Category «Legislation»

The Essential Guide to Legislation

PoliticoPro – “During a single Congress, hundreds of bills are enacted into federal law – but the initial legislation proposed by lawmakers in the House and Senate can number well over 10,000 bills per session of Congress. With so much proposed legislation flowing through the standard processes, tracking can quickly become difficult. This guide breaks …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public

Bloomberg – The tech giant doesn’t have to be dismantled. Sharing its crown jewel might reshape the internet. ” Recognition is growing worldwide that something big needs to be done about Big Tech, and fast. More than $8 billion in fines have been levied against Google by the European Union since 2017. Facebook Inc., facing …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

European Legislation Identifier (ELI)

European Commission – ELI – Advancing the access, shareability and interoperability of legal information published through regional, national European and global legal information systems – “When is this solution for you?  You represent a governmental legal information system: you seek a tool to facilitate interoperable and inclusive legal information sharing. You are a legal professional …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

Compiling a Federal Legislative History: A Beginner’s Guide

Library of Congress research guide – A comprehensive research guide on finding federal legislative history documents, including congressional committee reports and hearings, presidential signing statements, and the debates of Congress Authors: Barbara Bavis, Bibliographic and Research Instruction Librarian, Law Library of Congress; Robert Brammer, Senior Legal Information Specialist, Law Library of Congress

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

CRS – Policy and Legislative Research for Congressional Staff – Finding Documents, Analysis, News and Training

Policy and Legislative Research for Congressional Staff: Finding Documents, Analysis, News, and Training. March 25, 2014 – June 28, 2019. R43434.  Sarah W. Caldwell, Senior Research Librarian; Ada S. Cornell, Senior Research Librarian; Michele L. Malloy. Research Librarian. “This report is intended to serve as a finding aid for congressional documents, executive branch documents and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

Will California’s New Bot Law Strengthen Democracy?

The New Yorker – “When you ask experts how bots influence politics—that is, what specifically these bits of computer code that purport to be human can accomplish during an election—they will give you a list: bots can smear the opposition through personal attacks; they can exaggerate voters’ fears and anger by repeating short simple slogans; …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Government Documents, Internet, Legislation, Privacy, Social Media

Identifying, Discussing, and Responding to Gender Bias in the Legal Profession

Goodman, Christine Chambers, Identifying, Discussing, and Responding to Gender Bias in the Legal Profession (2019). California Real Property Journal, Vol. 37, Iss. 1; Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019/10. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3409280 “This article begins with highlights from a few stories by real estate practitioners describing their real-world experiences. It then provides …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Judiciary Creates Public User Group for PACER

Via press release on June 26, 2019: “The Federal Judiciary has created and is seeking members for a public user group to provide advice and feedback on ways to improve its electronic public access services. The Electronic Public Access (EPA) Public User Group membership will be selected from interested applicants who represent the legal sector, …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Can a cancer registry keep firefighters safe?

BBC: “A new US cancer database – the Firefighter Cancer Registry which was fully funded by Congress in June – aims to track the careers and health histories of thousands of firefighters in order to better understand the link between emergency work and disease, writes Victoria Oldridge. For thousands of years, firefighters have entered into …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Sens. Warner, Hawley Team on Social Media Data Monetization Dashboard

“Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) will introduce the Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight And Regulations on Data (DASHBOARD) Act, bipartisan legislation that will require data harvesting companies such as social media platforms to tell consumers and financial regulators exactly what data they are collecting from consumers, and how …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Commerce, E-Government, Economy, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Social Media

Technological Convergence: Regulatory, Digital Privacy, and Data Security Issues

EveryCRSReport.com – Technological Convergence: Regulatory, Digital Privacy, and Data Security Issues. May 30, 2019 R45746. “Technological convergence, in general, refers to the trend or phenomenon where two or more independent technologies integrate and form a new outcome. One example is the smartphone. A smartphone integrated several independent technologies—such as telephone, computer, camera, music player, television …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation