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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 10:46:25 EDT
From:         "McKinzie, Steven" <MCKINZIE@DICKINSN.Bitnet>
Subject:      GPO Electronics bill:
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 Subject: ALAWON Vol. 1, No. 10

 GODORT members, and all others who care about government information: I am
 forwarding this announcement from ALA as a quick way to alert readers of this
 list about the final action on the GPO electronics bill (formerly WINDO.)
 It is time NOW to contact senators - please do not assume someone else will
 do it. Make sure that at least one or two calls are made to your senators.
 Please alert others in your state who are not on the Internet, so that they
 are also aware of this last opportunity.

 Posted by Julie Wallace, GODORT Chair
 Julia F. Wallace, Gov. Pubs. Library      Voice: (612) 626-7520
 409 Wilson Library, U of MN                 FAX: (612) 626-9353
 309 19th Avenue South                     Bitnet: J-WALL@UMINN1
 Minneapolis, MN 55455         Internet: J-WALL@vm1.spcs.umn.edu
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                                  ALAWON
                      ALA Washington Office Newsline
                     An electronic publication of the
              American Library Association Washington Office

                            Volume 1, Number 10
                            September 29, 1992

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                           HOUSE PASSES HR 5983

 The House of Representatives passed HR 5983, the Government Printing Office
 Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1992, by voice vote today.
 The bill would establish in GPO a means of enhancing electronic public
 access to a wide range of federal electronic information.  GPO is directed
 to establish an electronic directory of federal electronic information and
 to provide a system of online access to the Congressional Record, the
 Federal Register, and other appropriate publications distributed by the
 Superintendent of Documents.  The directory and the system are to be made
 available to depository libraries without charge, and the fees charged to
 everyone else "should be set so as to recover the incremental cost of
 dissemination of the information involved."  The Superintendent of
 Documents is also required to conduct a study of the feasibility of
 enhancing public access to federal electronic information.

 ACTION NEEDED:  Urge your Senators to support HR 5983 when it comes to the
 Senate floor in the few days remaining of the current session of Congress.
 Ask these key Senators to do everything they can to pass the bill:
 Mitchell (D-ME), Majority Leader of the Senate; Ford (D-KY), Majority Whip
 of the Senate and Chair of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee
 (the Senate Committee with jurisdiction over the bill);  Stevens (R-AK),
 ranking minority member on the Committee; and Dole (R-KS), Minority Leader
 of the Senate.  Tell legislators how important it is for their constituents
 to have online access to publications like the _Congressional Record_ and
 the _Federal Register_.

 Please thank Representatives for their support of HR 5983.  Particularly
 thank Rep. Charlie Rose (D-NC), Chair of the Committee on House
 Administration, for his leadership on this issue, and Reps. William Thomas
 (R-CA) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) for their efforts.

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