Information privacy and Government RegulationsMay Moftah
This document discusses information privacy and government regulations. It defines privacy as a complex concept involving control over personal information. It also discusses how the government collects information through laws like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Privacy Act. The document concludes that while complete privacy cannot be guaranteed, government has established some rules around personal information collection and privacy. It asks for opinions on recent changes to privacy laws and regulations.
This document summarizes key journalism laws and rights in the United States. It outlines the First Amendment protections of free speech and press. It also defines libel and slander and discusses when journalists can be sued for defamation. The document reviews several important court cases that shaped student press rights, including Tinker, Hazelwood, and laws protecting student media in some states. It also provides an overview of open records laws like the Brown Act and Freedom of Information Act.
This document provides an outline for a course on citizenship and sovereignty. The course aims to clarify confusion around these topics in the freedom community. It will cover key concepts like the origins of sovereignty, natural law, different types of law, consent, citizenship models, and how to apply these legal principles. The goal is to empower people with knowledge to protect their rights and advance as sovereign individuals. The course disclaimer notes that the information presented is based on extensive research but the application to any specific legal situation is the responsibility of the learner.
1) The document discusses government surveillance programs authorized by laws like the Patriot Act and their impact on citizens' privacy and civil liberties. It summarizes several court cases where organizations like the ACLU and EFF have challenged these programs.
2) Key points of contention regarding government surveillance included sections of the Patriot Act allowing access to library and bookstore records (Section 215) and National Security Letters that gag recipients from discussing investigations.
3) Through lawsuits, organizations have forced the government to release previously secret documents interpreting surveillance laws and programs, providing more transparency.
Barbara Van Woerkom: Backgrounding individuals public documents research ti...Eric Athas
This document provides tips and resources for researching individuals through public records and online sources. It recommends collecting identifying information like names, dates of birth, and family members. It also suggests searching social media, vital records, newspapers, court cases, and databases that contain property, criminal, civil, and financial records. A variety of search engines and specialized sites for finding business and licensing records are also outlined. The document stresses practicing searches on familiar identities, verifying information, and following up through phone calls when records are not found online.
This document discusses government transparency and open records laws. It provides information about Joel Campbell and Linda Petersen who work in journalism and open government advocacy. It outlines various laws guaranteeing public access to government records and meetings, including the First Amendment, FOIA, GRAMA, and open meetings laws. It discusses balancing privacy and the public interest in access. It provides examples of newsworthy records disclosed and tips for navigating records and meetings laws.
Barack Obama was the first African American president of the United States. Some key facts: he was born in Hawaii to a Kenyan father and American mother; pardoned individuals for non-violent drug offenses; and issued an executive order allowing sanctions against foreign officials using technology to violate human rights.
How to use FOI: from absentee football fans to tazer-happy policePaul Bradshaw
The document provides guidance on using freedom of information laws to obtain information from public bodies for investigative journalism stories. It outlines the rights and process for submitting freedom of information (FOI) and environmental information regulation (EIR) requests, potential sources of information, exemptions public bodies can cite to withhold information, and tips for appealing denials. The document recommends starting with a clear story idea, finding out what information the public body collects beforehand, anticipating possible exemptions, and considering follow-up requests or appeals if information is denied.
Information privacy and Government RegulationsMay Moftah
This document discusses information privacy and government regulations. It defines privacy as a complex concept involving control over personal information. It also discusses how the government collects information through laws like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Privacy Act. The document concludes that while complete privacy cannot be guaranteed, government has established some rules around personal information collection and privacy. It asks for opinions on recent changes to privacy laws and regulations.
This document summarizes key journalism laws and rights in the United States. It outlines the First Amendment protections of free speech and press. It also defines libel and slander and discusses when journalists can be sued for defamation. The document reviews several important court cases that shaped student press rights, including Tinker, Hazelwood, and laws protecting student media in some states. It also provides an overview of open records laws like the Brown Act and Freedom of Information Act.
