STATUS REPORT
GPO A CCESS
A Service of the U.S. Government Printing Office
June 30,1994
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20401
U.S. Government Printing Office
Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer
For additional information contact the Office of Congressional,
Legislative and Public Affairs  U.S. Government Printing Office
 Washington, DC 20401  Telephone: (202) 512-1991
STATUS REPORT
GPO A CCESS
A Service of the U.S. Government Printing Office
Established Under
Government Printing Office Electronic information
Access Enhancement Act of 1993
Public Law 103-40 - June 8,1993
June 30, 1994
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20401
United States Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20401
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER
July 1,   1994
Honorable Wendell H. Ford
Chairman
Committee on Rules and Administration
U.S. Senate
Suite 305, Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Honorable Charlie Rose
Chairman
Committee on House Administration
House of Representatives
Room H-326, The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairmen:
Pursuant to the requirement of section 3 of the Government Printing Office Electronic
Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-40), I am transmitting herewith
a report on the status of the directory, system of access, and the electronic storage
facility referred to in section 4101 of title 44, United States Code, known as
GPO Access.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL F. DiMARIO
Public Printer
Enclosure
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
I. Background ......................................... 1
II. Key Provisions of the GPO Access Legislation ................ 2
III. Statement of GPO Objectives ............................ 3
IV. Consultation......................................... 4
V. Online Access to the Congressional Record and Federal Register . . 5
VI. The Locator Service .................................. 10
VII. The Storage Facility .................................. 15
VIII. The Federal Bulletin Board ............................. 16
IX. Future Plans........................................ 19
X. Costs and Financing   ................................. 21
List of Exhibits
Exhibit A:   Legislative History of Public Law 103-40 .............. 25
Exhibit B:   Initial Equipment Configuration for the Portions of
GPO Access Accessible to the Public.......,........ 28
Exhibit C:   GPO Access Press Release ...................... 30
Exhibit D:   GPO Access Brochure .......................... 35
Exhibit E:   Federal Register Cover and Page II with Subscription
Rates and Instructions........................... 38
Exhibit F:   Congressional Record Page with Subscription Rates
and Instructions ............................... 41
Exhibit G:   The Federal Bulletin Board Brochure ................ 44
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STATUS REPORT
GPO ACCESS
A Service of the U.S. Government Printing Office
I. BACKGROUND
Early in the 103d Congress two similar bills (H.R. 1328 and S. 564) were submitted,
leading to the enactment of Public Law 103-40, entitled the "Government Printing
Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993" (GPO Access) on
June 8, 1993.
The GPO Access legislation had bipartisan support. It was introduced in the Senate
by Senator Wendell H. Ford (KY) and co-sponsored by Senator Ted Stevens (AK) and
Senator Larry Pressler (SD). In the House it was introduced by Representative
Charlie Rose (NC) and co-sponsored by Representative Newt Gingrich (GA),
Representative Sam Gejdenson (CT), Representative Gerald D. Kleckza (Wl),
Representative Pat Roberts (KS) and Representative William M. Thomas (CA).
President Clinton signed it into law on June 8, 1993.
As required, the GPO Access services were made available on June 8, 1994. Over
700 subscriptions were ordered during the first three weeks of operation and
thousands of inquiries were received and processed.
A brief legislative history is attached as Exhibit A. A diagram of the initial equipment
configuration for the portions of GPO Access that are accessible to the public is
attached as Exhibit B.
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II. KEY PROVISIONS OF THE GPO ACCESS LEGISLATION
Summarized below are the key provisions of the Government Printing Office Electronic
Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-40 ).
1. Electronic Directory, Online Access and Storage Facility
Under the GPO Access legislation, the Superintendent of Documents is required
to (1) maintain an electronic directory of Federal electronic information (the
Locator Service); (2) provide a system of online access to the Congressional
Record, the Federal Register and other appropriate publications (the Online
Interactive Service); (3) operate an electronic storage facility for Federal electronic
information (the Storage Facility). Collectively these are referred to as GPO
Access.
2. Departmental Requests
To the extent practicable, the Superintendent of Documents will accommodate
requests by department or agency heads to disseminate their information through
GPO Access.
3. Consultation
The Superintendent of Documents will consult with users of GPO Access, and
with other providers of information services, to assess the quality and value of
these services.
4.   Fees
The Superintendent of Documents may charge reasonable fees for use of GPO
Access services, except that Federal depository libraries will have access at no
charge. Fees must be set so as to recover the incremental cost of dissemination
Depository library access will be paid from the appropriation provided for the
Federal Depository Library Program.
5.    Biennial Report
The Public Printer must submit to the Congress a biennial report, beginning
December 31, 1995, on odd-numbered years. This report shall include a
description of the functions in this Act and a statement of cost savings in
comparison with traditional forms of information distribution.
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6. Status Report
By June 30, 1994, the Public Printer shall submit to Congress a report on the
status of the GPO Access services.
7. Operational Deadline
GPO Access shall be operational by June 8, 1994.
111. STATEMENT OF GPO OBJECTIVES
Mufti-disciplined organizational elements selected from within GPO were assigned
critical tasks to facilitate initial implementation of Public Law 103-40. Managers from
these organizational elements formed a Task Force to document the plan and
coordinate its implementation to assure timely, cost-effective completion of the
necessary tasks.
Following is a listing of the objectives agreed upon as governing principles in the
endeavor:
 To improve access to Federal Government information in electronic formats by
defining a life cycle beginning with the original document created by the author
and ending with archiving in appropriate data formats.
 To establish and operate an electronic storage facility for Federal electronic
information, to which online access is provided, in order to assure availability of
electronic information beyond the short-term use for producing print products or
initial electronic dissemination.
 To encourage the use of electronic database standards, such as SGML-
structured data files; industry standard page description languages, such as
PostScript; and standardized document interchange file formats, such as the
Acrobat portable document format (PDF), that permit dissemination of the
original document, without rekeying, in print and/or electronic format.
 To utilize a variety of dissemination media and methods, including online
interactive search and retrieval; bulletin board services; CD-ROM; magnetic
tape, cartridge or diskette; facsimile transmission; and satellite broadcast or
other affirmative transmission, in order to achieve cost-effective information
delivery that is appropriate to both the type of information being disseminated
and the needs of users of that information.
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 To utilize network access, particularly the Internet, to supplement the more
traditional asynchronous (telephone and modem) communications as a means
of access to online information services.
 To coordinate and facilitate the operation of a comprehensive Federal
Government Electronic Locator System for electronic information products and
other appropriate Government information.
