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• Breakout A: Getting your Message Read

  Breakout Session
  2013 Advocacy Training: Advocacy in Practice
  AALL Annual Meeting
  

• Follow-up Comments for the Record

  June 2, 2008
  Before the United States Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the Impact and Policy Implications of Spyware on Consumers and Businesses (Arthur Butler testimony)
  

• G3: AALL Public Policy Update: The Government Relations Office 404

  by Mary Alice Baish
  AALL Annual Meeting
  July 10-13, 2010

• C3: A Vision for the Future: Authenticated and Official Online Legal Resources

  by Mary Alice Baish
  AALL Annual Meeting
  July 10-13, 2010

• AALL Advocacy Training: Raising the Bar in Your State

  by Mary Alice Baish and Emily Feldman
  AALL Annual Meeting
  July 10-13, 2010

• AALL 2013 Policy Programs

  Public Policy Programs at the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference in Seattle, WA

• Law Librarian Members of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer (DLC)

  Updated May 2013

• A Brief History of the Relationship of Law Libraries and the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) with the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)

• Selected Resources Concerning Law Libraries and Librarians as Participants in the Federal Depository Library Program

  Updated May 2013

• Legislative Advocacy Training 2013: Advocacy in Practice

  Agenda
  July 13, 2013
  Seattle, WA

• Chapter Government Relations Get-Together July 14

• Copyright

• Lobby Day Talking Points and Legislative Asks

• Local Advocate Lobby Day Agenda

  AALL Local Advocate Lobby Day
  Draft Agenda
  March 27, 2013

• AALL Local Advocate Lobby Day

• 113th Bill Chart

• Advocacy Tips

• Subscribe to AALL’s Advocacy Listserv

• Stay Connected

• Coalitions

• Contact Us

• Resources on Digital Authentication

• Authentic Legal Information in the Digital Age: AALL National Summit

• 2007 State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources

• 2009-2010 State Summary Updates on Authentication of Online Legal Resources

• 2011-2013 Preliminary Analysis of AALL’s State Legal Inventories

• Frequently Asked Questions about Member Advocacy

  January 4, 2013

• UELMA in California

• UELMA in Colorado

  Susan Nevelow Mart
  December 2012

• RSC Policy Brief: Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it

  Withdrawn RSC Policy Brief
  November 2012

• AALL Definitions of Inventory Categories

  Compiled by AALL’s Digital Access to Legal Information Committee
  November 2012

• To the Governor of California in support of SB 1075

  Letter from the Council of California County Law Librarians (CCCLL), the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL), the San Diego Area Law Libraries (SANDALL) and the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) to Governor Jerry Brown
  August 2, 2012

• To the Assembly Rules Committee in support of SB 1075

  Letter from the Council of California County Law Librarians (CCCLL), the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL), the San Diego Area Law Libraries (SANDALL) and the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) to the Chair of the Assembly Rules Committee
  June 28, 2012

• To the Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of SB 1075

  Letter from the Council of California County Law Librarians (CCCLL), the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL), the San Diego Area Law Libraries (SANDALL) and the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) to the Chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee
  June 20, 2012

• To the Senate Rules Committee in support of SB 1075

  Letter from the Council of California County Law Librarians (CCCLL), the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL), the San Diego Area Law Libraries (SANDALL) and the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) to the Chair of the Senate Rules Committee
  March 19, 2012

• Reply Comments to Inquiry Concerning Orphan Works

• Preliminary Analysis of AALL’s State Legal Inventories, 2011-2013

  Updated: April 2013

• Action Alert: Submit a Vendor Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Re: the Prenotification Negative Option Rule

  FTC Action Alert

• Washington E-Bulletin: September 2012

• State Working Group Issue Brief

• Celebrating AALL's Working Groups (July 23, 2011)

• State Working Group Frequently Asked Questions

• Tips for AALL State Working Groups

• State Working Group Work Day

• Six Easy Steps to Populating Your State’s Inventory

• Guidelines for State Working Group Coordinators: Organizing Your First Meeting

• General Guidelines for AALL State Working Groups

• State Working Group Volunteers

• AALL State Working Groups

• AALL Federal Working Group

• Importance of Being an Advocate

• Writing a Letter to the Editor

  A Guide to Writing a Letter to the Editor
  Created July 2012
  AALL Government Relations Office
  

