ALA Washington Office News & Media Archives
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Print & Web
2010
- 02.18 J.K. Rowling faces another plagiarism suit
- 02.11 EFF, library groups argue against autodesk appeal
- 02.04 FCC to mull E-Rate modifications at upcoming meeting (pdf)
- 02.02 President’s FY2011 budget proposals calls for cuts to school library
- 02.01 Federal Library Funding Frozen, as Expected, in President's Budget
- 02.01 President Obama Proposes Eliminating Federal School Library Funds
- 01.27 Libraries Face Perfect Storm: More Need, Less Funds
- 01.18 ALA 2010 Midwinter Meeting - American Library Association - Library Journal
- 01.18 ALA 2010 Midwinter Meeting: Bad News from Washington on Patriot Act
- 01.04 Libraries, community colleges vie for additional broadband funding
- 01.04 Libraries want more stimulus money for public computer centers
2009
- 12.30 Educators, cable: more cash for public computer centers
- 12.30 NTIA should give more broadband stimulus money to public computer centers (pdf)
- 12.29 Library Association Wants Increase In Computer Center Funding
- 12.18 Google Takes More Heat For Digital Library Plans
- 12.18 Eye on Google (pdf)
- 12.18 Privacy advocates target facebook
- 12.17 Library Groups Ask Justice Department To Supervise Institutional Pricing for Google Book Database
- 12.17 Libraries ask for oversight of Google books product
- 12.07 ALA to FCC: Consider How Broadband Fosters Economic Opportunity
- 12.02 Suggested Revisions for Broadband Funding Flood NTIA, RUS (pdf)
- 12.01 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Offers $3.4M for Libraries
- 12.01 ALA: Broadband Stimulus Programs Should Take Libraries More into Account
- 11.30 Librarians Push Against Patriot Act
- 11.30 Industry, State, Nonprofit Groups Urge Changes to Broadband Stimulus Programs
- 11.24 Congress Underestimated Cost of E-Rate Porgram, Libraries Tell FCC (pdf)
- 11.24 Libraries Dying for Bandwidth--Where's the Fiber (and Cash)?
- 11.18 Samuelson Says She Has Same Pricing, Privacy Concerns About Google Settlement
- 11.06 Profiling the American Library Association with Emily Sheketoff
- 11.06 ALA: House Committee Revives Protections in Patriot Act Renewal
- 11.05 ARL, ALA Issue Statement Supporting PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009
- 11.02 ALA Names Jeff Kratz Assistant Director for the Office of Government Relations
- 11.02 Congress Takes Up Skills Act, Again
- 10.29 Civil Lib Groups Endorse H.R. 3845, American Lib Assoc. Issues Action Alert
- 10.26 School Librarians Weigh in on Net Neutrality
- 10.24 ALA on Proposed Net Neutrality Rules
- 10.22 ALA: House takes lead with strong surveillance reform bills
- 10.21 Major U.S. Consumer Groups Support FCC Action on Net Neutrality
- 10.20 As Congress Prepares to Reauthorize the Patriot Act, Reader Privacy Must be Protected
- 10.18 President Camila Alire's Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post
- 10.09 Google Should Use Extra Time to Add Privacy into Google Book Search
- 9.09 Copying a Library CD? You Just Broke the Law
- 9.09 Google May Have to Modify Book Settlement for Judge
- 9.09 11th-Hour Filings Oppose Google’s Book Settlement
- 9.09 Germany: Google book deal violates copyright law
- 9.09 Epoch Times - Amazon Joins Opposition to Google Book Deal
- 9.09 ALA Seeks Library Funding in "Race to the Top" Grants
- 8.09 Tech giants unite against Google
- 8.09 The Banality of Censorship
- 8.09 Raise E-Rate cap, panel tells FCC
- 8.09 Media Companies File Brief in Salinger Case
- 7.09 Library Groups Ask DOJ to Ask Court to Keep Eye on Google Books Pricing
- 7.09 ALA Conference 2009: Ubiquity of Mobiles Greatly To Affect Libraries
- 7.09 Fissures Evident in Panel on Google Settlement
- 7.09 ALA Conference 2009: From the Harry Potter Case to the Right to Write Fund
- 2.09 Business Brisk at Area Libraries: Washington Post Article
- 1.09 Libraries Offer More Than Books: ALA President Jim Rettig Pens Opinion Article for USA Today
- 1.09 OITP Director Alan Inouye Interviewed by ALA TechSource
- 12.08 Libraries Stand Ready To Help in Tough Economic Times: ALA President Jim Rettig Featured in The Huffington Post
Radio & Podcast
- 2.09 ALA Executive Director Emily Sheketoff Appears on Online Radio Show to Discuss Implications of CPSIA
- 01.09 The Role of Libraries in Economic Hard Times: ALA President Jim Rettig Appears on Diane Rehm Show (podcast)
TV & Video
- 2.09 Librarians Not Happy With the Consumer Protection Act: ALA Washington Office Executive Director Interviewed by NBC- WSMV 4
- 2.09 Recession Has Many Running for the Libraries: ALA President Jim Rettig Appears on CBS-KCAL 9
- 11.08 ALA Washington Office Executive Director Emily Sheketoff Appears
on C-SPAN
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