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Comment on AALL webinar lays out FDLP planning process and encourages law libraries to participate by Proclaiming the value of the Federal Depository Library Program - GovDocsGuy

Proclaiming the value of the Federal Depository Library Program - GovDocsGuy — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:31:07 +0000

[...] Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is now several months into the development of a national plan for the future of the more than century-old partnership between FDLP libraries and the Government [...]

Comment on CIA: Iran keeping nuclear weapon option open by oriol

oriol — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:32:20 +0000

and now…. what is changed?

Comment on Information cancelled: a lament for the Statistical Abstract, from Oil & Gas Journal by Mike Gramsby

Mike Gramsby — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:58:37 +0000

I was also saddened as I read this article. I used to peruse the Statistical Abstract in college and occasionally include facts from it in my papers. It was very useful, painting a picture of our country in a way not done by any other publication in the same way. I imagine it was used by many other students as well as journalists, academics, and those in a wide range of careers. It is hard to believe that the cost of its production is greater than the benefit it provided to this country. It is highly doubtful that the private sector will produce anything that rivals the Statistical Abstract.

Comment on First steps toward more trustworthy online state legal materials: UELMA is introduced in three states by Intersect Alert February 19, 2012 | SLA San Francisco Bay Region Chapter

Intersect Alert February 19, 2012 | SLA San Francisco Bay Region Chapter — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:53:55 +0000

[...] First steps toward more trustworthy online state legal materials: UELMA is introduced in three states “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 from late January to mid-February.” http://govdocsblog.kentlaw.edu/wordpress/index.php/2012/02/first-steps-toward-more-trustworthy-onlin… [...]

Comment on Amicus brief filed by 48 Chicago legal experts supports Emanuelâ€™s claim to stay on Chicago mayoral ballot by John Peters

John Peters — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:23:06 +0000

Sorry, in my last comment I meant to write, “I believe he will succeed.”

Comment on Amicus brief filed by 48 Chicago legal experts supports Emanuelâ€™s claim to stay on Chicago mayoral ballot by John Peters

John Peters — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:21:53 +0000

An Illinois appellate court just ruled that Rahm Emanuel cannot be on the ballot since he has not lived in the state for a year. Mr. Emanuel says he will appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. I believe he will appeal, since the legal argument for him (outlined in the above post) is so strong and so clearly matches the spirit, if not the exact letter, of the law.

Comment on Pentagon working group on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal says risk to readiness is low by Pentagon spent over $193 million on DADT enforcement over six years, GAO says - GovDocsGuy

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:39:43 +0000

[...] December 22, less than a month after a working group established by Defense Secretary Robert Gates released its report finding that repeal posed only a low risk to service readiness. A Congressional Research Service [...]

Comment on 202,000 government jobs cut in July by Government job cuts outweigh private sector gains again in September - GovDocsGuy

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:26:12 +0000

[...] government employment fell by 121,000 against a gain of 67,000 jobs in the private sector, and in July, a loss of 202,000 jobs in government overwhelmed private sector gains of 71,000. Bureau of [...]

Comment on Unemployment ticks upward to 9.6 percent by Government job cuts outweigh private sector gains again in September - GovDocsGuy

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:25:11 +0000

[...] August, government employment fell by 121,000 against a gain of 67,000 jobs in the private sector, and in [...]

Comment on Claire Germain on Digitizing the World’s Laws: Authentication and Preservation by Library Attack » Blog Archive » Gov Docs online – can you trust them?

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:57:55 +0000

[...] issue that more people should be worried about. Gov Docs Guy had a post earlier this month titled Claire Germain on Digitizing the Worldâ€™s Laws: Authentication and Preservation. Here is a link to Germain’s paper. This is a topic that AALL has been working on for quite [...]