• Writing an Op-Ed

  A Guide to Writing an Op-Ed
  Created July 2012
  AALL Government Relations Office
  

• Writing and Presenting Testimony in Your State Legislature

  A Guide to Writing and Presenting Testimony in Your State Legislature
  Created July 2012
  AALL Government Relations Office
  

• A Guide to Hosting a Library Tour for Your Lawmakers

  Hosting a Library Tour for Your Lawmakers
  Created July 2012
  AALL Government Relations Office
  

• Writing to Your Member of Congress

  A Guide to Writing to Your Member of Congress
  Created July 2012
  AALL Government Relations Office
  

• Calling Your Member of Congress

  A Guide to Calling Your Member of Congress
  Created July 2012
  AALL Government Relations Office
  

• Meeting with Your Member of Congress

  A Guide to Meeting with Your Member of Congress
  Created July 2012
  AALL Government Relations Office
  

• Chart of FY 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations for Library of Congress

• Chart of FY 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations for Government Printing Office

• 2012 Advocacy Training Breakout Session One: “Participating in the Future of the FDLP”

• 2012 Advocacy Training Breakout Session One: “Advocating for UELMA in Your State”

• AALL Public Policy Programs 2012

• San Francisco Law Library - California Letter of Support

• Advocacy Training Agenda 2012

• Conference Committee on FY 2012 Appropriations Bills

• Bill to Amend Chapter 19 of Title 44, United States Code

  December 18, 1997

• The IAWG Legislative Proposal Will Revise the Law to Ensure that the Public Has Continuous and Permanent Access to Electronic Government Information

  Inter-Association Working Group on Government Information Policy
  March 4, 1998

• The IAWG Legislative Proposal Will Strengthen the Federal Depository Library Program to Improve Public Access to Government Information

  Inter-Association Working Group on Government Information Policy
  March 4, 1998

• The IAWG Legislative Proposal Will Revise the Law to Broaden, Strengthen, and Enhance Public Access to All Forms of Federal Government Information

  Inter-Association Working Group on Government Information Policy
  March 4, 1998

• The IAWG Submits to Congress a Legislative Proposal to Improve Public Access to Government Information

  Inter-Association Working Group on Government Information Policy
  March 4, 1998

• A Development Agenda for WIPO

  June 2007

• Statement at World Intellectual Property Organization meeting of Provisional Committee on the Development Agenda

  February 20, 2007

• Statement at World Intellectual Property Organization Meeting of Provisional Committee on the Development Agenda

  February 21, 2007

• Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda Fourth Session

  June 2007

• Legislative Branch Subcommittee Public Witness Hearing Response

  May 9, 2007

• Library Concerns with the WIPO Broadcast Treaty

  May 2007

• Authentic Legal Information in the Digital Age: Where Do We Go From Here?

  October 2-4, 2007

• Funding for the U.S. Government Printing Office

  March 26, 2007

• Funding for the Government Printing Office

  March 16, 2007

• Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Reestablished

  March 9, 2007

• hearing on the FY 2008 Funding Request

  March 12, 2007

• Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Reestablished

  March 9, 2007

• Hearing on the FY 2008 Funding Request

  March 12, 2007

• Action Alert, 4/28/2000 List#1

• Action Alert, Senate Appropriations List

  April 28, 2000

• Senate Appropriations List

• Prepare to Welcome New Members of Congress

  December 23, 2008

• Baystate Technologies, Inc. v. Harold L. Bowers (doing business as HLB Technology)

• Calls and Letters Needed for the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007

  January 10, 2007

• Federal Information Access Act of 1998

• IFLA Address, Libraries the Information Society in Action

  November 18, 2005

• Comments Of The Library Copyright Alliance And The Music Library Association

  December, 2005

• Briefs

• Sunshine Week Flyer 2008

• Sunshine Week Flyer 2008 - Updated

• 2009 Travel Grants

• Comments of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Medical Library Association and the Special Libraries Association

  Before the Copyright Office on exemption to the prohibition of circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies (Docket No. RM 2008-8).
  May 6, 2009

• Testimony of Thomas Blanton

• Statement of Patrice McDermott on the Implementation of Executive Order 13392, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information

  July 26, 2006

• Letter from Barack Obama to John Gage

  October 20, 2008

• Procurement of Printing and Duplicating through the Government Printing Office

  M-02-07
  MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
  May 3, 2002

• Next Generation Electronic Government Information Access Act of 1999

• Preserving Legal Information for the 21st Century: Toward a National Agenda: Tentative Schedule

