Nixon Library Update

From the White House Press Room. Nixon Library will open additional tapes and materials. The collection opened yesterday (June 23, 2009) at National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740 and at Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum,18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard, Yorba Linda, California 92886.

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, one of 12 Presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, will be opening approximately 154 hours of Nixon White House tape recordings and approximately 30,000 pages of textual materials from the Nixon Presidency.

Publication of Presidential Documents

Beginning January 20, 2009, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents was replaced by the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, a web-only publication.

This final rule establishes a new official updated daily online-only publication entitled the ‘‘Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents.’’ The paper edition of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents will no longer be issued. The annual edition of the Public Papers of the President will be based on the text of the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents. The price for subscription to the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents has also been removed from the regulations, as this publication will no longer exist and the online Daily Compilation is available free of charge on the Internet. This rule also revises the regulatory text to make it more readable and consistent with plain language principles. 74 Fed. Reg. 3950 (Jan. 21, 2009)