GPO Access

Training Manual

Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services

June 2001

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Copies of this training manual may be purchased from the Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. To order visit <bookstore.gpo.gov>, call

202-512-1800 (DC Metro Area) or 866-512-1800 (toll-free), fax 202-512-2250, or write

Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.

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Table of Contents

Legislative Mandate | GPO Access Objectives | Permanent Public Access |

Copyright Information | Privacy Policy | Exit Pages

GPO Access ......................................................................................................5

GPO Access Interface.......................................................................................7

GPO Access Seal | Navigational Links | Buttons | Footer

File Formats.......................................................................................................9

Searching Strategies.......................................................................................11

ASCII Text | HTML | PDF | Adobe Acrobat Tips

Boolean Operators | Quotation Marks | Multiple Boolean Operators | Truncation |

Stopwords | Maximum Responses | Relevance Ranking | Identification Codes |

Query Report | 1,000-Point Documents | Search Interfaces | Searching Tips

Resources on GPO Access............................................................................18

Executive Applications

Budget of the United States Government | Code of Federal Regulations |

Commerce Business Daily (CBD) | Federal Register | Public Papers of the

Presidents of the U.S. | United States Government Manual | Weekly Compilation

of Presidential Documents

Legislative Applications

Congressional Bills | Congressional Directory | Congressional Hearings |

Congressional Record | Congressional Record Index | Congressional Reports |

GAO Reports | History of Bills | House Journal | Public Laws |

United States Code

Finding Aids.....................................................................................................41

Browse Topics | Catalog of U.S. Government Publications | Federal Bulletin Board |

Federal Agency Internet Sites | Federal Web Sites Hosted by GPO Access |

Government Information on Selected Internet Sites | Government Information Locator

Service (GILS) | Locate a Federal Depository Library | New Electronic Titles (NET)

Application Update Schedule

GPO Access Applications

Explanation of Format

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Relating GPO Access Applications...............................................................45

Tracking Legislation | Tracking Regulations | Contract Opportunities Using

CBDNet | Finding Government Publications

Table of Contents (continued)

U.S. Government Online Bookstore..............................................................57

Finding a Product | Order Submission | Search Tips | Shopping Cart | Encryption

and Privacy

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids....................................................61

Introducing U.S. Government | U.S. Government Resources | Using Ben’s Guide

as a Learning Tool

User Support...................................................................................................63

Self Help Tools | GPO Access User Support Team | GPO Order and Information

Desk | AskLPS | Federal Depository Libraries | User Feedback

Exercises & Answers .....................................................................................65

Index.................................................................................................................71

This training manual was produced by the Office of Electronic Information

Disseminations Serivces (EIDS) of the U.S. Government Printing Office and is

accurate as of June 2001. Updates to this manual may be found on the GPO

Access help page at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help.html>.

User Feedback.................................................................................................64

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GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) that provides

free public access to electronic information

products from the Federal Government. One

of the few information systems established

by law, it provides reliable, timely access to

official information from all three branches

of the Federal Government.

GPO Access encompasses more than

1,900 databases through more than 80 applications, such as the Federal Register and

the Congressional Record. Many electronic

documents appear on the day of publication

exactly as they do in print, and are the official published version.

Legislative Mandate

GPO Access was established by Public Law

103-40, the Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act

of 1993. Public Law 103-40 amended GPO’s

traditional responsibilities to include provisions for enhancing public access to a wide

range of Federal electronic information products. This legislation requires the Superintendent of Documents to do the following:

* Maintain an electronic directory of Federal electronic information (Pathway Services).

* Provide a system of online access to

the Congressional Record, the Federal

Register, and other appropriate publications, as determined by the Superintendent of Documents.

* Operate an electronic storage facility for

Federal electronic information.

Senate Report 103-27 further required

that GPO maintain the Federal Bulletin

Board (FBB), which existed prior to Public

Law 103-40.

GPO Access Objectives

* Improve access to official Federal Government information in electronic formats.

* Provide well-designed, easy to use, publicly available online services.

* Provide official and complete Federal information.

* Provide “Finding Aids” that assist users

in searching and browsing for government-wide information.

* Ensure access to broadest audience possible, both directly and through Federal

depository libraries.

* Ensure permanent public access.

Permanent Public Access (PPA)

Title 44 of the United States Code (44

U.S.C. Section 1911) stipulates that public

access to official Government information

products disseminated through the Federal

Depository Library Program (FDLP) must

be maintained permanently in regional

GPO Access provides

free public access to

electronic information

available from all

three branches of the

Federal government.

* * *

GPO Access was

established by Public

Law 103-40.

* * *

GPO has assumed

responsibility for the

provision of

permanent access to

Government

information products

residing on GPO

Access servers.

GPO Access

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depository libraries, and by depository libraries not served by a regional library. Since

online products are not physically distributed to depository libraries for retention,

GPO has assumed responsibility for the provision of permanent access to Government

information products residing on GPO Access servers.

GPO also meets its permanent public access commitment by bringing agency-disseminated Internet resources under the purview of GPO and incorporating them into a

digital archive. GPO captures copies of

agency electronic information products and

creates PURLs (Persistent URLs) so that users will be automatically redirected to the

archived products if the information is no

longer accessible on the agency Web site.

To learn more about GPO’s PPA efforts,

go to <www.gpo.gov/ppa>.

Copyright Information

The information provided online via

GPO Access is uncopyrighted government

information, unless otherwise noted, and

there are no restrictions on the republication

or other reproduction of the material (17

U.S.C. Section 105). When copyrighted

material appears in any of the databases, a

copyright statement will accompany the specific document.

