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All Publications & Supporting Data from Federally Funded Research must be Openly Accessible from First Publication by 2026

Posted on August 26, 2022

In a surprise announcement yesterday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released new guidance that starting in 2026, any publications and supporting data resulting from federally funded research must be openly …

Posted in Data & Databases, Public Information

How to Request Public Records in Wisconsin

Posted on January 6, 2022

Thinking of filing a public records request but aren’t sure where to start? Wisconsin Watch has compiled a helpful primer.  Here’s a selection: First, determine what you want to know and who has that record. …

Posted in Data & Databases, Public Information

Librarians Now Qualify for FOIA Fee Exemption as Educational Institution Requesters

Posted on December 21, 2020

The American Association of Law Libraries reports that academic librarians may now qualify for exemption from FOIA request fees as educational institution requestors.  From the AALL Washington Update: The  Office of Management and Budget (OMB) …

Posted in Libraries & Librarians, Public Information

Researching the Legal Implications of COVID-19

Posted on March 24, 2020

We are currently facing an unprecedented time here in the law library, the law school, and the world. With the new COVID-19 virus and subsequent pandemic, we have been met with new fears, new challenges, …

Posted in News, Public Information, Uncategorized

Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Excessive PACER fees – Skeptical of DOJ Jurisdictional Argument

Posted on February 4, 2020

Earlier this week, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the legality of fees charged by the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) …

Posted in Courts, Data & Databases, Public Information

Employer Use & Misuse of CCAP to Search Applicant’s Criminal Background

Posted on October 3, 2019

The latest issue of the State Bar’s InsideTrack has an excellent article on the use and misuse of CCAP by employers to explore a job applicant’s criminal background. Employers, and the lawyers who advise them, …

Posted in Privacy, Public Information

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

CourtListener Now Offering PACER Docket Alerts

Posted on September 6, 2018

By Eric Taylor, Reference Librarian The Free Law Project recently announced the availability of PACER Docket Alerts on CourtListener.com.  CourtListener is a free public access website tracking federal and state courts.  The Docket Alert tool …

Posted in Alerts, Courts, News, Public Information, Tools

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

WI Legislature Recently Introduced Two Bills Related to CCAP

Posted on December 26, 2017

CCAP, or the Consolidated Court Automation Program, is the Wisconsin electronic circuit court case management system. Recently, several bills were introduced in the Wisconsin legislature regarding CCAP.   Both of these bills, Assembly Bill 723 …

Posted in Courts, Legal Professionals, News, Public Information
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