The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau has created an outstanding guide to Researching Legislative History In Wisconsin. Complete with illustrations, it offers step-by-step guidance on researching Wisconsin legislation. The steps include: Determine what session law created …
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A Blog as a Source for Legislative History?
If you’ve ever compiled a state legislative history, you know that determining legislative intent can be difficult. It looks like researchers may have another source from which to draw, a blog – at least in …
Article: Looking for Info on Wisconsin Legislation
Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin member, Carol Schmitt has written an excellent article on Looking for Info on Wisconsin Legislation. It appears in the May 2006 issue of the Wisconsin Lawyer. The piece looks at …
Governor Creates Office of Privacy Protection
From the press release dated Thursday, April 13, 2006: Today, Governor Doyle opened the Office of Privacy Protection (OPP), which will serve as a centralized hub to educate consumers and businesses on how to protect …
Podcasting the Internal Revenue Code
Lewis & Clark Law Professor Jack Bogdanski (of Jack Bog’s Blog! fame) has taken on a new challenge: Podcasting the Internal Revenue Code – one new section every day. From his blog: I’m all about …
IRS Plans to Allow Preparers to Sell Data
From the Philadelphia Inquirer: IRS Plans to Allow Preparers to Sell Data The IRS is quietly moving to loosen the once-inviolable privacy of federal income-tax returns. If it succeeds, accountants and other tax-return preparers will …
Governor Signs Virtual Visitation Bill
On March 22, Governor Doyle signed Senate Bill 244, creating 2005 Wisconsin Act 174, which provides for supervised electronic communication between a parent and child after a divorce or legal separation, if allowed by the …
WI Act Discourages Use of SSNs on Public Documents
WisPolitics reports that Governor Doyle signed into law consumer protection legislation known as the Register of Deeds Privacy Act (2005 Wisconsin Act 139). The act reduces public access to Social Security numbers on documents filed …
Graphical Statutes on Westlaw
West has released Graphical Statutes for the USCA, offering “a visual timeline of a statute’s past, present and future, with links to all underlying documents.” Like graphical KeyCite, this flowcart-like display really helps me understand …
Happy 70th Anniversary, Federal Register
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Federal Register, our Documents Assistant, Margaret Booth, got a little creative. “In its first year back in 1936, the Register printed 2,620 pages. Today, nearly that many pages …