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Legislative Databases recommendation makes it to House Leg Branch Appropriations markup

July 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m ecstatic. All right, so this all goes back to late 2006, a bunch of people sitting at their computers writing some emails about what Congress should do with data. I distinctly remember Dan Newman and I both thinking that the Library of Congress should make its raw legislative database (that powers THOMAS) available directly [...]

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Library of Congress Appropriations Testimony

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday’s legislative branch subcommittee hearing featured testimony from from Dr. James Billington, the Librarian of Congress. He gave an update on current LoC initiatives, and described funding priorities. From the testimony:
Demand for online services, increased pressure on web services operations to enhance THOMAS, the World Digital Library (WDL), and the Legal Information Services [...]

Tags: LIS · LoC · OSI · OpenHouse · appropriations