Wisconsin wetlands is the topic of the latest Tap the Power from the Legislative Reference Bureau Library. Wisconsin’s wetlands serve many important functions, including fish and wildlife habitat, water quality protection, flood storage, and erosion …
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Wisconsin Legislative Notification Service Announcements
A couple of notices regarding the Wisconsin Legislative Notification Service: It will be unavailable from December 10th, 2004 till January 3rd, 2005. With the start of the 2005-06 legislature session, all subscriptions for notification from …
Madison Named to Top Ten Digital Cities of 2004
This month, Madison, Wisconsin was awarded fourth place in the Center for Digital Government’s Top 10 Digital Cities for the 125,000-249,999 population category. The annual study examines how city governments are utilizing digital technologies to …
"Blog" Is Most Looked-Up Word of the Year
It seems that a lot of people are asking – “What’s a blog?” Recently, Merriam-Webster Inc announced the top ten Words of the Year 2004 and number one on the list was “blog” The list …
BBC Falls for Web Hoax
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a Web source is legitimate or not – even for the BBC. According to the TVC Alert: On Friday, the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical plant accident that …
GPO To Digitize Complete Collection of U.S. Government Publications
From GPO’s Administrative Notes: GPO is working with the library community on a national digitization plan with the goal of digitizing a complete legacy collection of tangible U.S. Government publications held in libraries participating in …
Future Trends in State Courts 2004
The National Center for State Courts has a collection of articles in its report, Future Trends in State Courts 2004. Edison Ellenberger of The E-LawLibrary Weblog offers a nice summary of the highlights: +Web Logs: …
LexisNexis Adds New Legislative Histories Research Tasks Page
If you’ve ever had to do one, you know that compiling a legislative history is no picnic. But LexisNexis has made things a little easier with their new Legislative Histories Research Tasks Page. What makes …
Free Annual Credit Reports Required by Law
Starting today, consumers in some states will become eligible for a free annual credit reports under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Wisconsinites, however, won’t be …
Babelplex – A Bilingual Search Engine
Babelplex is a new bilingual search engine which searches the Web in two languages at once. Search results are displayed side by side. A total of eleven languages are available in Babelplex. To search, simply …