 To provide, through GPO, services for electronic document delivery and online
interactive access that are well-designed, easy to use, and low in price. Initially,
the Online Interactive Service will provide access to the Congressional Record
and Federal Register, but it will be capable of rapid expansion to include other
high-demand databases.
 To keep system development and operating costs low and manage growth
carefully in order to keep the costs to publishing agencies and users as low as
possible while permitting GPO to recover its costs.
 To establish and expand the GPO Access services as part of an agency-wide
strategic plan which anticipates future workforce, technology and budget
requirements.
IV. CONSULTATION
In developing and implementing GPO Access, the Public Printer, the Superintendent of
Documents, and other GPO staff have consulted with a variety of publishers and users
of electronic government information, both from within and outside of the Federal
government. Presentations have been made at numerous public meetings, including
the Federal Depository Conferences, meetings of the Depository Library Council to
the Public Printer, the Electronic Media (E-Media) conferences held as part of the
National Information Infrastructure initiative, as well as local, regional and national
library association meetings. Demonstrations and presentations have been made
individually and in small groups to representatives of a variety of Congressional
offices, Federal agencies, trade and professional organizations and companies. A
special public meeting for information industry companies was held in October, 1993,
to disseminate the Initial Implementation Plan and answer questions about it.
There have been numerous letters and telephone calls from individuals and
organizations seeking information about the implementation of the legislation and
offering their comments. These have been answered individually. In addition, shortly
after the enactment of Public Law 103-40, GPO established a free forum on The
Federal Bulletin Board to disseminate copies of pertinent documents and solicit public
comment. (Exhibit G provides information on how to access The Federal Bulletin
Board.) Its content includes the legislation, the House and Senate reports, the
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president's statement, the initial implementation plan, copies of press releases, the
statement of work for the software procurement and other relevant material.
Numerous copies of these documents have also been mailed or faxed to interested
parties.
The GPO Access Task Force met regularly with representatives of the Congress and
other Legislative Branch agencies and with staff from the Office of the Federal
Register (OFR) to develop requirements and assure that the implementation was
appropriate to their needs and preferences. A variety of individuals, primarily drawn
from within the Federal government and from the depository library community,
participated in beta testing of the WAIS server databases in order to provide essential
feedback before public release. A structured evaluation of the Prototype Locator
commenced in June 1994 and will continue through the fall. It will evaluate the
utilization of the locator by a variety of users in business, government, and libraries,
and the results will be used to determine how to improve and expand the Locator
Service.
Since the introduction of the GPO Access services on June 8, 1994, GPO staff have
participated in major conferences of the American Library Association (ALA) and the
Special Libraries Association (SLA). GPO will participate in the American Association
of Law Libraries (AALL) conference in July 1994.  On July 6, 1994, there will be three
demonstrations and briefings at GPO, one for information industry companies and two
for Federal agencies and others interested in the implementation of the GPO Access
legislation. There are also plans to conduct a forum on GPO Access for public
interest group users.
A GPO Access User Support Team has been established to assist users and answer
questions from potential users. The team is collecting comments and suggestions
from the hundreds of telephone calls that are coming in, and this information will be
used to improve the existing services and as an aid in determining the content and
characteristics of future services.
V. ONLINE ACCESS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND
FEDERAL REGISTER
Under the GPO Access legislation, the Superintendent of Documents is required to
provide a system of online access to the Congressional Record, the Federal Register
and other appropriate publications (the Online Interactive Service). The initial
implementation of the Online Interactive Service uses a Wide Area Information Server
(WAIS) at GPO. It provides full text search and retrieval for the Congressional
Record and the Federal Register. It also offers the Congressional Record Index (1992
through 1994) and Enrolled Bills for the 103d Congress.
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The GPO Access services were made available on June 8, 1994. Over 600
subscriptions were ordered during the first three weeks of operation and thousands of
inquiries were received and processed.
1. Requirements
In designing the WAIS server applications, GPO identified requirements that this
service should:
 Be capable of meeting the operational deadline stipulated in the law.
 For the most part, utilize existing equipment, in order to minimize costs.
- Be compatible and work with Internet, as well as accessible through
asynchronous communications (telephone and modem).
 Satisfy publisher and public requirements that online access to the Record
and Register include the complete publications, including all tables, graphics,
etc.
Although the above requirements were met with the WAIS server, additional
requirements were identified that mandate the employment of alternative methods
with a longer development cycle.  These are discussed in Section IX: Future
Plans.
2. Databases on the WAIS Server
The initial GPO Access WAIS databases are:
 Federal Register database, that contains daily issues of the Federal Register
(FR) from the beginning of calendar year 1994 (Volume 59, Number 1). The
database is updated by 6:00 a.m. each day the FR is published. The text of
Notices, Final Rules, Proposed Rules, Presidential Documents, and
Executive Orders, as well as the contents and finding aids, are included in
the database daily as ASCII files, with all graphics included as individual files
in TIFF format. Brief ASCII text summaries of each major entry are also
available. The Regulatory Agenda will be included at a later time.
 Congressional Record database, that contains daily issues of the
Congressional Record (CR) for the 103d Congress, 2d Session (Volume
140). The database is updated between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. each day the
CR is published, depending on the time that Congress adjourns the
preceding day. The Daily Digest, Extensions of Remarks and House and
Senate pages are all included in the database daily as ASCII text files, with
all graphics included as individual files in TIFF format.
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 Congressional Record Index databases, that contain the cumulated contents
of the Congressional Record Index (CRI) for 1992 through 1994 (Volumes
138 through 140). The 1994 database, covering the 103d Congress, 2d
Session, is updated every two weeks to incorporate the most recent biweekly
issue of the CRI. The 1992 and 1993 CRI databases, covering the 102d
Congress, 2d Session and 103d Congress, 1st Session, respectively, will be
static. Each CRI heading, with its subordinate entries, is available as an
ASCII text file. All page number references refer to pagination of the daily,
rather than the final (bound) Congressional Record. Because biweekly paper
issues of the CRI are not cumulative, there is no equivalent print counterpart
of these databases. The databases do not contain preliminary information
found in the printed version, such as listings of commonly used index
headings, nor do they yet include the "History of Bills and Resolutions." The
History data will be included at a later time.
 Enrolled Bills for the 103d Congress database, that contains all enrolled bills
(bills passed by the House and Senate and sent to the President for
signature) for the 103d Congress from the beginning of the 1st Session (1993
through 1994). The database is updated on an irregular basis, as bills are
passed. Each enrolled bill is available as an ASCII text file and in the Adobe
Acrobat PDF file format. Users with Acrobat viewers will be able to display
and print typeset page facsimiles.