This document provides an outline for a course on citizenship and sovereignty. The course aims to clarify confusion around these topics in the freedom community. It will cover key concepts like the origins of sovereignty, natural law, different types of law, consent, citizenship models, and how to apply these legal principles. The goal is to empower people with knowledge to protect their rights and advance as sovereign individuals. The course disclaimer notes that the information presented is based on extensive research but the application to any specific legal situation is the responsibility of the learner.
1) The document discusses government surveillance programs authorized by laws like the Patriot Act and their impact on citizens' privacy and civil liberties. It summarizes several court cases where organizations like the ACLU and EFF have challenged these programs.
2) Key points of contention regarding government surveillance included sections of the Patriot Act allowing access to library and bookstore records (Section 215) and National Security Letters that gag recipients from discussing investigations.
3) Through lawsuits, organizations have forced the government to release previously secret documents interpreting surveillance laws and programs, providing more transparency.
Barbara Van Woerkom: Backgrounding individuals public documents research ti...Eric Athas
This document provides tips and resources for researching individuals through public records and online sources. It recommends collecting identifying information like names, dates of birth, and family members. It also suggests searching social media, vital records, newspapers, court cases, and databases that contain property, criminal, civil, and financial records. A variety of search engines and specialized sites for finding business and licensing records are also outlined. The document stresses practicing searches on familiar identities, verifying information, and following up through phone calls when records are not found online.
This document discusses government transparency and open records laws. It provides information about Joel Campbell and Linda Petersen who work in journalism and open government advocacy. It outlines various laws guaranteeing public access to government records and meetings, including the First Amendment, FOIA, GRAMA, and open meetings laws. It discusses balancing privacy and the public interest in access. It provides examples of newsworthy records disclosed and tips for navigating records and meetings laws.
Barack Obama was the first African American president of the United States. Some key facts: he was born in Hawaii to a Kenyan father and American mother; pardoned individuals for non-violent drug offenses; and issued an executive order allowing sanctions against foreign officials using technology to violate human rights.
How to use FOI: from absentee football fans to tazer-happy policePaul Bradshaw
The document provides guidance on using freedom of information laws to obtain information from public bodies for investigative journalism stories. It outlines the rights and process for submitting freedom of information (FOI) and environmental information regulation (EIR) requests, potential sources of information, exemptions public bodies can cite to withhold information, and tips for appealing denials. The document recommends starting with a clear story idea, finding out what information the public body collects beforehand, anticipating possible exemptions, and considering follow-up requests or appeals if information is denied.
Checklist of legal literacies to consider / work through when conducting and preparing to publish text data mining research. Accompanies Text Data Mining & Publishing workshop.
FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) governs public access to New York State government records. It establishes a general right to access records held by government agencies, with specific exceptions. A request must be submitted in writing to the agency's records access officer. The agency then has 5 days to grant or deny the request and up to 20 days total to respond. Denials can be appealed first within the agency and then through an Article 78 civil proceeding. The Committee on Open Government oversees FOIL implementation.
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Jason Baron, Director of Litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration, joins Legal IQ to discuss technological developments, information retention and edisclosure.
The document summarizes a map scanning pilot project underway at the UCLA Library. The project aims to digitize maps from the historical California and Los Angeles collections over six months. The goals are to scan as many maps as possible, work out workflow issues, and assess the process to plan for future expansion. Examples of scanned maps are shown and feedback is solicited on the quality and usability of the digital images for research and student needs.
Optimization involves shrinking file sizes, prioritizing relevant content, and creating efficient layouts to encourage faster loading times and keep users engaged on websites. Key techniques include using stylesheets instead of embedded CSS, positioning non-essential code lower on pages, splitting large tables and content across multiple pages, and loading media separately rather than embedding it. The goal is for users to access important information quickly while other content loads in the background.
This document provides an overview of government information and how it can be accessed. It discusses that government information is produced by federal, state, local, international and non-governmental organizations. It also outlines some key characteristics of government information, such as it being authoritative and produced as a result of legal requirements or grant-funded research. Additionally, the document discusses tools that can be used to find government information, such as reference interviews, agency websites, catalogs and the Freedom of Information Act.
