New State News & Publications Page

This page is for news and publications hot off the press.
In case you haven’t seen the following on the GovDoc-L listserv or on the Free Government Information blog, Daniel Cornwall posted a new, exciting project:
The ALA GODORT 50-State Agency Databases Registry, which I coordinate, has launched a new set of subject-focused database collections under the [...]

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What do they say about government on the Web in your library?

E-Government Citizen Satisfaction Declines for Third Straight Quarter (PDF: 17 KB)
Source: American Customer Satisfaction Index
Citizen satisfaction with e-government slips for a third straight quarter, according to the fourth quarter report of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Government Satisfaction Index. The cross- departmental measure of over 100 federal websites fell [...]

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E-Government: Pros and Cons

CDT and OMB Watch Release Report on Searchability of Government Information (PDF; 44 KB)
Source: Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and OMB Watch
Vital government information appears “invisible” to millions of Americans who are combing the Internet and looking for answers via the most popular search engines, according to a report released today by [...]

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Clean Water in Anchorage

EPA proposes fines against Anchorage Alaska Developer for Clean Water
Act Violations
(Anchorage, Alaska – Dec. 18, 2007) The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has commenced an administrative penalty
action against Anthony Lerma for violations of the federal Clean
Water Act (CWA). The violations occurred at Lerma’s construction site
located at 5151 Lake Otis and East 52nd Avenue in Anchorage, [...]

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HIV/AIDS rate high for First Nations people

American Indians and Alaska Natives have the third highest rate of HIV/AIDS diagnosis in the United States, according to a new Indian Health Service report. They are also more likely than individuals with HIV/AIDS from other racial and ethnic groups to receive treatment at later stages of the disease and have shorter [...]

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This Just In From the FDLP Desktop…

What are you doing Spring Break? Federal Depository Library Council Meeting, Spring 2008–from GPO: “The Federal Depository Library Council Meeting will be held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, MO, from Monday, March 31 to Wednesday, April 2. The meeting will begin on Monday with registration at 8:00 a.m. and wrap up [...]

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EPA wants comments: endocrine disruptors

Comments Sought: Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Draft Procedures
Contacts: (Media only) Dale Kemery, (202) 564-4355 / kemery.dale@epa.gov
(Other inquries) William (Bill) Wooge, (202) 564-8476 / wooge.william@epa.gov
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is calling for comments about draft policies and procedures for the initial screening of pesticide chemicals under [...]

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New Resource

 
Hi all, I want to alert you to a site that pulls together information that I think we all may find useful and interesting for our patrons. The message below is the email I received today through the site’s subscription service.
There are reports on privacy and public access, criminal victimization, [...]

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Law of the Sea 25th Anniversary

For a report on the United Nations Law of the Sea convention, link here.
For in-depth publications, link here.

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New page: Digital Posterity

What is your depository’s preservation plan? What formats do you store and what are the options for those formats? Our blog’s newly created Digital Preservation page has potential to be a very useful resource for sharing resources and strategies among Alaska depositories. I have posted a few resources and have pointed out some of the [...]

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