Happy U.S. Constitution Day! There must be a cocktail you can drink to toast the U.S. Constitution, its origins, and improvements (yes, the founders knew the U.S. Constitution would need to be modernized, through – amendments!).
Do you want more information about the Oregon Innocence Project and Deschutes County District Attorney investigation that you read about in the Washington Post? See below for link to the Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) podcast featuring an interview with Steve Wax and John Hummel.
“Discovery of dog exonerates Oregon man in criminal case” (Wash Post headline)
“A dead-dog story helped convict a man of child sex abuse. Then the black lab was found alive.” (Another Washington Post headline)
There are many ways to serve a community: voting, working, volunteering, learning, parenting, etc.
If your public service-bliss is to geek out on government operations, there is nothing more basic than understanding the budgeting process.
Understanding how laws are made and how political parties operate are equally important, but if you don’t know how “public” money is raised, allocated, and spent, you will always feel out of the loop.
Visit the Oregon Health Authority website: Free Birth Certificate for Persons Who Are Homeless for more information. There is additional information for people who need a birth certificate from another state.
My public librarian friends pointed me to this website, and soon to be published book, on serving the house-less and home-less community:
Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness
The book will be published by the American Library Association (ALA).
The 2nd edition of Janay Haas, “Using Small Claims Court in Oregon,” 2018, is now available.
Don’t litigate in Oregon Small Claims Court without it.
Read our previous blog post, Small Claims Court in Oregon, for links additional information on Oregon Small Claims Courts.
You must register to vote by Tuesday, April 24th, 2018, if you want to vote in the Oregon primary.
View the 2018 Election Timeline (PDF) at the Oregon Secretary of State’s Election Division website. (If the link to the Timeline PDF fails, link to the Election Division’s URL and search there.)
If you like to calculate your own election registration deadline:
The Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog post, Law Books Bright and Beautiful, links to their Flickr photo display.
Hat tip to the Justia Law Librarian Blawg Search round-up.
Remember the Plum Book, an interesting current and historical document (and usually a federal policy wonk job seeker’s tool)?
You can read the December 2016 edition of the Plum Book and previous editions. (If those links fail, just search these keywords: plum book United States Government Policy Supporting Positions)
If you are seeking a job as a U.S. Presidential and Executive Office appointee, you’ll need to update your Plum Book findings by searching more deeply, by agency, by hiring authority, by job posting service, and by news reports on the status of the position or its current or previous incumbent. You can also contact your U.S. Senators, some of whom will be members of the Committee that compiles the Plum Book (Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate).
The Multnomah County Library has a webpage with information on how to find vital records in Oregon. If you are seeking vital records stored locally, check with your own public library’s website or your local city, county, or court clerk offices.
