Friday, January 30, 2009

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 yesterday to ensure equal pay for all, which guarantees that there will not be discrimination on the basis on gender, age or race. The remarks of the President are available on the White House website. There is also a short video clip on the site. The full text of the law is available for public review. Ideas, thoughts, and comments from the public are invited. [Free Government Information (FGI) blogs] 5:06:01 PM     Nationalizing the American Banking System?. Here is an interesting news analysis from The New York Times on whether nationalization or partial-nationalization of the American banking system is a good idea. The pros and cons are discussed in detail. The transcript of George Stephanopoulos' interview with Nancy Pelosi is available from ABC News. She discusses the GOP stimulus proposals and also talks about recovery plans for banks. [Free Government Information (FGI) blogs] 10:15:26 AM     CRS reports to be released. Wikileaks plans to release nearly 10,000 Congressional Research Service reports. See: Wikileaks and CRS, Clay Shirky, Jan 28, 2009. [Free Government Information (FGI) blogs] 10:14:48 AM     New FOIA Requesting Guide from the National Security Archive. The National Security Archive has released a new guide, Effective FOIA Requesting for Everyone. Its aim is to provide “comprehensive overview of how to obtain documents from federal executive branch agencies.â€� It is divided into six chapters and all of them are available online in PDF format. [Free Government Information (FGI) blogs] 10:14:20 AM     Breaking Government News. "The General Services Administration announced that it has delivered on a promise to use Web 2.0 technology to give citizens electronic access to government information. The USA.gov Web site now is offering a governmentwide news feed service and a gallery of gadget applications.... "Additions to the USA.gov Web site include the Government News Aggregator, which is designed to use RSS feeds to deliver news and information from across the federal government."     -- Feds' Web site gets Web 2.0 makeover, By Sharon Gaudin, Computer World, January 27, 2009. Breaking Government News, USA.gov. "Breaking news from the U.S. government." Government Gadget Gallery. USA.gov. "You can embed these gadgets in personalized home pages, blogs, and other sites." [Free Government Information (FGI) blogs] 10:11:35 AM

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