US public records recently played a role in both Russian and Egyptian politics

Verifying awards of military valor a little easier but still complex

STOCK Act coming online –Requires monthly reports of certain transactions; web availability of federal financial disclosure reports

Steve Jobs FBI file –The FBI uses public records too

Use government guides to find the person with the answer you need and to learn how the government is organized

We’re not in Pueble, CO anymore — search.USA.gov allows targeted searches of state, local and federal government documents

Doctor discipline data — “backing in” research technique documented; Federal agency responds by restricting use of data

Some insight into the holdings of large hedge funds is provided via SEC Form 13F filings. These quarterly reports are filed by institutional investment managers like hedge funds and also including investment advisers, banks, insurance companies, some pension funds and corporations that have discretion over more than $100 million in Section 13(f) securities.

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation recently announced the launch of its online database of newly digitized records from the JFK Presidential Archives. These records have always been available in person at the library, but efforts to digitally preserve them and make them available to the general public on the Internet have now been realized through the Access to a Legacy program.

Financial realities and overlapping interests have led to an agreement that will create a set of new set of digitized music online. The Universal Music Group agreed to give the Library of Congress approximately 200,000 recordings created between 1926 and 1948 that have been sitting in underground storage.