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• Nominations for the 1998 James Madison Award

  Letter to Daniel O'Mahony
  December 30, 1997

• Letter Transmitting the Revised "Federal Information Access Act of 1997"

  Letter to the Honorable John W. Warner
  December 19, 1997

• Digital Copyright Clarification and Technology Act (S. 1146)

  Letter to the Honorable Charles S. Robb
  December 15, 1997

• Co-sponsors Needed for S. 1146 and H.R. 3048

  An Open Letter to the Library Community
  December 5, 1997

• Brief for Amici Curiae of the AALL

  Nov 26, 1997

• H.R. 2652, Collections of Information Antipiracy Act

  DFC Letter to the Honorable Howard Coble and Members
  October 30, 1997

• Library Association Concerns with Latest Title 44 Draft Bill

  Letter to the Honorable John W. Warner
  October 17, 1997

• Comments of Professor Robert L. Oakley

  October 16, 1997

• Technical Amendment to H.R. 2265, No Electronic Theft Act

  Letter to the Honorable Henry J. Hyde
  October 3, 1997

• Testimony regarding H.R. 2281

  DFC Letter to the Honorable Howard Coble
  September 24, 1997

• Digital Copyright Clarification and Technology Act of 1997

  Letter to the Honorable John Ashcroft
  September 19, 1997

• Comprehensive Implementation of the December 1996 WIPO Copyright And Phonograms Treaties

  Statement of Douglas Bennett
  Before The House Of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts And Intellectual Property
  September 17, 1997

• Courts and Intellectual Property on Service Provider Liability by Library, Educational, and Scholarly Associations

  Statement of Robert L. Oakley
  Before The House Of Representatives Subcommittee
  September 16, 1997

• H.R. 2209, Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY98

  Letter to the Honorable Ted Stevens
  September 15, 1997

• H.R. 2209, Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY98

  Letter to Honorable James T. Walsh
  September 15, 1997

• The McManis Motion

  DFC Letter to Carlyle C. Ring, Jr.
  September 12, 1997

• The Copyright Infringement Liability of Online and Internet Service Providers

  Statement of Robert L. Oakley
  Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  September 4, 1997

• DFC Coalition praises Senator Ashcroft for introducing balanced copyright legislation

  DFC Press Release
  September 3, 1997

• H.R. 2281, the WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaty Implementation Act of 1997

  Letter to the Honorable Howard Coble
  August 4, 1997

• Statement of the Digital Future Coalition Regarding W.I.P.O. Implementing Legislation

  August 1997

• Amicus in Support of Ross E. Mitchell

  Letter to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  July 31, 1997

• Letter of Appreciation

  Letter to the Honorable John W. Warner
  July 30, 1997

• WIPO Treaties Implementing Legislation

  Letter to Mr. Ira C. Magaziner
  July 24, 1997

• Special Program: A Sea Change in Access to Federal Government Information: Revising Title 44 and the Role of the Government Printing Office

  July 1997

• Appreciation for Commitment to Public Access

  Second Letter to the Honorable John Warner
  June 20, 1997

• Support The FY 1998 Budget Request for The Library Of Congress

  Letter to The Honorable Robert F. Bennett
  June 12, 1997

• Support for FY 1998 Budget Request for the Superintendent of Documents Salaries and Expenses Appropriation

  Letter to the Honorable Robert F. Bennett
  June 12, 1997

• Organizational Biographies

  June 12, 1997

• Draft Bill To Amend Chapter 19 Of U.S.C. Title 44

  Letter to The Honorable John Warner
  June 9, 1997

• Before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration On Proposed Revisions to Title 44 of the United States Code

  May 8, 1997

• Government Printing Office and Executive Branch Information Dissemination

  Robert L. Oakley
  Before the House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
  May 8, 1997

• AALL Government Relations Office: Organizational Biographies

  May 8, 1997

• Goals For Revising U.S.C. Title 44 To Enhance Public Access To Federal Government Information

  May 1997

• Implications Of Technological Change

  April 30, 1997

• AALL Government Relations Office: Organizational Biographies

  April 30, 1997

• Goals For Revising U.S.C. Title 44;

  April 30, 1997

• Proposed Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code

  Letter to Professor Raymond Nimmer
  March 27, 1997

• House Bill 245

  Letter to the Members of the Illinois House of Representatives
  March 17, 1997

• Appellate Court and Circuit Administration Division (Cover Letter)

  Letter to Appellate Court and Circuit Admin. Div.
  March 12, 1997

• ABA Citation Resolution

  Letter to the Committee on Automation and Technology of the Judicial Conference of the United States
  March 12, 1997

• Listserv transmittal statement accompanying the letter to the Honorable Judge Paul L. Friedman

  AALL President Frank G. Houdek
  February 22, 1997

• Proposed Merger of West Publishing with Thomson Corporation

  Letter to The Honorable Judge Paul L. Friedman
  February 21, 1997

• Nomination of NOCALL/SCALL for the 1997 Madison Award

  Letter to Francis J. Buckley, Jr.
  February 14, 1997

• FY 1998 Appropriations for the Government Printing Office

  Statement of Robert L. Oakley
  Before the Subcommittee on Legislative, House Committee on Appropriations
  February 12, 1997

• FY 1998 Appropriations for the Library of Congress

  Statement of Robert L. Oakley
  Before the Subcommittee on Legislative, House Committee on Appropriations
  February 12, 1997

• Comments on the "Framework for Global Electronic Commerce"

  Letter to Mr. Ira C. Magaziner
  January 31, 1997

• Comment on the "Framework for Global Electronic Commerce"

  Letter to Mr. Ira C. Magaziner
  January 30, 1997

• Release of Public Domain Content of JURIS

  Letter to Vice President Albert Gore
  January 14, 1997

• Comments on H.R. 4280 and the Contributions of Law Libraries to the Federal Depository Library Program

  Letter to the Honorable William M. Thomas
  January 10, 1997

• Publication of Hearings on "Public Access to Government Information in the 21st Century"

  Letter to the Honorable John Warner
  January 3, 1997

• AALL Government Relations Office: Letter to Honorable John Warner

  January 3, 1997