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Vacancy Announcement: Research Manager – Congressional Research Service

Research Manager-Congress and Judiciary SALARY RANGE: 120,830.00 – 153,200.00 USD /year OPEN PERIOD: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 to Tuesday, September 22, 2009 SERIES & GRADE: GS-0101-15/15 POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time Permanent – No time limit PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 15 DUTY LOCATIONS: vacancy(s) in one of the following locations: 1 vacancy –…

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OpentheGovernment.Org Secrecy Report Card 2009

We are forwarding the following message from Emily Feldman of the Government Relatiojns Office of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) because it contains important information that we believe should be distributed widely: OpenTheGovernment.org today released the latest edition of their annual Secrecy Report Card (http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/SecrecyRC_2009.pdf). This year’s report…

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Book Review: Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

Title: Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln Author: John Stauffer Publisher: Twelve (Hatchett Book Group) Price: $30.00 ISBN: 13-0978-0-446-58009-0 Pages: 432 Abraham Lincoln has been written about extensively and ranks as one of the most prolifically written about subjects in print. Frederick Douglass is a much…

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Government, Cookies, and Federal Web Sites – Continued

After posting two articles on this Web site here and here related to the Obama administration seriously considering allowing much greater flexibility regarding the use of cookies and tracking devices on government Web sites, I thought I was finished with the topic. That is until this morning August 25 when…

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Transparency Chic According to Katherine Mangnu-Ward

In her interesting and provocative article, “Transparency Chic”, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Senior Editor at Reason Magazine, writes: “…Privacy is dead. But one kind of information is still cozily tucked away, the law…[W]ith the possible exception of the ever-leaky CIA, no aspect of government remains more locked down than the secretive, hierarchical…

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Citations and Hyperlinks To Materials in Court Opinions on the Web

The following article published in the July 2009 issue of The Third Branch: Newsletter of the Federal Courts discusses a project conducted by U.S. Circuit librarians in the federal courts, and organized by the Fudicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (CACM). The project involved observation and recording…

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100 Tips and Trick for Blogging Librarians

People from the Online College sometimes send me various lists related to libraries and websites which they have compiled for publication on the web. Their latest is a compilation by Donna Scott of “100 Terrific Tips & Tools for Blogging Librarians“. Donna’s list contains a number of interesting observations. I…

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Google: Is Free An Antitrust Issue?

Can the offering of goods and services such as Google searches free of charge be considered in violation of antitrust? Many librarians have expressed an interest in this issue. They are concerned about what any resolution of this question wll have on their continuing efforts to provide knowledge based goods…

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The Importance of Forensics in the Fields of Criminal Law and Justice: An Introduction

BY KAT SANDERS* It’s easier to solve crime today than it was 50 years ago, because of the advances that have been made in the field of science, or to be more specific, forensic science. In fact, new and innovative crime solving techniques are being introduced by the day to…

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Law School Journals and Open Access

On june 15, 2009 we received an interesting question by e-mail regarding law school journals and open access. Somewhat later we received another e-mail from the same person, summarizing the responses to her original query. Due to increasing interest and concern regarding information access issues, including open access to law…

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