3.   Methods of Access; Software
Users with full Internet access and local WAIS client software can search the
ASCII text and retrieve both the text files and the TIFF files containing graphics
from the Congressional Record and Federal Register. They can also retrieve the
Adobe Acrobat PDF files for Enrolled Bills. Customized WAIS client software for
Windows or Macintosh systems is available from GPO for $15 per copy. Sample
searches and the appropriate source selections (database addresses) are
provided with this client software and the installation has been customized for the
special file format requirements of the GPO Access databases. The software also
include a graphics (TIFF) viewer. Acrobat viewers are available from a number of
commercial software suppliers for approximately $25 per copy.
Those who do not have full Internet connections can still use the GPO Access
databases through the Simple WAIS (SWAIS) client software on the GPO server.
This provides the ability to search the ASCII text files through an Internet Telnet
session or by using a phone modem to dial directly into GPO.  Graphic (TIFF)
and Acrobat PDF files are not available through SWAIS.
A substantial number of Federal depository libraries have Internet service and can
use SWAIS or the customized WAIS client software to search the GPO Access
databases. GPO will provide limited 800 service for depository libraries that do
not have, and cannot obtain, Internet service, and are outside of the Washington
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metropolitan area.  Because of the potential expense, GPO anticipates that this
will be only a short term solution, and that the depository libraries will actively seek
to obtain Internet access. Depository libraries using this service will have special
procedures to follow and will be issued an identification number to use in
conjunction with the 800 number. For the present, they will be limited to SWAIS
service.
GPO intends to offer SLIP/PPP connections to dial in users in the near future.
This will enable dial in users with personal computers to use local WAIS client
software and have full use of the GPO Access services.
4.   Depository Library Access; Subscription Fees
As required by Section 4102 of the GPO Access Act, the Superintendent of
Documents is providing Federal depository libraries with access to the GPO
Access databases without charge. The libraries, in turn, provide free public
access to these services. There is at least one Federal depository library in each
Congressional District. Costs for this access are paid from the appropriation
provided for the Federal Depository Library Program in the Legislative Branch
Appropriation.
Fees for other users have been set so as to recover the incremental cost of
dissemination. Section X contains additional information on the costs for the
development and operation of the GPO Access services.
The initial fees are as follows:
 The annual subscription price for the Federal Register Online via GPO
Access through a stand alone workstation (not a server) is $375 and includes
the full text and graphics from the daily issues of the Federal Register.
Six-month (26 week) subscriptions are available for $200. One month (30
days) of access can be purchased for $35.
- The annual subscription price for the Congressional Record Online via GPO
Access through a stand alone workstation (not a server) is $375 and includes
the Congressional Record and the Congressional Record Index databases.
Six-month (26 week) subscriptions are available for $200. One month (30
days) of access can be purchased for $35.
 Annual subscriptions are also available for either the Federal Register or the
Congressional Record online through a network server with multiple
workstations. Rates are as follows:
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2 to 10 Workstations:        $750 per year
11 to 50 Workstations:       $1,875 per year
51 to 100 Workstations:     $2,815 per year
101 to 150 Workstations:    $3,755 per year
151 to 500 Workstations:   $3,755 per year plus $188 per 10 additional
workstations over 150 (round up)
501 to 1000 Workstations: $10,335 per year plus $94 per 10 additional
workstations over 500 (round up)
Prices for servers with over 1,000 workstations can be provided upon request.
 The annual subscription price for the Enrolled Bills for the 103d Congress
Online via GPO Access through a stand alone workstation (not a server) is
$60.  Because of the low price, no partial year subscriptions are offered.
 Annual subscriptions are also available for the Enrolled Bills online through a
network server with multiple work stations. Rates are as follows:
2 to 10 Workstations:
11 to 50 Workstations:
51 to 100 Workstations:
101 to 150 Workstations:
151 to 500 Workstations:
501 to 1000 Workstations:
$120 per year
$300 per year
$450 per year
$600 per year
$600 per year plus $30 per 10 additional
workstations over 150 (round up)
$1,650 per year plus $15 per 10 additional
workstations over 500 (round up)
Prices for servers with over 1,000 workstations can be provided upon
request
These rates are preliminary and are based on GPO's best estimates of the
number of subscriptions that will be sold, or delivered without charge to Federal
depository libraries, during the first year of service. It is difficult to anticipate
precisely the costs for providing a new service, and even more difficult to
anticipate the number of users and their patterns of use. Consequently, GPO will
monitor both revenue and costs, and plans to adjust the rates as needed, so that
the revenue, over time, will be sufficient to recover all of the incremental costs of
dissemination. If usage exceeds the initial forecasts, GPO will be able to reduce
the rates. Section X contains additional information on the costs for the
development and operation of the GPO Access services.
The WAIS server offers limited options for charging users. Time-based charges
are not meaningful in a service that is based on the transmission of queries
(packets), rather than a continuous, asynchronous communications session.
Since the WAIS client software does not provide the user with the file size for all
files (some clients provide the size of the basic ASCII text file), it is not reasonable
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to charge users based on the size of the files downloaded. Additionally, with
online information services, the greatest requirement for user support comes
during the initiation of service and the completion of the initial searches, so it is
necessary to establish a minimum charge that will recover these anticipated user
support costs. Finally, the expressed user preference is for a low cost, fixed price
subscription that would permit the user to budget for the service.  GPO
anticipates that future enhancements to the WAIS server software and/or
implementation of the SGML-based online service described in Section IX will
provide more flexible pricing options.
The press release announcing the GPO Access services is attached as Exhibit C.
A brochure that is used to respond to customer inquiries and otherwise promote
the online databases is attached as Exhibit D. A reproduction of the Federal
Register cover and the description and prices for the online Federal Register that
appears in each daily issue is Exhibit E. A reproduction of the description and
prices for the online Congressional Record that appears in each daily issue is
Exhibit F.
VI. THE LOCATOR SERVICE
Under the GPO Access legislation, the Superintendent of Documents is required to
maintain an electronic directory of Federal electronic information (Locator Service).
The idea of a Federal locator or directory for electronic data files is not a new one.
There have been a number of studies and legislative initiatives seeking to address the
vast quantity of government information that is not easy to acquire in large part
because it is not easy to find.
Assignment of the responsibility for a government-wide locator to GPO is a logical
extension of its responsibility for the publication of the Monthly Catalog of U.S.
Government Publications (MoCat). Title 44 USC 1711 requires GPO to "prepare a
catalog of Government publications which shall show the documents printed during the
preceding month, where obtainable, and the price." MoCat production receives
modest funding (about $2.5 million a year) as part of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations to fulfill the requirements of Title 44.
