DoE’s Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) shut down without comment. Data in preservation danger
This is terrible. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has summarily shut down the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as of 10/1/2016. CDIAC is the primary climate change data and information analysis center for DOE. CDIAC is supported by DOE’s Climate and Environmental Sciences Division within […]
Just launched: FOIA wiki
This is very cool. Check out — and bookmark right away! — the just released FOIA wiki. This looks to be a great resource not just for journalists, but for researchers of all stripes as they wend their way through the arcane and sometimes frustrating world of FOIA. And while you’re at it, check out […]
NBIB hires KeyPoint, same company suspected of blame in OPM breach
According to Reuters, The company called KeyPoint, a “private company whose login credentials were used in hack attacks that looted the personal data of 22 million current and former federal employees” from the US Office of Personnel Management has now won a major contract for security clearance process from the new agency created because of […]
Class Action Suit against PACER Overcharges Proceeds
PACER Class Action Advances By JUNE WILLIAMS Courthouse News Service (September 27, 2016). A federal judge refused Monday to dismiss a class action accusing the U.S. government of systematically overcharging for access to court records through its system PACER, short for Public Access to Court Electronic Records. Bryndon Fisher sued the United States for a […]
GPO & Library of Congress begin release of digitized Congressional Record
This is good news. Today GPO announced the first release of digitized volumes of the Congressional Record, part of a collaborative project between GPO and the Library of Congress. The plan is to go back to volume 1, 1873. So stay tuned for additional releases. The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) partners with the Library […]