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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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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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If you’re interested in redistricting, among other places to learn about the process, attend the Oregon Legislature’s December 14, 2010, hearing:

SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON RULES

AGENDA: ISSUED 12-02-2010
December 14, 2010
1:00 P.M., Room: HR C
900 Court Street NE, Room 453, Salem, Oregon 97301

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Governor-Elect Kitzaber’s Transition Team’s website offers one and all a chance to submit a resume.

This free-form job application process seems a creative, though possibly ill-advised, approach given numerous factors that I most certainly hope can go without saying, but far be it from me to miss a chance to tell you to send you in your resume. Oregonians will always be dreamers, bless our hearts. (And they sure need a good blogger, so knock yourselves out.)

I’m more familiar with the “Plum Book” method of hiring for a new administration.

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This Oregonian article was an interesting lesson in neighbor and government law. It also teaches one not to jump to conclusions, on international affairs, government budgets, or that pothole you have to climb in and out of on your way to and from home every day.

“Rock Creek Road may be the pits, but Washington County says it has no legal duty to fill the potholes,” by Dana Tims, Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Excerpt: “… “I was angry,” said Matos. “A lot of people up here have had blown tires. Emergency vehicles can hardly get through. It’s a joke.”

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WHY?

Voters are smart (and have smart children)
Voters are mysterious and intriguing.
Voters are fun (and sometimes even funny)
Voters are good citizens.
Voters care about the future.
Voters care about other people.
Voters sleep well at night.
Voters have a spring in their steps.
Voters are on the side of the angels.
Voters are [you fill in the blank all you wonderful voters]

HOW?

1) Oregon election information (don’t forget Ballotpedia!)

2) Can I Vote? dot org (should you vote? YES!)

3) USA dot Gov, Voters and Elections

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Robert Ambrogi, at his Law Sites blog, writes on 10/28/10, about the interesting (to put it mildly) results of a survey of state courts and judges: Survey: Judges Split on Their Use of Social Media

For example: “Appointed judges are far less likely than elected judges to use social media. Of judges who run for competitive election, 66.7% use social media, while of judges who never run for election, just 8.8% use social media…” (link to full post)

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