From the Sunlight Foundation:
Today, the Sunlight Foundation is calling on Congress to increase legislative transparency by posting the next version of the financial bailout legislation online for at least 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote. Citizens can sign the petition here: http://readthebillfirst.org.
Sunlight advocates for all legislation to be posted online for a [...]
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Sunlight Foundation Petition Tells Congress to Wait 72 Hours After Posting Next Bailout Bill Before Voting
Defend the NIH Public Access Policy
From ARL’s SPARC Policy Action Network:
We’ve learned that the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property is planning on holding a hearing in September on the NIH Public Access Policy and the publishing lobby’s allegations that the policy conflicts with copyright. We understand that they are also planning to introduce legislation designed [...]
Call on the Senate to Make Campaign Contribution Info Available Online Before the Election
From OpenTheGovernment.org:
Candidates for the House of Representatives and President have been filing contribution reports electronically for years, but the Senate still allows candidates to file paper reports with the Secretary of the Senate. After receiving the reports, the Secretary of the Senate delivers the reports in paper to the FEC, who then must input them [...]
Take Action Now! Support Funding for the Law Library of Congress
From AALL’s Washington Blawg:
As Congress heads home for August recess, please considering contacting your House Representative with an urgent request to co-sponsor H.R. 6589, the Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act. This bill, which AALL and the American Bar Association have been working toward for years, will authorize a one-time, additional [...]
EPA Partner Blog for the National Dialogue
From the EPA Partner Blog for the National Dialogue:
EPA is holding an on-line discussion among state, tribe, and other federal partners of EPA, as well as the public to foster collaboration on information access. For this discussion, we are using a blog which is a more interactive and personal form of technology. Everyone is invited [...]
Oppose FY 2009 Budget Cuts to the US National Agricultural Library
From SLA’s Legislative Action Center:
Please contact your members of Congress today and ask them to OPPOSE the proposed FY2009 budget cuts to the National Agricultural Library (NAL). The President’s FY2009 budget request of 18 million dollars for US National Agricultural Library is 4 million dollars (18.8%) less then the 2008 budget, and 6 million dollars [...]
Oppose “dark archive” in Orphan Works (H.R. 5889)
From SLA:
If you have a representative serving on the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, please contact them in support of Orphan Works legislation, but in opposition to the “dark archive” that is proposed in the House version of H.R. 5889. The requirement of the dark archive would overly burden users, while at [...]
NBII appropriations needs your support
Posted to STS-L:
I am forwarding this message, which you may have received on other lists, on behalf of the STS Government Information Committee. It is a lengthy, and important, message regarding the appropriations proposed (representing a decrease of $2.9 million) for NBII: National Biological Information Infrastructure.
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Thank you very much to those of you who have [...]
AALL and Others Urge Public Comment on Guidance for Sensitive But Unclassified Information
From AALL’s Washington Blawg:
Last week, AALL signed onto a letter to the White House asking for a public review of proposed new rules governing the designation of Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information.
Sensitive But Unclassified information, sometimes referred to as “Pseudo-Classified Information” or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), describes unclassified information that is governed by a varying [...]
EPA Seeks Comments: Help Improve Access to Environmental Information
From the AALL Washington Blawg:
What kinds of information do you look for from EPA and how do you use that information? What words do you use when you search for environmental information? How would you like to receive the information you need? Those are some of the questions EPA is asking as part of their [...]