MoCat does list a wide variety of paper, microform and electronic government
"publications"  over 32,000 records per year. However, coverage of electronic
information products has largely resulted from the inclusion of CD-ROM and diskette
based products in the GPO Sales Program and obtained for distribution to Federal
depository libraries. While it is not limited to such items, that has been a major source
of information for MoCat.
The new legislation gives GPO the responsibility to provide a more comprehensive
directory or locator of electronic information available from the Federal government.
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Consequently, GPO has established a prototype Federal electronic directory
(Prototype Locator) that provides the public, directly or through a Federal depository
library, free online access to a variety of applications that identify selected Federal
information services and products. The Prototype Locator then either directs or
connects the users to the referenced information.
The Prototype Locator was developed through a contract with the University of
Kentucky Research Foundation, on behalf of the University of Kentucky and the
National Distance Learning Center. It is for $380,000 and runs through December,
1994. It is funded by retained earnings from the Superintendent of Documents' Sales
Program.
1.   Characteristics of the Prototype Locator Service
A Prototype Locator has been developed that:
 Provides users with descriptive data on a wide variety of Federal information
services and products as well as facilitating access to the referenced
information.
 Provides a basis for the collection of data on user characteristics and needs,
as well as tracking Prototype Locator usage.
 Demonstrates the feasibility of integrating the Prototype Locator with the
other components of GPO Access, particularly the online databases available
through the WAIS server.
The Prototype Locator is designed:
 To allow users easy searching for information about selected Federal
information services and products.
 To be simple, intuitive, and self-instructing to allow users to obtain information
quickly and efficiently.
 With software that is modular in design that permits upgrades with additional
functions, capabilities, and enhancements.
 To allow for expansion to a fully operational Locator Service with only
reasonable reprogramming efforts.
 To be a hardware-independent open system, such that it can function on a
variety of different operating system/hardware platforms.
 To be compatible and work with Internet, as well as accessible through
asynchronous communications (telephone and modem).
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* So that any data sets developed or collected by the Prototype Locator are
available for reproduction and dissemination in ASCII format.
 To refer public users to holdings of Federal depository libraries and take
orders for the GPO Sales Program.
In developing the Locator Service, GPO sought to design a system that permits
and encourages agencies to make data about their electronic information available
locally, in a distributed system, under the control of the participating agencies.
The Prototype Locator, really an initial group of model locator applications, was
operational by May 1994 for preliminary testing and evaluation. Public access is
scheduled for July 1994.
The implementation uses a phased approach. The initial set of information was
available in May 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 locator applications in several different
locations.
2.   Prototype Locator Applications
Two major GPO information sources, the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government
Publications (MoCat) and the Publications Reference File (PRF) are the core
applications for the Prototype Locator. MoCat identifies print and electronic
publications from a wide range of government agencies. PRF identifies print and
electronic publications for sale by GPO. The MoCat locator application permits
the user to identify a document and then obtain a list of nearby Federal depository
libraries that select that type of material. The PRF locator application permits the
user to order publications from GPO.
Another application uses a database already offered by the Library of Congress
(LC), the Congressional Bill Digest, to facilitate public identification of legislation
enacted or in process. Software developed by the contractor permits natural
language queries to be run against the LC database. This results in information
that permits the user to identify bills and then order the full text from GPO as
either PostScript or Acrobat PDF files or obtain them in other formats from
alternative sources.
GPO and its contractor are working with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and
the Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) on
additional locator applications. Other agencies are talking to GPO about
incorporating their data in later phases.
An essential locator application is the Federal Resource Registry. It can accept
Government Information Locator Service (GILS) records from any Federal agency
and provides a registry of the various agency locator applications that are linked
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through the GPO Access Locator Service.
It is important to understand that the Locator Service is intended to identify and
describe-but not necessarily to directly deliverthe full content of information
resources in response to a user query. For example, a search of the PRF may
identify a publication, but the user will need to go to a Federal depository library or
purchase a copy from GPO to use it.
3. GPO's Role in the Locator Service
GPO's role in providing the Locator Service is that of a facilitator, a coordinator
and a provider of tools that can be used by an agency that wishes to include in
the Locator Service data that the agency is ready and able to offer to the public.
Thus each agency can work at its own pace, based on available resources and
interest.
GPO will publicize the availability of the Locator Service and assist users in
making their initial connection to it. GPO can train agency personnel and assist
them in the implementation of their own portion of the Locator Service. As a
distributed system, each agency's locator can be maintained locally and accessed
directly by users, but it can also be linked (networked), so that users can search
across many agencies. GPO also serves as the place where users might start if
they are not sure which agency is likely to have information that would assist
them, but the GPO Locator Service will not be the only path into the system.
4. Free Public Access; Methods of Access
Although the GPO Access legislation permits GPO to charge users, other than
Federal depository libraries, for use of the Locator Service, access will be free to
all users at least for the remainder of calendar year 1994. It is GPO's intention to
continue this as a free public service if at all possible.
Currently users can access the Locator Service through an Internet Telnet session
or by using a phone modem to dial directly into GPO.  As noted above, GPO will
provide limited 800 service for depository libraries that do not have, and cannot
obtain, Internet service, and are outside of the Washington metropolitan area.
5. Equipment; Software
At present the equipment acquired as the GPO host for the Locator Service is a
DEC 3000 Model 400 Alpha Workstation running OSF/1. This server has over 9
gigabytes of hard disk storage. Additional equipment can be acquired in the
future, based on the volume of use.
The contractor is developing several client (user) interfaces that can be used by
the public directly, or through the Federal depository libraries, to access the
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Locator Service. These will be models, but the system will allow agencies, or
users, to develop alternative interfaces. GPO will distribute free client software for
three operating systems, DOS, Windows and X-Windows (Unix). The client
software will be released as it becomes available, probably in the fall. The DOS
client will be suitable for unassisted public use in a Federal depository library and
can support assistive technology for the sight impaired.
6. Public Testing
The contract for the development of the Prototype Locator provides for public
testing for a period of six months, from July 1 through December 31, 1994. There
will be at least 12 test sites, including libraries, schools, state and local
government agencies and businesses. The testing phase involves:
 Development and testing of user manuals and related training materials.
 Training of staff and users at the test sites.
 Operation of a help desk for user support.
 Collection and analysis of data on Prototype Locator usage and acceptance
at the test sites.
7. Transfer of Operations; Contractor's Final Report
Responsibility for operation and maintenance of the initial Prototype Locator
applications will be transferred from the contractor to GPO in the summer of 1994.
GPO technical staff received training during May and June 1994, to prepare for
this transfer. Additional training on the initial Prototype Locator applications and
end-user software will be held at GPO during July. The contractor will continue to
provide technical and consulting support through December 1994.