• Discouraging Online Networked Trafficking Inducement Act of 2004, S. 2560

• Discouraging Online Networked Trafficking Inducement Act of 2004, S. 2560

• Uniform Laws Annotated Volume 7A Pt. I - 2005 Cumulative Annual Pocket Part (link c)

• Uniform Laws Annotated Volume 7A Pt. I - Main Text

• Uniform Laws Annotated Volume 7A Pt. I - 2005 Cumulative Annual Pocket Part

• Draft Agenda: AALL Day on the Hill: Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training 2009

• Action Alert, 4/28/2000 List#2

• AALL Authentication Survey Worksheet

• In Support of Petitioners in Eric Eldred v. John D. Ashcroft

  Amicus Brief on behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries, American Historical Association, American Library Association, Art Libraries Society of North America, et al
  May 20, 2002

• Next Generation Electronic Government Information Access Act of 1999

• In Support of Petitioners in Eric Eldred v. John D. Ashcroft

  Amicus Brief on behalf of the Digital Future Coalition, National Writers Union, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, Center for the Public Domain, et al
  May 20, 2002

• American Library Association, et al vs. Federal Communications Commission, et al

• Action Alert, 4/28/2000 List#2

• In Brief - Access to Library Records by NSLs Before and After the USA PATRIOT Act

• In Brief - Access to Library Records by FISA Warrant Before and After the USA PATRIOT Act

• Advocacy Communications Assistant

• labngs

• Updates

• Presentations

• Legislative and Regulatory Updates 2009

• Press Release: AALL Contributes to Audit Revealing Wide Variation in Agency Plans to Make Government   More Open: NASA, HUD, EPA Produce Strong Plans, DOJ Plan Disappoints 

  May 3, 2010

• International

• Letters

• Letters: 110th Congress

• Equal and Equitable Public Access to the Rule of Law

• Reports and Issue Briefs

• Utah Provides Authentication of Administrative Rules Publications

  September 17, 2007

• Government Printing Office Testimonies

• Comments of the Open Internet Coalition

• Maryland Library Association Testimony in Opposition to House Bill 247

• Statement of Tom Blanton

  September 17, 2008

• Second Annual National Event Will Explore Government Secrecy and Openness

  March 2007

• Appendix A: State Government Web Sites

• Appendix B: State Contacts

• Model answers for Part IV: State Summary, showing how the text from the survey instrument will be assembled into the chapter for your state - Montana

• Model answers for Part IV: State Summary, showing how the text from the survey instrument will be assembled into the chapter for your state - Kansas

• Model answers for Part IV: State Summary, showing how the text from the survey instrument will be assembled into the chapter for your state - Iowa

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer v Groskter and Jerry Leiber v Grokster

  March, 2005

• AALL 2009 Day on the Hill Agenda

• AALL Day on the Hill: Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training 2009

• AALL Launches New Advocacy Toolkit for Members and Chapters

  March 12, 2009

• Agenda: Navigating the Advocacy Wilderness: Tools and Tips to Become an Effective Advocate

• Announcement and Agenda: Navigating the Advocacy Wilderness: Tools and Tips to Become an Effective Advocate

• Announcement: Navigating the Advocacy Wilderness: Tools and Tips to Become an Effective Advocate

• Announcement: Navigating the Advocacy Wilderness: Tools and Tips to Become an Effective Advocate

• Policy Track Programs - 2008

• Policy Track Programs 2009

• Senate Chart for AALL Chapters: 111th Congress

• The Honorable Zoe Lofgren

  Letter from the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL) to thank her for introducing H.R. 6589 to improve funding for the Law Library of Congress.
  July 25, 2008

• Day on the Hill 2009

• E6: Discovering Advocacy Web Tools

• Chairs and Ranking Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriations

  Letter from Southern New England Law Librarians Association (SNELLA) to deliver the petitions showing the broad support from Connecticut's residents for the courthouse law libraries that are being threatened with closure.
  February 22, 2010

• AALL Government Relations Office: Special Program: A Sea Change in Access...

• AALL Government Relations Office: Special Program: A Sea Change in Access...

