FAQs Posted on Know Your Stimulus and Broadband USA
On Wednesday, July 24, the ALA Washington Office hosted a Webinar on the Broadband and Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) to assist participants in the...
View ArticleURGENT: Act now to reform the PATRIOT Act!
Call your member in the House of Representatives and urge her/him to reform the USA PATRIOT Act now! Please ask your representative to co-sponsor the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845),...
View ArticleUPDATE: USA PATRIOT Act – Mid-week Congressional Update
At this writing, it’s the best of times, the worst of times… MESSAGE TO ALL HOUSE MEMBERS: Although the House will vote on the rule (the procedures) for H.R. 514 tomorrow, the vote on the actual...
View ArticleHEADS UP: Preliminary information about IRS services under a “shutdown”
As of 4:30 p.m., April 8, ALA does not know nor can it predict whether there will be a federal government shutdown, but the IRS has reached out to provide preliminary public information knowing many...
View ArticleAsk Your Representative to Sign Two “Dear Colleagues”
Please call your representative in the U.S. House at (202) 224-3121 and ask him or her to sign on to the two “Dear Colleague” letters supporting library appropriations. The first letter asks for the...
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