ARCHIVED: 1998 Formal Statements

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• Participation in the Study of the Promotion of Distance Education

  Letter to Ms. Shira Perlmutter
  December 7, 1998

• Library Community Concerns with the Current Draft of Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code

  Letter to Alan Wright
  October 13, 1998

• Library Community Concerns with the Current Draft of Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code

  Letter to Gene N. Lebrun
  October 13, 1998

• Library Community Comments on Selected Sections of Article 2B

  Letter to Carlyle C. Ring, Jr. and Raymond T. Nimmer
  October 8, 1998

• Opposition to Sections 414 and 417 of H.R. 2281

  Letter to the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch
  September 16, 1998

• Opposition to Database Protection Title of Digital Millennium Copyright Act

  Letter to the Honorable Orrin G. Hatch
  September 10, 1998

• Support for PTO's Plans to Expand No-fee Internet Access to Patent and Trademark Publications

  Letter to Mr. Bruce A. Lehman
  August 26, 1998

• Serious Concerns with H.R. 2281, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

  Letter to All Members of the United States Senate
  August 24, 1998

• Support of S. 2288 at the July 29, 1998 Hearing Before the Committee on Rules and Administration

  Letter to the Honorable John Warner
  August 21, 1998

• Response to Questions from Senator John Warner

  August 21, 1998

• Responses to Questions from Senator Wendell

  August 21, 1998

• Regarding S. 2288, the Wendell H. Ford Government Publications Reform Act of 1998

  Oral Statement of Robert L. Oakley
  July 29, 1998

• S.2288, The Wendell H. Ford Government Publications Reform Act of 1998

  Statement of Robert L. Oakley
  Before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Testimony Regarding
  July 29, 1998

• Interpretation of Rules and Guides for Electronic Media - Comment FTC File No. P74102

  Letter to Laura J. DeMartino
  July 8, 1998

• Comments Regarding Permanent Public Access and Authenticity

  Public Access Working Group (PAWG) Meeting with OMB Deputy Director for Management G. Edward DeSeve
  July 2, 1998

• IAWG Congratulations for ALA Honorary Membership

  Letter to the Honorable Wendell H. Ford
  June 28, 1998

• IAWG Endorsement of the "Government Publications Reform Act of 1998"

  Letter to the Honorable John W. Warner and Honorable Wendell H. Ford
  June 24, 1998

• Legislative Advocacy in a Time of Momentous Change

  June 24, 1998

• Full Support for FY 1999 Funding for the Federal Depository Library Program

  Letter to the Honorable James T. Walsh and
  Members of the Legislative Subcommittee, House Committee on Appropriations
  June 9, 1998

• Testimony Regarding Implementation of the December 1996 WIPO Copyright and Phonograms Treaties

  Oral Statement by Robert L. Oakley
  June 5, 1998

• Opposition to Key Provisions of H.R. 2281

  Letter to the Honorable Thomas J. Bliley and Members, House Committee on Commerce
  May 29, 1998

• Investigation of Nolo Press

  Letter to Norman R. Rogers and Members of the Texas Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
  May 21, 1998

• Reconsideration of Decision to Veto Funding for the "Electronic Doorway Library Services Program"

  Letter to New York State Governor George E. Pataki
  May 21, 1998

• Support for the FY 1999 Appropriations for the Superintendent of Documents Salaries and Expenses

  Letter to the Honorable Robert F. Bennett and Members, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative
  May 18, 1998

• Opposition to H.R. 2652, the "Collections of Information Antipiracy Act"

  Letter to All Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
  May 11, 1998

• Request for a Meeting by the Public Access Working Group

  Letter to the Honorable Jacob Lew
  May 1, 1998

• Support for S. 2628-A and A. 4321-B, the "Electronic Doorway Library Services Program"

  Letter to the New York State Governor George E. Pataki
  April 30, 1998

• Keynote Address at the First Library Affairs Symposium on Information Issues

  April 24, 1998

• Opposition to H.R. 2281

  Letter to the Honorable Thomas D. DeLay and Honorable Richard K. Armey
  April 16, 1998

• Co-sponsorship of the "Taxpayers' Internet Assistance Act of 1998", S. 1901

  Letter to the Members of the United States Senate
  April 3, 1998

• Full FY 1999 Funding for the Library of Congress, the Law Library of Congress and the Federal Depository Library Program

  Letter to the Honorable Robert F. Bennett and Members, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative
  March 31, 1998

• Opposition to the Anti-Advocacy Provisions of H.R. 3485, the Campaign Finance and Election Integrity Act

  Letters to the Members of the House of Representatives
  March 26, 1998

• Access to CRS Reports

  Letter to the Honorable Christopher Shays
  March 24, 1998

• Opposition to the "Collections of Information Antipiracy Act" (H.R. 2652)

  Letter to the Honorable Henry J. Hyde and Members of the House Judiciary Committee
  March 12, 1998

• Letter Transmitting the "Federal Information Access Act of 1998" and IAWG Issue Briefs

  Letter to the Honorable John W. Warner
  March 9, 1998

• Co-sponsorship of H.R. 3048, the Digital Era Copyright Enhancement Act

  Letter to the Honorable Henry J. Hyde and Members of the House Judiciary Committee
  February 24, 1998

• Full FY 1999 Funding for the Law Library of Congress and Broader Distribution of the Bound Congressional Record and U.S. Congressional Serial Set to Depository Libraries

  Letter to the Honorable James T. Walsh and Members, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative
  February 16, 1998

• 1998 Nominations for the Depository Library Council

  Letter to Public Printer Michael F. DiMario
  February 16, 1998

• FY 1999 Appropriations for the Government Printing Office

  Statement of Patricia A. Wand
  Subcommittee on Legislative House Committee on Appropriations
  February 12, 1998

• FY 1999 Appropriations for the Library of Congress

  Patricia A. Wand
  Before the Subcommittee on Legislative House Committee on Appropriations
  February 12, 1998

• Organizational Biographies

  February 12, 1998