April Washington E-Bulletin

The April issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET.

IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 2013, Issue 04

A LOOK AHEAD

• Spring Arrives, Congress Recesses
• Meet Your Member

ACT NOW

• Tell your Representative to Oppose CISPA

AALL IN THE STATES

• Update on UELMA

ROUNDUP AND REVIEW

• CRS report on FOIA policy options
• Recent AALL online advocacy trainings
• Sunshine Week Recap
• Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional
• The Kirtsaeng Decision and Libraries
• Petition for Public Access
• GPO not Charging for FDSys
• Register for the Legislative Advocacy Training

March Washington E-Bulletin

The March issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET.

IN THIS ISSUE

Vol. 2013, Issue 03

A LOOK AHEAD

• Budgeting for Fiscal Year 2014
• Sunshine Week 2013

ACT NOW

• Ask Congress to Support FASTR

AALL IN THE STATES

• Join Us for AALL’s First Local Chapter Lobby Day, April 18
• Progress on UELMA
• LLAM Library Legislative Day

ROUNDUP AND REVIEW

• The White House has responded to last year’s petition on Open Access Petition
• New Executive Order on Cybersecurity makes good on privacy
• NAPA’s report on GPO and what we make of it
• Save the Date! Our next online advocacy training is Tuesday March 26 at 12:00pm EST
• Senators Ask Surveillance Court to Summarize Opinions
• CISPA is back
• A new profile of the 113th Congress from the Congressional Research Service.

January Washington E-Bulletin

The January Issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET.

IN THIS ISSUE

Vol. 2013, Issue 01

A LOOK AHEAD

• Priorities and Preparations for the New Congress
• Advocacy in Practice: Excerpts from an Interview with Melanie Knapp

ACT NOW

• Submit your Nominations for the 2013 PAGI and Oakley Advocacy Awards

AALL IN THE STATES

• Chapter Government Relations Virtual Training

ROUNDUP AND REVIEW

• New Freedom of Information Project Site
• Intelligence Authorization Bill Passes Without Anti-Leak Provisions
• CRS Report: The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework
• Tweet, Tweet

December Washington E-Bulletin

The December Issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET.

IN THIS ISSUE

Vol. 2012, Issue 11

A LOOK AHEAD

• Onward and Upward
  
• “New Year, New Congress” Free Online Training
• PIDB Meeting December 6^th
• Trusting What’s Online: Excerpts from an Interview with Hays Butler

ACT NOW

• Submit Your Examples of Orphan Works Projects
• AALL GRC Seeks Nominations for the 2013 Public Access to Government Information and Oakley Advocacy Awards

AALL IN THE STATES

• Successful SNELLA Event on UELMA
• Best Practices Exchange

ROUNDUP AND REVIEW

• AALL Applauds Expansion of USCOURTS Program
• RSC Copyright Report- or Not
• FDSys to Become Trustworthy Digital Repository
• PACER Record Fees Exceed System Cost
• Access Briefs from the Center on Court Access to Justice for All
• “Roles and Duties of a Member of Congress”
• E-Gov. Satisfaction

November Washington E-Bulletin

The November Issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET.

IN THIS ISSUE

Vol. 2012, Issue 10

A LOOK AHEAD: SUPREME COURT SPECIAL EDITION

• SCOTUS Hears Textbook Copyright Case
• Copyright Today: Excerpts from an Interview with Tracy Thompson-Przylucki
• FISA and the Right to Wiretap

ACT NOW

• Calling All Depositories! AALL FDLP Task Force Seeks Submissions

AALL IN THE STATES

• Atlanta Libraries Support Georgia Archives
• SNELLA at Work on UELMA

ROUNDUP AND REVIEW

• New e-CFR website
• Videos from Law Via the Internet
• DLC Meeting and Conference Wrap-up
• FDLP Forecast Deadline Extended
• New Law Library of Congress homepage

October Washington E-Bulletin

The October issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET.

IN THIS ISSUE

Vol. 2012, Issue 9

A LOOK AHEAD

• With Five Weeks till Election, Washington on Hold
• Law Via the Internet Conference October 7-9

ACT NOW

• Receiving Unordered and Unwanted Materials from Vendors? Tell the FTC!
• Have You Joined AALL’s Advocacy Team?

