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The first was held at GPO on October 22 to consult with information companies, while a similar meeting for depository librarians was conducted in Chicago at the Depository Library Council meeting on November 2. Under the GPO Access Act, the Superintendent of Documents is required to (1) maintain an electronic directory of federal electronic information; (2) provide a system of online access to the Congressional Record, the Federal Register and other appropriate publications; and (3) operate an electronic storage facility for federal electronic information. Work has begun on all three components of the legislation. For example, GPO's prototype locator should be operational by June 1994. The implementation will use a phased approach, and the initial set of information will be available by January 1994, with additional agencies or information sources being added gradually thereafter. The result will not be a single, central locator, but rather a series of inter-related, individual locators in several different locations. According to GPO, the prototype locator will: * allow federal depository libraries and members of the public access to an electronic Locator Service in order to obtain data on selected federal information services and products as well as to facilitate access to the referenced information. * provide a basis for the collection of data on user characteristics and needs, as well as tracking Prototype Locator usage. * demonstrate the feasibility of integrating the Prototype Locator withÔh)0*0*0*°°ÔŒ the other components of the GPO Access System, particularly the Online Interactive System. GPO has set up a free Special Interest Group (SIG) on the Federal Bulletin Board to announce continuing developments under the GPO Access legislation. The SIG is named GPOACCES. You can also use the electronic mail service (E-mail) to send comments by addressing a message to GPOACCES. To access The Federal Bulletin Board, contact the GPO Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services (EIDS) by telephone at (202) 512-1265 or by Fax at (202) 512-1262. *************************************************************************** ELECTRONIC FOIA BILL INTRODUCED On November 23, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Hank Brown (R-CO) introduced S. 1782, Electronic Freedom of Information Improvement Act of 1993 (see November 23 _Congressional Record_, pp. S17056-8). Senator Leahy said S. 1782 will give the public access to the records of federal agencies maintained in electronic form, and takes steps to alleviate the endemic delays in processing requests for government records. Without specifically naming the GPO Access Act, Senator Leahy referred to it in his introductory statement: "We recognized the importance of such electronic access when we recently passed a law requiring that people have online access to important Government publications, such as the Federal Register, the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, and other documents put out by the Government Printing Office." *************************************************************************** OMB PROPOSES GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LOCATOR SERVICE The Office of Management and Budget is promoting the establishment of an agency-based Government Information Locator Service (GILS). In the November 19 _Federal Register_, pp. 61109-10, OMB requested comments on a draft design concept for the proposed GILS, and announced a public meeting on the proposed GILS. To receive a paper copy of the draft document, or to request an opportunity to speak at the public meeting, contact Barbara Banks, Information Policy Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Room 3235, New Executive Office Building, Washington DC 20503. Telephone: (202) 395-4814. Comments on the draft design concept should be received by December 15, 1993, at the above address. The public meeting will be held on December 13, 2 to 4 p.m., in the auditorium at the Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC. In addition to paper copy, the draft design concept will be available on the FedWorld bulletin board. FedWorld can be accessed by using a modem to dial 703/321-8020. For further instructions to access FedWorld, call 703/487-4608. The document will also be available on the Internet via anonymous File Transfer Protocol from 130.11.48.107 as /pub/gils.doc (Microsoft Word for Windows format) or /pub/gils.txt (ASCII text format). Electronic comments on the draft may be submitted via electronic mail to the following OMB X.400 mail address: Ôh)0*0*0*°°ÔŒ/s=gils/c=us/admd=telemail/prmd=gov+eop. (Internet users should add /@sprint.com at the end of the address.) The OMB notice says that the public would be served by GILS directly or through intermediaries. Central disseminating agencies such as the Government Printing Office and the National Technical Information Service would act as intermediaries to GILS, as would public libraries and private sector information services offering GILS contents through kiosks, 800 numbers, electronic mail, bulletin boards, FAX, and off-line media such as floppy disks, CD-ROM, and printed works. GILS would supplement, but not necessarily supplant, other agency information dissemination mechanisms and commercial information sources. *************************************************************************** NCLIS CHAIR CONFIRMED; SEVERAL NOMINATED Jeanne Hurley Simon was confirmed by the Senate on November 20 as a member of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 1997. President Clinton subsequently designated her as chair of the commission. Simon is an attorney and served two terms as Representative in the Illinois General Assembly. She has also held positions as a legislative analyst and government relations representative as well as consulting for a number of organizations. She currently directs the Emeritus Attorneys program of the Emeritus Foundation by which retired lawyers volunteer their skills with legal service agencies in need of professional pro-bono assistance. Simon served on the Advisory Committee to the 1979 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. She is an ALA member who has addressed several ALA Conferences; she was a keynote speaker at the Central Illinois regional meeting of the Illinois Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services in 1990. She received her B.A. from Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois, and her J.D. degree from the Northwestern University Law School. She is married to Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois. On November 22, the Senate received the following nominations to NCLIS from the White House: Martha B. Gould of Nevada and Gary N. Sudduth of Minnesota for terms expiring July 19, 1997; and Frank J. Lucchino of Pennsylvania and Bobby L. Roberts of Arkansas for terms expiring July 19, 1998. There are still two NCLIS slots to be filled by the President. *************************************************************************** PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA ISSUED HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. On November 1, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12876, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, "to advance the development of human potential, to strengthen the capacity of historically Black colleges and universities to provide quality education, to increase opportunities to participate in and benefitÔh)0*0*0*°°ÔŒfrom Federal programs...(see 58FR58735). The Executive Order--among other things--establishes in the Department of Education the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a Presidential advisory committee; and directs federal agencies designated by the Secretary of Education to enter into appropriate grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with historically Black colleges and universities. INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIP. Executive Order 12875, Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership, was signed by President Clinton on October 26 (see 58FR58093-4). The executive order is intended "to reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon State, local, and tribal government; to streamline the application process for and increase the availability of waivers to State, local, and tribal governments; and to establish regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with State, local, and tribal governments on Federal matters that significantly or uniquely affect their communities...." ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. Pointing to the $200 billion the federal government spends annually buying goods and services, on October 26 the President sent heads of executive agencies and the President's Management Council a memorandum on streamlining Procurement through electronic commerce (see 58FR58095-6). The objectives of the electronic commerce initiative are to: (a) exchange procurement information--such as solicitations, offers, contracts, purchase orders, invoices, payments, and other contractual documents--electronically between the private sector and the federal government to the maximum extent practical; (b) provide businesses, including small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses, with greater access to federal procurement opportunities; (c) ensure that potential suppliers are provided simplified access to the federal government's electronic commerce system; (d) employ nationally and internationally recognized data formats that serve to broaden and ease the electronic interchange of data; and (e) use agency and industry systems and networks to enable the government and potential suppliers to exchange information and access federal procurement data. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is an irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, DC 20002-5675. 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