Purpose
The Government Relations Committee is established to monitor pending national, state, and local legislation as well as executive and administrative action that affects LLSDC, its member law libraries, the practice of law librarianship, and information dissemination (in accordance with AALL’s Government Relations Policy). The Committee shall keep members informed of all important legislative developments, particularly those on which LLSDC members may wish to take a position. When appropriate, the Committee may, on its own initiative, communicate LLSDC views on information policy issues to appropriate governmental bodies and other interest groups and shall keep the Executive Board informed of all such efforts. When more significant action is required, the Committee may draft and recommend statements to appropriate governmental bodies and present recommended communications to the Executive Board for their review and approval. Finally, the Chair of the Committee shall additionally be responsible for communicating on a regular basis with the LLSDC liaison from the AALL Government Relations Committee Representative.
Chairpersons
*The Government Relations Committee is currently soliciting members to join. Please email Leslie Street or Catherine Dunn if you have any interest in joining the committee or with any suggestions.
Current Activities:
To find the contact information for your Representative:
http://www.house.gov/ (type in Zipcode in Find your Representative Box)
To find contact information for your Senator:
http://senate.gov/ (can locate Senators by state in the upper left of Senate homepage)
Reports:
LLSDC_Govt_Rel_Comm_Stmt_2008-2009_activities.doc 23.04 KB