The contractor's final report will summarize the data from the public testing and
offer recommendations for expanding the Prototype Locator into a fully operational
Locator Service. This report will also provide projections for operational costs and
potential usage of the Locator Service during the next five years.
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VII. THE STORAGE FACILITY
The GPO Access legislation requires the GPO to "operate an electronic storage facility
for Federal electronic information to which online access is made available." This
facility, named Information Depository for Electronic Access (IDEA), began receiving
data on March 31, 1994. It is located in Owensboro, Kentucky.
1. Purposes; Methods of Access
The Storage Facility permits GPO to retain electronic files for extended periods of
time after their short-term use for production of print products or active electronic
dissemination, and it will provide a mechanism for access and retrieval of stored
data files, including access through the Internet, as a service to Federal agencies
and the public. As with other GPO services, publishing agencies will reimburse
GPO for the costs of storing their databases in the facility. Agencies will be able
to underwrite ail, or a portion, of the costs of public access, thereby reducing costs
to users of their data.
Data files in the Storage Facility will be referenced in the Locator Service to
facilitate public identification and retrieval. Fees will be established to recover the
incremental costs of dissemination that are not funded by publishing agencies.
Federal depository libraries will have access to the Storage Facility without charge.
Costs for their access will be paid from the appropriation provided for the Federal
Depository Library Program in the Legislative Branch Appropriation.
2. Content
The Storage Facility provides immediate remote access to the source data files for
Federal information that have been made available through the GPO Access
online services, thus assuring that these files are never "out of print." It will also
be used as the original point for storing and providing public access to data files
that are anticipated to have limited usage and/or are not appropriate for
dissemination through the other online services.
The initial data sets in the Storage Facility include the Congressional Record (from
January 1994) and Federal Register (from January 1994), the Congressional
Record Index (from 1992), and Enrolled Bills for the 103d Congress (1993-1994).
The text files from these databases will be stored as ASCII files, with graphics
stored as separate files in the TIFF format. Enrolled bills will also be stored as
Adobe Acrobat PDF (portable document format) files. The volume and variety of
information will increase as additional information is disseminated through the
GPO Access online services.
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3.    Equipment
The initial equipment for the IDEA facility includes a DEC 3000 Model 400 Alpha
Workstation running OSF/1, with 9 gigabytes of hard disk capacity. Future plans
include adding a CD-ROM jukebox with 100 disc capacity; and an optical disc
jukebox with 88 disc capacity, using 5.25" WORM [Write Once, Read Many] discs
and/or erasable discs each with 1.3 gigabytes of storage. The facility will be
accessible through the Internet, permitting access to the CD-ROM discs and
retrieval of files stored on the optical discs.
VIII. THE FEDERAL BULLETIN BOARD
The House and Senate Reports on the GPO Access legislation acknowledged the
existence of The Federal Bulletin Board and incorporated it into GPO Access.  The
bulletin board service (BBS) enables Federal agencies to provide the public with
immediate, self-service access to Government information in electronic form at
reasonable rates. During the past six months over 16,000 files were download,
transferring over 3.2 gigabytes of information to users of The Federal Bulletin Board.
1.   Key Features
In addition to supporting the transfer of a wide variety of data files for a fee, the
free services that The Federal Bulletin Board offers include:
 Telephone help service on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern
time, at (202) 512-1530, as well as communication via fax at (202) 512-1262
or through BBS E-Mail to BBS Assistance. Selected agency staff are also
available for E-Mail consultation.
 A User's Manual available for downloading.
 Browsing functions for the various menus and libraries on the board,
including searching for keywords that describe the content of each file.
 Online ordering for free GPO sales catalogs as well as for CD-ROMs and
other GPO sales items.
 Reference files to assist users in the location and use of files.
 Subject Bibliographies to help users to identify publications of interest that
are for sale from GPO.
 Forums that provide information on a variety of subject areas, including
implementation of the GPO Access Legislation (Public Law 103-40).
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2. Content of Files
As of June 1994, the bulletin board has over 5,000 files representing more than 18
Federal agencies from all three branches of the Federal government, including
files from such agencies as:
 Congress
 The White House
 The Supreme Court
 Department of Energy
 Department of Justice
 Department of State
 Environmental Protection Agency
 Federal Highway Administration
 Food and Drug Administration
 General Accounting Office
 Government Printing Office
 Health Care Financing Administration
 Internal Revenue Service
 Merit System Protection Board
 Office of Foreign Assets Control
 Office of the Federal Register
 Public Health Service
 Social Security Administration
The bulletin board includes files on subjects such as:
 Federal Budget, FY 1995
 Federal Depository Library Program
 Foreign Countries
 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
 Health Care Reform
 Human Rights
 Iran-Contra Report
 National Export Strategy
 National Information Infrastructure
 National Performance Review
 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
 Pending and Enacted Legislation
 Press Releases
 Proposed and Final Rules
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This information is available in a variety of formats, including:
 ASCII
 PostScript
 Lotus 123
 WordPerfect
 Acrobat PDF
 dBase
 Executable Software
3. Methods of Access; Software
Currently users can access The Federal Bulletin Board through an Internet Telnet
session or by using a phone modem to dial directly into GPO.  A variety of
standard off-the-shelf communications software can be used to access the bulletin
board.
4. Depository Library Access; Fees
Federal depository libraries have access to fee-based services of The Federal
Bulletin Board without charge. Costs for this access are paid from the
appropriation provided for the Federal Depository Library Program in the
Legislative Branch Appropriation.
Fees for other users are set so as to recover the incremental cost of
dissemination. Users do not pay a minimum fee or any charge for the time spent
online. All charges are based on the size of file downloaded. The minimum
charge is $2 per file. The average price of a file downloaded from The Federal
Bulletin Board is $5.
Payment methods include MasterCard, VISA, or GPO Deposit Account. Users are
charged only when a fee-based file is downloaded.
A brochure that is used to promote The Federal Bulletin Board and respond to
inquiries is attached as Exhibit G.
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IX. FUTURE PLANS
GPO concluded that the type of online interactive service that must be provided to
meet a broader spectrum of Federal depository library and public needs and to
completely satisfy the requirements of the legislation requires a longer development
cycle than the one year provided in the GPO Access legislation. Consequently, while
developing the WAIS server applications to meet the statutory deadline, GPO also
defined requirements for an enhanced Online interactive Service and began the
necessary steps to fulfill these requirements.
1. Use of SGML
GPO recognized that to garner potentially significant economies throughout the
Federal sector, an acceptable standardized data structure must be employed.