Neither GPO nor the United States

Government will be held liable for any

damages resulting from the authorized or

unauthorized use of the data and information offered through GPO Access.

Privacy Policy

GPO is dedicated to the privacy and security of GPO Access users. The minimal

user information collected by the U.S. Government Printing Office is used for:

* Statistical Purposes: This information is

used to measure, enhance, and improve

the services on GPO Access.

* User Support: Personal information submitted by a user in a comment or question via phone, fax, or e-mail is used only

to help that user and will not be distributed to parties outside of GPO.

* Order Submission: Personal information

that is supplied by a user when submitting an order via GPO Access, phone, fax,

or e-mail is used only for fulfilling the

order.

Furthermore, GPO does not employ cookies to gather information on its users. More

information can be found at <www.gpo.gov/

gpoaccess/privacy.html>.

Exit Pages

GPO Access contains numerous links to

other Web sites. In most cases, when linking to another site, an exit page will appear.

These pages inform users that they are leaving GPO Access and that GPO cannot account for the quality or accuracy of any information not on GPO’s servers.

The information

provided online via

GPO Access is

uncopyrighted, unless

otherwise noted.

* * *

The U.S. Government

Printing Office is

dedicated to user

privacy and security.

* * *

Exit pages inform

users that they are

leaving GPO Access.

GPO cannot account

for the quality or

accuracy of any

information not

located on GPO

servers.

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In April 1999, in response to user feedback,

GPO released a new interface for GPO Access. This interface introduced a consistent design and a means of navigating throughout the

site. Due to the size of the site and interagency

hosting policies, some areas of the site are still

being converted. The following elements comprise the new design:

* GPO Access seal

* Navigational links

* Buttons

* Standard footer

GPO Access seal

Either of the two seals below can be

found in the top left-hand corner of each

page. Click on the logo to return to the GPO

Access homepage.

Navigational links

The links found at the top right-hand corner of each page reflect the main divisions

found on the GPO Access homepage. These

links include: the homepage, Privacy Policy,

Site Search, Help, Comments, Site Contents,

What’s New, Online Bookstore, Finding

Aids, and Library Services. Links to the main

page of each topic are deselected when on

that page. On subsequent pages within a section, the link to the main page of that section is italicized and hyperlinked.

Buttons

Buttons, found on the left-hand column of

pages, provide navigation within a section or

highlight areas that relate to that section.

Footer

Marked by a horizontal line, the footer provides a link to the main GPO page, an e-mail

link for the GPO Access User Support Team,

other page specific e-mail links, the date the

page was last updated, and the complete URL.

GPO Access Interface

In addition to its URL <www.access.

gpo.gov/su_docs>, GPO Access is

also available at this easier to remember alias <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess>.

GPO Access Alias

Due to the size of

GPO Access, some

pages are still being

converted to the new

interface.

* * *

Navigational links

allow users to navigate

to the main divisions

found on the GPO

Access homepage.

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Example 1: The GPO Access homepage as of June 11, 2001.

Seal

Navigation

Bar

Footer

Buttons

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GPO Access offers a variety of file formats

for viewing documents, with ASCII text,

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and

Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format

(PDF) being the most common types. Not all

file formats are available for each database.

For more information, go to <www.gpo.gov/

gpoaccess/fileformats.html>.

ASCII Text

These documents contain only the raw

data and no formatting. As a result, they do

not have any special graphics or font formats, such as bold, underline, or italics.

Summary files contain the given summary

or the first 100 lines of the ASCII text document, and allow you to preview a document

before viewing or saving the full version.

Text Image File Format (TIFF) files are

found mainly in the older databases on GPO

Access. TIFF files provide the graphical content to supplement ASCII text files. Since 1995,

TIFF files have been replaced by PDF files.

To view a TIFF file, you must have a graphics

viewer associated with your Web browser.

HTML

A Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

file is the document that a Web browser

receives from a Hypertext Transfer Protocol

The main format types

on GPO Access are

ASCII text, HTML,

and Portable

Document Format

(PDF).

* * *

ASCII Text files

contain only the raw

data and no

formatting.

* * *

HTML files can be

presented with

formatting, graphics,

and links.

* * *

PDF files preserve a

document’s original

appearance.

File Formats

(HTTP) server. It is an ASCII text file with

tags that signal how the browser should display the contents. HTML documents can be

presented with formatting, graphics, and links.

HTML links are being added on GPO Access to connect databases and add additional

features to standard ASCII text files. For example, HTML files can currently be found

in the Congressional Record Index (CRI),

connecting references in the CRI to pages

in the Congressional Record. In addition,

Web and e-mail links may be found in the

Federal Register. These links will continue

to be added to databases in the future.

PDF

Documents in the Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) preserve a

document’s original appearance. Their high

aesthetic quality is achieved through the use

of text, graphics, photos, and color. This format provides full-text search capabilities, allowing you to search and retrieve within the

document. Files may contain HTML and email links. PDF files are independent of

computer platform or distribution media and

are available to all users who have the free

Adobe Reader software. The Adobe Reader

can be downloaded at <www.adobe.com>.

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PDF files are a predominant file format on

GPO Access. The following tips will be useful when using PDF files on GPO Access.

Selecting One Column of Text

Choose the text tool from

the toolbar, hold down the

<CONTROL> key, and use the

mouse to draw a box around a column of

text. Copy the text into a word processing

program by choosing “Copy” from the Edit

menu in Adobe Reader and then choosing

“Paste” in the Edit menu in the word processing program. Be aware, however, that

any special formatting (e.g. special fonts,

strike-through text, columns) will be lost

when pasting the text to another document.

