ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 15, Number 23 Date: February 27, 2006 In This Issue: PATRIOT Update- Contact your Senators Today! ALA and the Campaign for Reader Privacy of which we are a member is encouraging you to ask Senators to give full and fair consideration to amendments proposed by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) prior to voting on S. 2271, legislation to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act. Feingold's amendments would make modest changes to restore privacy protections vital to library users and bookstore patrons by limiting the scope of the government's power to conduct fishing expeditions of reading records and restoring judicial oversight of PATRIOT Act provisions. <>>Click here for more information. > The Campaign urges all concerned citizens to call their Senators TODAY and ask them to allow Feingold's amendments to be introduced and voted on. A vote on the PATRIOT reauthorization bill is expected Tuesday, February 28, so please call immediately. The Capitol Switchboard number is: (202) 224-3121, or contact your Senator through ALA's online Legislative Action Center at: < http://capwiz.com/ala/home/ > . Thank you for your continued support. ------------------------------------------------- The Campaign for Reader Privacy is a joint initiative of the American Library Assocation, the American Booksellers Association, the Association of American Publishers, and PEN American Center. ****** 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, 1615 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., First Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009-2520; 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.