Presentation at the " European Science is dead: long live European Science!" Francesco Sylos Labini
This document summarizes information about the website Roars in Numbers, which was founded in 2011 by 8 scientists. It has grown to include 14 editors and over 120 contributors. The site publishes 1-2 articles per day and receives an average of 10,000 visits per day. Roars provides information on topics related to higher education, research evaluation, and innovation in Italy. It takes a fact-based approach to feed public discussion with evidence from academics. The reformation of higher education and introduction of a controversial research evaluation agency in Italy prompted the creation of Roars. The document argues that building a common cultural ground among scientists and academics in Europe should guide European policy, rather than bureaucracy.
Si può prevedere il futuro? Ruolo e limiti della scienza LUNEDI' 10 DICEMBRE 2012
MAXXI B.A.S.E. Sala Graziella Lonardi Buontempo - Via Guido Reni 4/A Roma
http://denali.phys.uniroma1.it/~prevederefuturo/
As the chair of the State and Local Documents Task Force, I decided to try a different approach to our meeting format at the 2009 Annual Meeting. Part was information sharing but the majority was spent discussing and working on exercises related to state and local data.
Qualche idea contro il declino (e per un futuro) dell’Italia: leggendo il libro di Bruno Arpaia e Pietro Greco “LA CULTURA SI MANGIA!”. Dopo un’introduzione di Settimo Termini, discuteranno le tesi del libro Luigi Nicolais, Carlo Bernardini, Laura Deitinger e Rino Falcone con un intervento degli autori Bruno Arpaia e Pietro Greco. Successivamente – a partire dal libro e dal dibattito precedente – Sergio Ferrari, Gianni Battimelli, Marcello Buiatti, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Angelo Guerraggio, Daniela Palma, Pietro Nastasi, Gianni Paoloni, Francesco Sinopoli, Francesco Sylos Labini e Walter Tocci metteranno a fuoco “qualche idea contro il declino (e per un futuro) dell’Italia”. Roma, 17 settembre 2013, ore 10.30 -
The document discusses several key aspects of the Australian legal system. It begins by examining definitions of law and jurisprudence, and whether law is subjective. It then outlines some purposes of having laws and a legal system, including achieving order and resolving disputes. The document discusses concepts of justice, natural justice, and the rule of law. It also examines sources of law like legislation, case law, and treaties. Finally, it provides overviews of international law, how treaties are established, and how to read legislation and case law.
Ms. Linda Chezem - Legal Perspective, What to Expect, and How to Handle the A...John Blue
Legal Perspective, What to Expect, and How to Handle the Activists - Ms. Linda Chezem, Of Counsel, Foley, Peden, and Wisco & Judge (ret.) Indiana Court of Appeals, from the 2017 NIAA Annual Conference, U.S. Animal Agriculture's Future Role In World Food Production - Obstacles & Opportunities, April 4 - 6, Columbus, OH, USA.
More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2017_niaa_us_animal_ag_future_role_world_food_production
This document discusses privacy and emerging technologies. It begins by defining privacy and surveillance. It then discusses trends identified in the Kleiner Perkins Internet Trends Report regarding increasing data collection and security concerns. Various emerging technologies are presented that influence privacy, such as drones, social media, the Internet of Things, and medical technologies like health tracking. Ethical issues around sensitive data from these technologies are raised. Current domestic laws around photography and recording are outlined. International frameworks around communications surveillance and human rights are also mentioned. Treaties and their role in regulating areas like this are briefly explained.
Public Records and Breaking News, a handout compiled by Michelle Guido for her Planning for Breaking News session at Orlando NewsTrain on May 15-16, 2015. Instructor Michelle Guido offers a a checklist for constructing a breaking-news coverage plan. Guido is a journalist with 25 years of award-winning work across print, digital and television platforms. Most recently, she was managing editor of WESH 2 News, the NBC affiliate in Orlando.