Saving PDF Files

When a PDF file opens within a browser

window, save the document by choosing

“Save As” from the “File” menu. It will automatically save as a PDF file. To save a PDF

file from an HTML link (such as a results

list) do one of the following:

* Right-click on the PDF link (indicated by

the circle below) and choose “Save link

as” or “Save target as” from the menu that

appears.

* Hold down the <SHIFT> key and leftclick on the PDF link.

If the file name appears as waisgate ,

waisgate.cgi, get-doc.cgi, or get-cfr.cgi (found

in the Code of Federal Regulations) in the

“Save As” dialogue box, you must rename the

file with a .pdf extension. Example:

filename.pdf. If a PDF file is downloaded as

*.cgi, simply rename it as a *.pdf.

“Unknown File Type” or

 X-Application Error

PDF files on GPO Access are set up as a

plug-in and a helper application. Plug-in

PDF files appear within a browser window.

Helper application PDF files launch Adobe

Reader as a separate application. When an

“unknown file type” error message is received, the helper application is trying to

launch, only the file association has not yet

been established. To set the association:

1. Choose “browse” and locate the executable file for Adobe Reader on the hard

drive (i.e. acroread32.exe). Select the file

and choose “okay.”

2. A dialogue box will appear with an option to open or save the file. Clicking on

the “Do not show this screen again” check

box makes the chosen option (save or

open) the default.

Adobe Reader Tips

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This section describes strategies to help

narrow search queries to achieve more accurate results. This information can be found on

GPO Access at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/searching.html>.

Boolean Operators

The Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT,

and ADJ) establish logical relationships

among concepts expressed in a natural-language query. In other words, they are used

to make searches more specific. The more

specific a search is, the fewer number of extraneous hits are received.

AND restricts a search when a particular pair of terms is known. The query

weather AND aviation returns only the

documents that contain both words.

OR is the default operator for the

WAIS server. The query transportation OR highway returns documents

containing the word “transportation,”

the word “highway,” or both. A higher

relevance ranking is assigned to documents that contain both words.

NOT rejects documents that contain

specified words. The query education

NOT secondary returns documents

that contain the word “education”, but

do not contain the word “secondary.”

ADJ ensures that one word is followed by another in a document.

The query lead ADJ paint returns

documents that contain the phrase “lead

paint”, or the word “paint” within 20

characters after the word “lead.” The

WAIS server will not change word order; therefore, lead ADJ paint is not the

same as paint ADJ lead.

You do not have to capitalize the Boolean operators when you are using GPO Access via the World Wide Web, except when

using the Sales Product Catalog (SPC) database on the U.S. Government Online

Bookstore.

Quotation Marks

Quotation marks have the same function

as the ADJ Boolean operator within a search

query. Thus, the queries “Government Printing Office” and Government ADJ Printing

ADJ Office return the same results. It is also

possible to use quotation marks in combination with Boolean language.

Multiple Boolean Operators

Complex queries may be constructed

with multiple Boolean operators. For clarity, parentheses should be used to group sections of the query and to ensure that the

WAIS server parses the query as intended.

"Department of Education" AND

("bilingual education" OR "foreign

language") AND (grants OR "cooperative agreements")

On GPO Access, the

default Boolean

operator is OR.

* * *

It is not necessary to

capitalize the

Boolean operators

when using GPO

Access via the World

Wide Web, except

when using the Sales

Product Catalog

(SPC).

* * *

Quotation marks

have the same

function as the ADJ

Boolean operator.

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If the above example lacked parentheses,

the WAIS server would process the phrases

first, the AND operators next, and the OR

operators last. The resulting query would be

read by the server as (“Department of Education” AND “bilingual education”) OR

(“foreign language” AND grants) OR “cooperative agreements.” A test of these

searches in the Federal Register database in

June 1995 retrieved 39 documents from the

first query and 240 from the second.

Truncation

The asterisk (*) may be used to truncate

words in a query in order to expand a search

within a specified range. For example, a

search for librar* will return documents that

contain the word(s) “library,” “library’s,”

“libraries,” “librarian,” etc. Using truncation

saves time by eliminating the need to perform different searches for variations on a

single word that differ only in their endings,

or suffixes.When constructing a truncated

query, include as many characters from the

desired words (or phrases) as possible in

order to reduce the number of irrelevant

documents returned. Truncation may not be

used for prefixes.

Stopwords

Stopwords, such as “the” and “it,” are

words that occur so frequently in documents

that they are not useful for distinguishing one

document from another. Since they are not

indexed, they cannot be used in searches.

Therefore, stopwords that are included in

queries are ignored by the system. For example, the query “National Council on Disability” returns the same documents as the

query “National Council Disability.”

Occurrences of the words “and,” “or,”

and “not” are processed by the WAIS server

as Boolean operators, unless used within

quotation marks. For a complete list of

stopwords, go to <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/searching.html#stopwords>.

Maximum Responses

The maximum responses received from

a query is set at a default of 40, except in the

Code of Federal Regulations, which is 120.

To locate a larger number of documents, you

must change the setting. All of the GPO

Access search pages provide a box in which

to change the maximum number of returned

documents up to a limit of 200.

Generally, 40 responses should be adequate to retrieve the desired document. If a

document is not listed within the default 40

results, try making the query more specific

before expanding the number of returned

documents. Increasing the number of documents to be retrieved increases the time that

it takes to return the search results.

Relevance Ranking

Search results are displayed in an order

determined by a system called relevance

Truncation may only

be used for suffixes,

not prefixes.

* * *

Occurrences of the

words “and,” “or,”

and “not” are

processed by the

WAIS server as

Boolean operators,

unless used within

quotation marks.

