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GAO Reports on Progress in Implementing Electronic Records Archives

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Information Management: Planning for the Electronic Records Archives Has Improved GAO-04-927, September 23, 2004. Highlights (both PDF): “Since 2001, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been working to develop the policies and plans to build the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), a major information system that is intended to preserve and provide access to… Continue Reading

New on LLRX.com

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Rich Site Services: Web Feeds for Extended Information and Library Services Commentary: A Librarian Blogger at the DNC I’ll Have Wireless to Go, Please Looking For International Law? EISIL It! Net Snippets: How to Manage Your Legal Research and Save Time Too Law Firm Marketing: Lawyers Win Business With Blogs After Hours – Travel Tips… Continue Reading

National Archives Responds to Email Hoax About Veterans’ Records

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As posted on the online military personnel records request system from the National Archives: “There is a rumor circulating among veteran service organizations that Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) at the National Personnel Records Center will be digitized and then destroyed. This rumor is NOT TRUE…The National Archives and Records Administration preserves and protects OMPFs… Continue Reading

Hearing on SAFE Act and Patriot Act

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The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing today, “A Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Proposals, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the SAFE Act.” Link to testimony and member statements The SAFE Act (S. 1709), To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to place reasonable limitations on the use of surveillance and the issuance of search… Continue Reading

Electronic Voting Machine Quick Reference Guides

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From the EFF: Electronic Voting Machine Quick Reference Guides: Includes an Information sheet and glossary (with tips for election observers) and a Location list of which voting machines are in your county. See also this testimony today, by EPIC, before the Election Assistance Commission Technical Guidelines Development Committee hearing on Human Factors and Privacy, relating… Continue Reading

USPTO Final Rule Adopts Use of S-Signatures

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From today’s Federal Register, Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan; Final Rule [Link] “Discussion of Specific Rules…Section 1.4(d)(2) is rewritten to provide for the signing of correspondence by use of an S-signature, which is defined as a signature between forward slash marks…” Continue Reading

Princeton Researchers Launch Database of American Libraries Before 1876

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Press release from the Davies Project at Princeton University, Research into the History of University Libraries in the United States and the History of their Collections Database of American Libraries before 1876: “More than 9,800 records for over 80 types of libraries, searchable on 14 fields. Also view original Unisort data cards. Users may record… Continue Reading