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The Redistricting Game
http://www.redistrictinggame.org/
What exactly is redistricting? It is rather important in terms of American politics, and in most states state legislators get to draw the lines that create different political districts. This interactive game from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center allows players “to experience the realities of one of the most important [...]

What library could possibly be a better resource for primary documents in American History than our own Library of Congress?
1763-1815 (The American Revolution and the New Nation)
1815-1860 (National Expansion and Reform)
1860-1877 (Civil War and Reconstruction)

Govzine
http://www.govzine.com/
For the latest and most compelling news on the world of government, visitors might do well to check out GovZine. Govzine is a social news aggregation service focused on various aspects of government, including updates from industry websites and weblogs. First-time visitors can check out the “Popular Scoops” area which brings together recent materials culled [...]

The Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education now has an open access policy that will make research publications available to the public through ERIC within 12 months of publication.  Read more in the post, Does the U.S. Department of Education have an OA Policy? at the Open Access News blog.

Data.gov launched on May 21st with an initial 47 datasets from the U.S. Federal Executive Branch.  It includes a searchable data catalog with access to data in two ways: through the “raw” data catalog and using tools.  Wired Science reviews the new site in the post, Data.gov Launches to Mixed Reviews.

Since 1962, the Library of Congress has maintained offices abroad to acquire, catalog and preserve library and research materials from countries where such materials are essentially unavailable through conventional acquisitions methods. Overseas offices in New Delhi (India), Cairo (Egypt), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Jakarta (Indonesia), Nairobi (Kenya) and Islamabad (Pakistan) collectively acquire materials from more [...]

The YouTube channel of the Library of Congress went public this month.  They have started with 70 videos with plans to keep going.  Read more on the LOC’s blog post, YouTube and Now We Do Too.

The National Archives has released 245,763 pages of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Presidential records in accordance with the Presidential Records Act and Obama’s Executive Order on Presidential Records.  Read more in the Washington Blawg.

The Library of Congress has a new digital archive covering the Iraq War.  Coverage begins March 13th, 2003 and continues to the present.  The materials that are currently available in the archive are from March 13th, 2003 – June 30th, 2003.  More material will continue to be added to this site.  Included in the web [...]

Could the George W. Bush Presidential Library be the last one of its kind?  According to an article from dallasnews.com it very well could be the last “brick and mortar” presidential library.  New ideas are being discussed to not only cut cost but also to bring the content from all presidential libraries into the digital [...]