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• Amicus Brief on behalf of the Digital Future Coalition, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries, Medical Library Association, and the Society of American Archivists

  December 20, 2001

• Executive Order 13,233 on Further Implementation of the Presidential Records Act

  Letter to the Honorable Stephen Horn
  November 19, 2001

• AALL Government Relations Office: Library Community Statement on Proposed Anti-terrorism Measures

  October 2, 2001

• Library Statement on Proposed Anti-terrorism Measures

  Letter to the Members of the United States Congress
  October 2, 2001

• Library Community Statement on Freedom of Speech and Access to Information

  September 20, 2001

• Coalition Letter Regarding Hearing on the "Leaks" Criminalization Provision of the Intelligence Authorization Bill

  Letter to the Honorable Bob Graham, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
  September 4, 2001

• Joint Library Letter Regarding Hearing on the "Leaks" Criminalization Provision of the Intelligence Authorization Bill

  Letter to the Honorable Bob Graham
  August 31, 2001

• Press Release: Library Associations Support National Geographic Society's Supreme Court Appeal

  August 20, 2001

• S.803, E-Government Act of 2001

  Statement of Sharon A. Hogan
  Before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
  July 11, 2001

• S. 803, The E-Government Act of 2001

  Statement of Sharon A. Hogan
  Before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
  July 11, 2001

• Support for a National Law Librarians' Day

  Letter to the Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
  July 2, 2001

• Support for the FY 2002 Budget Requests of the Government Printing Office

  Letter to the Honorable Charles Taylor
  June 12, 2001

• Support for the FY 2002 Budget Requests of the Law Library of Congress

  Letter to the Honorable Charles Taylor
  June 12, 2001

• Support for the FY 2002 Budget Requests of the Library of Congress

  Letter to the Honorable Charles Taylor
  June 11, 2001

• Privacy Coalition Proposals for the FTC

  Letter to Chairman (designee) Timothy J. Muris
  May 31, 2001

• Press Release: AALL Supports The E-Government Act of 2001

  May 1, 2001

• Support for Full FY 2002 Funding for NARA

  Letter to the Honorable Ernest J. Istook and Members, Members, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Treasury Postal Service and General Government
  April 27, 2001

• Support for HIPPA Regulations on Medical Privacy

  Letter to President George W. Bush and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson
  March 7, 2001

• Press Release by The Privacy Coalition: Announcement of New Coalition and "The Privacy Pledge"

  February 12, 2001

• Nomination of Paul Arrigo to the Depository Library Council

  Letter to Michael F. DiMario
  February 9, 2001

• Broad Coalition Support for S. Res. 21

  Letter to the Honorable John McCain and the Honorable Patrick Leahy
  February 6, 2001

• Comments Regarding Policies Under Consideration to Address Privacy and Security Concerns Related to the Electronic Availability of Court Case Files

  Letter to the Judicial Conference of the United States, Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, Subcommittee on Privacy and Electronic Access to Court Files
  January 26, 2001

• Joint Library Comments on the Draft Comprehensive Assessment of Public Information Dissemination

  Letter to the Honorable B. Martha Gould, Chair, U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
  January 3, 2001

• Comments on the Draft NCLIS Report and Legislation

  January 13, 2001

• Copyright Office Report - October 2001

  Scope and Background of the Report
  Key Issues for the Library Community
  Section 109: The First Sale Doctrine
  Section 117: Incidental Reproduction of Computer Programs
  Specific Library Concerns in this Proceeding
  Summary of the First Sale Doctrine Report
  Recommendations Concerning Section 117
  Specific Responses to Concerns of the Library Community
  What the Copyright Office's Report Means to the Library Community