Government Relations Committee Seeks Nominees for PAGI Award

AALL’s Government Relations Committee (GRC) is seeking nominations for the Public Access to Government Information Award. Established in 1999, this award honors significant contributions by people or organizations involved in the protection and promotion of greater public access to government information. The award is jointly administered by the GRC and the Awards Committees. Recipients need not be law librarians or members of AALL.

Previous PAGI award winners are:

• 2005 Ayn Crawley, Director, Maryland Legal Assistance Network for Maryland Peoples’ Law Library (www.peoples-law.org);
• 2004 Senator Conrad Burns, Michael O. Leavitt & Senator Joseph I. Lieberman for Regulations.gov (www.regulations.gov);
• 2003 University of Georgia for Georgia Government Publications & Virginia Department of Planning and Budget for Virginia Regulatory Town Hall;
• 2002 U.S. General Services Administration for FirstGov (www.firstgov.gov);
• 2000 Library of Congress for Thomas (http://thomas.loc.gov);
• 1999 U.S. Government Printing Office for GPO Access (www.gpoaccess.gov).

Selection criteria include:

• A contribution that significantly improves public access to government information, thereby increasing the public’s knowledge about the workings of government.
• The extent to which the individual or organization has had a positive impact on protecting and promoting public access to governmental information.
• The extent to which the effort advances the AALL mission and Government Relations Policy.

Though nominations are solicited annually, there is no requirement that the award be given every year.

Nominations must be submitted no later than February 1, 2006 to the Chair of the Government Relations Committee, Timothy L. Coggins, University of Richmond Law School, Richmond, Va., 23172, tcoggins@richmond.edu, preferably in electronic format.

The award will be presented during the AALL Annual Meeting. For more information about this award, see www.aallnet.org/about/award_information.asp.