SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean?
The San Francisco-based Internet Archive now has federal depository status, joining a network of over 1,100 libraries that archive government documents and make them accessible to the public
https://www.kqed.org/news/12049420/sf-based-internet-archive-is-now-a-federal-depository-library-what-does-that-mean
#Libraries #Archives #FederalDepository #Internet #GovernmentDocuments #PublicAccess #Information

Stunning turn of events - House Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement passed an 8–2 vote demanding #DOJ release the complete, #unredacted #JeffreyEpstein files - will this happen? includes #subpoena power, pushed through by #Democrats as Speaker #MikeJohnson tried to shut Congress down early to stop the vote. Three #Republicans join Democrats. #Victims #justice won #congress #maga #trump #corruption #FOIA #governmentdocuments #congress #democracy #criminal #sexualassault #law #politics

National Security Archive: History of U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy, 1969-1977, Detailed in New Declassified Documents Collection. “The new collection from ProQuest (part of Clarivate) is the latest installment in the DNSA series—which now consists of 65 distinct document collections—and includes over 1,400 documents on an array of other nonproliferation flashpoints.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/30/national-security-archive-history-of-u-s-nuclear-nonproliferation-policy-1969-1977-detailed-in-new-declassified-documents-collection/

The #Trump administration is trying to block politically inconvenient #government #data Politico: “Trump officials delayed #farm #trade report over #deficit #forecast” “Administration officials blocked publication of written analysis that normally accompanies the report because they disliked what it said about the #deficit.” https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/trump-officials-farm-product-trade-deficit-forecast-00382549 #censorship #governmentdocuments #data #partisanship #politics #maga #gop

National Security Archive: JFK Files Detail Close Intelligence Collaboration Between CIA and Mexico. “Mexico welcomed CIA espionage activities in Mexico during the Cold War and even initiated some of them, according to recently declassified documents published today by the National Security Archive. Found among more than 80,000 pages of newly released JFK assassination files, the records shed […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/national-security-archive-jfk-files-detail-close-intelligence-collaboration-between-cia-and-mexico/

International Business Times: Web Archivists Scrambling To Save US Public Data From Deletion. “As President Donald Trump’s administration purges public records since storming back to power, experts and volunteers are preserving thousands of web pages and government sites devoted to climate change, health or LGBTQ rights and other issues.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/international-business-times-web-archivists-scrambling-to-save-us-public-data-from-deletion/

Associated Press: National Archives releases 10,000 pages of records related to 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. “Approximately 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday… The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration posted roughly 229 files containing the pages to its public website. Many files related to the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/19/associated-press-national-archives-releases-10000-pages-of-records-related-to-1968-assassination-of-robert-f-kennedy/

National Security Archive: The Panama Canal Treaty Declassified. “The NSC ‘memcon’ is featured in a new Electronic Briefing Book published today by the National Security Archive as confrontation over the Panama Canal escalates into a central U.S. foreign policy and international issue.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/05/national-security-archive-the-panama-canal-treaty-declassified/

President #Biden - release the #DOJ #JackSmith #classifieddocuments report to the public. Volume 2 of Jack Smith’s Report Into #Trump #democracy #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt - you have #immunity - #governmentdocuments #legalresearch #corruption #MaraLago #accountability #crimes #criminallaw #felon #felonies #criminal #congress #uspolitics #politics #government

ANSA: Digital archives of Somali acts from 1950 to 1989 delivered. “During a meeting held today, the anniversary of the 1948 massacre of the Italians in Mogadishu, the Italian Ambassador Pier Mario Daccò Coppi handed over to the Somali Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hassan Moalim Mohamud, a digital archive, in Italian and Somali, containing the laws and official bulletins […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/12/ansa-digital-archives-of-somali-acts-from-1950-to-1989-delivered/

United Nations: Explore Every Word: Full-Text Search for Security Council Resolutions Is Here!. “The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library digitized the historic collection of Security Council resolutions over two decades ago. However, due to limitations in technology at that time, the files did not allow for full-text searching. To improve access and discovery, the Library launched a project to add […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/26/explore-every-word-full-text-search-for-security-council-resolutions-is-here-united-nations/

PDF is the enemy of government transparency, and Cobb County (and all other levels of government) should stop using it as a preferred format, particularly for tabular data. #CobbCounty #PDF #GovernmentDocuments

https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/12/pdf-is-the-enemy-of-government-transparency-and-cobb-county-should-stop-using-it/

The Overworked, Underfunded Agency At The Center of #Biden’s Sweeping #AI Plan. The president’s new #executiveorder presents another big test for the little-known National Institute of Standards and Technology #NIST https://themessenger.com/tech/the-overworked-underfunded-agency-at-the-center-of-bidens-sweeping-ai-plan #cybersecurity #cybercrime #ArtificialIntelligence #govdocs #governmentdocuments #legalresearch #KM #knowledgemanagement

""The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away." David Viscott. Seek>Discern>Evaluate>Share. Find me on my free sites https://www.bespacific.com (law/tech blog updated daily) & https://www.llrx.com (ejournal published monthly) #Technology, #LegalResearch #Climate #Justice #Privacy #journalism for 3 decades. #bespacific #LLRX #law #research #KM #privacy #CivilLiberties #GovernmentDocuments #democracy #ruleoflaw