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Legislation to Restore Public Access to Presidential Documents

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S. 1517: A bill to revoke and Executive Order relating to procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (introduced July 31).

  • From the Congressional Record: July 31, 2003 (Senate), “Mr. Bingaman. Mr. President, I rise today with my colleague from Florida, Senator Graham, to introduce a very simple piece of legislation that would revoke President Bush’s Executive Order 13233 and put back in force President Reagan’s Executive Order 12667–restoring the American people’s access to Presidential papers.”
  • Press release: Bingaman Works to Overturn President Bush’s Executive Order Barring Access to Presidential Records
  • The Presidential Records Act of 1978 was passed by Congress to insure the preservation of and public access to the official records of the President.

    • Tips and Tools for Saved Searches

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    Search query saving tips, by Gwen Harris: “Saving a search query for resubmission later is standard practice among users of for-fee information services. With some tweaking, this can also be done on the open Web. Saved searches can be used to watch for pertinent news stories on the major news search engines — Google, Alltheweb… Continue Reading

    New Gov’t Portal on Household Products

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    Health & Safety Information on Household Products Portal: this new database service from the National Library of Medicine is a portal to information on over 4,000 products arranged in seven categories (auto, home inside, pesticides, landscape/yard, personal care, home maintenance, hobbies & crafts). Users are provided with data on brands, manufacturers, health effects, handling/disposal, and… Continue Reading

    FTC Issues Warning on File Sharing

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    From the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Alert, File-Sharing: A Fair Share? Maybe Not: “…file-sharing can have a number of risks. For example, when you are connected to file-sharing programs, you may unknowingly allow others to copy private files you never intended to share. You may download material that is protected by the copyright laws and… Continue Reading

    Google Adds New Search Feature

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    “Google introduced a new advanced search feature that enables users to search not only for a particular keyword, but also for its synonyms. This is accomplished by placing a ~ character directly in front of the keyword in the search box. For example, to search for browser help as well as browser guides and tutorials… Continue Reading