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ARL Celebrates the Archivist of the United States (AOTUS) on His Retirement
After 12 years of distinguished service as the 10th archivist of the United States, David S. Ferriero will retire in April 2022. President Obama appointed Ferriero in 2009. He was...
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Demand Progress Letter Requesting Congress to Direct the Congressional Research Services (CRS) to Publish All Non-Confidential CRS Reports Online
On December 13, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by Demand Progress asking Members of the Joint Committee on the Library to publish CRS reports online, in accordance with the...
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Demand Progress Letter in Support of Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Legislation
On November 5, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by Demand Progress asking Senate leadership to consider the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA), which would strengthen congressional oversight...
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Libraries Are Leading Advocates Shaping and Influencing Greater Access to Information during COVID-19 Crisis
As higher education and most of daily life has withdrawn from physical spaces and shifted to a fully online environment to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians and library collectives...
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Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
Recognizing the need to centralize government printing and to establish a mechanism to provide US citizens with no-fee access to federal government information, Congress passed the Printing Act of 1895...
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Public Access to Federally Funded Research and Government Information
Numerous federal statutes, executive orders, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars provide agencies with guidance concerning the creation, collection, maintenance, dissemination, and preservation of government information. Ensuring effective...
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Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science Proposed EPA Rule
On August 15, 2018, Prudence Adler, Associate Executive Director, sent a letter on behalf of the Association to interim EPA director Andrew Wheeler, opposing the proposed rule "Strengthening Transparency in...
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Letter to Committee on Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act
On April 5, 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) signed a letter in support of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, HR 4631, to the Committee on House...
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Libraries Welcome House Administration Committee Approval of FDLP Modernization Act
National library associations praised the Committee on House Administration’s approval of the FDLP Modernization Act (H.R. 5305) today. The bipartisan bill would update and strengthen the Federal Depository Library Program...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—September 2017
An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from May 20, 2017, through September 22, 2017,...
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