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Entries Tagged as 'approps'

Bulk data downloads approved in the omnibus spending bill (success!)

March 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Two recommendations of our report have been moved forward in the FY09 omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 1105) which cleared the Senate yesterday and the House last month. The first recommendation in our chapter on legislative databases was that the Library of Congress make its bill status database directly available to the public and that the [...]

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GPO Testimony to the Approps Committee

March 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I just got a copy of the prepared testimony from the GPO for today’s hearing in the legislative appropriations committee. (embedded below).

Notably, they discuss appropriations for the FDSYS system for digital government-wide documents access, and illustrate the efficiency that has come with digital technology. They also discuss web-harvesting, and the FDLP expenditures.
There’s a [...]

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