• Join AALL’s Advocacy Team: How to Deliver Our Message - A Free Online Advocacy Training Session

• Memorandum to Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee RE: Senate Bill 86

  Law Library Association of Maryland
  January 30, 2008

• Moving Towards An Affirmative Right to Know Policy

  AALL Annual Meeting July 15, 2008 by Gary Bass

• AALL Government Relations Policy

  March 2001

• AALL Government Relations Policy

  Revised July 1995

• Frequently Asked Questions about the AALL Government Relations Office (GRO)

• Highlights of the History of the AALL Government Relations Office (formerly the Washington Affairs Office)

  Updated as of February 2009

• AALL Authentication Survey Worksheet

• State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources

  March 2007

• Subscribe to AALL’s Advocacy Listserv

• Mission Statements

• Washington Brief - April 2010

  Vol. 14, No. 6
  Volunteers Still Needed for AALL State Working Groups—Sign up Today
  Please Join Us for AALL’s Legislative Advocacy Training 2010: Raising the Bar in Your State

• Washington Brief - February 2010

  Vol. 14, No. 4
  Obama Administration Scorecard

• Washington Brief - June 2010

  Vol. 14, No. 8
  See You Soon in Denver

• Washington Brief - March 2010

  Vol. 14, No. 5
  New Federal Open Government Directive Overlooks E-Records Management
  Obama Administration Releases Executive Order on Classification

• Washington Brief - May 2010

  Vol. 14, No. 7
  AALL Testimony in Support of GPO’s FY2011 Budget Request
  AALL Supports FY 2011 Funding for the Office of Technology Assessment
  AALL and SNELLA Oppose Connecticut Courthouse Library Closures
  

• Washington Brief - September/October 2009

  AALL Spectrum, Vol. 14, No. 1
  2009 Day on the Hill Participants Prove “All Politics Is Local”

• Washington Brief - November 2009

  Vol. 14, No. 2
  2009 “Secrecy Report Card” Tracks Trends in Government Secrecy

• Washington Brief - May 2009

  Spectrum, Vol. 13, No. 7
  New Advocacy Toolkit for the 111th Congress
  Sen. Lieberman Champions Greater Public Access to PACER and Congressional Research Service Reports

• Washington Brief - March 2009

  AALL Spectrum, Vol. 13, No. 5
  NARA Struggles to Preserve Complete Set of Electronic Records from Bush Administration
  We Need Your Voice at AALL’s Day on the Hill 2009

• Washington Brief - June 2009

  AALL Spectrum, Vol. 13, No. 8
  Congratulations to the Winners of the PAGI and Member Advocacy Awards
  AALL’s New Advocacy Toolkit for Members and Chapters

• Washington Brief - July 2009

  AALL Spectrum, Vol. 13, No. 9
  Join Us for Exciting Policy Programs in D.C.

• Washington Brief - February 2009

  AALL Spectrum, Vol. 13, No. 4
  Change in Washington
  21st Century Right to Know Project

• Washington Brief - December 2009

  Vol. 14, No. 3
  2009 Legislative Progress Report

• Washington Brief - April 2009

  AALL Spectrum, Vol. 13, No. 6
  The Obama Administration—Opportunities and Challenges

• Washington Brief - April 2008

  AALL Spectrum, Volume 12 No. 6
  The Washington Office’s New Blog!
  OMB Moves to Online Budget
  White House Efforts to Weaken OPEN Government Act
  Copyright in the 110th Congress

• Washington Brief - December 2008

  AALL Spectrum, Volume 13 No. 3
  Legislative Progress Report

• Washington Brief - June 2008

  AALL Spectrum, Volume 12 No. 8
  Congratulations to the 2008 PAGI Award Winner!
  EPA Releases Report to Congress, Schedules Library Reopenings
  Don’t Miss the Great Policy Programs in Portland

• Washington Brief - March 2008

  AALL Spectrum, Volume 12 No. 5
  Don’t Miss AALL’s Annual Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training in Portland
  Year-end Legislative Victories for Open Government
  Looking Ahead to 2008

• Washington Brief - May 2008

  AALL Spectrum, Volume 12 No. 7
  NCCUSL Study Committee on Online Authentication of Legal Materials
  AALL Commends Chief Justice John G. Roberts for PACER Pilot Program
  House Appropriations Subcommittee Looks at Legislative Branch Agencies
  Public Access to CRS Reports
  It’s Not Too Late—Sign Up Today for AALL’s Annual Advocacy Training!

