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Government Information in the News

GPO Access Texas sites Other govts.

Libraries and other sites with good "in the news" links:

* America.gov: Telling America's Story (speeches and reports on current topics)
* Documents in the News (Northeastern University Law Library; detailed annotations)
* Documents in the News (Washington State Library; links to WA newspaper articles and the supporting documents, statistics, etc., related to them)
* DocuTicker (a blog with news from government agencies, ngo's and other related organizations)
* Evergreen State College ("Hot Topics")
* Eye on the Courts (links to newsworthy decisions from Cornell)
* Hot Docs: Government Documents in the News (Columbia University; emphasizes New York news)
* JURIST Gazette: Documents in Legal News (University of Pittsburgh School of Law; has separate US and World categories)
* New Mexico News Plus (New Mexico State Library; links to documents, statistics, etc., supporting news stories in NM newspapers)
* University of Michigan (choose "Documents in the News" from the right)
* USAID Disaster Assistance (information on worldwide disasters and the U.S.repsponses)
* White House Press Briefings
LLRX.com (which specializes in legal/technological issues) provides this great article: Government Documents in the News, by Peggy Garvin. It describes in detail several of the sites listed above and includes a stimulating discussion on the need for better citations to government information in news articles.

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