Administrative Codes and Registers will hold a virtual winter meeting Wednesday, February 22 through Friday, February 24. Sessions will begin at 11 AM EST each day. The agenda for the meeting is available online at http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/acr/2012ACRWinterMeetingAgenda.pdf. Instructions for participating in the meeting have been distributed through the ACR ListServ.
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2012 Winter Meeting
ACR members did attend the Winter Meeting in Washington DC. NASS did have a 2013 Winter Meeting.
Members conducted a virtual meeting online.
Agenda and Attendance
To be posted in 2012
Business Meetings
Location: TBD
- Day, Date, Time: TBD
- First Business Meeting
- First Business Meeting Agenda
- Treasurer’s Report
- Attendance Sheet
- First Business Meeting
- Day, Date, Time: TBD
- Second Business Meeting
- First Business Meeting Agenda
- Treasurer’s Report
- Attendance Sheet
- Second Business Meeting
Who’s Who and What’s New
Alabama
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Alaska
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American Samoa
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Arizona
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Arkansas
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California
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Colorado
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Connecticut
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Delaware
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District of Columbia
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Federal Register
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Florida
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Georgia
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Guam
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Hawaii
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Idaho
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Maine
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Mississippi
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Missouri
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Montana
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Nebraska
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Nevada
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New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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New Mexico
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New York
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North Carolina
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North Dakota
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Northern Marianas Islands
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Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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Puerto Rico
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Rhode Island
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South Carolina
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Utah
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Vermont
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Virginia
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Virgin Islands
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Washington
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Wyoming
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Vendors
A list of vendors willl be provided in 2012
Speaker Biographies
Bios to be posted
2012 ACR Committees
Would you like to serve on one of these committees? Contact ACR President, John Martinez
2012 ACR Program Committee
Chair: Amy Bunk, Federal Register
Member: Vacant
Member: Vacant
2012 Awards Committee
Chair: Vacant
Member: Vacant
Member: Vacant
2012 Web Committee
Chair: Jeff Hague, Delaware
Member: Scott Cancelosi, Arizona
Member: Jane Chaffin, Virginia
2012 Social Media Committee
Chair: Scott Cancelosi, Arizona
Member: Vacant
Member: Vacant
Registration
Registration will be sent through the list-serve
Photo Galllery
Photos to be posted following the meeting
Administrative Conference of the United States Recommendations
See Michael White’s post re: publication of ACUS’ recommendations at http://www.federalregister.gov/blog/2012/01/2273
2012 ACR Vice President Announcement
Scott Cancelosi, ACR VP announced today he has cancer and will undergo surgery Feb. 8, 2012. Will be out of work for treatment and hopes to return by mid-year.
2012 Virtual ACR Winter Meeting
Today, ACR President John Martinez announced through an e-mail that ACR will be conducting its 2012 Winter meeting as a virtual meeting. He said:
Due to low attendance numbers projected for the ACR Winter Meeting, it has been decided that we will not meet in DC but will hold a three-day conference online, similar to what we did last year. We are looking at holding the meeting during January and are still finalizing the exact dates.
Additional information will be posted on https://rulemaking.wordpress.com/ as it becomes available.
News about the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act
Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act as adopted at conference is released.
From Jeff Hague, Registrar of Regulations, Legislative Council, State of Delaware ~ The Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act establishes an outcomes-based, technology-neutral framework for providing online legal material with the same level of trustworthiness traditionally provided by publication in a law book. The Act requires that official electronic legal material be: (1) authenticated, by providing a method to determine that it is unaltered; (2) preserved, either in electronic or print form; and (3) accessible, for use by the public on a permanent basis.
A COPY of the Act
A PRESS RELEASE about the Act
ULC Issues Final Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA)
In an e-mail distributed October 10, 2011, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) announced the availability of the final version of the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA). The final version of UELMA is available online at the Penn Law website at: http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/archives/ulc/apselm/UELMA_Final_2011.htm. It has not yet been posted on the ULC website.