Here is a 3 sentence summary of the key points from the document:
Privacy and personal identifiable information (PII) are important topics as more personal data is collected and shared online. While privacy is not explicitly outlined in the US Constitution, PII generally refers to information like names, social security numbers, addresses, and other data that can be used to identify an individual. The document discusses different definitions of privacy and PII, potential privacy violations online, and tips for protecting personal information to maintain privacy in the digital world.
This document defines and discusses various aspects of privacy. It begins by defining privacy as the state of being free from observation and disturbance by others, and the freedom from public attention. It then discusses privacy as a property right and human right, including the right to be let alone. It outlines different types of privacy such as bodily, locational, political, and data privacy. It also discusses how privacy applies to intellectual property, personal communications, financial information, social media use, phones, and computers. Finally, it defines four main categories of privacy: defensive, human rights, personal, and contextual privacy.
This document defines and discusses various aspects of privacy. It begins by defining privacy as the state of being free from observation and disturbance by others, and the freedom from public attention. It then discusses privacy as a property right and human right, including the right to be let alone. It outlines different types of privacy such as bodily, locational, political, and data privacy. It also discusses how privacy applies to intellectual property, personal communications, financial information, social media use, phones, and computers. Finally, it defines different categories of privacy protection, including defensive, human rights, personal, and contextual privacy.
Checklist of legal literacies to consider / work through when conducting and preparing to publish text data mining research. Accompanies Text Data Mining & Publishing workshop.
FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) governs public access to New York State government records. It establishes a general right to access records held by government agencies, with specific exceptions. A request must be submitted in writing to the agency's records access officer. The agency then has 5 days to grant or deny the request and up to 20 days total to respond. Denials can be appealed first within the agency and then through an Article 78 civil proceeding. The Committee on Open Government oversees FOIL implementation.
New Book Examines A Treasured Document – The Declaration of IndependenceSavasBeatie
With the aid of colorized step-by-step diagrams, the authors deconstruct Jefferson’s masterpiece into the six elements of a proposition to demonstrate how the scientific method is basic to its structure.
Can Information Management Law Keep Up With Technology?IQPC Exchange
Jason Baron, Director of Litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration, joins Legal IQ to discuss technological developments, information retention and edisclosure.
The document summarizes a map scanning pilot project underway at the UCLA Library. The project aims to digitize maps from the historical California and Los Angeles collections over six months. The goals are to scan as many maps as possible, work out workflow issues, and assess the process to plan for future expansion. Examples of scanned maps are shown and feedback is solicited on the quality and usability of the digital images for research and student needs.
Optimization involves shrinking file sizes, prioritizing relevant content, and creating efficient layouts to encourage faster loading times and keep users engaged on websites. Key techniques include using stylesheets instead of embedded CSS, positioning non-essential code lower on pages, splitting large tables and content across multiple pages, and loading media separately rather than embedding it. The goal is for users to access important information quickly while other content loads in the background.
This document provides an overview of government information and how it can be accessed. It discusses that government information is produced by federal, state, local, international and non-governmental organizations. It also outlines some key characteristics of government information, such as it being authoritative and produced as a result of legal requirements or grant-funded research. Additionally, the document discusses tools that can be used to find government information, such as reference interviews, agency websites, catalogs and the Freedom of Information Act.
Presentation at the " European Science is dead: long live European Science!" Francesco Sylos Labini
This document summarizes information about the website Roars in Numbers, which was founded in 2011 by 8 scientists. It has grown to include 14 editors and over 120 contributors. The site publishes 1-2 articles per day and receives an average of 10,000 visits per day. Roars provides information on topics related to higher education, research evaluation, and innovation in Italy. It takes a fact-based approach to feed public discussion with evidence from academics. The reformation of higher education and introduction of a controversial research evaluation agency in Italy prompted the creation of Roars. The document argues that building a common cultural ground among scientists and academics in Europe should guide European policy, rather than bureaucracy.
