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February 7, 2013
Opening PACER
Hat tip to Legal Research Plus for calling attention to OpenPACER.org's draft bill, The Open PACER Act of 2013.
The Open PACER Act provides for free and open access to electronic federal court records. The courts currently offer an expensive and difficult-to-use web site. They charge more than their cost of offering the service—more than Congress has authorized—violating the E-Government Act of 2002. This Act seeks to, once and for all, compel the courts to fulfill Congress' longstanding vision of making this information "freely available to the greatest extent possible".
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February 7, 2013 in Courts, Digital Collections, Gov Docs, Information Technology | Permalink
