****Begin File******************Begin File*******************Begin File**** *************************************************************************** ISSN 1069-7799 ALAWON ALA Washington Office Newsline An electronic publication of the American Library Association Washington Office Volume 4, Number 33 April 5, 1995 In this issue: (102 lines) SENATE CONTINUES DEBATE ON RESCISSIONS - ACTION NEEDED NII ADVISORY COUNCIL TO HOLD OPEN MEETING IN NEW MEXICO MEETING OF THE DEPOSITORY LIBRARY COUNCIL TO THE PUBLIC PRINTER *************************************************************************** SENATE CONTINUES DEBATE ON RESCISSIONS - ACTION NEEDED The Senate is continuing debate on HR 1158 (S.617), the FY95 Rescission bill. The Dole amendment amends $12,916,000 from the Higher Education Act II-B library program, not $10 million as previously reported. (See ALAWON, Vol. 4, No. 32, March 31, for additional information.) The full text of the amendment is published in the Congressional Record of March 31, 1995, S5007-5018. In the Congressional Record of April 4, Senator Dole states that he hopes to have a vote on the cloture motion he filed by Wednesday or Thursday, April 5 or 6. If the bill is not completed before recess, "much of the money will be spent by the time we are back so we could lose, it has been estimated, maybe $1.5 to 2 billion--if we do not act before the recess." (S5160) This would not be the case for library fellowships, however, since those grants are awarded in June. Problems remain if LSCA Title II monies are rescinded, because some states, like Arkansas, California and Texas, have a different grant process and do not request their allotment until later summer or September. The Senate plans to adjourn for the spring recess by the end of this week. ACTION NEEDED: There is still time to make phone calls to Senate offices, alerting them to the proposed library rescission. The Senate switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Every senator should be contacted and be asked to preserve the library programs funding and remove them from the rescissions. *************************************************************************** NII ADVISORY COUNCIL TO HOLD OPEN MEETING IN NEW MEXICO The President's Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure will be meeting on Wednesday, April 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the Main Ballroom of the La Fonda in the Plaza Hotel at 100 East San Francisco Street. The agenda for the meeting includes a discussion of different Mega-Projects topics under the KICKSTART program such as "Access to the NII" and "Privacy, Security and Intellectual Property." A KICKSTART panel will also discuss successful models in the program. The meeting is open to the public, and a time is provided in the agenda for public comment, questions and answers. For more information about the NII Advisory Council or the April 12 meeting in New Mexico, please contact Celia Nogales or Tiffani Burke in Washington, D.C. Phone: 202/482-1835; E-mail: nii@ntia.doc.gov; Fax: 202/482-0979. *************************************************************************** MEETING OF THE DEPOSITORY LIBRARY COUNCIL TO THE PUBLIC PRINTER From Monday, April 10 to Wednesday, April 12 the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer will hold its Spring 1995 meeting which is open to the public. The meeting will take place at the Rosslyn Westpark Hotel, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive in Arlington, Virginia. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Federal Depository Library Program. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is an irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, DC 20002-5675. Internet: alawash@alawash.org; Phone: 202-547-4440; Fax: 202-547-7363. Contributing to this issue: Mary R. Costabile and Claudette W.Tennant. Editor: Lynne E. Bradley (leb@alawash.org). ALAWON is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe ala-wo [your name]" to listserv@uicvm (Bitnet) or listserv@uicvm.uic.edu (Internet). Back issues and other documents are available from the list server. To find out what's available, send the message "send ala-wo filelist" to the listserv. 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