Si può prevedere il futuro? Ruolo e limiti della scienza LUNEDI' 10 DICEMBRE 2012
MAXXI B.A.S.E. Sala Graziella Lonardi Buontempo - Via Guido Reni 4/A Roma
http://denali.phys.uniroma1.it/~prevederefuturo/
As the chair of the State and Local Documents Task Force, I decided to try a different approach to our meeting format at the 2009 Annual Meeting. Part was information sharing but the majority was spent discussing and working on exercises related to state and local data.
Qualche idea contro il declino (e per un futuro) dell’Italia: leggendo il libro di Bruno Arpaia e Pietro Greco “LA CULTURA SI MANGIA!”. Dopo un’introduzione di Settimo Termini, discuteranno le tesi del libro Luigi Nicolais, Carlo Bernardini, Laura Deitinger e Rino Falcone con un intervento degli autori Bruno Arpaia e Pietro Greco. Successivamente – a partire dal libro e dal dibattito precedente – Sergio Ferrari, Gianni Battimelli, Marcello Buiatti, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Angelo Guerraggio, Daniela Palma, Pietro Nastasi, Gianni Paoloni, Francesco Sinopoli, Francesco Sylos Labini e Walter Tocci metteranno a fuoco “qualche idea contro il declino (e per un futuro) dell’Italia”. Roma, 17 settembre 2013, ore 10.30 -
The document discusses several key aspects of the Australian legal system. It begins by examining definitions of law and jurisprudence, and whether law is subjective. It then outlines some purposes of having laws and a legal system, including achieving order and resolving disputes. The document discusses concepts of justice, natural justice, and the rule of law. It also examines sources of law like legislation, case law, and treaties. Finally, it provides overviews of international law, how treaties are established, and how to read legislation and case law.
Ms. Linda Chezem - Legal Perspective, What to Expect, and How to Handle the A...John Blue
Legal Perspective, What to Expect, and How to Handle the Activists - Ms. Linda Chezem, Of Counsel, Foley, Peden, and Wisco & Judge (ret.) Indiana Court of Appeals, from the 2017 NIAA Annual Conference, U.S. Animal Agriculture's Future Role In World Food Production - Obstacles & Opportunities, April 4 - 6, Columbus, OH, USA.
More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2017_niaa_us_animal_ag_future_role_world_food_production
This document discusses privacy and emerging technologies. It begins by defining privacy and surveillance. It then discusses trends identified in the Kleiner Perkins Internet Trends Report regarding increasing data collection and security concerns. Various emerging technologies are presented that influence privacy, such as drones, social media, the Internet of Things, and medical technologies like health tracking. Ethical issues around sensitive data from these technologies are raised. Current domestic laws around photography and recording are outlined. International frameworks around communications surveillance and human rights are also mentioned. Treaties and their role in regulating areas like this are briefly explained.
Public Records and Breaking News, a handout compiled by Michelle Guido for her Planning for Breaking News session at Orlando NewsTrain on May 15-16, 2015. Instructor Michelle Guido offers a a checklist for constructing a breaking-news coverage plan. Guido is a journalist with 25 years of award-winning work across print, digital and television platforms. Most recently, she was managing editor of WESH 2 News, the NBC affiliate in Orlando.
Here is a 3 sentence summary of the key points from the document:
Privacy and personal identifiable information (PII) are important topics as more personal data is collected and shared online. While privacy is not explicitly outlined in the US Constitution, PII generally refers to information like names, social security numbers, addresses, and other data that can be used to identify an individual. The document discusses different definitions of privacy and PII, potential privacy violations online, and tips for protecting personal information to maintain privacy in the digital world.
This document defines and discusses various aspects of privacy. It begins by defining privacy as the state of being free from observation and disturbance by others, and the freedom from public attention. It then discusses privacy as a property right and human right, including the right to be let alone. It outlines different types of privacy such as bodily, locational, political, and data privacy. It also discusses how privacy applies to intellectual property, personal communications, financial information, social media use, phones, and computers. Finally, it defines four main categories of privacy: defensive, human rights, personal, and contextual privacy.