• Washington Brief - November 2008

  AALL Spectrum, Volume 13 No. 2
  2008 Government Secrecy Report Card

• Washington Brief - September/October 2008

  AALL Spectrum, Volume 13 No. 1
  Policy Programs in Portland a Great Success!
  New Bill Would Improve Funding for Law Library of Congress

• Washington Brief- July 2008

  AALL Spectrum, Volume 12 No. 9
  Don’t Miss the Advocacy Programs in Portland

• Washington Brief - July 2006

  Celebrating AALL's Centennial—Join Us in St. Louis for These Terrific Policy Events!
  Not One But Two Legislative Advocacy Training Opportunities This Year!

• Washington Brief - June 2006

  Congratulations to the 2006 PAGI Award Winners!
  Meet Us in St. Louis for the 2006 Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training
  Important New Statement on Openness by U.S. Archivist
  Continuing the Fight to Save EPA Libraries

• Washington Brief - February 2006

  Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act
  Support for Open Document Format
  The Community Broadband Act of 2005
  Opposition to BARDA
  March 13th Sunshine Week Teleconference - Are We Safer in the Dark?

• Washington Brief - March 2006

  Bumps Along the Road in Implementing the E-Government Act
  Whatever Happened to www.regulations.gov?
  World Law Bulletin

• Washington Brief - May 2006

  Congressional Hearing on Orphan Works
  AALL Thanks U.S. Archivist for Moratorium on Declassification
  Gearing Up for the FY 2007 Appropriations Cycle
  Are We Safer in the Dark National Teleconference—Thanks!

• Washington Brief - November 2006

  Inaugural Issue of The AALL Washington E-Bulletin Launched
  Celebrating Constitution Day 2006
  2005 Secrecy Report Card Released

• Washington Brief - September, 2006

  Bryan Stevens Joins the Washington Office
  Advocacy Training in St. Louis a Huge Success
  Summary of St. Louis Town Meeting with Public Printer Bruce James and U.S. Archivist Allen Weinstein
  New on Washington Office Online

• Washington Brief - March 2005

  It's Time to Welcome the 109th Congress
  New AFFECT Principles for Fair Commerce in Software and Other Digital Products

• Washington Brief - February 2005

  The 108th Congress: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  First: copyright and digital rights management.
  Second, the USA Patriot Act.
  And Third, access to government information and the Bush Administration's penchant for secrecy.

• Washington Brief - May 2005

  GPO to Continue Print Distribution through the FDLP
  New Momentum in Congress to Strengthen FOIA

• Washington Brief - November 2005

  Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act
  Good News and Bad News on 2006 Appropriations
  2005 Secrecy Report Card
  

• Washington Brief - December 2004

  Update on the INDUCE Act
  New Litigation Regarding the Broadcast Flag
  AALL Signs onto Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO
  

• Washington Brief - February 2004

  AALL Opposition to New Database Legislation
  Quick Update on FY 2004 Appropriations Bills
  2004 AFFECT Legislative Agenda
  

• Washington Brief - July 2004

  Janis Johnston Testifies at GPO Oversight Hearing
  Hearing on H.R. 107--More Co-Sponsors Needed!

• Washington Brief - March 2004

  Join Us for the 2004 Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training in Boston!
  Join OpenTheGovernment.org

• Washington Brief - November 2004

  Update on the INDUCE Act
  AALL a Founding Member of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access
  OpenTheGovernment.org Releases Secrecy Report
  McCabe Article on Pricing of Legal Serials Now Available

• Washington Brief - September/October 2004

  On the Intellectual Property Front

• Washington Brief - April 2003

  ABA Resolution on UCITA
  New Senate Resolution on CRS Reports
  Cosponsors Still Needed for the DMCRA (H.R. 107)
  Privacy Issues for the 108th Congress

• Washington Brief - March 2003

  A Preview of the New Year
  Update on Controversy over Executive Branch Printing
  New Leadership at the Government Printing Office
  Bush Signs the E-government Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-347)
  Library Comments on Broadcast Flag & Rulemaking on Exemptions on Anticircumvention

• Washington Brief - November 2003

  NCCUSL Discharges UCITA Standby Committee
  Discussion Draft of Database Legislation Released

• Washington Brief - September 2003

  The Public Domain Enhancement Act
  The Freedom to Read Protection Act
  2003 UCITA Scorecard
  The Electronic Government Services Act
  