This structure should begin at the authoring level and remain usable throughout
the publishing processes, whether publishing in electronic or traditional printed
format. Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), prescribed by Federal
Information Processing Standard 152, was selected as the appropriate means to
accomplish these objectives.
Consequently, GPO is changing to production of the Congressional Record and
Federal Register using SGML. Efforts to develop Document Type Definitions
(DTD) for both the Record and Register are well underway. This is a prerequisite
to implementation of an enhanced Online Interactive Service.
In addition to preparing documents in-house using SGML, GPO expects to offer
training so that Federal agencies can incorporate SGML during the authoring
process. Eventually, requirements for SGML will be incorporated into
commercially procured printing/information products. Use of this standardized
data structure will provide a coherent and unambiguous syntax for describing the
elements of information in the textual data and delineating the inter-relationships
between those elements, thus increasing the availability of Government
information for public use in more universally accepted electronic formats.
2. Software Procurement
A notice was published in the Commerce Business Daily on August 18,1993,
announcing that GPO would procure an off-the-shelf build engine and retrieval
software site license for use in electronically disseminating Government
publications. This software will be used to produce CD-ROMs and online
interactive databases from SGML-structured files.
A Request for Proposal (RFP) to procure this software was issued in mid-
November 1993.  A pre-proposal conference was held in December 1993.
Although the RFP solicited commercially available software, GPO recognized that
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the procured software might require substantial customization for these particular
applications and issued an amendment in March 1994, addressing these and
other issues raised during the pre-proposal conference.   Proposals were
received in mid-May 1994, and are currently under review. The award date is
presently projected for September 1, 1994.
3. SGML-Based Interactive Search and Retrieval
In addition to providing a greatly enhanced search and retrieval capability, five
additional features of the enhanced Online Interactive Service are regarded as
very important. The SGML database structure will permit:
* Creation of databases at the authoring stage that are suitable for publication
via conventional printing methods, online interactive access and CD-ROMs,
without the need for GPO to manipulate the data to produce one product or
the other, and with the online and CD-ROM versions capable of employing
the same user interface.
* Incorporation of data from one publication into another with a different printed
format (such as Bills into the Congressional Record or Federal Register
documents into the CFR) without manipulation.
* Automated composition (print on demand) of data extracted from
electronically disseminated databases in the same format as the "official"
printed publication, or in format(s) chosen by the user.
* GPO to eliminate the need to re-key and proofread publication data, because
it makes it possible for publishing customers to submit validated,
machine-readable data.
* Exponential increases in the amount of Federal information that can be made
available electronically to the public, if a conforming database is specified as
a deliverable in future Printing Procurement contracts, along with the printed
information products.
4. Alternative Forms of Dissemination
CD-ROM publications may be used to provide archival copies of the data from the
Online Interactive Service and/or to serve users who cannot or do not choose to
use the online services. These CD-ROMs will employ the same user interface as
the Online Interactive Service, thus reducing retraining of users who do use both
formats.
Affirmative transmission, via satellite or other methods, will be considered as an
additional means of dissemination if there is sufficient user interest to permit full
cost recovery.
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X. COSTS AND FINANCING
The GPO Access legislation does not authorize appropriations, but it does authorize
GPO to charge users for the incremental cost of distribution. Although no
appropriations are made directly for GPO Access, per se, appropriations made to
publishing agencies may be available to create databases, maintain information in the
Storage Facility, and otherwise participate in the GPO Access services. However, in
the absence of appropriations to cover the other costs for maintaining the system and
providing services to users, GPO must recover all such costs from the fees charged
for its services.
1.   Sources of Funding
GPO is a self-supporting agency, receiving fees for its production and
procurement services to Congress and Federal agencies and for its sale of
Government information to the public. Publishing agencies, including the
Congress, generally will continue to pay the "first copy" or development costs, as
they do with current paper and CD-ROM products. They will do this with their
own funds and under their authority, reimbursing GPO for its services. This
certainly means that agencies will have a very substantial voice in deciding on the
content and characteristics of the services that GPO offers.
The Legislative Branch Appropriation does include funding for Congress' own
printing and binding through the annual Congressional Printing & Binding (CP&B)
appropriation. It also provides funding for four programs, including the Federal
Depository Library Program, through the annual Salaries & Expenses (S&E)
appropriation. The appropriate congressional database development costs and
operating expenses for certain congressional usage are being charged to CP&B.
The expenses for Federal depository library use are being charged to the S&E
appropriation.
When information is disseminated through the GPO Access services, the
incremental cost of dissemination will be recovered from the recipients or, in the
case of the Federal depository libraries, from the (S&E) appropriation provided to
the Superintendent of Documents for that program. This would include any costs
necessary for maintaining the system; providing user support; training and
documentation; and software licensing fees, as well as general and administrative
expenses.
The funding sources for the GPO Access services are flexible, and specific
amounts cannot be estimated with accuracy at this time because the evolution of
the service will result from the decisions of many Federal agencies regarding their
participation. Moreover, the volume of use, in turn, is dependent on the types of
information that are made available through the service. Therefore, the major
determinants of the size of the program and its costs are based on the decisions
of publishing agencies and potential users. Total program funding will vary based
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on the demand for services and the supply of databases made available, but the
revenue from users of the GPO Access services must be sufficient, over time, to
recover all incremental dissemination costs. This is the basic concept underlying
the revolving fund mechanism under which most GPO programs operate.
2. Pricing of Current and Future Services
GPO has priced the present online services at the estimated "incremental cost" as
directed by law. As experience is gained, prices will be adjusted to assure that
incremental costs are accurately reflected in the prices. The more users there are
and the more databases that are made available, the lower the incremental costs
will be per user per database.
Prior to full public release, SGML-based services will be tested at a number of
sites to gather information on the quality and value of the services and facilitate
estimation of usage and costs. This testing will include both Federal depository
libraries and a variety of organizations that are representative of users.
The law requires that the GPO Access services be self-sustaining. As a result,
the selection of publications and services to be offered will partially depend on:
 The willingness of publishing agencies to fund public access to these
services.
 The ability of GPO to generate sufficient income from fees paid by those who
purchase services.
 The ability of GPO to re-allocate limited funds from the appropriation that is
provided for the Federal Depository Library Program to support usage by that
community.
As currently occurs with other print and electronic publications, reimbursement for
development costs incurred by GPO will come from fees paid to GPO by the
publishing agencies.
3. Development Expenditures and Operating Costs
Based on the presently available information, GPO estimates that the capital
expenditures for GPO Access (the Locator, the Online Interactive Service, and the
Storage Facility) will amount to about $1.0 million, cumulative over the first three
years of the program. Total GPO operating expenditures are expected to total
about $.7 million during the first year of implementation of the initial online
services. Publishing agencies may incur additional expenses in developing
databases for the online services and participating in the Locator Service.