This document defines and discusses various aspects of privacy. It begins by defining privacy as the state of being free from observation and disturbance by others, and the freedom from public attention. It then discusses privacy as a property right and human right, including the right to be let alone. It outlines different types of privacy such as bodily, locational, political, and data privacy. It also discusses how privacy applies to intellectual property, personal communications, financial information, social media use, phones, and computers. Finally, it defines different categories of privacy protection, including defensive, human rights, personal, and contextual privacy.
Legal Research & Fed. Legal ResourcesBrian Huffman
The document provides an overview of legal research and online resources for federal and Minnesota state law. It discusses determining jurisdiction, understanding citations, and locating primary sources such as statutes, regulations, and cases. It also describes secondary sources and databases for legislative history, court rules, statistics, and regulations. Key federal websites introduced include FDsys, THOMAS, Cornell's legal information institute, and agency websites.
What It Means to Be a Citizen Presentation_2.1.pptxChymXtYR
To become a U.S. citizen, one must either be born in the United States (natural born citizen) or go through the naturalization process of becoming a naturalized citizen. To naturalize, immigrants must meet requirements such as residing in the U.S. for a certain period of time, pass tests on U.S. civics and English, and take an oath of allegiance. Naturalized citizens have the same rights and responsibilities as natural born citizens, including voting and serving on juries. The naturalization process impacts society through increased cultural diversity, impacts government through debates around immigration policy, and impacts the political process through naturalized citizens participating in elections and government.
This document provides an overview of freedom of information laws and their importance. It discusses quotes from founding fathers supporting the public's right to information about the government. Key points include that FOI laws have spread to over 80 countries, aiming to increase transparency and accountability. Exemptions allow withholding of private, confidential commercial or national security information. The document reviews the US Freedom of Information Act and Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act. It provides examples of investigative stories enabled by FOI and challenges in implementing FOI laws.
This document provides an overview of freedom of information (FOI) laws in the United States, including the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state FOI laws. It discusses what public records citizens can access, some exemptions, how to make FOI requests, common challenges, and tips for making requests, including being persistent, doing research on the laws, and potentially appealing denials or working with media organizations.
Government documents provide information produced by government agencies at all levels. These include reports from government-funded research and information about governing. The Federal Depository Library Program allows designated libraries to provide free public access to government documents. Florida Tech's library receives a selection of documents through this program and houses over 200,000 documents. Users can search the online catalog or paper indexes to find documents on topics like NASA, the census, and laws.
Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge PresentationRobert Casto
This document provides information about the Citizenship in the Nation merit badge, including an overview of the requirements and details on how to complete them. Some of the key points include:
- There are 8 requirements that cover topics like explaining citizenship, visiting historic sites, following current events, discussing important government documents, and writing a letter to a member of Congress.
- For the site visit requirements, it provides examples of local historic landmarks, government buildings, federal facilities, and national monuments that could be visited.
- The current events requirement involves following the news for 5 days and writing about the issues, and how they affect the scout and their family.
- One of the government documents like the Declaration of
This document discusses democracy and the key elements of government. It begins by listing American values such as truth, justice, equality and individual rights. It then discusses some essential elements of government including population, territory, sovereignty and government. The document also covers different theories on the origins of the state, such as evolutionary theory and social contract theory. Finally, it outlines the main purposes of government as maintaining social order, providing public services, national security and making economic decisions.
This document outlines strategies for embedding government information into information literacy instruction. It begins by defining information literacy and government information fluency. It then discusses how to gain buy-in from faculty, convince students of the importance of government information, and fit instruction into one-shot sessions. The document provides examples of major government information sources in legislative, executive, judicial, science, patents, statistics, and business areas. Finally, it asks attendees to discuss how they would embed government information in their own curriculums and lists activities to build information literacy skills.