• Washington Brief - April 2002

  Report of the ABA Working Group on UCITA
  Ohio "Bomb shelter" Bill
  Matrix on the USA PATRIOT Act Now Available
  Co-sponsors Needed for House Bill to Nullify E.O. 13,233
  Less Access to Government Information Post 9/11

• Washington Brief - November 2002

  December Teleconference on the USA PATRIOT Act
  S. 2395, the Anticounterfeiting Amendments of 2002
  Possible Elimination of PubSCIENCE
  OMB Drafting Guidelines on "Sensitive" Government Information
  

• Washington Brief - December 2002

  S. 487, the TEACH Act
  H.R. 5544, the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act
  Hearing on the Nomination of Bruce James to be Public Printer
  End-of-the-Year "Unresolved" Issues

• Washington Brief - February 2002

  End-of-Year Status Report and Legislative Outlook for 2002
  The USA PATRIOT Act (P.L. 107-56)
  More Government Documents Disappear, Including Presidential Records
  Database Legislation Will Be Back in 2002) D.C. NCCUSL Meetings on UCITA)
  

• Washington Brief - July 2002

  Interested in Public Policy? Meet you in Orlando!
  Join Us for Advocacy Training in Orlando
  Speaking of AALL's Effective Grassroots Advocacy...
  AALL Comments on Model Policy on Public Access to Court Records
  Other April Washington Office Activities
  Spring Chapter Legislative Updates
  In Memoriam

• Washington Brief - June 2002

  Bush Nominates New Public Printer
  The E-Government Act of 2002
  New White House Directive on Classified Information
  Support Needed for IMLS FY 2003 Budget
  ARL Memo Regarding the Withdrawal of FDLP Titles Draft House Bill on Presidential Records Act
  

• Washington Brief - March 2002

  Library & Higher Ed Workshop on the USA PATRIOT Act (P.L. 107-56)
  AFFECT Response to New Proposed Amendments to UCITA
  NARA Issues New Guidance in Response to September 11th
  House Hearings on the DMCA Section 104 Report
  AALL Joins Amicus Brief on Copyright Term Extension
  

• Washington Brief - September 2002

  OMB Memorandum M-02-07
  JCP Hearing on OMB Memorandum
  Post-Hearing Support for GPO
  The AALL 2002 PAGI Award

• Washington Brief - April 2001

  S. Res. 21
  Senate Judiciary Committee Agenda for the 107th Congress
  AALL Comments on Privacy and Court Filings
  The Privacy Coalition
  UCITA Update
  CA Chapters' Pre-Institute Workshop on Legislative Advocacy

• Washington Brief - December 2001

  Update on Anti-terrorism Legislation
  Public Access v. National Security: Disappearing Government Information
  Amicus Brief in Greenberg v. National Geographic Society

• Washington Brief - July 2001

  Call today--Cosponsors Needed for S. 803
  Two New GAO Reports of Interest
  

• Washington Brief - June 2001

  Winners and Losers in the Bush FY 2002 Budget
  Lieberman E-Government Bill
  Executive Board Approves Revised Government Relations Policy
  Paul Arrigo Selected for Depository Library Council
  

• Washington Brief - March 2001

  NARA Captures Clinton Whitehouse.gov
  Status of NCLIS Report and the PIRA
  UCITA on a Fast-track in a Handful of States

• Washington Brief - May 2001

  Hatch-Leahy Bill on Distance Education
  New Administrator for OIRA
  Lieberman Bill on E-Government
  250th Anniversary of Madison's Birthday
  NY AG Proposes Strong Anti-UCITA Legislation
  E-Mail Overload in Congress: Managing a Communications Crisis
  CA Chapters' Pre-Institute Workshop a Huge Success!
  

