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Merger of WI's Legislative Reference Bureau and Legislative Council Considered

Posted on March 6, 2019

In a guest column in the Capital Times, the Center for Media and Democracy reports that the Wisconsin Legislature is considering merging the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) with the Legislative Council. Both are nonpartisan legislative agencies but they …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

CRS Reports Now Available to the Public

Posted on October 8, 2018

By Eric Taylor, Evening & Weekend Reference Librarian Once the exclusive province of Congress, the CRS Reports are now available to everyone.  Thoroughly researched and produced by the Congressional Research Service, the CRS Reports are …

Posted in Legal Publications, Legislation & Regs, Public Information, Uncategorized

News on the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau

Posted on May 17, 2018

A recent article from Madison’s local newspaper, The Isthmus, outlines some significant cuts to the staff and services of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, particularly in the LRB research and library services department. For example, the …

Posted in Legal Professionals, Legal Publications, Legislation & Regs, Libraries & Librarians, Print Publications, Public Information

CRS Reports to be Made Publicly Available

Posted on March 29, 2018

Under a provision of the 2018 omnibus appropriations act that was passed by Congress and signed by the President earlier this month, all non-confidential Congressional Research Service  reports must be made publicly available online within …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs

SEC Adopts Final Rules to Require Hyperlinks to Exhibits in Filings

Posted on March 6, 2017

This post was authored by Jenny Zook, Reference and Instructional Services Librarian at the UW Law School Library. SEC has adopted a final rule requiring public companies to include hyperlinks in their exhibit index, making …

Posted in Legal Professionals, Legislation & Regs

New Site Aims to Make Every CRS Report Publicly Available Online

Posted on October 26, 2016

If you’ve ever tried looking for a CRS Report, you know that they can be very difficult to track down.  A new site called everyCRSreport.com is hoping to make them more publicly accessible online. Currently …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs, Public Information

Historic Federal Register Volumes Now Freely Available Online

Posted on June 21, 2016

The Law Library of Congress has recently released a full collection of historical volumes of the Federal Register online.  The collection begins with the first Federal Register in 1936 and contains all daily volumes through …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs

New Edition of Wisconsin Guide to Citation Now Available

Posted on February 1, 2016

The Wisconsin State Bar has recently published a newly updated edition of the Wisconsin Guide to Citation. The new eighth edition reflects recent changes made to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, now in …

Posted in Courts, Legal Publications, Legislation & Regs

JFC Motion Would Severely Restrict Access to WI Drafting Records and other Legislative "Deliberative Materials"

Posted on July 3, 2015

Late last night, Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance passed a motion (motion #999) to the Wisconsin state budget that would exempt “deliberative materials” like legislative drafting records and legislative briefings from Wisconsin’s open records laws. …

Posted in Legislation & Regs

Track Federal Legislation with Congress.gov

Posted on February 9, 2015

Recently, Congress.gov launched several email alert services that allow you to track federal legislative information. First, the legislation alert allows you to track action on a particular bill.  When viewing a bill in Congress.gov, click …

Posted in Alerts, Legislation & Regs
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