press coverage. The video is also notable for its positive, non-hostile tone.
I'm not positive that the unofficial union blog at http://gaounion.net is connected to the producers of the video, but it goes give good background about why GAO analysts are seeking to unionize and provides the latest news on that effort. Part of that news is that on September 19, 2007, GAO analysts voted 2 to 1 to form a union. FGI wishes them well in their efforts and hopes that a unionized work force will contribute to government accountability.
Continue readingDepository Librarians Group in Facebook
Librarians from the Federal Depository Library Program are showing up in many online places. Now there is a group on Facebook for them. It's a pretty quiet group so far, but it is another forum for librarians to gather and share their experiences and maybe reach out to users in creative ways. If you work in a depository library and have a Facebook account, please consider joining. Thanks to Kathryn Mills of DePauw for taking a chance and creating this group.
And if you're not a depository librarian, but are a Facebook member interested in government information of all kinds, there's a group for you too!
Continue readingHow Do Journalists Use Government Information?
Here is a good summary of a program sponsored by GODORT and the SLA Government Information Division at the recent Federal Depository Library conference.
- How Do Journalists Use Government Information? By Peggy Garvin, Government Information Division, Special Libraries Association.
New York Times reporter Scott Shane and Washington Post research editor Alice Crites educated and entertained the crowd at a joint meeting of the SLA Government Information Division (DGI) and the ALA Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) in Arlington, VA on October 15, 2007.Continue reading