Guest blogger Keith Ann Stiverson delivers some exciting news! It is a pleasure to inform you that the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) was introduced in Illinois on Friday, February 15 by Senator John G. Mulroe, a Democrat from the 10th District of Illinois. The bill that was introduced, …
Following wins in California and Colorado in 2012, five states have introduced UELMA in 2013 Building on last year’s successes in Colorado and California, advocates for more trustworthy online legal materials have introduced the Uniform Electric Legal Material Act (UELMA) in five more states so far in 2013. UELMA holds …
On May 9, 2012, the House of Representatives passed an amendment to the appropriations bill to eliminate the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS produces the annual treasure trove of data that tells us so much of what we know about ourselves as a nation and informs decisions about so …
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has authored a handy guide to online availability of the 2013 federal budget documents released in January. FY2012 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability provides a brief description of what’s covered in each volume of this vast and sometimes confounding set, and directions to the …
Colorado is poised to become the first state in the nation to ensure the trustworthiness of its online legal materials, now that the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) has passed both chambers of the Colorado General Assembly and been sent to Gov. John Hickenlooper for his signature. House Bill …
Government information librarians were relieved last month when ProQuest stepped in to rescue our favorite reference tool, the Statistical Abstract of the United States, from the brink of extinction. After serving as a staple of basic statistical information for the American public since 1878, the Obama administration looked at its …
The years-long effort to address the reliability of online primary legal materials at the state level finally reached the floors of statehouses across the country when bills to enact the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) (pdf, 95kb) were introduced in Tennessee, Colorado, and California over a three week period …
UELMA is the newest acronym gov docs librarians should learn to love. It stands for Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, and it was passed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) at their annual meeting in Vail, Colorado, in July 2011. Keith Ann Stiverson, Library Director …
As the Statistical Abstract of the United States fades into history, government information librarians are still coming to grips with the loss of our favorite statistical resource. The Free Government Information blog has been covering the library community’s voice-over narration of this sad saga throughout the year. Christopher Smith, Pipeline …
Abstract: In a September 27, 2011, letter, the Honorable Chris Van Hollen requested an estimate of the portion of the federal deficit that is due to the current underutilization of capital and labor resources in the economy. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that if those resources were not underutilized—that …