ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 9, Number 37 April 21, 2000 In this issue: [1] NCLIS Releases the Hearing Record for Kids and the Internet [2] GPO Provides Technical Support for New Supreme Court Website [1] NCLIS Releases the Hearing Record for Kids and the Internet The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)has just published the hearing record for Kids and the Internet: The Promise and the Perils. The hearing took place at the Freedom Forum in Arlington,Virginia, on November 10, 1998. The report includes a record of the transcript of the hearing and a wide variety of materials submitted by individuals and organizations. Although it has been more than a year since the hearing, NCLIS believes the information in this report is still extremely relevant. The report is available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents,U.S. Government Printing Office for $20.00 (ISBN 0-16- 050332-9). The report can also be accessed and downloaded in Adobe Acrobat PDF format from the NCLIS web page at www.nclis.gov/info/kidshear.pdf . This report is approximately 300 pages long. Included in the foreward, of the report is practical guidelines developed by NCLIS to assist librarians, library trustees and other governing bodies in their efforts to evaluate and respond to the promise and perils of Internet access for children. These practical guidelines offer balance and compromise, and also outline policy issues and potential solutions. A copy of these guidelines are also available on NCLIS website at www.nclis.gov/info/kids2htm . For additional information please contact Rosalie Vlach, NCLIS Director of Legislative and Public Affairs by e-mail at rvlach@nclis.gov, by fax at 202-606-9203 or by phone at 202-606- 9200 or Judy Russell (jrussell@nclis.gov) Deputy Director, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Phone: (202) 606-9205, Fax:(202) 606-9203 [2] GPO Provides Technical Support for New Supreme Court Website The Government Printing Office is providing key technical support for the new Supreme Court official website, which will make the Court information available free of charge via the Internet to the Bar, the public, and the news media. The new site is located at http://www.supremecourtus.gov. Working closely with the Court, GPO provided web site development for the Supreme Court site and will also provide round-the-clock maintenance service. Although the site has it its own web address, the Supreme Court will be a part of the GPO Access system at http://www.access.gpo.gov . The new Supreme Court web site initially will provide online access to the Court's 1999 term slip opinions, 1999 Term orders, argument calendar, schedules, Rules, bar admission forms and instructions, visitors' guides, case-handling guides, special notices, press releases, and general information. In a statement last week, Public Printer Michael F. DiMario said "We are honored to be part of this historic project, which is the product of long hours and hard work by highly dedicated and talented personnel at both the Supreme Court and GPO. GPO's involvement in the Supreme Court's new web site is consistent with our record of cooperation with the Court in the provision of public access to Court information." ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Mary Costabile, Peter Kaplan, Miriam Nisbet and Claudette Tennant. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell and Saundra Shirley.