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• Support for The Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007, S. 2291

  Letter to The Honorable Daniel K. Akaka
  December 18, 2007

• Comments to Members of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control

  Letter to AALL Comments on the Draft Report on the Future of Bibliographic Control
  December 15, 2007

• Concerns that Proposed Section 104 of H.R. 4279 Will Exacerbate the Orphans Works Situation

  Letter to The Honorable Howard L. Berman and the Honorable Howard Coble
  December 12, 2007

• Support for The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007, H.R. 1255/S. 886

  Letter to Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Senator John McCain
  December 7, 2007

• In Response to Questions Regarding the Focus of the Proposed Study Committee to Determine the Usefulness of a Uniform or Model Law Requiring that be Secured and Authenticated and Preserved for Permanent Public Access

  Letter to Robert A. Stein
  December 6, 2007

• Support for The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007, H.R. 1255/S. 886

  Letter to The Honorable Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader
  November 19, 2007

• Opposition to Sec. 193 of the FY08 Transportation Appropriations Act Conference Report

  Letter to the Members of the United States Senate
  November 15, 2007

• Comments on the Draft Plan for Digitizing Archival Materials for Public Access, 2007-2016

  Letter to the National Archives and Records Administration
  November 15, 2007

• Opposition to the Non-disclosure Provisions (Sec. 10305 of the Livestock Title) in the 2007 Farm Bill

  Letter to the Members of the United States Senate
  November 6, 2007

• Operations of the Library of Congress

  Statement of AALL President Ann T. Fessenden
  Before the Committee on House Administration "Oversight Hearing on The Library of Congress."
  October 24, 2007

• Comments on Privacy and Security Implications of Public Access to Certain Electronic Criminal Case File Documents

  Letter to the Judicial Conference of the United States Committee on Court Administration and Case Management
  October 24, 2007

• Expressing Concern that European Convention on Access to Official Documents is Defining the Right of Access to Information in a Way that, in Certain Important Respects, Falls Below Prevailing European and International Standards

  Letter to the Group of Specialists on Access to Official Documents, Council of Europe
  October 5, 2007

• In Support of Defendants-Appellants in Greenberg v. National Geographic Society

  Joint Library, Archives Amicus Brief for Rehearing En Banc to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  October 18, 2007

• Support for the Community Broadband Act of 2007, S. 1853

  Letter to the Members, United States Senate
  September 21, 2007

• Support for the Community Broadband Act of 2007, H.R. 3281

  Letter to the Members, U. S. House of Representatives
  September 21, 2007

• Support for Public Access to Publicly Funded Research

  Letter to the Members, United States Senate
  September 20, 2007

• Concerns about the Protect America Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-55)

  Letter to The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, and the Honorable Harry Reid
  September 4, 2007

• Hague Convention on Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements

  Letter to Mr. David Stewart
  August 20, 2007

• Joint Letter Commending Commitment to the OPEN Government Act of 2007, S. 849.

  Letter to The Honorable John Cornyn, United States Senate
  August 9, 2007

• Joint Letter Commending Commitment to the OPEN Government Act of 2007, S. 849.

  Letter to The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
  August 9, 2007

• Letter Expressing Gratitude for the OPEN Government Act of 2007, S. 849

  Letter to The Honorable Patrick Leahy and the Honorable John Cornyn
  August 3, 2007

• Library Copyright Alliance Letter to the Federal Trade Commission

  Letter to The Honorable Deborah Platt Majoras
  August 1, 2007

• Support for the Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act, S. 595

  Letter to the Members of the United States Senate
  July 30, 2007

• Support of Amendment to the Broadband Data Improvement Act, S. 1492

  Letter to The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye
  July 18, 2007

• Support for Public Access to Publicly Funded Research

  Letter to the Members, U.S. House of Representatives
  July 16, 2007

• Support for Public Access to Publicly Funded Research

  Letter to the Members, United States Senate
  July 16, 2007

• Groups Urge Senate to Enact FOIA Reform on the Law's 41st Birthday

  July 3, 2007

• Support of the Broadband Data Improvement Act, S. 1492

  Letter to The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye
  June 19, 2007

• Fair Use in the Draft United States-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS)

  Letter to The Honorable Susan Schwab
  June 15, 2007

• GODORT/AALL/SLA Comments on Draft Guidelines for Establishing Shared Regional Depository Libraries

  Letter to Richard G. Davis
  May 17, 2007

• Co-sponsors Needed for the OPEN Government Act of 2007, S. 849

  Letter to the Members, United States Senate
  May 2, 2007

• In Support of the FY 2008 Appropriations Request of the U.S. Government Printing Office

  Statement by Mary Alice Baish on behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries Before the House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Legislative Branch "Legislative Branch Subcommittee Public Witness Hearing"
  May 5, 2009

• In Support of the FY 2008 Appropriations Request of the U.S. Government Printing Office

  Oral Statement by Mary Alice Baish
  Before the House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Legislative Branch "Legislative Branch Subcommittee Public Witness Hearing"
  May 1, 2007

• Support for No-Fee Public Access to CRS Reports Through the Internet

  Letter to The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
  March 28, 2007

• Support for No-Fee Public Access to CRS Reports Through the Internet

  Letter to The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
  March 28, 2007

• Support for No-Fee Public Access to CRS Reports Through the Internet

  Letter to The Honorable Juanita Millender-McDonald
  March 28, 2007

• Support for the FY 2008 Budget Request of the Government Printing Office

  Letter to the Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz
  March 26, 2007

• Co-sponsors Needed for the FAIR USE Act of 2007, H.R. 1201

  Letter to the Members, United States House of Representatives
  March 21, 2007

• AALL Response to the Section 108 Study Group Regarding Interlibrary Loan and Other Copies for Users

  Letter to Mary Rasenberger
  March 16, 2007

• Support for Full FY 2008 Funding for the Government Printing Office and Records Commission

  Letter to the Honorable Mary Landrieu
  March 16, 2007

• Library Copyright Alliance Supports Orphan Works Reform

  March 13, 2007

• Support of FY 2008 Funding for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission

  Letter to the Honorable José E. Serrano
  March 12, 2007

• Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Has Been Reestablished

  Letter to the Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schult
  March 9, 2007

• Library Copyright Alliance Statement Supporting the FAIR USE Act, H.R. 1201

  February 27, 2007

• Testimony of Leslie Burger, President, American Library Association

  February 6, 2007

• Exemption of Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems For Access Control Technologies (Docket No. RM2002-4)

  U.S. Copyright Office December 18, 2002