* * *

By default, the

maximum responses

for a query is 40,

except in the Code of

Federal Regulations,

which is 120.

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ranking. The most “relevant” document appears at the top of the results list with a score

of 1,000; the least “relevant” appears at the

bottom of the list with a score of one. As a

general rule, document scores should decrease gradually from the top to the bottom

of the results list. Typically, documents with

a score of less than 500 are not very “relevant” to a search and are not worth retrieving, unless the contents of the document are

known.

The WAIS server computes “relevance”

based on the following five factors. A separate score for each of these factors is not

available for any given document.

1. Word weight is based on where a query

term is located within a document. A word

receives the highest rating if it appears in

a headline or title.Within the text of a

document, a word receives a higher rating if it appears in all capital letters or if

the first letter of the word is capitalized

than if it appears in all lowercase letters.

2. Word density is based on a query term’s

frequency of occurrence within a document in relation to the size of the document. If two documents contain the same

number of occurrences of a particular

query term, the smaller document will

receive the higher rating. For this reason,

it is important to take file size into account when you compare the relevance

ranking of documents.

3. Term weight is based on a query term’s frequency of occurrence throughout all documents in a database. Words that occur infrequently throughout a database receive a

higher rating than words that appear frequently. Very common words are either ignored or devalued in the scoring.

4. Phrase matching is based on the similarity between a query phrase and the corresponding phrase in a document. A document that contains a phrase that is identical to the query phrase receives the highest rating. For instance, when searching

for “foreign import,” documents with the

phrase “foreign import” would have a

higher relevance ranking than documents

with the phrase “foreign trade import.”

5. Proximity relationship is based on the

proximity of query terms to one another

within a document. Query terms that are

located close together in a document receive a higher rating than those that are

located farther apart. Remember that the

use of quotation marks and/or the Boolean operator ADJ in your query will retrieve documents that contain the query

terms within 20 characters of one another.

Thus, a search for “lead paint” will retrieve documents that contain the phrases

“lead paint,” “lead-based paint,” and

“lead-based type paint.”

Identification Codes

The WAIS server generates an identification code that is unique to each database

on GPO Access. The sole purpose of this

identification code is to identify the database

from which a particular document is retrieved. Database identification codes are

located to the left of a document’s title in a

search results list.

Since identification codes are not unique

to each document, they are not useful search

terms. However, identification codes can be

used to differentiate document dates, sections

of a single database, and documents from

multiple databases (in more complex searches).

In a results list, the

most “relevant”

document appears at

the top of the results

list with a score of

1,000; the least

“relevant” appears at

the bottom of the list

with a score of one.

* * *

Identification codes

are useful for

differentiating among

dates, sections of a

single database, and,

in the case of more

complex searches,

documents from

multiple databases.

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The following examples illustrate the different types of identification codes used in

GPO Access databases:

Federal Register: fr31de98P

In this code, “fr” stands for Federal Register, “31de98” identifies the issue date

of December 31, 1998, and “P” indicates

that the document was published in the

Proposed Rules section.

Congressional Record: cr14my98H

In this code, “cr” stands for Congressional Record , “14my98” identifies

the issue date of May 14, 1998, and

“H” indicates that the document was

published in the House pages.

Congressional Bills: S. 1228 (rs)

In this code, “S. 1228” is the bill number and “(rs)” indicates the status of

the bill (reported in Senate).

Query Report

A query report always appears as the final document with a score of one in a search

results list. This document contains information on how the query was processed, the

fields and number of documents in the database searched, the number of words in the

database that conformed to the search request, the total number of relevant documents identified, and the speed of retrieval.

The query report will be cut off when searching multiple databases.

1,000-Point Documents

Sometimes more than one 1,000-point

document will appear in a results list. In

addition to identifying the document most

“relevant” to the search, 1,000-point documents are used occasionally to introduce

structural database enhancements. Whenever two 1,000-point documents appear in a

search results list, the first is an online message from GPO and the second is the 1,000-

point document that relates to the query.

These messages may give the status of periodic database upgrades and enhancements;

announce new databases, applications, and

features; state when a database is expected

to be back online; or supply other important

information. They do not interfere with the

search results.

Search Interfaces

Not all the databases on GPO Access have

fielded search pages, such as the Unified

Agenda. Fielded searching for GPO Access

datababases began in 1995. Documents in

1994 databases do not contain fields and

therefore can only be searched using the

multi-database search page <www.gpo.gov/

gpoaccess/aces/aaces002.html>. A complete

list of databases can be found at: <www.gpo.

gov/gpoaccesss/db2.html>.

A query report always

appears as the final

document with a score

of one in the search

results list and

contains information

on how a query was

processed.

* * *

In addition to

identifying the

document most

“relevant” to a search,

1,000-point

documents are used

occasionally to

explain structural

database

enhancements.

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Example 2: The Multi-Database Search page as of June 11, 2001.

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Example 3: The Congressional Record fielded search page as of June 11, 2001.

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Searching Tips

The following are some advanced searching tips to keep in mind while using GPO

Access. These and other tips may be found

at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help.html>.

Linking to Documents within

 GPO Access Databases

When a search is conducted within a

GPO Access database, the resulting documents are retrieved from the database using

a cgi (or common gateway interface) script.

If a page contains the stem .cgi (as in

waisgate.cgi) or if /cgi-bin/ appears in the

URL, the page cannot be bookmarked and

referenced at a later date.

Specific HTML coding is necessary to

link directly to documents contained in the

databases resident on GPO’s WAIS servers.

The HTML string necessary to create a permanent link consists of three parts:

* the URL of the cgi script which retrieves

the document

* the Database Name which contains the

document being linked

* the Document ID of the specific document being linked

The procedures for linking documents

vary between databases. Detailed instructions for specific databases are available at

<www.gpo.gov/getdoc.html>.