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4.   Benefits and Savings from Dissemination of Electronic Information
Net savings in terms of reduced distribution of paper copies, if any, as a result of
online dissemination may not be realized for several years. Cost reductions due
to electronic formats, such as CD-ROM, can be substantial for individual
publications, if paper copies are eliminated. Making information contained in
government electronic databases available online promotes equity and
accessibility in information dissemination. Data is available online nationwide
substantially before paper copies can be distributed. Benefits accrue to the users
in terms of increased productivity and timely access to information.
CD-ROM and other electronic formats are beginning to replace paper publications
and are being used to disseminate information never published in paper formats.
Certain publications that would have been prohibitively expensive to produce in
paper are being published as CD-ROMs. Given the cost advantage per volume of
data afforded by CD-ROM over traditional paper alternatives, efficiency in
information dissemination is greatly increased by the growing use of CD-ROM.
Microfiche publications presently account for about 60 percent of depository library
distributions. The use of optical disc technology may begin to replace microfiche.
In the early years of implementation, the savings will be minimal, if any. Much of
the potential savings as compared with paper copies, have already been realized
through the use of microfiche.
In the longer term, significant savings may be possible, even for publications
presently distributed only in microfiche format, as the government moves toward
implementation of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) format.
Creation of databases in SGML format will facilitate the storage, search, and
retrieval of data, SGML will allow microfiche formats as well as paper to be
replaced with online full text that can be accessed just when needed. These
trends, which are driven by the pace of technology, should eventually result in
reduced dissemination costs and increased services.
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit A:  Legislative History of Public Law 103-40
Exhibit B:  Initial Equipment Configuration for the Portions of GPO Access Accessible
to the Public
Exhibit C: GPO Access Press Release
Exhibit D: GPO Access Brochure
Exhibit E:  Federal Register Cover and Page II with Subscription Rates and
Instructions
Exhibit F:  Congressional Record Page with Subscription Rates and Instructions
Exhibit G: The Federal Bulletin Board Brochure
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Exhibit A:
Legislative History of Public Law 103-40
GPO Access - Status Report, June 30,1994
Legislative History of Public Law 103-40
[S. 564] June 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 112, 44 USC  4101-
Government Printing Office
Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993
Legislative History citations:
103d Congress
S. 564
March 11, 1993
March 18, 1993
March 22, 1993
May 25, 1993
May 25, 1993
June 8, 1993
Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act
of 1993
Congressional Record, p. S2781-, introductory statement by Mr. Ford
Senate Report 103-27, Committee on Rules and Administration
Congressional Record, p. S3383-, considered and passed Senate
House Report 103-108, Committee on House Administration
Congressional Record, p. H2771-, considered and passed House
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, vol. 29, p. 1043, President's
Statement on Signing
Parallel bill:
H.R. 1328
March 11, 1993
April 1, 1993
Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act
of 1993
Congressional Record, p. H1231, introduced fay Rep. Rose
House Report 103-51, Committee on House Administration
Precursor bills:
102d Congress
H.R. 5983 Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act
of 1992
September 22, 1992 Congressional Record, p. H8965, introduced by Rep. Rose; p. E2737,
statement
September 29, 1992 House Report 102-933, Committee on House Administration
September 29, 1992 Congressional Record, p. H9683, passed in House; received in Senate,
referred to Committee on Rules
S. 2813 GPO Gateway to Government Act of 1992
June 4, 1992 Congressional Record, p. S7599, introduced by Sen. Gore, statement
July 23, 1992 Joint Hearing on S. 2813 and H.R. 2772, Senate Committee on Rules and
Committee on House Administration
H.R. 2772
June 26, 1991
April 8, 1992
July 23, 1992
GPO Wide Information Network for Online Act of 1991 ("WINDO")
Congressional Record, introduced by Rep. Rose (37 cosponsors)
Congressional Record, p. H2465, statement by Mr. Owens on National
Library Week, discussing WINDO bill and inserting American Library
Association Fact Sheet
Joint Hearing on H.R. 2772 and S. 2813, Committee on House Administration
and Senate Committee on Rules
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101st Congress
H.R. 3849 Government Printing Office improvement Act of 1990
January 24, 1990     Congressional Record, p. E35, statement on introduction by Jim Bates,
January 23, 1990
March 7-8, 1990      Hearings on H.R. 3849, Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing,
Committee on House Administration
Other Background:
Hearing, Joint Committee on Printing, New Technology and the Government Printing Office, S.
Hrg. 102-115, June 19, July 24, 1991
Hearing, Joint Committee on Printing, Government Information as a Public Asset, S. Hrg. 102-114,
April 25, 1991
Hearings, Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing, Committee on House Administration, 'Title
44 U.S.C.- Review", May 23-24, June 28-29, 1989
Informing the Nation: Federal Information Dissemination in an Electronic Age. United States
Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, October 1988
Provision of Federal Government Publications in Electronic Format to Depository Libraries. Report
of the Ad Hoc Committee on Depository Library Access to Federal Automated Data Bases to the
Joint Committee on Printing, S. Pit 98-260, December 1984
Legislative Branch Appropriations Hearings, Part 2, testimony, various years
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Exhibit B:
Initial Equipment Configuration for the
Portions of GPO Access Accessible to the Public
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Initial Equipment Configuration for GPO Access System
(June 30,1994)
Access Room
Telecommunications Room
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(Leeds, Schuman, Siymaak INTERNET rtv. 6-30-94)
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Exhibit C:
GPO Access Press Release
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News
For Release
IMMEDIATE
June 7, 1994
Contact: John fierger
202-512-1525
No. 94-6
ONLINE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD,  FEDERAL REGISTER SERVICE DEBUTS
The official Government versions of The Congressional Record
and the - Federal Register are -now available online the day of
publication via the rapidly expanding information superhighway.
Users connected to the Internet will be able to access the
full text and all graphics of the Record and the Register.
Electronic versions of the Federal Register are being produced in
a cooperative project by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR)
and the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office <GPO).
GPO's Production Department normally will make the Federal
Register available online by 6 a.m. EST on the day of publication.
The Congressional Record will be available between 9 a.m. and 11
a.m. depending on when Congress adjourns the previous day.
The public will have free access through participating Federal
Depository Libraries. Organizations or individuals may purchase a
subscription for access using their own computer terminals.
The databases reside on a GPO system using a Wide Area
Information Server (WAIS) providing search and retrieval access
over the Internet. The Congressional Record dates back to the
beginning of the 2d session of the 103d Congress in January 1994.
