Pius XII Memorial Library Government Information

Ok, I am no economist, but let me spin an equation. Current High Gas Price – Federal Gas Tax = Greater Consumption = Greater Budget Deficit = Weak U.S. Dollar = Higher Gas Price = Windfall Profits for Big Oil. If this isn’t clear to the Congress, the President, or the assorted presidential candidates, they [...]

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A potpourri of document new’s tidbits: NARA will not keep documents of the Executive Office: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issued a memorandum to agency records officers on March 27, 2008, stating that NARA would not conduct an end of administration web snapshot or harvest of Executive Branch websites nor require agencies to do so. [...]

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At Friday’s press briefing at the White House two topics for the Oval Office to consider: Al Gore in ’08 and Gas at $4.00 Q How does the White House react to the growing number of predictions that the terrible deadlock will be ended in Denver by nominating Al Gore on the second ballot? MR. [...]

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Sad coincidence — the day the Pope visits the Supremes validate death by lethal injection.

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Ask the Whitehouse is a bit perplexing with this nugget of wisdom in response to a citizen: Rob, from Nashville writes: Why isn’t their a higher emphasis on conservation in our energy policy? Andy Karsner, Assistant Energy Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy This is a good question and is among the first I [...]

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MyLOC.gov The Library of Congress has introduced a new “portal” into the collection. Now anyone can take a virtual tour and more at the august institution. Simply aim your mouse and you can browse through Thomas Jefferson’s library, the core of the original collection.

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The press secretary is busy over at the White House “setting the record straight” as the NYT and other “Apologist(s) For Democrat-Led Congress’ Inaction” continue to distort the President’s steadfast decider-in-chief pronouncements.

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Following the theft of government portable computers there is now a prohibition on Macs in the NIH offices — seems like 114,000 PC computer viruses are OK, but the data must be encrypted. Hey, why not just keep an eye on your laptop while taking that Latte break. Here is the somewhat vague story and [...]

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Seems there are certain things you should NOT search for in some government databases…or so the claim is made by “Wired”…

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The Midwest was host to the FDLPs Spring meeting and the Public Printer, Robert C. Tapella, felt compelled to respond to the Washington Time’s recent series of articles on the agency. I didn’t take word-by-word notes, but the official response is on the GPO website. Looks to me like a cheap-shot. One would think the [...]

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