• Washington Brief - September 2001

  AALL General Business Meeting, July 18, 2001
  Database Protection
  S. 487, the Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001 or "TEACH Act"
  E-Government Act of 2001 (S. 803) introduced in May be Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Sen. Conrad Burns and 12 other cosponsors
  Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, or UCITA
  Privacy, particularly as it relates to public and government records available broadly through the Internet
  The Privacy Coalition
  Our 2000-2001 Legislative Agenda
  

• AALL's 2001 Legislative Agenda - February 2001

  Renewed Battle Over Database Legislation
  Library Strategy to Restore Balance in the Copyright Act, post DMCA
  UCITA on a Fast-track in 2001 NCLIS Draft Report and Legislative Proposal
  Final Thoughts on Our 2001 Legislative Agenda
  

• Washington Brief - July 2000

  See you in Philly!
  FY 2001 Legislative Branch Funding Crisis
  New FTC Report on Online Consumer Privacy

• Washington Brief - February 2000

  Scorecard for the 106th Congress, First Session AALL's Legislative and Regulatory Agenda for the 106th Congress, Second Session UCITA Attorneys Fees for Hyperlaw, Inc.

• Washington Brief - December 2000

  Final Rule on Anticircumvention Disappoints Library Community
  Fall Federal Depository Library Conference
  NCLIS Draft Reports Available for Public Comment

• Washington Brief - April 2000

  DMCA Aftermath: Joint Library Rulemaking Comments
  Database Still in Limbo
  Virginia--The First State to Enact UCITA?
  The Future of NTIS

• Washington Brief - June 2000

  UCITA Enacted in Maryland
  Chapter Advocacy Training in Philly!
  FY 2001 Legislative Branch Funding Crisis
  Celebrate the New Supreme Court Website
  Depository Library Council

• Washington Brief - March 2000

  H.R. 354 May Move Quickly to House Floor
  State-by-state Fight to Oppose UCITA
  FY 2001 Appropriations
  The Future of NTIS...

• Washington Brief - May 2000

  Maryland-a Bitter Battle over UCITA
  Database Legislation Heating Up (Again)!
  Congratulations to New DLC Member Charlene Cain!

• Washington Brief - November 2000

  Legislative Branch Appropriations Act Stalled
  Fall Federal Depository Library Conference
  Clinton Unveils FirstGov on Schedule
  Brown University Study of Government Web Sites
  NAS Report on the Library of Congress

• GRC Report - April 2000

• GRC Report - February 2000

• GRC Report - July 2000

• GRC Report - June 2000

• GRC Report - May 2000

• GRC Report - September 2000

• Washington Brief - October 2000

  December Teleconference on UCITA
  A New Federal Chief Information Officer?
  First Sale Doctrine-Joint Library Comments
  More on FirstGov
  Second NCLIS Study on NTIS

• Washington Brief - September 2000

  Thanks!
  Hot Topic-The Virtual Depository Library
  Anticircumvention-Final Comments
  UCITA

• Mark Your Calendar Now for the December 13th Satellite Teleconference

  December 13, 2000

• Mark your calendars now for the Satellite Teleconference on UCITA!

  September 15, 2000

• Washington Brief - April 1999

  Hearing on FY 2000 Appropriations Requests for the Library of Congress and the FDLP
  JFK Assassination Records Review Board Honored with 1999 James Madison Award

• Washington Brief - February 1999

  OUTLOOK FOR THE 106TH CONGRESS
  Leadership Changes
  AALL Legislative Day, July 16, 1999
  Database Protection
  S. 2288--the Aftermath
  DMCA--the Aftermath
  IMLS 1999 National Leadership Grants
  Final CONFU Report and new NARA Standards Released

• Washington Brief - July 1999

  FTC Comments Concerning the Law Book Industry
  Good news from Texas?!?
  Update on EPA and WCS Data
  

• Washington Brief - June 1999

  Policy Program Highlights for the July '99 Annual Meeting
  New Title 44 Discussion Draft
  1999 FDLP Spring Conference/Depository Library Council
  GPO/NCLIS Assessment Report Published

• Washington Brief - March 1999

  Hearings on Distance Education Through Digital Technologies
  Database Protection Bills Already Under Consideration
  Term Extension Act Challenged by Internet Publisher
  Filtering Issues Resurface

• Washington Brief - May 1999

  AALL Joins NOLO Press in Lawsuit against the Texas UPLC
  FOI Day Celebration at the Freedom Forum
  More about the EPA and WCS Infomation

• Washington Brief - November 1999

  State-by-State Opposition to UCITA
  Database Protection Bills
  Call your representative today and urge them to co-sponsor H.R. 1858. If they are already among the 18 co-sponsors, be sure to thank them!
  House Hearing on NTIS

• Washington Brief - October 1999

  AALL's Amendment to H.R. 1858
  Department of Commerce Proposes Elimination of NTIS
  The "10 Most Wanted" Government Documents

