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Happy Fourth Birthday, In Custodia Legis!

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Whether it is our first week or our first year, we like to celebrate the milestones of In Custodia Legis.  We started the blog asking What Exactly is In Custodia Legis? and have spent the last four years answering that question.  In Custodia Legis is the Law Library of Congress and the people that make up …

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Making Legislative Information Accessible, Discoverable and Usable

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Noriko Ohtaki, who was a research fellow at the Law Library of Congress.  She previously blogged about Searching for Current Japanese Laws and Regulations. G8 leaders signed the Open Data Charter on June 18, 2013.  Open Data is intended to make information resources accessible, discoverable, and usable electronically to the public, increase …

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Tina Gheen Honored – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

I was very excited to see yesterday’s announcement of the Fastcase 50. My next door neighbor at work and fellow In Custodia Legis blogger, Tina Gheen, made the list!  The Fastcase 50 honors “the smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the law.” Tina did an excellent job this year organizing the two …

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Top 10 for the First 6 Months of 2014

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This year seems to be flying by.  Our team of bloggers has posted over 100 times to In Custodia Legis so far this year.  Of those 100 posts, two of the top ten most viewed have to do with time.  There is also significant interest in tracing legislation and Congress.gov. Advanced Search, Browse, and Appropriations …

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Nominations, Accounts, Saved Searches – Congress.gov Continues to Grow

Posted by: Andrew Weber

I have been looking forward to this Congress.gov release for several months.  There is now nomination information, accounts, the ability to save searches, an expanded About section, an FAQ section, easy access to Member remarks in the Congressional Record, and more. With the new updates, you can locate nominations dating back to 1981.  The nominations section …

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A Reopened Washington Monument – Pics of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Living in Washington, D.C., it can be easy to take for granted the monuments that people come across the nation and around the globe to visit.  Recently, the reopening of the Washington Monument has been big news here in D.C.  It had been closed for repairs since the earthquake in August 2011 (there was another small …

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Searching for Current Japanese Laws and Regulations

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Noriko Ohtaki, a research fellow at the Law Library of Congress.   This is a quick guide to searching online for current Japanese laws and regulations. In Japan, laws and regulations (cabinet orders, ministerial ordinances, and rules made by government agencies) are promulgated in the Official Gazette. You can find …

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A Congress.gov Interview with Stephen Schneider, User Experience Team Lead

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Today’s interview is with Stephen Schneider, user experience team lead within the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) Web Services of the Library of Congress. It continues our series of Congress.gov interviews designed to highlight the people who have contributed to the new system (including Meg, Rich, Barry, Rohit, Andy, and Val).  Describe your background. My background is a mash up of various …