Fears Raised About Access to Government Data
McClatchy News Service outlines the things that the Trump administration has done that have alarmed groups with a stake in public access to information including historians, librarians, journalists, climate scientists, internet activists. Trump’s actions raise fears about access to government data, By Stuart Leavenworth and Adam Ashton, Spokane, WA Spokesman-Review [McClatchy] (Mar. 8, 2017). Wondering […]
Many Federal Websites Fail to Meet Basic Standards for Speed and Security
A new report by The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) says that ninety-two percent of federal government websites studied fail to meet at least one basic standard for security, speed, mobile friendliness, or accessibility. Benchmarking U.S. Government Websites by Alan McQuinn and Dainel Castro The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (March 2017). (summary) (press […]
Senators Express Concerns Over Trump Admin. Records Compliance
Gary Price at InfoDocket reports that Senators Claire McCaskill and Tom Carper from the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs sent a letter to David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, "regarding concerns over compliance by President Donald Trump’s Administration with the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act." […]
Changes to Title 44 would enhance accountability and kill printed Federal Register
The federal technology news site FCW.com reports that The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote on bills, which have been introduced in previous Congresses, that try to keep electronic government records from being altered or disappearing outright. One of the bills will also cease the printed version of the Federal Register. Lawmakers target […]
GPO releases digital Congressional Record for the 1970s
The Government Publishing Office just announced that they’ve released another decade of historic bound Congressional Record, this time covering 1971 – 1980. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) partners with the Library of Congress to release the digital version of the bound Congressional Record from 1971-1980 on GPO’s govinfo system. This release covers debates and […]