2010 Formal Statements

To support the re-opening of the National Archives and Records Administration’s investigation into the Central Intelligence Agency’s destruction of federal records showing the torture of detainees at CIA black sites.

David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States
December 22, 2010
To Urge Rep. Issa to Support the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S. 372

The Honorable Darrell E. Issa
December 16, 2010
In support of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S. 372

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
December 13, 2010
To Express Concerns with Section 301 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, S. 3302

The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
December 9, 2010
In support of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S. 372

President Obama and Congressional Leaders
November 18, 2010
In Support of a Bill to Permit the Televising of Supreme Court Proceedings, S. 446

Members of the United States Senate
October 28, 2010
To Urge Them Not to Include in the Final Version of the National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2010 (HR 4714, S 2768) Two Provisions in Section 3(d) in S. 2768 that Limit the Public’s Ability to Access Critical Information

The Honorable John Rockefeller, The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchinson, The Honorable James Oberstar and The Honorable John Mica
October 20, 2010
Regarding the Online Public Access System

David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States
October 1, 2010
Regarding the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), S. 3804

The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy and The Honorable Jeff Sessions
September 27, 2010
In Support of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, H.R. 6026

The Honorable Edolphus Towns and The Honorable Darrell Issa
September 22, 2010
To Urge that the Legal Treatise Constitution Annotated be Published Online in XML Format Each Time it is Updated

Letter to The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, The Honorable Bob Bennett, The Honorable Robert A. Brady and The Honorable Dan Lungren
September 17, 2010
In Support of the Electronic Message Preservation Act, H.R. 1387

Letter to The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman and The Honorable Susan Collins
September 16, 2010
In Support of H.R. 6086, Which Would Repeal a Recently Enacted New Exemption from FOIA for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Letter to The Honorable Barney Frank
September 15, 2010
In Support of H.R. 6086

Letter to The Honorable Edolphus Towns
August 17, 2010
In Support of S. 3717, which would repeal a recently enacted new exemption from FOIA for the SEC

Letter to The Honorable Patrick Leahy
August 10, 2010
To Express Concerns about Section 929I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

The Honorable Christopher Dodd and the Honorable Barney Frank
August 3, 2010
In Support of Petitioner, Costco Wholesale Corporation

Brief of Amici Curiae Public Knowledge, the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Free Trade Association, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association
July 9, 2010
Concerns about Free Speech, Privacy and Other Civil Liberties Issues in the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, S. 3480

Letter to The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman, The Honorable Susan Collins, and The Honorable Tom Carper
June 23, 2010
To Urge Senators to Co-sponsor the Earmark Transparency Act, S. 3335

Letter to Members of the United States Senate
June 16, 2010
To Urge House Representatives to Co-sponsor the Earmark Transparency Act, H.R. 5258

Letter to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
June 16, 2010
Redlined Version of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, April 2010 PUBLIC Predecisional/Deliberative Draft

Letter to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, President Obama, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the United States Congress
June 14, 2010
In Support of S. Amendment 4280 in the Senate-passed Version of the Supplemental Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act of 2010, H.R. 4899

Letter to The Honorable Daniel Inouye, The Honorable Thad Cochran, The Honorable David Obey, and The Honorable Jerry Lewis
June 11, 2010
Opposition to the Announced Closure of the LSU School of Library & Information Science

Joint letter from AALL and the New Orleans Association of Law Librarians (NOALL) to the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
June 3, 2010
To Urge Members of Congress to Ensure that the Financial Reform Legislation Does Not Unnecessarily Limit Public Access to Critical Information about Financial Fraud or Harm Whistleblowers

Letter to The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd, The Honorable Barney Frank and Members of the Conference Committee
June 2, 2010
To Urge Public Access to All Monitoring Data Related to the Oil Leak in the Gulf of Mexico

Letter to President Barack Obama
May 26, 2010
AALL Statement on Legal Materials and Our System of Law

Committee on House Administration Hearing
May 25, 2010
In Support of President Barack Obama’s Nomination of William J. Boarman to be Public Printer of the United States

Letter to The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Chairman, and The Honorable Robert F. Bennett, Ranking Member, of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
May 20, 2010
To Urge Funding for the Office of Technology Assessment in the Fiscal Year 2011 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill

Letter to the Members of the United States House of Representatives
May 7, 2010
Concerns with April 2010 ACTA Text

Letter to President Obama, United States Congress and Office of the United States Trade Representative
April 23, 2010
Concerns with Copyright Statutory Damages in ACTA

Letter to President Obama, United States Congress and Office of the United States Trade Representative
April 19, 2010
Thanking the Co-Sponsors for Introducing The Federal Research Public Access Act, H.R. 5037

Letter to the co-sponsors of FRPAA
April 16, 2010
Coordination and Strategic Planning of the Federal Effort Against Intellectual Property Enforcement Infringement

Comments to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
March 24, 2010
In Support of the Faster FOIA Act, S.3111

Letter to The Honorable Patrick Leahy and The Honorable John Cornyn
March 17, 2010
To Request Hearings on the Apparent Destruction of Emails at the Department of Justice

Letter to The Honorable Thomas R. Carper, The Honorable John McCain, The Honorable William Lacy Clay, and The Honorable Patrick McHenry
March 10, 2010
Urging the Nomination of Individuals to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)

Letter to President Barack Obama
March 1, 2010
Concerning Funding for the Judicial Branch (House Bill 5148) that Could Restore Funding to the Judicial Branch and Help Save Connecticut’s Courthouse Libraries

Statement by Jonathan Stock on behalf of the Southern New England Law Librarians Association
Before the Connecticut Joint Committee on Judiciary
February 26, 2010
Concerning Funding for the Judicial Branch (House Bill 5148) that Could Restore Funding to the Judicial Branch and Help Save Connecticut’s Courthouse Libraries

Statement by Camilla Tubbs on behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries
Before the Connecticut Joint Committee on Judiciary
February 26, 2010
In Support of the FY 2011 Appropriations Request of the U.S. Government Printing Office

Oral Statement by Mary Alice Baish on Behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries Before the House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Legislative Branch "Legislative Branch Subcommittee Public Witness Hearing"
February 24, 2010
To Urge Funding for the Office of Technology Assessment

Letter to The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz and The Honorable Robert B. Aderholt
February 24, 2010
In Support of an Amendment to Require the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community to Prepare a Report on Over-classification

Letter to The Honorable Jane Harman
February 23, 2010
Proposed Open Government Dashboard "Bonus Criteria" for Scoring Agency Open Government Plans

Email Comments to Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Health and Human Services
February 18, 2010
Minimum Criteria Suggestions

Email Comments to Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Health and Human Services
February 18, 2010
In Support of Strengthening the Copyright Balance and Protecting the Right to Innovate

Letter to the White House, United States Congress and Office of the United States Trade Representative
February 5, 2010

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