Bookmarking GPO Access Pages

A “bookmark” is a feature of Web browsers that allows users to save Web addresses for

easy retrieval later. Some files, however, cannot be bookmarked. Addresses that contain a

cgi script cannot be bookmarked, since they

are temporary files. Bookmarking varies from

browser to browser. Detailed instructions for

bookmarking are available at: <www.gpo.gov/

gpoaccess/help/tips/bookmarking.html>.

Scrolling Option Boxes

Depending on the type of computer and

query, searches may be performed across databases on GPO Access using scrolling option boxes.

Consecutive or Range of Databases

(Mac and PC): Choose a range of

items by choosing the first item and

while holding the <SHIFT> key,

choosing the last item. All items within

this range will be selected.

Non-consecutive databases (Mac): To

choose non-contiguous items, hold

down the <OPTION> key and use the

mouse to highlight individual databases.

Non-consecutive databases (PC): To

choose non-contiguous items, hold

down the <CTRL> key and use the

mouse (left-click) to highlight individual databases.

If a page contains the

stem .cgi (as in

waisgate.cgi) or if

/cgi-bin/ appears in

the URL, the page

cannot be bookmarked

and referenced at a

later date.

* * *

Detailed instructions

for bookmarking are

available at:

<www.gpo.gov/

gpoaccess/help/tips/

bookmarking.html>.

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GPO Access Resources

Congressional Bills

Congressional Committee Prints

Congressional Directory

Congressional Documents

Congressional Hearings

Congressional Pictorial Directory

Congressional Record

Congressional Record Index

Congressional Reports

Deschler's Precedents

 of the U.S. House of Representatives

Economic Indicators

GAO Reports

Hinds' Precedents

 of the U.S. House of Representatives

History of Bills

History of Line Item Veto Notices

House Calendar

House Journal

House, Senate, and Executive Reports

House, Senate, and Treaty Documents

Miscellaneous House Publications and Committees

Miscellaneous Senate Publications and Committees

Public Laws

Senate Calendar

United States Code

U.S. Constitution

The following is a list of resources on GPO Access divided into branches of the Federal

Government. The bolded applications are covered in detail in this section. In addition to the

resources listed below, GPO hosts the main Web sites for 16 Federal agencies. Information

on GPO hosted sites may be found on page 42.

Budget of the United States Government

Code of Federal Regulations

Commerce Business Daily

Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations

DOE GrayLIT Network

DOE Federal R&D Project Summaries

DOE Information Bridge

Economic Report of the President

Export Administration Regulations

Federal Register

Foreign Affairs Network, Department of State

List of CFR Sections Affected

Office of Foreign Assets Control Documents

Privacy Act Issuances

Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S.

PubSCIENCE, Department of Energy

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda (Unified Agenda)

United States Government Manual

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

State of New York, ex rel. Eliot Spitzer,

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GPO Access contains over 1,900 databases in more than 80 applications. An example

of an application is the Federal Register. Applications may consist of multiple databases.

GPO Access

 Applications

Executive Applications

Budget of the United States Government.............................................

Code of Federal Regulations...............................................................

Commerce Business Daily (CBD)........................................................

Federal Register...................................................................................

Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S..........................................

United States Government Manual......................................................

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents..................................

Legislative Applications

Congressional Bills..............................................................................

Congressional Directory......................................................................

Congressional Hearings......................................................................

Congressional Record..........................................................................

Congressional Record Index................................................................

Congressional Reports.........................................................................

GAO Reports........................................................................................

History of Bills....................................................................................

House Journal......................................................................................

Public Laws..........................................................................................

United States Code...............................................................................

Application Update Schedule......................................................

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The following pages present GPO Access’ major applications and provide summaries

of each application, their availablity, special features, and more.

Branch of

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http://www.gpo.gov/usbudget/index.html

Issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President,

information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. The totals for the

current and upcoming fiscal years are only projected amounts. Annual budget documents

provide Congress, State and local governments, and the public with a complete description

of the President's budget plans for the coming fiscal year. Other related and supporting

budget publications, such as the Economic Report of the President, are included, which

may vary from year to year.

Special Features

* Specialized search pages and direct downloading of budgetary documents are available

for each fiscal year. Choose the “search selected documents on-line” link for the appropriate year from the main budget page.

* Searching across multiple years of the budget is available from the multi-database search

page at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aaces002.html>.

* Related and supporting budgetary documents, such as A Citizen's Guide to the Federal

Budget, may be available in HTML format.

* Many of the tables found in the Budget are be available for separate viewing and downloading as spreadsheets in WK4 and XLS formats.

Unique Searching Instructions

* To find the budget’s table of contents, enter "table of contents” in the search terms box.

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/budget.html>.

Executive Applications

Budget of the United

 States Government

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF

Availability: FY 1996 forward

Search: FY 1997 forward

Browse: None

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http://www.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of

the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to

Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is

issued on a quarterly basis. Titles 1-16 are updated as of January 1st, Titles 17-27 as of

April 1st, Titles 28-41 as of July 1st, and Titles 42-50 as of October 1st.

Special Features

* To search the current data, use the search box at <www.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html>.

* Searching or browsing a single or multiple CFR titles for a given year is available through

the browse feature.While an entire title may not be retrieved due to its large file size,

documents can be retrieved at the part, subpart, and section levels by entering a query or

by following various links.

* Due to the quarterly update of the CFR, the List of Sections Affected (LSA)

<www.gpo.gov/nara/lsa/aboutlsa.html> provides a cumulative list of CFR sections that

have been changed at any time since each CFR title was last updated.

