2012 Formal Statements

To share our concern about the reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act and the dwindling time remaining to have a meaningful debate and amendment process before your target adjournment at the end of next week

Letter to Members of the Senate
December 13, 2012
To urge a “no” vote on S. 3276, the FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012, which would extend the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) until June 1, 2017

Letter to Members of the Senate
November 30, 2012
In support of delaying floor action on the Intelligence Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 due to concerns about provisions to address the leaks of highly classified information

Letter to Senate Leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell
November 26, 2012
To thank the Judicial Conference for approving expansion of the USCOURTS program to provide public access to authenticated lower Federal court opinions through FDsys

Letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
November 13, 2012
In opposition of H.R. 5949, the FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012

Letter to U.S. House of Representatives September 11, 2012
To urge completion of the landmark, decades-long legislative effort to restore credible whistleblower rights for federal employees

Open Letter to Members of Congress
August 17, 2012
In support of the existing statutory requirement for the Intelligence Community to prepare an annual report to Congress regarding security clearances

Letter to Chair Feinstein, Vice-Chair Chambliss, Chair Rogers, and Ranking Member Ruppersberger
August 07, 2012
In Support of Petitioner, Supap Kirtsaeng D/B/A Bluechristine99

Brief of Amici Curiae Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Association of Law Libraries, Special Libraries Association and U.S. Public Interest Research Group
July 9, 2012
To express concerns about the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA)

Letter to House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Chairman Sensenbrenner, Ranking Member Scott, and Members of the House Judiciary
Committee June 11, 2012
In support of funding for the American Community Survey

Letter to Members of the Senate
May 30, 2012
To urge the Department of Labor to re-post documents online related to recent proposed rules

Letter to U.S. Department of Labor
May 23, 2012
To express concerns with provisions of the SECURE IT Act, S. 2151, that allow companies to share sensitive information with the government without sufficient privacy safeguards or oversight

Letter to Members of the Senate
May 14, 2012
In opposition to the FOIA exemption in the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 2105, and the Secure IT Act, S. 2151

Letter to Members of the Senate
May 14, 2012
To urge Representatives to vote ‘no’ on H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) despite amendments

Letter to House Representatives
April 26, 2012
In support of the confirmation hearing of President Obama’s nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)

Letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley
April 17, 2012
In opposition to the FOIA provision in the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, HR 3523

Letter to House Representatives
April 16, 2012
To urge Representatives to vote ‘no’ on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, H.R. 3523

Letter to House Representatives
April 16, 2012
In support of the FY 2013 budget requests of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office

Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to the Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
April 13, 2012
To express concern about the urgent need to provide quarters for the San Francisco Law Library with enough space to accommodate its resources and full range of services when the Veterans building closes in 2013

Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to the The Honorable Mayor Edwin M. Lee, The Honorable Members of the Board of Supervisors and Ms. Naomi Kelly, City Administrator
April 13, 2012
To urge the Office of Information Policy to support the FOIA Portal under development by the Environmental Protection Agency

Letter to Melanie Pustay, Director, Office of Information Policy, Department of Justice
April 11, 2012
To urge the Chief Justice to fill the vacant seat of Minnesota State Law Librarian

Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to The Honorable Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
April 4, 2012
To express concerns with the provisions of the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act (SECURE IT), HR 4263, that create unnecessary exemptions to FOIA

Letter to the Honorable Mary Bono Mack, Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade April 2, 2012
In support of the testimony of Stuart Shieber, Director of the Office for Scholarly Communication at Harvard University, regarding the Federal Research Public Access Act, H.R. 4004

Letter to the Honorable Paul Broun
March 29, 2012
In support of the FY 2013 budget requests of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office

Statement for the record by AALL President Darcy Kirk on behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
March 20, 2012
In support of Raised Bill No. 418, An Act Adopting the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act and the Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act

Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Connecticut Judiciary Committee
March 19, 2012
To express concerns with provisions of the SECURE IT Act, S. 2151, that create unnecessary exemptions to FOIA

Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain
March 13, 2012
To urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold confirmation hearings on President Obama’s nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)

Letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley
March 13, 2012
To urge greater the transparency of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement negotiating process

Letter to President Obama
February 28, 2012
In opposition to a new regulation that limits public access by raising fees for the Mandatory Declassification Review program

Letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency David Petraeus and Director of the Information Security Oversight Office John Fitzpatrick
February 23, 2012
In support of The Federal Research Public Access Act. S. 2096

Letter to The Honorable John Cornyn
February 14, 2012
In support of The Federal Research Public Access Act, H.R. 4004

Letter to The Honorable Representative Michael F. Doyle February 14, 2012
In support of approval of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act at the ABA’s Midyear Meeting

Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to Wm. Robinson III, President, American Bar Association January 31, 2012
In support of approval of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act at the ABA’s Midyear Meeting

Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to Linda A. Klein, Chair, ABA House of Delegates January 31, 2012
To express opposition to the Research Works Act, H.R. 3699

Letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
January 24, 2012
To express our concerns about the treatment of information related to the water contamination at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from the Department of the Navy

Letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
January 24, 2012
To express our concerns about the treatment of information related to the water contamination at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from the Department of the Navy

Letter to Department of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
January 24, 2012

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2012 Formal Statements

To share our concern about the reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act and the dwindling time remaining to have a meaningful debate and amendment process before your target adjournment at the end of next week

To urge a “no” vote on S. 3276, the FAA Sunsets Extension Act of 2012, which would extend the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) until June 1, 2017

In support of delaying floor action on the Intelligence Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 due to concerns about provisions to address the leaks of highly classified information

To thank the Judicial Conference for approving expansion of the USCOURTS program to provide public access to authenticated lower Federal court opinions through FDsys

In opposition of H.R. 5949, the FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012

To urge completion of the landmark, decades-long legislative effort to restore credible whistleblower rights for federal employees

In support of the existing statutory requirement for the Intelligence Community to prepare an annual report to Congress regarding security clearances

In Support of Petitioner, Supap Kirtsaeng D/B/A Bluechristine99

To express concerns about the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA)

In support of funding for the American Community Survey

To urge the Department of Labor to re-post documents online related to recent proposed rules

To express concerns with provisions of the SECURE IT Act, S. 2151, that allow companies to share sensitive information with the government without sufficient privacy safeguards or oversight

In opposition to the FOIA exemption in the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 2105, and the Secure IT Act, S. 2151

To urge Representatives to vote ‘no’ on H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) despite amendments

In support of the confirmation hearing of President Obama’s nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)

In opposition to the FOIA provision in the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, HR 3523

To urge Representatives to vote ‘no’ on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, H.R. 3523

In support of the FY 2013 budget requests of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office

To express concern about the urgent need to provide quarters for the San Francisco Law Library with enough space to accommodate its resources and full range of services when the Veterans building closes in 2013

To urge the Office of Information Policy to support the FOIA Portal under development by the Environmental Protection Agency

To urge the Chief Justice to fill the vacant seat of Minnesota State Law Librarian

To express concerns with the provisions of the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act (SECURE IT), HR 4263, that create unnecessary exemptions to FOIA

In support of the testimony of Stuart Shieber, Director of the Office for Scholarly Communication at Harvard University, regarding the Federal Research Public Access Act, H.R. 4004

In support of the FY 2013 budget requests of the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office

In support of Raised Bill No. 418, An Act Adopting the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act and the Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act

To express concerns with provisions of the SECURE IT Act, S. 2151, that create unnecessary exemptions to FOIA

To urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold confirmation hearings on President Obama’s nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)

To urge greater the transparency of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement negotiating process

In opposition to a new regulation that limits public access by raising fees for the Mandatory Declassification Review program

In support of The Federal Research Public Access Act. S. 2096

In support of The Federal Research Public Access Act, H.R. 4004

In support of approval of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act at the ABA’s Midyear Meeting

In support of approval of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act at the ABA’s Midyear Meeting

To express opposition to the Research Works Act, H.R. 3699

To express our concerns about the treatment of information related to the water contamination at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from the Department of the Navy

To express our concerns about the treatment of information related to the water contamination at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from the Department of the Navy

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