Day archives: September 4th, 2009

White House voluntary disclosure policy – visitor access records

White Hosue Policy: “The President has decided to increase governmental transparency by implementing a voluntary disclosure policy governing White House visitor access records. The White House will release, on a monthly basis, all previously unreleased WAVES and ACR access records that are 90 to 120 days old. For example, records created in January 2010 will …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Executive Agency Ethics Pledge Waivers

White House: “We have previously reported six limited waivers that have been granted by the White House pursuant to the President’s Executive Order on Ethics for Executive Branch personnel – the strongest ethics standards in U.S. government history. Three of these waivers involved lobbying-related issues and three did not. We blogged about them here, here, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

GPO Releases 8 new collections into the Federal Digital System

The Government Printing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce the release of 8 new collections into the Federal Digital System (FDsys). The new collections are: Congressional Directory (105th Congress to present) Congressional Record (Bound) (1999 to 2001) Congressional Record Index (Daily) (1983 to Present) Economic Report of the President (1996 to present) GAO Reports and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Employment Situation Summary – August 2009

News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in August (-216,000), and the unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Although job losses continued in many of the major industry sectors in August, the declines have moderated in recent months. In August, the number of unemployed persons increased …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Google Publishes Books Privacy Policy

Google Books Privacy Policy, September 3, 2009 “The main Google Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal information when you use Google’s products and services, including Google Books. This additional Policy for Google Books does three things: (1) it highlights key provisions of the main Google Privacy Policy in the context of the Google Books …

Subjects: Copyright, Legal Research, Libraries, Privacy