• Washington Brief - September 1999

  "Law Librarians Meet the 106th Congress" a Huge Success!
  AALL Amendment to H.R. 1858
  UCC 2B/UCITA
  Update on FY 2000 Appropriations Request for the FDLP

• Washington Report - December 1999

  Department of Commerce to Close NTIS
  New Life for the Next Generation Electronic Government Information Access Act of 1999?
  New Barriers to Community Right-to-Know
  New Report on National Security in the 21st Century
  Farewell Footnote

• Moving Toward a 21st Century Right-to-Know Agenda: Recommendations to President-elect Obama and Congress

  November 2008

• Brief Report from 2010 Annual Meeting (July 2010)

• 2010 Annual Meeting Draft (July 2010)

• Interim Draft (May 2010)

• Interim Draft (April 2010)

• Interim Draft (March 2010)

• Redline Draft (March 2010)

• Committee Meeting Agenda (March 2010)

• Committee Meeting Issues Memorandum (March 2010)

• Committee Meeting Draft (March 2010)

• Redline Draft (December 2009)

• Prefatory Note Draft (January 2010)

• Conference Call Minutes (October 2009)

• Issues Memorandum for 2010 Annual Meeting Draft (June 2010)

• Interim Draft (November 19-20, 2010 Committee Meeting)

• State Inventories

• List of Senators with JDs in the 112th Congress

• List of House Representatives with JDs in the 112th Congress

• 2009-2010 State Summary Updates

  The AALL Electronic Legal Information Access and Citation Committee updated the original state summaries to determine how much progress states have made since AALL published its 2007 report.

• Advocacy Toolkit for the 111th Congress: 2009-2010

• Initial Draft (April 2009)

• Report and Recommendation for Drafting Committee (April 2009)

• How to Put on a Successful Work Day for Your Working Group

• Florida Work Day Flyer

• Florida Work Day Worksheet

• Texas State Law Library: Impact of Closure

• Texas State Law Library to Close – 2011

• Texas State Law Library: 1854-2011?

• Texas State Law Library: Options to Maintain Law Library Services

• Planning a Successful Sunshine Week Program

• California County Law Librarians Fend off Courts' Proposal to Sweep Law Library Funds

  July 2010

• ORALL Protects Future of County Law Libraries

• SNELLA and AALL Fight to Save Connecticut Courthouse Libraries

• Washington State Law Librarians Win Fight to Restore Funding to King County Law Library

• Maryland Working Group Stops Elimination of Print Register

• LLAM Opposes Bills to Disrupt Revenue to Court Libraries

• Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees

• The Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors

• Chairs and Ranking Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriations

• Chairs and Ranking Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriations

• The Honorable M. Jodi Rell, Governor

• The Honorable John P. McDonough

• Governor Deval Patrick

• The Honorable Richard J. Durbin

• City Clerk Elizabeth Maland

• Chairs and Ranking Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriations

• The Honorable Charles E. Schumer

• Federal Inventory Working Session

• List of Titles

• Federal Working Group Frequently Asked Questions

• Advocacy Training Agenda 2011

• 2011 Advocacy Training Agenda

• Call Your Senators and Urge Them to Oppose the Congressional Record Printing Savings Act of 2011, S. 674

• Your Help Needed to Create the First-Ever Federal Inventory of Legal Materials

  May 2011

• Access to Justice Chairs Memo

• Embracing the Vision: Your Help Needed to Create the Federal Inventory of Legal Materials

• 112th Bill Chart

• 111th Bill Chart

• Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

• House Approves Significant Cuts to GPO and Library of Congress

• AALL Federal Advocacy Team FAQs

• Legislative Branch Appropriations - FY 2012 - Government Printing Office

• Legislative Branch Appropriations - FY 2012 - Library of Congress

• Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act - Final

• LLAGNY Statement to the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services

• Breakout B: Mastering your Elevator Pitch

  Breakout Session
  2013 Advocacy Training: Advocacy in Practice
  AALL Annual Meeting
  July 13, 2013

• Elevator Pitch Template: UELMA

  Breakout Session
  2013 Advocacy Training: Advocacy in Practice
  AALL Annual Meeting
  July 13, 2013

• Breakout C: Building Strong, Unified Coalitions

  Breakout Session
  2013 Advocacy Training: Advocacy in Practice
  AALL Annual Meeting
  July 13, 2013