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May 26, 2012

xyvius wrote 1 day ago: Question from www.plinky.com: Who do you trust with your biggest secrets? Hmm… I guess the fir … more →

Tags: Friends, Information, plinky.com, Privacy, secrets, Sharing

Respect9 comments

Dr. Mom wrote 5 days ago: Warning — vent ahead. I’m not even sure where to start. Government cutbacks aside, I am … more →

Tags: Family Medicine, Internet, health, family medicine, Trust

Federal Circuit joins e-filing: "All Federal Courts Now Accepting Electronic Filing"

George Wilson wrote 1 week ago: As the Washington, DC-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has started accepting elec … more →

Tags: Government Information, Databases, legal publishing, Professional reading, Washington, Law Library Blog, Federal Circuit joins e-filing: "All Federal Courts Now, DC-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, every U.S. federal appellate

Revision of Publication Schemes

vicquayle wrote 1 week ago: Fear not – it looks like plans to revise the requirement for public authorities to have a publ … more →

govDelivery "Email Best Practices Guide"

George Wilson wrote 1 week ago: govDelivery, a “provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions,” has recently … more →

Tags: FREE Resources, Professional reading, Law Library Blog, govDelivery "Email Best Practices Guide", provider of government-to-citizen communication solutio, Public Sector Digital Communication Management Best Pra

NHIF Fiasco: Constructive Tension, Individual Conscience and Access to Information under the Constitution8 comments

misternv wrote 1 week ago: The nation continues to watch as the National Health Insurance Fund is embroiled in controversy over … more →

Tags: Thank Me Later, Shoot The Messenger, Constitutionally Speaking, charity starts at home, nairobi, South Africa, corruption, Kenya, constitution

Chesapeake Digital Preservation Group's 5th Annual Investigation of Link Rot and Legal Resources on the Web

George Wilson wrote 2 weeks ago: The Chesapeake Digital Preservation Group — with participating libraries including the Georget … more →

Tags: open access, Databases, legal publishing, FREE Resources, Professional reading, Legal Research & Writing, Law Library Blog, Chesapeake Digital Preservation Group's 5th Annual Inve, "Link Rot" and Legal Resources on the Web: A 2012 Analy

Genderless passports ‘under review’ in Canada

Tristin Hopper wrote 2 weeks ago: Canadians may soon be able to apply for passports that do not reveal their gender. “Passport Canada … more →

Tags: Canada, News, Béatrice Fénelon, passport Canada

Afghanistan Documentation Project

Anne Burnett wrote 3 weeks ago: A partnership between the War Crimes Research Office, the Pence Law Library of the American Universi … more →

Tags: Lost in the Stacks (Reference), Human Rights, Afghanistan, Humanitarian Law

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

vicquayle wrote 3 weeks ago: This statute has received the Royal Assent and will come into effect via commencement orders, probab … more →

Annual USDoJ FOIA Report

George Wilson wrote 3 weeks ago: The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) Office of Information Policy (OIP) recently (on 29 March 2012) … more →

Tags: Government Information, FREE Resources, Professional reading, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Law Library Blog, Annual USDoJ FOIA Report, U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) Office of Information

BC ruling may affect Corporate Tax Planning

sethnerman wrote 3 weeks ago: A recent Court of Appeal decision from British Columbia may have devastating consequences for busine … more →

Tags: legislation, Taxation, Tax Planning, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, commercial transactions, Real Estate, Corporate compliance, fraud, Business Development

Removing personal data from hard drives

vicquayle wrote 1 month ago: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is urging people to take better care of their old hard d … more →

Tags: Information Technology

New Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report on the U.S. Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)

George Wilson wrote 1 month ago: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) late last month issued a report on the U.S. Federal Deposit … more →

Tags: Government Information, Databases, legal publishing, FREE Resources, Professional reading, Law Library Blog, New Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report on the

Matt Gurney on bureaucrats: 'A journalist has a question! What do we do?!'

Matt Gurney wrote 1 month ago: If you’re looking for a laugh, check out this story in the Ottawa Citizen. It details the long … more →

Tags: Policy, Canada, Journalism, Bureaucracy, NASA, Canadian Space Agency, National Research Council

Feds promise online access requests

mecloader wrote 1 month ago: OTTAWA – A proposed federal project would allow Canadians to submit and pay online for request … more →

Tags: Canada

Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act

Anne Burnett wrote 1 month ago: Six states have recently introduced legislation to address the reliability of online primary legal m … more →

Tags: Just News, Lost in the Stacks (Reference), Legal Research, UELMA, Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, authentication, permanent public access

World Bank to Introduce Open Access Policy

George Wilson wrote 1 month ago: The World Bank has announced today that it is introducing an Open Access (OA) policy. This will mand … more →

Tags: open access, Databases, FREE Resources, Professional reading, international law, World Bank to Introduce Open Access Policy, Open Access (OA) policy, Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)

New Pew Research Center Report: "The Rise of E-Reading"

George Wilson wrote 1 month ago: The Pew Internet & American Life Project of the Pew Research Center has just issued an interesti … more →

Tags: Databases, FREE Resources, Professional reading, ResourceShelf .Com, Pew Internet & American Life Project, New Pew Research Center Report: "The Rise of E-Reading"


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