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This post was written by Bonnie Shucha: "FDsys.gov, the Government Printing Office's replacement for the aging GPO Access website, continues to grow. It now covers the following:

Congressional Bills, 103rd Congress (1993-1994) to present; BILLS

104th Congress (1995-1996) to present; CCAL

Congressional Committee Prints, 100th Congress (1987-1988) to present; CRPT

Congressional Directory, 104th Congress (1995-1996) to present; CDIR

Congressional Documents, 104th Congress (1993-1994) to present; CDOC

Congressional Hearings, if available from committee, 105th Congress (1997-1998) to present; CHRG

Congressional Record (Bound), 1999 to 2001; CRECB

Congressional Record (Daily), 103rd Congress, 2nd session (1994) to present; CREC

Congressional Record Index (Daily), 1983 to present; CRI

Congressional Committee Reports, Senate Executive Reports (includes conference committee reports), 104th Congress (1995-1996) to present; CRPT

History of Bills, 1983 to present; HOB

Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives (Hinds, Cannon, Deschler); GPO

Public and Private Laws, 104th (1995-1996) to present; PLAW

Statutes At Large, 2003-2006; STAT

According to a recent article in LLRX, migration is now expected to be complete in April 2010 with a full switchover to FDsys in Summer 2010. See the article for more info, as well as some advanced search tips."

Posted by Sabrina Pacifici: "Research RoundUp: Business Filings Databases Updated - Kathy Biehl's guide to online corporate and business filings available provides links to and descriptions of services available from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as selected commercial services. It is the most comprehensive, reliable web resource available on the topic.

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Source: beSpacific - Accurate, focused law and technology news by Sabrina I. Pacifici. 6 December 2009 Copyright ©2002-2009. BeSpacific LLC. All Rights Reserved. Subscribe <http://www.bespacific.com/mt/subscribe.html>.

Posted by Sabrina I. Pacifici: "FlyOnTime.us is a free resource for air travelers and anyone else interested in the on-time performance of the commercial air system in the United States. The flight and weather information presented on this website is derived from data provided by the United States federal government, while the security line times are submitted by visitors like you. This website has four goals:

1. Help American air travelers find the most on-time flights.
2. Help the American public understand the data from government sources by presenting it in interesting and attractive ways. For example, look at statistics for BWI airport, flights from PHL to ORD, Northwest Airlines, cancellations by airport, or airline percent on-time.
3. Tap the wisdom of crowds to collect data on airport security line delays.
4. Allow developers to access flight on-time data in a simple, programmatic way. See more at the developers page."

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Source: beSpacific - Accurate, focused law and technology news by Sabrina I. Pacifici. 2 December 2009 Copyright ©2002-2009. BeSpacific LLC. All Rights Reserved. Subscribe <http://www.bespacific.com/mt/subscribe.html>.

Posted by Sabrina Pacifici: "This year, it's especially important to have clear information on what you can do to prepare for the flu season. With this in mind, we are happy to share a new feature for the U.S. which allows you to more easily find locations near you for getting both the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccine. After expanding Google Flu Trends to a total of 20 countries and 38 languages, allowing more people to see near real-time estimates of flu activity, we began brainstorming with the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov collaborators and the American Lung Association on the flu shot finder and other ways Google can be helpful to people this flu season. You can check out the flu shot finder at www.google.com/flushot. The same tool will also be available shortly on www.flu.gov and the American Lung Association websites. It's important to note that this project is just beginning and we have not yet received information about flu shot clinics for many locations. In addition, many locations that are shown are currently out of stock. We launched this service now in order to help disseminate information about locations where vaccines are available, and also to make more vaccine providers aware of the project so that they can contribute."

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Source: beSpacific - Accurate, focused law and technology news by Sabrina I. Pacifici. 12 November 2009 Copyright ©2002-2009. BeSpacific LLC. All Rights Reserved. Subscribe <http://www.bespacific.com/mt/subscribe.html>.

Posted by Sabrina Pacifici: "Official Google Blog: "Google for the Public Sector, a one-stop shop of tools and tips that local, state and federal government officials can use to help promote transparency and increase citizen participation. The site helps government agencies:

Make your website, and the information it offers, easier to find. For example, in less than 50 technical staff hours, Arizona's Government Information Technology Agency made hundreds of thousands of public records and other webpages "crawlable" to search engines and visible in Google search results.

