ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 15, Number 4 January 13, 2006 In This Issue: Nation-Wide PATRIOT Call in Day January 25th Good news! Your persistent phone calls and e-mails to Congress have secured us some success in the ongoing debate about USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization. But the fight is not over yet! Please keep up the pressure on your Members of Congress by spreading the word about National PATRIOT Act Call-In Day - January 25, 2006. On Wednesday, January 25th, please call both your Senators and your Representative and ask them to support the Senate language reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act. The Senate bill better protects Americans' and library patrons' civil liberties -- without sacrificing any security When you call, ask Members of Congress to fight for: The inclusion of language in Section 215 requiring a statement of fact linking the person whose records are sought to a terrorism investigation. The inclusion of language allowing a Section 215 recipient to pose a meaningful challenge to a FISA Court order. The inclusion of language allowing a Section 505 recipient to pose a meaningful challenge to National Security Letter. Find talking points and direct-line phone numbers for Congressional Offices at: http://capwiz.com/ala/home/ Or use the Capitol Switchboard number: 202-224-3121 ************ ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Don Essex, Melanie Anderson, Erin Haggerty, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.