How do you turn a piece of onionskin paper into an online archive? Or a huge map? Or a piece of paper almost completely torn up? Or all of that combined, times a billion? A few months into her tenure, Colleen Shogan, the current Archivist of the United States, already has plenty on her plate. But …
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An Emergency Alert Test Will Sound On All US Cellphones, TVs and Radios Tomorrow (Wednesday)
Your electronic devices may alarm you on Wednesday afternoon — but there’s a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m. EDT to cellphones, televisions and radios across the United States at around the same time. Most Americans with wireless cellular devices will receive an emergency …
Whistleblower Says Arkansas Governor’s Office Illegally Altered, Withheld Records Related to Podium Purchase
An anonymous former state employee came forward Friday claiming to have evidence that the Arkansas governor’s office doctored documents and unlawfully withheld financial records that should have been made public under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA. Attorney Tom Mars, who is representing the whistleblower, sent a letter today to Sen. Jimmy Hickey (R-Texarkana) offering to …