Reports and Issue Briefs

2009 Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act
AALL Issue Brief 2009-3 [ PDF ]
October 2009, Revised March 2010

Classification Policy
AALL Issue Brief 2010-1 [ PDF ]
January 2010, Revised March 2010

Open Government Directive 2009-2010
AALL Issue Brief 2010-2 [ PDF ]
February 2010

AALL State Working Groups to Ensure Access to Electronic Legal Information
January 2010, Revised February 2010

National Security Letters
AALL Issue Brief 2007-2 [ PDF ]
March 2007, Revised February 2010

State Secrets Privilege
AALL Issue Brief 2009-4 [ PDF ]
November 2009

Network Neutrality
AALL Issue Brief 2008-3 [ PDF ]
December 2008, Revised October 2009

USA PATRIOT ACT and PATRIOT Reauthorization Act: Section 215
AALL Issue Brief 2009-2 [ PDF ]
August 2009

AALL 2009 Day on the Hill Issue Briefs:
July 2009

• AALL's Public Policy Priorities for the 111th Congress (summary document)
• AALL Policy Positions for the Administration and the 111th Congress
• Authentication and e-Life Cycle Management
• Congressional Research Service Reports
• The FY 2010 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act
• The Law Library of Congress
• National Security Letters
• Network Neutrality
• USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization: Section 215
• Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)
• Whistleblower Protections

Whistleblower Protections
AALL Issue Brief 2009-1 [ PDF ]
June 2009

Public Access to Presidential Records and Claims of Executive Privilege
AALL Issue Brief 2007-1 [ PDF ]
March 2007, Revised May 2009

Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press
& Sage Publications v. Georgia State University
AALL Issue Brief 2008-1 [ PDF ]
April 2008, Revised June 2008

The TEACH Act
AALL Issue Brief 2008-2 [ PDF ]
April 2008

State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources
March 2007

AALL's Comments and Recommendations to the Obama-Biden Transition Team:

• Public Policy Positions of The American Association of Law Libraries
  December 23, 2008

• The Pro-Library Copyright Agenda of the Library Copyright Alliance
  December 2008

• Public Access to the Published Results of Publicly Funded Research
  January 2008

• Moving Toward a 21st Century Right-to-Know Agenda: Recommendations to President-elect Obama and Congress
  November 2008

• Liberty and Security: Recommendations for the Next Administration and Congress
  November 2008
  Including:
  
  • Updating the Law Governing the Privacy of Electronic Communications
    
  • Promoting Government Transparency
    
  • National Security Letters and Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act
    
  • Reform of the National Security Surveillance Laws and Procedures
    
  • Preventing Over-classification and Retroactive Classification and Promoting De-classification of Government Documents
    
  • Reforming the State Secrets Privilege
    
  • Assertion of Executive Authority in National Security Matters
    
  • Executive Privilege and Congressional Oversight
    
  • Signing Statements

• National Security Archive Recommendations
  November 2008
  Including:
  
  • Restore efficiency and openness to the Freedom of Information Act process
    
  • Reform the classification system
    
  • Ensure that presidential records are handled in accordance with the law and Congress' intent
    
• Achieving the Potential: The Future of Federal e-Rulemaking
  Committee on the Status and Future of Federal e-Rulemaking
  2008
• Managing the Public's Records for Accountability and History
  2008