About the Committee | Advocacy Resources | GODORT Resolutions | Issues -- Current Congress | Related Links
All new content of the Legislation Committee will be found in the GODORT Wiki at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Legislation. This will include Meeting Minutes from the 2008 Annual Conference and the 2008-2009 committee directory.
About the Committee
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Minutes
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"How to Use the Federal FOI (Freedom of Information) Act" (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 9th edition, 2004)
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"Justice Department Guide to the Freedom of Information Act" (U.S. Department of Justice, May 2004)
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National Action Alert Network Guidelines -- from the GODORT Policies and Procedures Manual -- The NAAN is activated when immediate action needs to be taken on legislation.
Important Legislation/Issues in the Current Congress (110th)
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Congressional Research Service Clamps Down on Public Distribution (March 22, 2007)
Important Legislation/Issues from Past Congresses can be found here
Resolutions
- Guidelines for the Preparation of Resolutions for Council
- Checklist of Resolutions Passed by GODORT: 1973 - 2006
Related Links
- GPO Office of Congressional Relations
- Joint Committee on Printing (JCP)
- American Library Association
- American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
- Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
- Medical Library Association (MLA)
- Special Libraries Association (SLA)
- OpentheGovernment.org
- U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science