Posted in Law and Technology, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Aug 10th, 2011
The House of Representative releases new beta version of the United States Code online. The United States Code is prepared and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel (“OLRC”) of the U.S. House of Representatives pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b. The Code contains the general and permanent laws of the United States, organized into titles [...]
Posted in Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Feb 22nd, 2011
The Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives – the Office that codifies the public laws passed by Congress – recently announced new Title 51 of the United States Code. H.R. Bill No. 3237, 111th Congress, “To Enact Certain Laws Relating to National and Commercial Space Programs as Title [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Feb 8th, 2011
The 111th and 112th legislative information available on THOMAS, a database from the Library of Congress, has been added to the basic search on the governmental website, science.gov. Read the full release. By including THOMAS in your search, you will be guided to the “Bill Summary & Status” containing information about bills and amendments on your topic. [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Apr 22nd, 2010
Published on April 21, 2010, the new addition to the LLRX.com titled The Government Domain: New & Free Regulations Trackers, by Peggy Garvin, highlights few online resources that make the federal legislative information available in new ways. Those include the following: GovTrack.us OpenCongress.org RegInfo.gov Regulations.gov Federal Register OpenRegs.com FedThread.org Regulations Tracker from Justia Cornell e-Rulemaking [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2010
The U.S. Government Printing Office has released President Obama’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2011. It is available in PDF format at: http://fdsys.gpo.gov. Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about federal borrowing [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Jan 5th, 2010
Via the Law Library of Congress, if you would like to stay informed about what legislation has passed Congress and is awaiting the president’s signature, you can do so by subscribing to RSS feeds or via email alerts. The following are some topics for which RSS feed or email alerts are available: THOMAS: Bills Presented [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Aug 25th, 2009
iAWFUL is a NetChoice initiative dedicated to tracking the worst [proposed or passed] Internet laws in America. Reckless and misguided laws, often originating at the state level, threaten to undermine the foundation of the free and open Internet. Some of the most serious threats to the Internet come in the form of lawmakers trying to [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Jul 30th, 2009
On July 27, 2009 Peggy Garvin published an article on LLRx.com titled The Government Domain – Congressional Documents on FDsys: the Basics. Peggy Garvin of Garvin Information Consulting is author of The United States Government Internet Manual 2006-2007 (Bernan Press) and Real World Research Skills (TheCapitol.Net). The U.S. federal government’s content shop, the Government Printing [...]
Posted in Environmental Law on Jun 30th, 2009
CBO (Congressional Budget Office) released a review of the H.R. 2998 American Clean Energy and Security Act – Cost estimate for the bill as amended and reported by the House Committee on Rules on June 26, 2009.
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Jun 26th, 2009
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States based on what is printed in the Statutes at Large. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. The [...]
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