About the ALA Washington Office
 
 The American Library Association's Washington Office was established in 1945 to represent libraries on Capitol Hill, and now consists of the Office of Government Relations (OGR) and the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP).
As part of the ALA Washington Office, OGR is charged with following and influencing legislation, policy and regulatory issues of importance to the library field and its publics. In coordination with its sister office, OITP, OGR works to ensure that libraries are consistently involved in the legislative and policy decision-making processes.
Meanwhile, OITP advances ALA’s public policy activities. It does this by helping secure information technology policies that support and encourage efforts of libraries to ensure access to electronic information resources, this as a means of upholding the public’s right to a free and open information society. OITP works to ensure a library voice in information policy debates and to promote full and equitable intellectual participation by the public.
On September 1, 2008, ALA will
unveil a redesigned web site that is the culmination of two years of gathering
information from focus groups, interviews, usability tests, surveys and other
feedback loops.
We invite you to preview the site's new look at www.ala.org/preview, and to
see the Washington Office's work in progress at http://staging.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/washoff/index.cfm.
Beginning August 1, information on our web pages will NOT be updated
until the new launch in September. Please check the District Dispatch, the
Washington Office blog for regular updates and information during this time.
You may contact the ALA Library at library@ala.org (or
800-545-2433, x2153) if further assistance is needed locating specific content
or updates during our migration.
Contact Information and Staff List
ALA Washington Office
1615 New Hampshire Ave NW
First Floor
Washington, DC 20009-2520
Phone: 202-628-8410
Fax: 202-628-841
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Emily Sheketoff - Executive Director
Email: esheketoff@alawash.org |
Office of Government Relations (OGR)
Lynne Bradley - Director
Email: lbradley@alawash.org
Access and Telecommunications, Government Information, and Privacy
Melanie Anderson - Associate Director
Email: manderson@alawash.org
Appropriations, No Child Left Behind, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), and other federal library programs
Corey Williams Green - Associate Director
Email: cwilliamsgreen@alawash.org
Copyright
Don Essex - Legislative Information Specialist
Email: dessex@alawash.org
Legislative Information, Library Services, General Research
Jessica McGilvray - Assistant Director
Email: jmcgilvray@alawash.org
Government Information, Federal Libraries
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Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP)
Alan S. Inouye - Director
Email: ainouye@alawash.org
Library Connectivity, Cyberinfrastructure, Internet Governance
Carrie Lowe - Director, Program on Networks
Email: clowe@alawash.orgE-Rate, Information Literacy and Telecommunications
Kathy Mitchell - Project Coordinator
Email: kmitchell@alawash.org
Appointments/Meetings with Alan, OITP Committees Lists
Carrie Russell - Director, Program on Public Access to Information
Email: crussell@alawash.org
Copyright (non-legal)
Timothy Vollmer - Information Technology Policy Analyst
Email: tvollmer@alawash.org
Information technology policy
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Andy Bridges - Communications Director
Email: abridges@alawash.org
W. Alston Roberts III - Communications Specialist
Email: wroberts@alawash.org
Media Inquiries, ALAWONs, District Dispatch blog, Podcasts, Internet
Pat May - Director, Administration
Email: pmay@alawash.org
Rosalind Reynolds - Assistant Director, Administration
Email: rreynolds@alawash.org
Office Administration
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And if you're not sure who to contact, please call or email Andy Bridges.
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