The document provides an overview of the concept of federalism. It explains that federalism is a system of government where power is shared between a central national government and sub-divisional state governments. It discusses how the US system of federalism was chosen over other alternatives like a unitary or confederation system. It also outlines the various powers held by the national and state governments, and how the federal government has expanded its powers over time through the courts and use of grants with conditions.
The document discusses censorship and freedom of information. It provides background on the Freedom of Information Act which gives Americans the right to access federal agency records. It discusses how the FOIA applies only to federal agencies and not Congress, courts, or state/local governments. It also discusses how FOIA requests have risen over time. The document then discusses how the Supreme Court has ruled on censorship cases regarding the First Amendment. It also discusses censorship in other countries compared to less censorship in the United States.
This document contains an XML rendering of a tweet divided into four sections:
1) The tweet metadata including creation date, ID, text, and engagement metrics
2) Information about the user who posted the tweet including their profile, location, followers, and other social media details
3) The geo-location associated with the tweet
4) Entities within the tweet text including hashtags and URLs
This document provides screenshots of data from HyperCities Egypt (HE) stored in a MySQL database and displayed in the HyperCities platform. The screenshots show tweets from HE in the database and how the HE data appears when viewed within the HyperCities interface.
The librarian Kris Kasianovitz has announced their fall quarter 2010 office hours for providing research assistance on Mondays from 1pm to 2pm and Wednesdays from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in the PAB 3rd floor student lounge. Students can also schedule individual research appointments with Kris by emailing or calling them.
The document announces a public policy data workshop to be held from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on January 13, 2009 in room 320 Powell, CLICC C at UCLA. The workshop will cover finding data resources at UCLA, reading questionnaires and codebooks, sampling and weighting data, subsetting large datasets, analyzing data with STATA, and learning about the American Community Survey. The workshop will be given by Kris Kasianovitz from the UCLA Library, Libbie Stephenson from the UCLA Data Archives, and Christine Wells from ATS Statistical Consulting.
Part of the NDIIPP funded Web at Risk Project, was to report out on the collections we were building. Each curatorial partner was asked to provide a snapshot of our work in the form of a powerpoint. This is my contribution.
Presentation for California Library Association, Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, Saturday, October 31, 2009.
“Digital Collection Development, Building Collections in Cyberspace”.
1. Government Information and YOU!
Image from The Most Famous Poster, American Treasures of the Library of
Congress http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm015.html
UCLA Library
5. Key Characteristics…
• Primary sources
• Authoritative sources
• Legal requirements for authenticity and
accuracy
• Usually copyright and cost free
• Covers every discipline and subject
• Major source of research grant funding and
research output
• Encourages civic participation (lifelong
learning)
6. Government Information can answer
almost anything…
• How many El Salvadorans live in LosHow many El Salvadorans live in Los
Angeles?Angeles?
• Is my drinking water safe?Is my drinking water safe?
• What is the fine for talking on a cell phoneWhat is the fine for talking on a cell phone
in my car?in my car?
• What are Cap-and-trade systems;What are Cap-and-trade systems; areare
they really going to help thethey really going to help the
environment?environment?
• I want to explore the Cinderella
themes in Dorothy Edwards short
stories.
7. Formal Definitions…
44 USC § 1901
“Government publication” as used in
this chapter, means informational
matter which is published as an
individual document at
Government expense, or as
required by law.”
8. 44 USC § 3301
“records” includes all books, papers,
maps, photographs, machine
readable materials, or other
documentary materials, regardless
of physical format or
characteristics, made or received
by an agency of the United States
Government under Federal law or
in connection with the transaction
of public business…
9. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
• 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended, generally
provides any person with the statutory
right, enforceable in court, to obtain
access to Government information in
executive branch agency records. This
right to access is limited when such
information is protected from disclosure
by one of FOIA's nine statutory
exemptions.
