Sharing navigation and design similarities with the Library of Congress site as well as the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration site, today’s launch of the upgraded THOMAS Congressional information site offers citizens, educators and researchers additional browse and search features (including the ability to Search Multiple Congresses, from the 101 to the 109; links to full text treaties; and a Presidential nominations search feature with links to Senate hearings). This year was the twentieth anniversary of the site, which has undergone a series of changes, updates and redesigns.
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Daily Archives: November 17, 2005
Patriot Act Reauthorization Encounters Strong Opposition
Following up on reports of civil liberties protections having been stripped from the draft Patriot Act reauthorization and information that the bill contains “poison pill measures,” news today that a bipartisan group of Senators (including Feingold and Sununu) is attempting to block passage of bill by the full Senate. Their statement is here. Continue Reading
Union Launches Job Tracker Database on Outsourcing and Labor Violations
Job Tracker: “Find out which companies in your area are exporting jobs, endangering workers’ health or involved in cases of violations of workers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The database contains information on more than 60,000 companies nationwide.” Users may search by zip code, state, company name or by industry. Continue Reading
Google Print Morphs Into Google Book Search
From the Official Google Blog, “When we launched Google Print, our goal was to make it easier for users to discover books. Now that we’re starting to achieve that, we think a more descriptive name will help clarify what our users can do with it: namely, search the full text of books to find ones… Continue Reading
