Electronic initiatives of the Federal Depository Library Program

Journal of Government Information

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-401

  Farrell, Maggie Parhamovich ^a   Davis, Ric ^a   Dossett, Raeann ^a   Baldwin, Gil ^a  

^a United States Government Printing Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic government information; Federal Depository Library Program; Internet; U.S. Government printing office

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030188338     PISSN: 13520237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-0237(96)00019-6     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. 1. During the fiscal year 1994, GPO distributed more than 20.6 million copies of 64,900 titles to depository libraries. See U.S. Government Printing Office, United States Government Printing Office 1994 Annual Report (Washington, DC, GPO, 1996), 32.
2. 2. U.S. Government Printing Office, Library Programs Service, Electronic Capabilities of Federal Depository Libraries, Summer 1994 (Washington, DC: GPO, 1995).
3. 3. Electronic Capabilities, 1.
4. 4. Electronic Capabilities, 29-30.
5. 5. The GPO Bulletin board can be accessed through modem (202-512-1387) or by telnet (fedbbs.access.gpo.gov).
6. 6. U.S. Statutes at Large 107:112-14.
7. 7. During the fall of 1995, the SOD WWW site contained three databases from two government CD-ROMs: "Budget of the United States Government" and the "Foreign Affairs" disc from the State Department.
8. 8. The URL for the SOD WWW site is: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs.
9. 9. "Superintendent of Documents Policy Statement: Electronic Information Access and Dissemination Services of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)" Administrative Notes, 16, no. 18 (December 29, 1995):5-7.
10. 10. Eliot J. Christian, "Helping the Public Find Information: the U.S. Government Information Locator Service (GILS)," Journal of Government Information 21, no. 4 (July/August 1994):305-14.
11. 11. "Recommended Minimum Technical Guidelines" Administrative Notes, 16, no. 2 (January 15, 1995): 5-7.
12. 12. The URL for the Department of State files at the University of Illinois, Chicago is: http://dosfan. lib.uic.edu
13. 13. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995 Subject Bibliography Index: A Guide to U.S. Government Information (Washington, DC: GPO, 1995).
14. 14. Federal agencies must compile an inventory of their automated information systems, Privacy Act systems of records, and locators, which together cover all of its information dissemination products by December 31, 1995. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, "Management of Information Resources," (OMB Circular A-130), Federal Register 59, no. 141 (July 25, 1994): 37906; U.S. Office of Management and Budget, "Establishment of Government Information Locator Service," OMB Bulletin (95-01) (December 7, 1994).
15. 14. Federal agencies must compile an inventory of their automated information systems, Privacy Act systems of records, and locators, which together cover all of its information dissemination products by December 31, 1995. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, "Management of Information Resources," (OMB Circular A-130), Federal Register 59, no. 141 (July 25, 1994): 37906; U.S. Office of Management and Budget, "Establishment of Government Information Locator Service," OMB Bulletin (95-01) (December 7, 1994).
16. 15. The "Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program" was mandated by Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Public Law 53, 104th Cong., 1st sess., (November 19, 1995). For additional details, see U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, 104th Cong., 1st sess., 1995, S. Rept. 114.
17. 15. The "Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program" was mandated by Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Public Law 53, 104th Cong., 1st sess., (November 19, 1995). For additional details, see U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, 104th Cong., 1st sess., 1995, S. Rept. 114.