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Presents proceedings of the hearings held in June & July 1996. Testimony from: U.S. Senators, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth, the U.S. Government Printing Office; Nat. Tech. Info. Service; Government Documents Librarian; Amer. Library Assoc.; Univ. of Pittsburgh; Prof. of Computer Science; Univ. of Virginia; Interactive Services Assoc.; U.S. Nat. Commission on Libraries & Info. Science; Info. Industry Assoc.; ABC Advisors Inc.; LEXIS-NEXIS; Nat. Archives & Records Admin.; Printing Industries of Amer.; Claitor's Law Books; Office of Mgmt. & Budget; Departments of Justice, Commerce, & Interior.
Excerpt from Public Access to Government Information in the 21st Century: Hearings Before the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session June 18 and 19, July 16 and 24, 1996 It is not political or subject to censorship. For 101 years, since the landmark Printing Act of 1895, responsibility for the program has rested with the elected representatives of the people in the legislative branch. There is a depository library in nearly every congressional district to directly serve all types of users and local library settings. The conservative estimate is that 10 to 12 million American citizens use these libraries annually. The Depository Library Program continues to change to take advantage of electronic technology. Under the gpo Access Law passed by Congress in 1993, the public is getting a rapidly expanding list of publications delivered free-oi-charge over the Internet. Users are downloading documents at the rate of more than 2 million per month. We are taking initiatives for a successful transition to a more electronic depository library program, and a congressionally mandated study of this transition was just completed; copies are available here this morning. This program, serving the needs of a democratic society for an informed electorate, is more important today than ever before, but it is in real jeopardy because content is being bled from the program - first, a trickle; then, a steady stream - until the fundamental supporting principle of free, equitable access to Government information is itself in danger. Until recently, Government agencies generally focused attention on carrying out their missions. Publications and collections of information were predominantly the byproducts of their work. Few agency publishers sought to control access to or reuse of their information. Copyright on Federal information produced at taxpayer expense was prohibited. Information was in the public domain, available to everybody. But today, dangerous new precedents are being set. Government information produced by Government employees, at taxpayer expense, is being turned over to certain groups who are given exclusive distribution rights. These groups are establishing copyright or copyright-like controls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Government Information Management in the 21st Century provides librarians, information professionals, and government information policy leaders with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current issues in government information management with a global perspective. The widespread use of the Internet to provide government information and services has altered the landscape dramatically for those who organize, store, and provide access to government content. Technical challenges include digital preservation, authentication, security, and accessibility for a diverse user base. Management challenges include changes to costs, workflow, staff skills and resources, and user expectations. Public policies based on distributed paper collections must also change to address issues that are inherent to digital, networked, public content; such issues include the maintenance of personal privacy, re-use of government information, and the digital divide. The authors in this timely book are practitioners, scholars, and government officials. Together they provide an informed look at how managing government information is being tested at a time of rapid change. Part I addresses key issues for public, academic, and government libraries in organizing and providing access to government information. Part II features chapters on the diverse information issues facing governments, such as managing Freedom of Information requirements, opening government data to the public, and deploying new online technologies.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability Publisher : Page : 184 pages File Size : 10,24 MB Release : 2005 Category : Freedom of information ISBN :
Author : Institute of Medicine Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 536 pages File Size : 21,78 MB Release : 2003-02-01 Category : Medical ISBN : 0309133181
The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.