The Federal Register includes all issues beginning with January 4,
1994. The Congressional Record Index (1992-94) and all Enrolled
Bills (bills passed by both the House and Senate) of the 103d
Congress (1993-1994) also are available.
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The release of the databases on June 8, 1994, marked the
launch of an online system of access to Government information
provided under the GPO Electronic Information Access Enhancement
Act of 1993 (PL 103-40) . The GPO Access legislation had bipartisan
support. It was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Wendell H. Ford
(KY) and co-sponsored by Sen. Ted Stevens (AK) and Sen. Larry
Pressler (SD). In the House it was introduced by Rep. Charlie Rose
(NC) and co-sponsored by Rep. Newt Gingrich (GA), Rep. Sam
Gejdenson (CT), Rep, Gerald D. Kleczka (WI), Rep, Pat Roberts (KS)
and Rep. William M. Thomas (CA). President Clinton signed it into
law June 8, 1993.
The Congressional Record is a verbatim report of Congressional
debates and other proceedings. The Federal Register is the daily
"record" of the executive branch of the Federal Government. It
allows the public to follow regulatory activities of the Government
and to participate in the development of rules and regulations.
The Register also includes Sunshine Act meeting notices and
Presidential documents.
The GPO Access service is an important step in providing
public access to the Government's growing store of electronic
information. The Superintendent of Documents will add appropriate
online databases to expand the system at the request of publishing
agencies.
Users with full Internet access and WAIS client software will
be able to receive all charts and graphics in the Record and
Register.    WAIS client software will be available from GPO.
Those who do not have Internet connections can access ASCII
text files without graphics through an Internet Telnet session or
by using a phone modem to dial directly into GPO.
A subscription to either the Congressional Record (including
the 1992-94 Record Indexes) or to the Federal Register costs $35
per month, $200 for 6 months or $375 for 1 year for one work
station. The Enrolled Bills database is available initially as a
1-year subscription for $60. Discounts are available for multiple
work stations.
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The WAIS databases will be available for free public access at
many of the 1,400 Federal Depository Libraries located throughout
the United States and its territories. The Depository System
includes academic, public, law, and Federal libraries. There is at
least one depository in every Congressional District.
Information about how to subscribe to the Record or Register
is available by calling GPO at (202) 512-1530 or by fax at (202)
512-1262.   Internet E-mail should be sent to help@eids05.eids.gpb.
The WAIS server is the first phase of development for the GPO
Access service. The agency plans to create the Record and Register
databases using Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in
January 1995. This SGML based system will permit more powerful
search and retrieval capabilities making it easier for users to
find specific information in the databases.
Under the GPO Access Act the Superintendent of Documents will
develop and maintain two other components of the system. The first
is an electronic directory of Federal electronic information
designed to assist the public in locating documents. The second is
an electronic storage facilty which will retain databases and
provide online access to them.
The Locator service uses natural language queries by subject
or key phrase to identify and locate Federal information. It will
enable users to order publications from the GPO Sales Program, or
to locate documents available at Depository Libraries.
The electronic storage facility is located at Owensboro, KY,
and began receiving data files from the WAIS server on March 31,
1994. The storage facility will be accessible over the Internet
through the Locator service.
The Federal Bulletin Board, established by GPO in September
199 2, was designated part of the GPO Access service by the new law,
PL 103-40. The bulletin board currently contains more than 5,000
files from 18 agencies "representing all three branches of the
Federal Government. subjects included are the GATT and NAFTA
agreements, the National Performance Review, and health care
reform.
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Users may access The Federal Bulletin Board via the
Internet at telnet Federal.access.gpo.gov 3001 (Port 3001) or dial-
in at (202) 512-1387 (modem settings 8,N,l,full duplex).
The Superintendent of Documents is the official source for the
sale of information published by more than 100 Federal agencies.
Some 12,000 books or documents, 600 periodicals, and a growing
number of CD-ROMs, diskettes, and online services are available.
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Exhibit D:
GPO Access Brochure
35
g
The Prototype Federal Locator
An electronic directory of Federal
information products and services, the
Prototype Federal Locator provides users
with descriptions of a wide variety of
Federal information sources. The
introductory databases facilitate access to
listings in the GPO Publications Reference
File (PRFJt recent issues of the Monthly
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
(MoCat), and the Congressional Dill
Digest.
The Protoype Federal Locator can either
refer users to Federal Depository Libraries
for free access to referenced materials or
enable customers to order publications from
the GPO Sales Program. If the Locator
links the user with other components of
GPO Access, then the user will have to
establish a valid method of payment before
getting the desired infoimation.
Locator Access - The Locator Service is
accessible over the Internet via Telnet
to locator.access.gpo.gov, as well as
through asynchronous communications
at (202) 512-1661. Login as locator
<enter>, nopassword,<entef>. GPO
will distribute free client software (for
DOS, Windows, and Unix) when it
becomes available, in the Fall, 1994.
Federal Bulletin Board Features
 a telephone help service
 free user's manual
 free browsing functions
 online ordering for other sales products
 forums that provide infoimation on a
number of subject areas.
More than 5,000 files from over 18
Government agencies representing all three
branches of the Federal Government are
available in a variety of formats and on a
wide variety of subjects. Prices for
paid files are based on the size of the
file downloaded or retrieved to the screen.
Electronic Bulletin Board Access:
Internet: telnet to fcdend.bbs.gpo.gov
3001 (port 3001)
Modem dial in to (202) 512-1387
(Settings: 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop
bit, full parity) up to 9600 Baud.
The Storage Facility
The OPO storage facility will provide
immediate remote access to the source data
files for Federal information that have been
made available through the online system
of access. Data files in the storage facility
will be referenced in the Locator Service.
Pees will be established to recover the
incremental costs of dissemination, with
free access to Federal Depository Libraries.
GPO Access
A Better Way To
Find Federal Information
GPO Access consists of:
* a system of online access to the
Congressional Record, the Federal
Register and other databases, The
WAIS Server.
* an electronic directory of al] formats
of Federal information, The Federal
Locator.
* an electronic storage facility,
Federal IDEA (Information
Depository for Electronic Access).
* an electronic bulletin board for
immediate, self-service access to
Government infoimation, The
Federal Bulletin Board.
For further information:
Electronic Information Diuemination
Services (BIDS)
Mall Stop: SDE
U.S. Oovemment Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20401
Phone: (202)S1M330
Fax: (202) 512-1263
Internet E-Mail: help@eldsOS.eidS.gpo.gov
Available Online,
Updated Daily!
Federal Register,
Congressional Record,
Enrolled Bills
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D746 CONGRESSIONAL RECORDDAILY DIGEST June 27, 1994
Next Meeting of tie SENATE
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