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Chicago—91´«Ã½ Editions announces a new iteration of our popular eCourse, . Diane Kovacs will serve as the instructor for a 4-week facilitated eCourse starting on September 12, 2016.

E-government tools and resources bring many people to your library for such activities as filing and paying taxes online, locating Medicare/Medicaid providers and reviews, checking student loan status, tracking regulatory changes for industries, monitoring ongoing legislation as well as codified law and court rulings, and much more. This hands-on eCourse also explores the information published online by the U. S. federal government through the Government Printing Office and specific agencies and government branches.

Experienced online instructor and consultant Diane Kovacs covers the best sites to begin researching for government information in general and specifically for business, healthcare, genealogy, history, current government, legal, regulatory, taxes, retirement, insurance, and state and local government information.

Topics include:

• History and Background of the Government Printing Office (GPO), Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), The Superintendant of Documents (SUDOCS): What you need to know about accessing U. S. Government produced information on the Web.
• The Central Portals - GPOAccess, USA.Gov, and the UN Documents Centre
• Information for Business
• Information for Healthcare Consumers and Medical Professionals
• Genealogy and Historical Records
• Jobs, Careers, and Government Contracts
• The Three Branches of Government: Legislative, Executive, and the Judiciary
• Laws, Regulations, and Court Rulings
• Taxes, Retirement, and Insurance
• Science Information
• Statistical Resources
• Grants Information
• Misc. Interesting Sites.
• State and Local Government Information

About the Instructor

Diane Kovacs is a consultant, teacher, and librarian. She has nine years’ experience teaching online in library schools, for both the University of Illinois and San Jose State University. An instructional designer and trainer, she has developed courses for public and academic librarians on technology usage, library instruction, web design, government documents, virtual reference, and electronic collection development. In 2000 she received the "Documents to the People" award from the Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT).

Registration for this 91´«Ã½ Editions facilitated eCourse, which begins on September 12, 2016, can be purchased at the . Participants in this course will need regular access to a computer with an internet connection for online message board participation, viewing online video, listening to streaming audio (MP3 files), and downloading and viewing PDF and PowerPoint files.

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