* Individual CFR titles may be purchased through the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/chklst/chklst.html>.

Unique Searching Instructions

* When a CFR citation is known, use the “Retrieve a CFR by Citation” page at

<www.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-retrieve.html>. The title, part, and section (or subpart) must

be known. Or enter the citation, in quotes and without spaces in the search terms box at

<www.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html>. For example: “20CFR404.140”.

* Appendices may be found at the end of a CFR part. To pull up an entire CFR part, go to

the browse page for the desired title and enter “Part #” in the search terms box. The

PDF version will display charts and tables.

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/cfr.html>.

Executive Applications

Code of Federal

 Regulations

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF

Availability: 1996 (partial) forward

Search/Browse: 1996 (partial) forward

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http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/index.html

The Commerce Business Daily (CBD) lists notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information. All Federal procurement offices are required to announce all proposed procurement actions over $25,000 and contract awards over $25,000. A new edition of the CBD is

issued every business day. Each edition contains approximately 500 to 1,000 notices.

CBDNet is the free, official, electronic version of the Commerce Business Daily and is

provided through an alliance of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Government

Printing Office. Issues of CBDNet are kept in the “active” database for 15 business days. After

this, notices are moved to an “archive” database and will remain there indefinitely. The archive

database begins with December 2, 1996.

Special Application Features

* The real-time CBDNet search function allows you to search the CBD database for official, active notices. The database is updated continuously as notices are entered into the

CBDNet system. Approximately two days after a notice appears in CBDNet, it should

appear in the print CBD.

* Information on subscribing to the FTP Datafeed and/or print version of the CBD is

available at <cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/datasub.html> and <cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/

papersub.html>.

Unique Searching Instructions

* A unique alphanumeric citation, known as the submission number, is automatically assigned to each notice upon submission. When searching by submission number, include

SN before the number for the most accurate result. For example: SN380718.

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/cbdhints.html>.

File Formats: ASCII text, HTML

Availability: December 2, 1996 forward

Search: December 2, 1996 forward

Browse: Notices posted in the last 15 days of the CBD

Commerce Business

 Daily (CBD)

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Executive Applications

Federal Register

http://www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aces140.html

Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. It is updated daily by 6 a.m. and is published Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Special Features

* The browse feature allows you to view the entire table of contents from a single issue of

the Federal Register from 1998 to the present. Separate links are provided for the current day’s issue and back issues. The current issue’s table of contents is available in PDF

and HTML. The tables of contents from back issues are available through the browse

feature only as HTML files. The HTML files for Federal Register tables of contents

include links to both ASCII text and PDF versions of the individual documents.

* The Federal Register 2000 database contains HTML documents with active HTTP links

to Web and e-mail addresses referenced in the document text.

Unique Searching Instructions

* When searching by CFR part number, the word "part" must be included in the query in

order to limit the search to the introductory material in each document that references

the affected part. For example: “7 CFR Part 33”. This search returns documents from

the Federal Register based on the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part that they

affect.

* Since the 1994 databases on GPO Access do not contain fields, a fielded search page is

not available for the 1994 Federal Register. To search the 1994 FR use the multi-database search page at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aaces002.html>.

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/fr.html>.

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF, HTML, and Summary

Availability: 1994 (Volume 59) forward

Fielded Search: 1995 forward

Browse: Daily Table of Contents, 1998 forward

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Executive Applications

http://www.gpo.gov/nara/pubpaps/srchpaps.html

The Public Papers of the Presidents series began in 1957 in response to a recommendation of the National Historical Publications Commission. Noting the lack of uniform

compilations of messages and papers of the Presidents before this time, the Commission

recommended the establishment of an official series in which Presidential writings, addresses, and remarks of a public nature could be made available. Public Papers volumes

are published approximately twice a year.

Special Features

* Volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower,

Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton are included in the

Public Papers series. Though not all available online at this time, previous

administration’s Public Papers will be made available online via GPO Access.

* A photographic portfolio contains photographs of the President at various events throughout the year. This can be found at <www.gpo.gov/nara/pubpaps/photoidx.html>.

* The appendices to the Public Papers contain additional material that has been previously published in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Also included

are lists of the President’s nominations submitted to the Senate, materials released by

the Office of the Press Secretary that are not printed full-text in the print version, and

proclamations, executive orders, and other Presidential documents released by the Office of the Press Secretary and published in the Federal Register.

Unique Searching Instructions

* Retrieve the appendices by performing a full-text search for the word appendix. Each

appendix appears in the results list as a separate file.

* To view the table of contents, enter contents in the search terms box, or choose “toc”

from the browse feature.

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/ppapers.html>.

Public Papers of the

 Presidents of the U.S.

File Formats: HTML, PDF

Availability: 1993 forward

Search/Browse: 1993 forward

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Executive Applications

http://www.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html

As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government

Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial,

and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and

committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the

U.S. Constitution.

Special Features

* A typical agency description includes a list of principal officials, a summary statement

of the agency's purpose and role in the Federal Government, a brief history of the agency,

including its legislative or executive authority, a description of its programs and activities, and a "Sources of Information" section, which provides information on consumer

activities, contracts and grants, employment, publications, and many other areas of public

interest.

* Appendices cover abolished and transferred agencies, abbreviations and acronyms, and

agencies appearing in the Code of Federal Regulations.

* Since the Manual is issued once a year, the URLs, phone numbers, and addresses included in the Manual may be out of date. For current information, consult GPO Access’

Federal Agency Internet Sites <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/locators/agency/index.html>.

