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From Ohmygov (by way of LibraryStuff), Bill would ban free publication of taxpayer funded research On February 3rd, Representative John R. Conyers (MI-14) introduced H.R. 801, a bill also known as the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. According to the Congressional Record summary of the bill (as of 2/3/09), The Fair Copyright in Research [...]
Recovery.gov is obviously a great place for information on the stimulus and where taxpayer money is going. Recovery.gov aims for transparency. Another site for those interested in knowing what projects the stimulus money might go towards is StimulusWatch.org. It’s an interesting site to poke around through and allows everyday folk to share their opinions about [...]
USA.gov has created a Government 2.0 page. It lists “2.0″ tools from their site and has a small collection of links to other government-wide 2.0 resources such as blogs, gadgets, RSS feeds, podcasts, videos and virtual tours. Photo credit: USA.gov word cloud. (It includes the top 75 most used words on their website).
Technology has enhanced the opportunity for transparency in our government, but has it come at the expense of privacy? The Obama administration talks a lot about transparency at the federal level. In his aim to increase public participation in government, Obama utilizes technology to make government more accessible — and transparent — to the public. [...]
For those of us taking government documents/searching classes: I found today’s post at the Library Journal, Government Documents Move to Improved Federal Digital System, extremely interesting, timely and applicable to my current studies! Changes are a-coming to GPOAccess… In fact, by mid-2009, GPOAccess will be no more as the Government Printing Office’s new Federal Digital [...]
