Proposed FAR on Government Printing Officially Published- November 14, 2002 An update to my last post: The proposed rule to implement the May OMB initiative on government printing has now been published in the Federal Register. The official site is 67 F.R. 68914 (Nov. 13, 2002). The proposed rule contains a lengthy summary at the beginning discussing the separation of powers issue. I haven't had a chance to read the whole thing yet, but I understand that while there's language bemoaning "fugitive documents" and encouraging agencies to submit documents to the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109773/2002/11/14.html#a84 OMBGPO Contflict Continues- November 12, 2002 Lots of you may have already read the LA Times editorial entitled Chokehold on Knowledge (the LA Times requires registration, so this may or may not work). I first read about it through an excellent blog written by law professor Jeff Cooper, Cooped Up. His post quotes from the editorial and also mentions an incident this fall where OMB "changed" the record. Bibliolatry mentioned the conflict today as well. She referred to this article about OMB's draft regulation. A...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109773/2002/11/12.html#a83 Lawyers for Libraries- November 12, 2002 I spotted this last week in a link from Library Juice: Apparently ALA has a program called Lawyers for Libraries that sponsors training for lawyers who want to to get involved in First Amendment issue and specifically in defending libraries. They have training sessions scheduled in February in Washington, D.C. and in Chicago in May. Five hundred dollars plus airfare and hotel seems a bit much for an evening and one day of training, but then I'm just a poor librarian. .http://radio.weblogs.com/0109773/2002/11/12.html#a82 I'm still here- November 12, 2002 I don't know if anyone's missed me or not (thanks, Morgan, for the e-mail today), but I've just not had much I wanted to comment on lately. However, a few things have accumulated over the past few weeks that I'm going to try to post today. Thanks for your patience.http://radio.weblogs.com/0109773/2002/11/12.html#a81 |