Visualize your information and tell your story in Google Earth & Maps to the hundreds of millions of people who use them. The State Department runs an interactive Google Map of Secretary Clinton's travels, which shows where she has been and includes photos and videos.

Use the power of online video to engage millions of potential viewers and give constituents a voice. In the U.S. alone, the Senate, House of Representatives, White House, and federal government, among others, all have YouTube channels."

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Source: beSpacific - Accurate, focused law and technology news by Sabrina I. Pacifici. 16 September 2009. Copyright ©2002-2008 BeSpacific LLC. All Rights Reserved. Subscribe <http://www.bespacific.com/mt/subscribe.html>.

From the e-newsletter: 

**The Government Domain: Tracking Congress 2.0 

http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain42.htm 

With the 111th Congress of the United States reconvening on September 8th, e-gov expert Peggy Garvin highlights new tools and sources that enhance and expand your ability to track and monitor the action. 

**Re-Hashing the Hash Tag - Crowd Competition and Community Standards at the #AALL2009 Conference 

http://www.llrx.com/features/twitter.htm 

Roger V. Skalbeck and Meg Kribble describe how the majority of social media activity during the 2009 AALL conference took place on Twitter, and how this technology impacts the profession and the free exchange of information, moving forward. 

**The Legal Profession and Five Responses to Technology 

http://www.llrx.com/features/fiveresponses.htm 

Lawyer, writer and blogger Nicole Black's informed commentary reminds fellow professionals that technology and the Internet are here to stay. 

**Burney's Legal Tech Reviews: The Dell Mini 9 and the Averatec All-in-one PC

http://www.llrx.com/columns/legaltech61.htm 

Legal tech guru Brett Burney reviews the pros and cons of one of the smallest netbooks on the market, as well as a low-end all-in-one model PC, sporting a big monitor, all of which can easily be accommodated on just about any desktop. 

**Law Practice Technology Information Sources and Tools 

http://www.llrx.com/features/lawpracticetechinfo.htm 

Ken Strutin identifies core sources to learn about new technologies that apply to legal research and law practice. In addition, he has identified specific tools that will contribute to managing research, communication and information-based tasks. 

**LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets - updated by law librarian Margaret Berkland 

http://www.llrx.com/courtrules 

Source: Pacifici, Sabrina. "New on LLRX.com for August 2009." Copyright © LLRX TM, Law Library Resource Xchange, LLC. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://www.llrx.com/subscribe.htm>.

New on LLRX.com - PACER Spending Survey

Posted by Sabrina I. Pacifici: "PACER Spending Survey: Stanford Law School deputy library director Erika Wayne describes an open source document access project focused on improving PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), sponsored by a small group of research savvy and customer service oriented group of law librarians.

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Source: beSpacific - Accurate, focused law and technology news by Sabrina I. Pacifici.  8 September 2009. Copyright ©2002-2008 BeSpacific LLC. All Rights Reserved. Subscribe <http://www.bespacific.com/mt/subscribe.html>.

Posted by Sabrina I. Pacifici.: "Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools for the Next Generation of Public Service - Driving high performance through more engaging, accountable and citizen-focused service

 "Web 2.0 technologies and services have spread around the world at an amazing pace and are used by millions of people every day. Many public service organizations are also adopting Web 2.0 applications to improve their ability to collaborate and serve citizens more effectively. Accenture believes that Web 2.0 technologies are finding resonance among governments today because they are, in fact, supportive of a broader evolution in public service: a new relationship with government that is about genuine engagement of people in their own governance."

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From the blog: "The Ross-Blakley Law Library has complied this list of online resources for fast and easy online legal research.

From Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog"

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Source: Moritz Legal Information Blog, 1 July 2009

From the Web Site:

A publication that discusses the importance of federal judges' papers as a documentary record of judges' careers and the work of the federal courts. The guide describes how students of the federal courts use judges' papers and offers guidelines for judges' selection of a repository to house a collection. The guide also offers recommendations for the management of documents in chambers.

Direct to Full Text (89 pages; PDF)

[Their] Source: Federal Judiciary History Office (via Federal Judiciary Center)

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Source: ResourceShelf, 26 June 2009