• http://www.archives.gov/foia/
12. 4 Approaches to Finding Gov Info
• Known title
• Subject
• Agency
• Special Technique
13. The Government Information Forest
Legislation: Bills, Acts,
Hearings, Debates Laws: Statutes, Codes,
Court decisions
Regulations: Federal Register,
Code of Federal Regulations(CFR)
Executive Branch: Executive
Orders, Proclamations, Speeches
Agencies: Dept. of Homeland
Security, Dept. of Public Social
Services, Social Security Admin.
Maps: CIA, topographic,
geologic, land use
14. The Government Information Forest
Government Officials: Barbara
Boxer, Mukasey, Paulsen
Statistics: Census, Statistical
Abstract, Construction Starts
Obvious Publication: 9-11 Report,
Starr Report, Governor’s Budget
Technical Reports: DOE,
EPA, NASA,
Research/Investigations:
NIH, Criminal Justice, FDA
19. UCLA Library Government
Information Specialists
are here to help!
• Federal: Maria Jankowska, Kris
Kasianovitz
• State, Local, Canadian,NGOs:
Kris Kasianovitz
• International: Joseph Yue
• British: Maria Jankowska
• Foreign: Area Studies Librarians
Editor's Notes
Introduction
Ask each student to write down 1 -2 items, ideas that they would like to discuss from the readings.
Ask someone to define Gov Info
Discuss levels of government
Organization of government
How we collect government information and make it accessible
Family –birth, death, marriage
Health
Vaccines (funding for development and regulations)
Nutritional guidelines
Bioterrorism intervention
Drug approval
Regulation of nursing homes
Medicare payment schedules for hospitals
Income
TAXES
Equal employment opportunity guidelines
Consumer price index
Civil service salaries
Mediation in labor disputes
Social security and food stamps
Housing
Certifies home repair contractors and prosecutes ripoffs
Building inspectors
Enforces disclosure rules when getting a mortgage
Consumer pamphlets on renting, buying homes, and moving companies
Community
Roads
Zoning ordinances
Water supplies
Waste disposal
Power and cable industry regs
Toxic waste cleanup
Weather alerts
Disaster assistance
Recreation
National park system
Passports
Airport security
Grant funding for the arts and humanities
Genealogy
Fishing and hunting licenses
State park camping reservations
Students
Student loans
Work study scholarships
College admission court decisions
Research grants for faculty and academic departments
Federal depository libraries
Originally sponsored the internet
Copyright protections
Business
Regulates stock market (sometimes)
Technical research
Patents
Trade regulations and statistics
Employment regulations
Safety standards
Loans to start a small business
Publications, Information, Documents – the materials published by the government for public dissemination. Typically what we get in libraries
Declassification is the process of documents that formerly were classified becoming available to the public, under the principle of freedom of information. Procedures for declassification vary by country.
Public records refers to information that has been filed or recorded by local, state, federal or other government agencies, such as corporate and property records. Public records are created by the federal and local government, (vital records, immigration records, real estate records, driving records, criminal records, etc.) or by the individual (magazine subscriptions, voter registration, etc.). Most essential public records are maintained by the government and many are accessible to the public either free-of-charge or for an administrative fee. Availability is determined by federal, state, and local regulations.
Primary Source material
Provides authoritative overview or background information for an area (Country Reports, CIA World FactBook, Statistical Abstract, Census)
Usually copyright and cost free – except for born digital where printing costs are passed on to users.
Many agency sites have strong legal requirements for authenticity and accuracy (we won’t get into the politics of the current administration…which could challenge that…)
Covers every discipline and subject imaginable: Arts (NEA) to Sciences
It affects us all – news, food we eat, air we breathe, cars we drive, beds we sleep in, people in our neighborhoods, etc.
Encourages civic participation – Public Comments, write your elected officials (Save Internet Radio! Internet RADIO EQUALITY ACT, S. 1353 IN THE SENATE AND H.R. 2060 IN THE HOUSE)
Major research grant funding source and research output– catalog of federal domestic assistance, NIH.
Talk about the relation of gov info publishing and news sources.