In honor of Pride Month, as well as the release of our new LGBTQ+ Rights database, this month’s Secrets of the Serial Set post will dive into the Lavender Scare of the 1950s, when the government sought to purge gay civil servants from government.
An executive order is a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government. Users can find executive orders in both the U.S. Presidential Library and the Federal Register within HeinOnline.
Even though all-out war was officially over, the world was anything at peace in the aftermath of World War II. The United States feared the spread of communism in a weakened Europe. The tensions culminated in the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty.
Colin Powell, former secretary of state and at one time the highest-ranking Black person in the nation, passed away on Monday, October 18 from complications of COVID-19 at age 84. Despite being fully vaccinated, Powell’s fight with multiple myeloma had significantly weakened his immune system.
Service animals, including guide dogs, hearing dogs, and seizure response dogs, are defined by Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Using HeinOnline, let’s chew over the various sides of this issue and explore the remarkable history of service animals.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on April 27, 2021, calling for the minimum wage to be set at $15 for hundreds of thousands of federal contract workers by early 2022. Learn how to research the topic of minimum wage and how to locate executive orders just like this one.
We are all familiar with the tamper-evident measures found on medicine bottles. They are there not meant to aggravate the headache-addled, but instead serve to prevent very real tragedies. Join us as we explore why and how these safety measures came into effect after the Chicago Tylenol murders.
Congress often times will pass a statute and then grant an administrative body or agency the authority to issue rules and regulations based on that law. In today’s Tip of the Week, we’re going to explore how to locate the statutory authority for a regulation using a CFR citation.
During the 2020 quarantine Netflix released docuseries Tiger King, which captivated America with relentless twists and turns, making it easy to lose sight of what is perhaps the most shocking revelation in the show: America has a tiger problem. Join us as we explore this issue further.
Do you often find yourself looking for an administrative rule and are not sure where to start in the Federal Register? This week’s tip explores how to search across the Federal Register to find a Final Rule.
