Reported by Walter Baumann:
The idea for the Sunlight Foundation’s, Open States Project, began in 2009. From an initial core of volunteers from several states, the project has gathered volunteer contributors from all 50 staes plus Wash. D.C. &
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Category Archive: Government Relations News
UELMA Introduced in Illinois
The Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, or UELMA, has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly. For more information, see Keith Ann Stiverson’s guest post on Kevin McClure’s Gov Docs Guy blog.
…Trusting Online Law – UELMA Has a Way to Go
Reported by Walter Baumann:
In a recent posting on the blog of the Canadian legal news web site, Slaw, Judith Gaskell, former Director of the Law Library of Congress and former Director of the DePaul Rinn Law library, wrote about
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Mayor Emanuel Ushers in New Era in City Data Access
Reported by Walter Baumann:
Mayor Emanuel has moved quickly to have city agencies ass
emble and distribute data from their operations. This data will also be used internally for data analysis to improve city decision-making and management. To carry out …
Finding Illinois Law
The CALL Government Relations Committee is proud to publish Finding Illinois Law: A Librarian’s Guide for Non-Lawyers. Recognizing that legal research is a specialized skill practiced by attorneys and law librarians, but that the general public often has a …
Action Alert: Receipt of Unwanted and Unordered Merchandise
AALL Government Relations is asking you to take action if your law library receives unwanted and unordered merchandise from a legal materials vendor. Check out AALL’s Action Alert for details on filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) …