Intersect Alert December 9, 2012
Freedom of Information Finding Agency FOIA Regulations a Shockingly Difficult Task “Today the National Security Archive published its latest Freedom of Information Act audit to assess which agencies...
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Freedom of Information Update on the National Inventory of Legal Materials “During the past 3 years, more than 350 AALL volunteers have contributed their time as part of their state working group to...
View ArticleIntersect Alert December 30, 2012
Freedom of Information Senate Passes Intelligence Bill Without Anti-Leak Measures “The Senate passed the FY2013 intelligence authorization act on December 28 after most of the controversial provisions...
View ArticleIntersect Alert January 7, 2013
Freedom of Information Library of Congress has archive of tweets, but no plan for its public display In the few minutes it will take you to read this story, some 3 million new tweets will have flitted...
View ArticleIntersect Alert January 14, 2013
Freedom of Information The war that never was: Most elaborate Wikipedia hoax ever as 4,500 word article on ‘Bicholim Conflict’ – a fictitious fight for Goan independence – fooled site for FIVE YEARS It...
View ArticleIntersect Alert February 11, 2013
Intellectual Property Issues The Orphan Works Problem: Time to Fix It Can Congress embrace and enact sensible copyright policy? Four years ago, for a brief shining moment, it seemed the answer might...
View ArticleIntersect Alert March 3, 2013
Freedom of Information White House Regulatory Office Too Quiet About Its Activities, Study Finds “A notable portion of meeting records, oral communications and public comments related to agency...
View ArticleIntersect Alert March 10, 2013
It’s Sunshine Week! Celebrating Sunshine Week 2013 “Sunshine Week, a nationwide initiative highlighting the importance of open government and accountability, will be held this year from March 10-16....
View ArticleIntersect Alert March 17, 2013
Freedom of Information Sunshine Week: In Celebration of Open Government “As President Barack Obama has stated, “Openness will strengthen our democracy, and promote efficiency and effectiveness in...
View ArticleIntersect Alert March 24, 2013
Freedom of Information Sunshine Week in Review “As Emily recently shared, last week marked the ninth annual Sunshine Week, a time to reflect on the state of public access to government information and...
View ArticleIntersect Alert February 4, 2013
Intellectual Property Issues Publishers and Library Groups Spar in Appeal to Ruling on Electronic Course Reserves Fair use and electronic course reserves are back in court. A keenly watched copyright...
View ArticleIntersect Alert February 25, 2013
Freedom of Information Justices consider Va. limits on access to public records The Supreme Court’s justices suggested Wednesday that state laws limiting access to government records to their own...
View ArticleIntersect Alert April 14th, 2013
Freedom of Information Wikileaks opens Public Library of US Diplomacy (PLUSD) with large cache of 1970s US diplomatic and intel documents Wikileaks today announced the launch of the Public Library of...
View ArticleIntersect Alert April 21st, 2013
Freedom of Information Debate Continues Over Enhanced, Interactive eBooks “Last week, The Guardian ran an article about the introduction of “next generation” ebooks at this year’s London Book Fair....
View ArticleIntersect Alert May 12, 2013
Freedom of Information New Executive Order will increase government transparency The White House has issued a new Executive Order (EO 13642) making open and machine readable the new default for...
View ArticleIntersect Alert May 19, 2013
Freedom of Information Seeing Like a Citizen: How Activists Are Making State Laws Legible “The Open Government Foundation announced Friday that it had released MarylandCode.org, a web-friendly and...
View ArticleIntersect Alert May 27, 2013
Freedom of Information Data.gov embraces open source data management “As part of a series of major upgrades, Data.gov today moved to a new data catalog based on an open source data management system,...
View ArticleIntersect Alert June 2, 2013
Freedom of Information Major Library Associations Thank Committee on House Administration for Rejecting NAPA Suggestion to Charge for FDsys “The five major library associations – AALL, American Library...
View ArticleIntersect Alert June 9, 2013
Freedom of Information: Just How Many Drone Licenses Has the FAA Really Issued? The Los Angeles Times reported last week that the FAA has issued 1,428 permits to domestic drone operators since 2007...
View ArticleIntersect Alert June 17, 2013
Freedom of Information: U.S. federal judge lifts ban on public access to Medicare data A U.S. federal judge lifted a 33-year-old injunction barring public access to a confidential database of Medicare...
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