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Archive: April 2016 (3 Posts)

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Time to Turn off THOMAS: July 5, 2016

Posted by: Andrew Weber

One of my favorite THOMAS related posts was of the THOMAS Starting Point, which featured the homepage of the site when it launched on January 5, 1995.  It seems only fitting to share the photo from the post while announcing the THOMAS Ending Point of July 5, 2016. I have talked frequently about THOMAS on In Custodia Legis …

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Congress.gov Spring Cleaning: Expanded Quick Search

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Over the last several months, we have added a variety of enhancements to Congress.gov.  It began with the Communications in October, the Congressional Record Index in December, and the XML Bulk Data via GPO in February.  Today’s update focuses on expanding Quick Search on Congress.gov. When the Quick Search on Congress.gov first launched in December 2015, …

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Fire Alarm During the Blog Team Meeting – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

During a recent blog team meeting, the fire alarm went off causing the bloggers to cut short the meeting and quickly leave the building.  But our bloggers are a determined group and the meeting picked back up again outside once we regrouped. It also provided a nice backdrop to highlight and thank Patrick.  He is …