Following ULC’s approval of UELMA at its summer meeting, it was sent to the style committee for final review. That process has now been completed.
The ULC e-mail describes the uniform act as follows:
The Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act establishes an outcomes-based, technology-neutral framework for providing online legal material with the same level of trustworthiness traditionally provided by publication in a law book. The Act requires that official electronic legal material be: (1) authenticated, by providing a method to determine that it is unaltered; (2) preserved, either in electronic or print form; and (3) accessible, for use by the public on a permanent basis.
Questions about the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act should be directed to the Uniform Law Commission.
Volotta to Leave Wolters Kluwer
Susan Volotta, Information Coordinator with Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (Riverwoods, IL) announced to ACR members today she will be leaving Wolters Kluwer on Oct. 21, 2011.
Press Release – NASS Administrative Rules Organization Honors Florida’s Division of Library and Information Services as 2011 Robert J. Colborn, Jr. Innovation Award Winner
Florida’s Division of Library and Information Services Recognized for Implementation of a Program to Hyperlink Materials Incorporated by Rules in the On-line Version of the Florida Administrative Code
The Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR) Section of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), which recently held its annual meeting in Glade Springs Resort, WV, awarded Florida’s Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services with the 2011 Robert J. Colburn, Jr. Innovation Award. The Division of Library and Information Services was selected for implementing a program to hyperlink materials incorporated by rules in the online version of the Florida Administrative Code.
The online version of the Florida Administrative Code contains highlighted text whenever incorporated materials are referenced. Benefits of this new program include greater access of incorporated materials. With a simple click of the mouse, citizens can obtain immediate access to the complete text of the incorporated material. For state registrars and publishers, electronic and dated materials replace the voluminous materials that required organizing, archiving and disposing. And more importantly, the rule is hyperlinked to the true legal version of the incorporated materials, eliminating confusion with multiple versions of the same material.
Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR), a section of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), created the Robert J. Colborn, Jr. Innovation Award in July 2001 in honor of Robert J. Colborn, Jr., who served as the administrator of the Maryland Division of State Documents from 1974 through 2001 and founded ACR. The Robert J. Colborn, Jr. Innovation Award annually recognizes a program that demonstrates creativity and innovation in providing public access to or managing administrative rules. It honors the state agency that has made substantial contributions to the flow of information to the public by improving efficiency and delivery of services to citizens, businesses and other governmental entities.
“Florida has been a leader in E-government services since creating FLrules.org, an online rulemaking system in 2006,” said Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning. “Our staff in Florida’s Division of Library and Information Services are among the most innovative and dedicated workers in the country, and I am proud of their latest accomplishment, providing the public with easy access to state government information.”
Elizabeth Palen (VA) presents the 2011 Colborn Award to Florida Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning for Florida's system for hyperlinked incorporated by reference materials
2011 ACR Robert J. Colborn Jr. Committee
- Chair: Molly Masich, Codifier of Rules, North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings
- Member: Elizabeth Palen, Executive Director, Joint Commission on Administrative Rules, Richmond, VA
- Member: John H. Martinez, Director, Administrative Law Division, New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, NM
Past Colborn Award Recipients
- 2010 — Administrative Law Division / New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
- 2009 — Virginia Division of Legislative Services / Virginia Code Commission
- 2008 — Arkansas Secretary of State
- 2007 — Colorado Secretary of State
- 2006 — Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
- 2004 — Missouri Secretary of State, Administrative Rules Division
- 2003 — Office of the Federal Register
- 2002 — Virginia Department of Planning and Budget, Virginia Regulatory Townhall
Virginia Decoded
At the October 3rd Code Commission meeting, Waldo Jaquith introduced members to his beta website “Virginia DeCoded: The State Code for Humans.” His goal is to make state codes user friendly and easy for the public to find information. In June, Waldo received a $165,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to expand his code project nationwide. See articles on the Virginia Lawyers Weekly and Virginia Public Radio websites for more information.