Government Documents Librarianship
Government Information Policy

Comprehensive Assessment of Government Information Policy (NCLIS)

• Series of extensive reports written June-December 2000
• Covers impact of closing the National Technical Information Service, integrating the Government Printing Office into the Library of Congress
• Recommends new legislation
• Draft Final Report (1 MB pdf; 136 p)

Federal Laws on Government Information

• Current Law
  • Depository Library Program (US Code, Title 44, Chapter 19)
  • Electronic Distribution (US Code, Title 44, Chapter 41
• Proposed Changes to U.S Code (GPO, August 1996)
• Government Printing Office Reorganization (April 1997)
  • Joint Committee on Printing proposal to make GPO an independent agency
  • Provides enforcement powers for the distribution of traditional and electronic materials to federal depository libraries
  • University of Kentucky marked up proposal and provided hot links to current sections of the U.S. Code
• Wendell H. Ford Government Publications Reform Act of 1998
  • Text and legislative status from THOMAS
• Public Information Resources Reform Act of 2001
  • Summary of legislation to be introduced in the 107th Congress
  • Will propose consolidation of government information activities in the Executive Branch

Framework for Global Electronic Commerce

• Draft report by the National Information Infrastructure Task Force for public comment in January 1997
• Financial, legal, and market issues

Government Information Technology Officials

• List of state and foreign government officials dealing with information technology issues
• Site sponsored by the General Services Administration

Inter-Association Working Group on Government Information Policy

• Documents efforts, 1997-1999, to reform Title 44 of the United States Code on government information policy
• Text of proposed legislation, testimony, and reports

Internet Hearings

• Democracy Net coverage of Congressional and agency hearings on the Internet
• Provides real audio of hearings and written transcripts as available
• Includes House Science Committee's hearings on domain names (Sept. 25 and 30, 1997), Federal Trade Commission workshop on junk mail (June 1997), and Federal Communications Commission hearing on universal service (May 1997)

IT Policy Ramp (GSA)

• Information policy for the federal executive
• Covers directories, modular contracting, and agendas for federal webmaster meetings

Management of Federal Information Resources

• Popularly known as OMB Circular A-130
• Text revised as of March 1996

Natl Comm on Libraries and Information Science

• Federal policy body appointed by the President
• Web site describes mission of the agency
• News of appropriations, library surveys, and text of government information policy initiatives

National Information Infrastructure (NIST)

• Information about the proposed National Information Infrastructure and the federal government's role
• Includes U.S. Competitive Index

National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council

• Project summaries, meeting minutes, 1994 Report, responses to subcommittee recommendations on connecting all communities to the Information Superhighway and the issues involved
• Kick Start: Connecting America's Communities to the Information Superhighway
  • How to connect people and communities, leadership guide, intellectual property, and bibliography for communities
• Nation of Opportunity: Final Report of the Advisory Council
  • Impact of the Information Superhighway, ensuring access, policy recommendations, and roles

Next Generation Internet Initiative

• Draft report of April 1997 describing government role in the creation of Internet II
• Adobe Acrobat only

Presidential Committee on Information Technology

• Societal and workforce impact of information technology
• Recommended federal policies, research and management structure
• Interim report dated August 6, 1998

Principles of Government Information

• GODORT's Principles on Government Information
  • Eleven principles adopted in 1990 by the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association
  • Includes free access, user privacy, a catalog, and non-copyrighting
• NCLIS Principles for Public Information
  • National Commission on Libraries and Information Science posted these principles in the Federal Register in 1995
  • Includes public access
• Principles for Federal Government Information
  • Appeared in a GPO report about transitioning from hard copy to electronic dissemination
  • Includes free public access and preservation

Privacy and Access Practices of Federal Government WWW Sites

• Report by OMB Watch on privacy practices on 70 federal government web sites
• Appendix by agency lists whether or not they post a privacy act notice and what information is collected

Privatization and the Depository Library Program

• Prepared statement of Wayne Kelley, Superintendent of Documents, before the Senate Rules Committee on June 18, 1996
• Notes examples of copyright and copyright-like restrictions placed on federal government publications

States Inventory Project

• Comprehensive links to National Information Instructure policies in the 50 states
• Includes Internet access, competition, regular, infrastruce, and planning strategies

Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses (NTIA)

• Government regulations calling for the privatization of internet domains
• Includes press release and background information
• Released June 5, 1998

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Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
University of Michigan Library
Graphics by Sherry Piontek and Barbara Perles
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http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/dlinf.html

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