Legislative Information

December 16, 2008

GPO Authentication Initiative: Beta Release of Authenticated Congressional Bills

“GPO’s Authentication initiative focuses on the primary objective of assuring users that the information made available by GPO is official and authentic and that trust relationships exist between all participants in electronic transactions. In furthering GPO’s mission to provide permanent public access to authentic U.S. Government publications, GPO is working to afford users further assurance that files are unchanged since GPO authenticated them.

The Beta release of an Authenticated Congressional Bills application provides digitally signed and certified Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files for a sample set of Congressional Bills from the 110th Congress. GPO has signed and certified the House and Senate bills PDF files within this application as part of GPO’s initiative to reassure users that the online documents are official and authentic.

The documents in this database are available as ASCII text and digitally signed and certified Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.”

December 3, 2008

Financial Business Plan Documents Submitted by Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors to Congress

by David Badertscher

The following are among the financial planning documents which have been submitted to the U.S. Congress by automakers Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors as requested:

FORD:

Ford Motor Company Business Plan as Submitted to the Senate Banking Committee on December 2, 2008

December 2, 2008

Plum Book: United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions

by David Badertscher

The United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the plum book is published every four years just after the Presidential elections. It is publisned, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Below is a list of major categories of positions discussed and the Table of Contents:

MAJOR CATEGORIES:

November 13, 2008

New York Mid Year Financial Plan Update: 2008-2009 Through 2011-2012

by David Badertscher

October 28 2008

FROM THE INTRODUCTION:

This Mid-Year Financial Plan (the “Mid-Year Financial Plan”) revises the State’s fiscal projections for the 2008-09 through 2011-12 fiscal years that were set forth in the First Quarterly Update to the Financial Plan (the “First Quarterly Update”) dated July 30, 2008. The revised Plan reflects (a) updated estimates of receipts and disbursements based on DOB’s1 revised economic forecasts for the nation and State, operating results through the first six months of fiscal year 2008-09, and a comprehensive review of factors affecting the long-term current-services forecast; (b) the estimated impact of cost-saving measures approved by the Governor and Legislature in August 2008, after the issuance of the First Quarterly Update; and (c) the status of actions to reduce State operations spending that were instituted earlier in the fiscal year.

October 10, 2008

U.S. Federal Documents Covering the Economy

by David Badertscher

The following list of documents covering the economy for the week ending October 10 was compiled by Basil Tilmon of Gallerywatch. We appreciate his efforts:

Letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller From Reps. Mark Kirk and Chris Carney

Letter Expresses a Need for More Resources to Investigate Corporate Fraud

October 2, 2008

U.S. Senate Passes Bailout Plan

by David Badertscher

The U.S. Senate endorsed the $700 million bailout plan by a margin of 74 to 25 in favor. Here are some of the highlights of the Senate Approved Plan as reported in the October 2, 2008 Wall Street Journal (Page A3):

“Like the deal rejected by the House, the Senate bill includes:

$700 BILLION FOR BAD ASSETS: $250 billion immediately, $100 billion on Treasury Secretary’s request $350 billion subject to congressional joint resolution.

October 1, 2008

Proposed Legislation Related to the Second Bailout Attempt in the U.S. Senate HR 1424 and 3997

by David Badertscher

From information provided by Gallerywatch.com, October 1, 2008

Regardless of the final outcome, these two documents combined should provide you a picture of the second bailout attempt scheduled in the U.S. Senate. Even if you do not see this until action has been taken, they provide some some fascinating reading for those who are interested.

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 HR 1424

September 29, 2008

Selected Documents: U.S. Ecomonic Stimulus

by David Badertscher

The following are links to three legislative documents regarding the Emergency Econimic Stabilization Act of 2008 from those included in our subscription to Gallerywatch.com. We are grateful to the Gallerywatch team for their hard work and dedication in compiling this and much more information over this past weekend:

Final Legislative Text of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as agreed on September 28, 2008

Section by Section Sumary of the Emergency Ecomomic Stabilization Act of 2008 as released by the House Financial Services Chairman, Barney Frank

September 23, 2008

Support Ohio Draft Reform Bill SB 345 to Help Ohio County Law Libraries

by David Badertscher

Ohio Draft Reform Bill SB345

Increasingly, county law libraries face new challenges with regards to their funding, space and continued existence in the states with established systems. These challenges were addressed in 2005 with legislation in Ohio to cut back on funds going to county law libraries. Please take a moment to read this summary of the bill and let us know if you are in favor of SCCLL supporting Ohio county law libraries in their struggle. Please go to our website to share your read more and share your vote.

www.aallnet.org/sis/sccll