AALL IN THE STATES

• Preliminary Analysis of AALL’s State Legal Inventories 
• California Enacts UELMA
• Preparing to Advocate for UELMA in 2013
• New Connecticut Bar Association Law Library Section Holds Inaugural Meeting

ROUNDUP AND REVIEW

• Lieberman Pushes for Executive Order on Cybersecurity
• GAO Report on E-Gov
• New Congress.gov
• Register for the FDLP Conference
• OTG’s 2012 Secrecy Report
• Follow @AALL_GRO on Twitter

September Washington E-Bulletin

By Elizabeth

We’ve made some changes to our Washington E-Bulletin! Check out the latest issue, now available in HTML. We hope this new format will be easier to read and share. Questions or comments? Contact me at eholland@aall.org.

IN THIS ISSUE

Note: The September 2012 Issue marks the beginning of a new format for the Washington E-Bulletin, now published at the beginning of the month. As such, there is no August 2012 issue.

A LOOK AHEAD

• Potential Progress in Lame Duck Session
• White House Issues Records Management Directive

ACT NOW

• New Academic Year, New Print Resource Use
• NAPA FDLP Survey Due This Week

AALL IN THE STATES

• UELMA Headed to CA Governor’s Desk
• Library Association Meets in Connecticut
• California Legislature Suspends Open Meeting Law

ROUNDUP AND REVIEW

• FDLP Connection Celebrates an Anniversary
• FCC Updates Measuring Broadband America Report
• The Future of Big Data
• New Government Accountability Office privacy study
• PCLOB Update
• New CRS Report: Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege

July Issue of Washington E-Bulletin

The July issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET.

IN THIS ISSUE

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

• New Advocacy Resources from the Government Relations Office

STAY INFORMED/GET INVOLVED: News and Action Alerts

• Action Alert: Tell Your Representative to Support Public Access to CRS Reports
• Highlights from the 2012 Annual Meeting
• Legislative Progress Report

OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY: Chapter News

• Chapter Government Relations Roundtable Report

FREE TIME WELL SPENT: Further Reading and Resources for the Info Policy Junkie

• GPO Launches New Training Modules
• Building the 2008 End of Term Web Archive
• AALL Members Make Fastcase 50
• Statue of Law in the Library of Congress’s Main Reading Room

June Issue of E-Bulletin

The June issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET.

IN THIS ISSUE

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

• See you in Boston!

STAY INFORMED/GET INVOLVED: News and Action Alerts

• Act Now! Help AALL Build the Case for Print Legal Resources
• House Judiciary Approves FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization
• A First Look at the FOIA Portal
• Appropriations Update: Bills Await Senate Consideration
• Open Access Petition to be Considered by White House

OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY: Chapter News

• LLAGNY Helps Secure State Aid to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services
• California Assembly Judiciary Committee Approves UELMA Bill
• What’s Next for UELMA in California

FREE TIME WELL SPENT: Further Reading and Resources for the Info Policy Junkie

• Federal Reserve Preparing Inventory of Historical Materials
• NARA Releases Open Government Plan for 2012-2014
• New National Security Archive Publication Makes Available 900 Formerly Classified Documents

May Issue of Washington E-Bulletin

The May issue of the Washington E-Bulletin is now available on AALLNET. 

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

• New Government Relations Office Staff Member, Elizabeth Holland
• Action Alert: Help Save the American Community Survey
• Your Guide to AALL’s Public Policy Programs in Boston

STAY INFORMED/GET INVOLVED: News and Action Alerts

• House Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2013 Legislative Branch Bill
• Judge Evans Issues Long-Awaited Ruling in Georgia State E-Reserves Case
• New One-Pager on Presidential Records

OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY: Chapter News                                

• Supreme Court of Ohio Plans to Discontinue Bound Volumes of Appellate Court Decisions
• Utah Legislature Approves Funding for Statewide Self-Help Center
• Diane Boyer-Vine is the 2012 Recipient of the NOCALL Legislative Advocacy Award
• Connecticut General Assembly Passes Online Regulations Bill

FREE TIME WELL SPENT: Further Reading and Resources for the Info Policy Junkie

• Scout, a New Legislative and Regulatory Research Tool
• Chesapeake Group Finds Thirty-eight Percent of Online Documents Disappear in Five Years
• Report Finds Agencies Still Struggling with Records Management