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Governor Kulongoski and the 2009 Oregon Legislature created an Electronic Portal Advisory Board (EPAB) (see ORS 182.126 et seq).

The Board includes state agency staff, legislators and members of the public. The Board will advise the Governor on how the State of Oregon manages and operates its web portal services. For a number of years the State has provided the Oregon.gov portal site.

You can read more about the EPAB and the Portal at Data Oregon dot Gov, Open-Oregon (and the 11/10/10 post), EISPD (and their e-Gov website), and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) (including their acronym guide at their Publications webpages).

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On December 9, 2010, the Oregon Supreme Court decided:

Barbara L. Hopkins v. SAIF Corp., et al., (WCB 0407794) (CA A138825) (SC S058081)

“… On review from the Court of Appeals in a judicial review from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Hopkins v. SAIF, 232 Or App 439, 222 P3d 1140 (2009)….

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(If you want to call your federal and/or state Legislator(s), use the Find Your Legislator tool at the Oregon Legislature’s website.)

I always wince a bit when I hear people say that someone in “Washington D.C.” steals their tax dollars. Yes, sometimes it’s true that a crime against us taxpayers has been committed, but sometimes our communities get a lot of those dollars back, though only after Congress takes out money for fighting wars, national security, diplomatic missions, economic development, social security, medicare, corporation subsidies, international medical aid, etc., etc., etc.

If you’re at all curious about which states get how much “return” on the federal tax dollars sent to federal coffers, here are a few places to start off your research. More serious and thorough research will take more work:

1) Federal tax dollar to D.C. and federal tax dollar back to Oregon: The Tax Foundation has this chart that shows Oregon, in 2005, received back $.93 of the federal tax dollars they paid in federal taxes.

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Librarians tend not to get their whatsits in a twist when it comes to information leaks. Maybe because leaks, censorship, privacy, and related issues are things we think about and deal with every week, every year, decade, century, in our libraries, our databases with patrons’ personal information, with literature, with book-buying, with library boards, parents, etc.

1) Unshelved Librarians (from 12/7/10)

2) You can also find a link to a Gallagher Law Librarian blog post on:

“What laws did Wikileaks break?”

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ABA Journal’s annual Blawg 100 list is ready for you. You can vote for one in each these 12 categories. (This is also an excellent opportunity to visit some new blawgs, for your own edification, of course.)

Court Watch
Law Biz
News
Law Prof Plus
Torts
In Labor
IP Law
Criminal Justice
IMHO
Niche
For Fun
Legal Tech

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The Willamette Law School’s “United States Supreme Court News: Willamette Law Online” service, with case summaries and law updates, tells us about this latest U.S. Supreme Court decision:

“On December 13th, 2010 the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the case sumarized below:

Copyright Law (The first sale doctrine of 17 U.S.C. §109(a) does not apply to goods manufactured abroad and later imported into the United States).

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Starting in January 2011 Oregon Legislature will meet annually:

In 2011, opening ceremonies will take place Monday, January 10th. The Legislature will be in session for three days (until January 13th) to organize committees and adopt rules. The full-session begins on February 1st and expects to adjourn by June 30, 2011.

The November 2010 ballot measure 71 changed the biennial sessions (not to be confused with the word biannual) to annual sessions.

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If you’re not keeping up with the National Inventory of Legal Materials, then you’re not keeping up with the effort to make all online U.S. laws easily accessible to everyone. (But you are forgiven. It’s definitely a project for the government or law wonk – at least until you need to do some legal research of your own.)

1) National Inventory of Oregon Legal Materials

2) National Inventory of Legal Materials Bug Tracker

3) Previous posts on the National Inventory of Legal Materials (and Law dot Gov)

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Do you need to find a lawyer in another state? Do you need to find the laws of another state?

Think about it. If you’re looking for reliable legal information, a law library is one good place to begin, online or on the phone or in person.

I posted previously about other state’s law libraries:

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Oregon’s Department of Housing and Community Services Oregon Homeownership Stabilization Initiative:

Homeowners can apply online for the Mortgage Payment Assistance program at oregonhomeownerhelp.org. Applications for the program will be accepted until Jan. 14, 2011.

Homeowners who need help immediately should call 1-800-SAFE NET (1-800-723-3638).

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