Unique Searching Instructions

* To view the table of contents, enter contents in the search terms box, or choose “PREFACE, CONTENTS” from the browse feature.

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/manual.html>.

United States

 Government Manual

File Formats: ASCII Text, PDF

Availability: 1995-96 forward

Search: 1995-96 forward

Browse: 1997-98 forward

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http://www.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html

The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents began in 1965 to provide the public with a broader range of Presidential materials on a more timely basis. Published every

Monday by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Weekly Compilation contains statements, messages, and other presidential materials released by the White House during the previous week. The Weekly Compilation also reprints speeches, remarks, and press conferences verbatim.

Special Features

* Since 1977, the Public Papers of the Presidents <www.gpo.gov/nara/pubpaps/

srchpaps.html> has incorporated all the material originally published in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.

Unique Searching Instructions

* To search for the table of contents for a specific date, enter the word contents and a date

in the search terms box. For example, contents AND "January 8, 2001". When no date

is specified, the table of contents for every issue of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents in the database(s) will be retrieved.

* When searching for an executive order, enter the words “executive order” followed by

the number in quotes. For example, "executive order 13094". To retrieve a string of

executive orders, truncate the number with an asterix (*). For example, "executive order 1309*".

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/wcomp.html>.

Executive Applications

Weekly Compilation of

 Presidential Documents

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF

Availability: 1993 forward

Search: 1993 forward

Browse: 2001 forward

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Legislative Applications

http://www.gpo.gov/congress/cong009.html

Congressional Bills contains all published versions of each bill of Congress. The database for the current Congress is updated by 6 a.m. when bills are published and approved

for release.

Special Features

* In a results list, each bill is displayed with the bill number and the initial words of the

bill’s name. The specific version of the bill is identified by the abbreviation in parentheses that follows the bill number; the explanation of this abbreviation appears in brackets

following the name of the bill.

* The Congressional Bills glossary, available at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

bills.html#glossary>, provides short definitions of the different types of Congressional

Bills, such as House Bill or Joint Resolution, as well as the different versions of bills,

such as the introduced version or the reported version.

* ASCII text files include tags to mark added and deleted text within a bill.

Added text is enclosed in quotation marks. These quotes should not be confused with the quotation marks that are part of the text of the bill. When multiple paragraphs have been added, the quotation marks appear at the beginning

of each affected paragraph and at the end of the last paragraph in the series.

Deleted text is preceded by a <DELETED> tag and followed by a </DELETED> tag.

Unique Searching Instructions

* When searching by bill number, “S” is used to indicate Senate bills, while “H.R.” is

used for House bills. The bill number may be typed with or without punctuation. If no

punctuation is used, you must leave a space between the "h" and the "r" for bills in the

House. For example, for House bill number 2137, enter either “h.r. 2137” or “h r 2137”.

For Senate bill number 486, enter either “s. 486” or “s 486”.

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/bills.html>.

Congressional Bills

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF, and summary

Availability: 103rd Congress (1993-94) forward

Fielded Search: 103rd Congress forward

Browse: Catalog of Available Bills, 103rd Congress forward

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Legislative Applications

Congressional Directory

http://www.gpo.gov/congress/cong016.html

The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress, prepared by

the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). It presents short biographies of each member of the

Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers. It also lists officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C. government officials, governors of states

and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio, and television galleries. The Congressional Directory for the current Congress is updated irregularly, as changes

are provided by the JCP.

Special Features

* For photographs of House and Senate Members, officials of the Capitol, President, Vice

President and more, consult the Congressional Pictorial Directory <www.gpo.gov/congress/107_pictorial/index.html>.

Unique Searching Instructions

* A Member of Congress’ name may not be consistent throughout the directory since

Members may choose how they want their name to appear from year to year. Search for

known variations of a Member’s name in order to receive a comprehensive results list.

For example, (Robert OR Bob) ADJ Dole.

* Maps of each state’s Congressional district(s) are available by entering the state name

and the phrase “Congressional district*” in the search terms box and choosing the PDF

version. Truncate the word district since there may be more than one Congressional

district in the state. For example, Pennsylvania AND "Congressional District*".

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/directory.html>.

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF, and Summary

Availability: 104th Congress (1995-96) forward

Search: 104th Congress forward

Browse: 105th Congress forward

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Congressional Hearings

http://www.gpo.gov/congress/cong017.html

Congressional hearings are meetings of a committee or subcommittee to take testimony

in order to gather information and opinions on proposed legislation, conduct an investigation, or review the operation or other aspects of a Federal agency or program. These

meetings are generally open to the public. GPO Access contains selected House and Senate

hearings in their entirety.

Special Features

* To view a current catalog of House and Senate hearings available via GPO Access, click

on the "submit" button on the search page without entering any query terms, then select

the appropriate document from the results list. For example: Search produced no result. Here's the Catalog for database: 106_house_hearings.

* In addition to making hearings available on GPO Access, some committees make hearings available on their Web sites. GPO Access maintains a list of House committees

<www.gpo.gov/congress/house/index.html#house_committees> and Senate committees

<www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/index.html#senate_committees>. These lists provide

links to a committee’s Web site, membership; jurisdiction; rules; and publications processed by the committee that are available on GPO Access.

Unique Searching Instructions

* When searching by bill number, “S” is used to indicate Senate bills, while “H.R.” is

used for House bills. The bill number may be typed with or without punctuation. If no

punctuation is used, you must leave a space between the "h" and the "r" for bills in the

House. For example, for House bill number 2137, enter either “h.r. 2137” or “h r 2137”.

For Senate bill number 486, enter either “s. 486” or “s 486”.

