Archive for "Dec 2007"

Help Move Presidential Records Reform Bill in Senate

The Presidential Records Act Amendments bill (H.R. 1255) is currently being prevented from a vote in the U.S. Senate for unknown reasons. Previously, it had been put on hold for several months by Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY), who refused to state his reasons for doing so. The White House has threatened to veto H.R. 1255.
H.R. [...]

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District Dispatch Podcast #24

Episode
District Dispatch Podcast #24
Cast

Aaron Krebeck, Public Services Librarian III, Charles County (MD) Public Library
Andy Bridges, Communications Director, ALA Washington Office

Subject
“23 Things” is an initiative from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. It’s designed to expand a library’s knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0. Aaron Krebeck here discusses what he and [...]

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Grants Update: December 28, 2007

Learning Opportunities for Urban Youth Funded
Tiger Woods Foundation
The mission of the Tiger Woods Foundation is to empower young people to reach their highest potential by initiating and supporting community-based programs that promote the health, education, and welfare of America’s children. The Foundation currently provides grants to nonprofit organizations that [...]

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EPA ordered to re-open libraries

PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON —This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was ordered by Congress to re-open many of its libraries that had been closed over the course of the past year, as written into the fiscal year 2008 omnibus appropriations bill sent to President Bush this week.
EPA must “restore the network of EPA libraries recently closed [...]

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Senior FBI official, whistleblower to address ALA Meeting

PRESS RELEASE

Senior FBI official, whistleblower to address ALA Meeting
The Chief of the FBI unit responsible for administering both the FBI’s National Security Letter program for warrantless searches of telephone records and the top secret “special program” will speak at librarians’ conference .
 
 
WASHINGTON —The Chief of the FBI unit responsible for administering two highly controversial FBI [...]

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