Friday, 6th February 2015

Congress.gov Offers Users New Alert System

By Africa S. Hands

From the Library of Congress:

The free legislative information website Congress.govoffers users a new optional email-alerts system that makes tracking legislative action even easier. Users can elect to receive email alerts for tracking:

• A specific bill in the current Congress: Receive an email when there are updates to a specific bill (new cosponsors, committee action, vote taken, etc.); emails are sent once a day if there has been a change in a particular bill’s status since the previous day.
• A specific member’s legislative activity: Receive an email when a specific member introduces or cosponsors a bill; emails are sent once a day if a member has introduced or cosponsored a bill since the previous day.
• Congressional Record: Receive an email as soon as a new issue of the Congressional Record is available on Congress.gov.

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Africa S. Hands is an independent librarian with a focus on helping professionals understand and utilise social media and search engines through one-on-one tutorials and small group workshops. Africa tweets (@africahands) on resources of interest to information and higher education professionals.

Africa can be reached at [email protected]

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