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AALL Washington Affairs Legislative and Regulatory Update Supplement 04/96
April 1996, Supplement
Mary Alice Baish
Assistant Washington Affairs Representative
Georgetown University Law Library
111 G Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
202/662-9200 *FAX:202/662-9202
Internet:baish@law.georgetown.edu
Members of The Consortium of Law Schools
Receive James Madison Honorary Citations
At a March 15, 1996 ceremony at the Library of
Congress, the Coalition on Government Information
presented the 1996 James Madison Award to the
National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council
(NIIAC). The annual award coincides with Freedom of
Information Day and recognizes outstanding efforts to
protect and promote public access to government
information. Delano Lewis, co-chair of the NIIAC,
graciously accepted the prestigious award on behalf of the
thirty-six Council members who have just completed their
two-year term and released their final reports, KickStart
Initiative and A Nation of Opportunity.
In addition, the Coalition presented honorary
citations to several other individuals and groups for
ensuring the public's right to know, including the member
institutions of the Consortium of Law Schools for Online
Case Reporting. Strategically located throughout the
country, these schools have voluntarily assumed
responsibility for providing the public with no-fee Internet
access to Federal Appellate Court information, and for
archiving these opinions. This initiative was commended
as a successful national cooperative effort between
libraries and other private organizations to improve access
to government information. In presenting the honorary
citations, coalition chair Nancy Kranich noted that this is
the first time that the coalition had given recognition for
improved access to judicial information.
The participating institutions honored at the
ceremony are Villanova University School of Law, Emory
University School of Law, Cornell University School of
Law, Georgetown University Law School Pace University
School of Law, Touro Law Center, the University of
Texas at Austin School of Law and Washington University
School of Law. Robert Oakley of Georgetown University
Law School and Kenneth Mortensen of the Villanova
University School of Law were present to personally
accept the certificates of merit on behalf of their
institutions.
--Mary Alice Baish, Assistant Washington Affairs
Representative
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