http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes//rss/government-documents.xml Top Stories from Santa Clara Law http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/new-search-tool-for-foia-acquired-documents-by-the-eff.cfm The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a Bay Area group which advocates for information access, fair use, and intellectual freedom has today announced a search engine for FOIA-acquired documents they have collected. The documents are hosted by EFF and are the result of their Freedom of Information Act Project. This was announced today, so there may be some initial glitches. Regardless, it is a welcome addition to the world of government documents. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:04:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/olc-opinions-and-memoranda.cfm Department of Justice releases Office of Legal Counsel opinions Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:12:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/state-department-office-of-the-historian.cfm New website from the U.S. Department of State Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:11:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/torture-archive.cfm Documents on U.S. detention and interrogation Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:33:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/opencrs.cfm Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:37:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/thomas-introduces-some-nice-new-features.cfm THOMAS, the legislative information resource created by the Library of Congress has introduced some new features to better integrate with the GPO and social networking media. The site now includes a "Current Activity" window with links to the day's activities in the House and Senate, bills on their way to the President, and the daily edition of the Congressional Record. THOMAS is also integrating with social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, so that you can share legislative documents easily. Another very nice new feature is that the five most searched for bills for the week are listed for easy access. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:46:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/catalog-of-federal-register-publications-online-services.cfm Online links to documents since the mid-1990s Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:47:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/rand-corporation.cfm 60 Ways RAND has made a difference Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:05:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/shutdown-of-the-federal-government.cfm February 2011 CRS report available online Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:47:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/regulationsgov.cfm From the most recent Scout Report, a link to regulations.gov, a searchable website of proposed and final regulations across agencies Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:38:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/fdsysgov.cfm GPO completes move from GPO Access to FDsys Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:13:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/cornells-legal-information-institute.cfm Release of the online C.F.R, and improvements to the online U.S. Code Wed, 09 May 2012 19:37:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/country-reports-on-human-rights-practices.cfm United States Department of State releases Country Reports for 2011 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:22:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/title-ix-at-40.cfm June 23rd is the 40th anniversary of Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:53:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/law-of-the-sea-convention.cfm ABA favors ratification of the 1982 Convention Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:25:00 GMT