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• Membership Meeting 2014 (Fall): The New Digital Landscape of Government Information: Implications for Research Libraries

  Presented at the 165th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2014, in Washington, DC by Charley Barth. mm14fall_barth_DataMgt.pdf

• Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments Passed by House

  On January 14, the US House of Representations unanimously approved the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014. The legislation, H.R. 1233, updates selected provisions of the Presidential Records...

• ARL Letter to FCC Regarding Access to Materials During Shutdowns

  On Monday, December 2, ARL joined others in the library community in submitting a letter to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in regards to making its primary legal materials...

• Library Community Encourages FCC to Make Materials Accessible via FDsys

  On Monday, December 2, ARL joined others in the library community in a letter (PDF) requesting that the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) make its primary legal materials and publicly available...

• US National Archives Launches Founders Online

  Yesterday the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), through its National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), along with the University of Virginia Press launched a beta version of...

• Library Associations Support Nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks for Public Printer

  On June 11, ARL joined the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), and Special Libraries Association (SLA) in a letter (PDF) to the US Senate...

• Library Associations Letter Supporting Nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks as US Public Printer (June 11, 2013)

  On June 11, 2013, five major library associations—ARL, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), Special Libraries Association (SLA)—sent this letter to the US Senate Committee...

• Library Associations Letter re NAPA Proposal to Charge End-User Fees for FDsys (May 30, 2013)

  On May 30, 2013, five major library associations—ARL, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), Special Libraries Association (SLA)—sent this letter to the Committee on House...

• Library Associations Thank House Committee for Supporting Free Access to Government Documents

  On May 30, ARL joined the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), and Special Libraries Association (SLA) in a letter (PDF) to the Committee on...

• Letter to Sunstein Regarding Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities (Apr. 30, 2012)

  Letter in support of the comments filed by Public.resources.org concerning "Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities."  ltsunsteinibr-30apr12.pdf

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