[ResourceShelf] Newsletter 448
Gary Price
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Number 448 March 25, 2010
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We've always been huge fans of resources created by and for librarians
- because these resources almost always end up being valuable to a
wider audience. The current Resource of the Week, from the Law
Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C., is a classic example.
It's a collection of pointers to 'reports from Federal agencies
mandated by Congressional statute.' This is precisely the type of
resource that most of us might never think about -- until we suddenly
find ourselves looking for this stuff. So if this is not something
you need now, depending on where you work and what you do, you might
want to stash away the link for future reference.
A classic case of...we may not know where everything is, but we can
always find someone to point us in the right direction.
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Resource of the Week - Sources for Finding Mandated Reports to
Congress by U.S. Federal Agencies By Rick Mckinney, Assistant Law
Librarian, Federal Reserve Board Law Library
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The Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C., Inc. (LLSDC) is
pleased to announce the availability on its Legislative Source Book
Website (http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/) of a new title called
'Sources for Finding Mandated Reports to Congress by U.S. Federal
Agencies' (http://www.llsdc.org/fed-agency-reports/). The site briefly
describes and links to sources that list or may make available reports
from Federal agencies mandated by Congressional statute. Other matters
discussed include where the text of report provisions can be found in
the law, who receives the reports, sunsetted report provisions that
remain in the U.S. Code, general reporting provisions applicable to
most agencies, and other matters.
As questions about locating these mandated reports have arisen
recently on various listservs, it is hoped that this site will be
helpful in answering future queries.
LLSDC's Legislative Source Book (http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/) has
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order, 3) commercial legislative histories by public law number order,
and 4) explanatory notes. Combined, the sites list and directly link
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