Not all government publications are serious. While Congress and the Supreme Court are getting down to the end of their sessions, let's take a gander at Senate Document 109-19: A Botanic Garden for the Nation, the United States Botanic Garden. Like most on-line docs, the PDFs can get out of hand, but at least they're nice to look at.
The US Botanic Garden sits in the shadow of the Capitol, 100 Maryland Avenue, SW, and check 'em out on line at www.usbg.gov. Take your next house/dorm guest!
Of course you are, and don't worry-- I'm not going to stop you.
But, the United States government might. If you happen to be under 18, Congress is worried about protecting you from social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. HR 5319 from the 109th Congress is an amendment to the Communications Act of 1934 and specifically seeks to "protect against access to a commercial social networking website or chat room unless used for an educational purpose with adult supervision."
Sounds like that idea on how to work FaceBook into your UW 20 paper might not be such a bad idea after all.
How many of us read blogs to get our news? Several, I'm sure. The Blog-o-lution, particularly in the field of journalism, has proven a small but mighty sword (okay, perhaps maybe more like a Swiss Army knife) for all that media deregulation.The Daily Kos is getting in on that action with the Congressional Committees Project. Read the blog entry that started it all for all the details, but the short version: some people decided to take news reporting in their own hands by creating this wiki in order to keep tabs on the new committees once the new Congress starts. Heck, you can even pick your favorite committee and contribute.
