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U.S. Government Information: Weekly
Roundup
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Editors
of this particular LibGuide anticipate weekly updates on the activities of
the U.S. federal government, particularly reports and activities. There will
be “. . . links to important, news-worthy, or interesting material
published during the previous week.”
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The Constitution Annotated Is Now
Easier to Search and Browse
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The
latest version of The Constitution of the United States of America:
Analysis and Interpretation (AKA the Constitution Annotated) is
available as of September 17, 2019. Created by the Congressional Research
Service for the U.S. Senate, the document makes the Constitution “. . .
available to all Americans, regardless of their background in law.”
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The Law Prof Twittersphere 2019
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In
an artful infographic developed by Ryan Whalen for his eponymous website, the
connections between law professors’ Twitter accounts is now available in
visual format. Whalen identified several data sets, including: law profs by
total followers, number of other law profs following, and schools based on
the number of law prof follower sums.
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Research Tools: World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) Officially Launches New IP Portal
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Taken
from a WIPO press release: “WIPO has launched its new IP Portal, a
one-stop shop to the Organization’s full range of online intellectual
property (IP) services. For users of WIPO’s IP services for patents,
trademarks and industrial designs, the IP Portal will provide greater
consistency in how they interact with WIPO, while maintaining the underlying
business processes.”
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GPO Produces US Code with new XML
based publishing technology
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The
U.S. Government Publishing Office will publish the 2018 edition of the U.S.
Code through XPub, “. . . the agency’s new digital technology for
XML-based publishing.” XPub allows for new functionality, including the
ability to “[a]ccept content in any form, including XML sources, as well
as digital file formats and hard copy manuscript pages” and
“[p]roduce PDF files and digital products that are Section 508-compliant,
meaning they are accessible to people with disabilities.”
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How an Impeachment Process Inquiry
Works
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beSpacific
provided links with historical, political, policy, and legal information on
impeachment process inquiries.
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Western Pennsylvania Law Library Association 