* In transcription, laughter is noted in brackets. Since Congressional hearings not only

provide facts and opinions, but also jokes and laughter, it is possible to search for laughter by enclosing the laughter in brackets and in quotes. For example: "[laughter]".

* For specific search examples, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

help/hints/chearings.html>.

File Formats: ASCII text and PDF

Availability: 105th Congress (1997-98) forward

Fielded Search: 105th Congress forward

Browse: None

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http://www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aces150.html

Published daily when Congress is in session, the Congressional Record is the official record

of the debates and proceedings of the House and Senate. The current year’s Congressional

Record is updated by 11 a.m., except when late adjournment delays production.

The Congressional Record consists of four sections: the Daily Digest, the House section,

the Senate section, and the Extensions of Remarks. The Daily Digest serves as a table of contents for each issue. The House and Senate sections contain the proceedings for the separate

chambers of Congress. Finally, Extensions of Remarks include tributes, statements, and other

information that supplements statements made on the Congressional floor.

Special Application Features

* The Retrieve a Congressional Record page option at <www.gpo.gov/congress/

retrcrpg.html> retrieves a single page by entering a page number. This feature is available from volume 141 (1995) forward, in PDF only.

* Since the Congressional Record is the verbatim record of the proceedings and debates

of Congress, the date of the publication refers to the date the proceedings were recorded,

not the day of delivery.

Unique Searching Instructions

* Members of Congress are not referred to as Senator or Representative in the Congressional Record, but as Mr., Mrs., or Ms. The name will appear in all capital letters and be

positioned flush left when a Member is speaking.

* Page numbers in the Congressional Record are marked by either the letter “S” for Senate pages, “H” for House pages, “D” for Daily Digest pages, and “E” for Extension of

Remarks pages. When performing a page search in the Congressional Record, include

the word “page”, the section, and page number. For example: “page H1234”.

* Since the 1994 databases on GPO Access do not contain fields, a fielded search page is

not available for the 1994 Congressional Record. To search the 1994 CR use the multidatabase search page at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aaces002.html>.

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

record.html>.

Congressional Record

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF, and Summary

Availability: Volume 140 (1994) forward

Fielded Search: Volume 141 forward

Browse: None

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Legislative Applications

http://www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aaces190.html

The Congressional Record Index (CRI) serves as the index to the Congressional Record.

When Congress is in session, the Joint Committee on Printing publishes the Congressional Record Index biweekly. In print, the Congressional Record Index contains both the

index and the History of Bills and Resolutions. However, on GPO Access, the two parts of

the print index are two separate applications.

Special Application Features

* Entries in the 1998 Congressional Record Index are available in HTML format. Each

reference to a Congressional Record page is a hyperlink that will retrieve that single

page of the Congressional Record. Once a PDF file is open, Navigational tools at the

bottom of the screen allow you to view the previous page, next page, or a page number

that you enter in the "Go to page" box.

Unique Searching Instructions

* Members of Congress are listed alphabetically by last name in the Congressional Record

Index. Thus, users must search for individuals by entering the last name before the first

name. Additionally, users should include all forms of an individual’s first name, since

Members of Congress may choose how they want their name to appear in the Congressional Record. For instance, in the 1991 Congressional Record Index , Bob Dole is

listed as both “Dole, Bob” and “Dole, Robert.”

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

cri.html>.

Congressional

 Record Index

File Formats: ASCII text, HTML (1998 only)

Availability: 1983 forward

Fielded Search: 1983 forward

Browse: None

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http://www.gpo.gov/congress/cong005.html

Congressional Reports contains House, Senate, and executive reports. The current databases are updated irregularly, as reports become available.

Special Application Features

* A“List of Reports available online” appears as the first hit in every results list and lists

by report number all of the Congressional reports that are available via GPO Access.

* To view a current list of Congressional reports available via GPO Access for a given

Congress, click on the “submit” button from the search page without entering any query

terms. Next, select the appropriate ASCII text document from the results list. For example: Search produced no result. Here's the Catalog for database:

106_cong_reports.

Unique Searching Instructions

* To search by report number, enclose the report number in quotes. For example: when

searching for House Report 105-22, enter “105-22”. The returned documents may be

reports that bear the number you have entered as a query, or they may reference the

report number in their title or text, as in a regular subject search.

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

creports.html>.

Congressional Reports

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF, and Summary

Availability: 104th Congress (1995-96) forward

Fielded Search: 104th Congress forward

Browse: None

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Legislative Applications

GAO Reports

http://www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aces160.shtml

GAO Reports contain reports (“blue books”) on audits, surveys, investigations, and

evaluations of Federal programs conducted by the General Accounting Office (GAO). Most

reports are done at the request of members of Congress — often committee chairpersons

and ranking minority members. All published reports are included, with the exception of

correspondence and reports that are restricted or classified. The current year’s database is

updated within two business days of a report’s release.

Special Features

* Due to space limitations, GAO stores reports and testimonies on its own servers for a

limited period of time (no more than the last three months). GPO Access is the official

and permanent archive for GAO Reports.

* Report numbers that end in “R” are correspondence reports (e.g. HEHS-00-70R).

* “T” indicates that a report consists of testimony before the U.S. Senate (e.g. T-HEHS-98-

164).

* Report Series Abbreviations indicate the GAO division or office that performed the

analysis. For example: RCED stands for Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division. A list can be found at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

gaorpts.html#abbreviations>.

Unique Searching Instructions

* A report number should be enclosed in quotation marks and entered in the report-number search box. For example: “RCED-99-47”.

* To identify all reports in a report series, enter only the initial letters of the report number

in the report-number search box. For example: HEHS.

* GAO control numbers (e.g., B-285272) are not searchable in the report-number field.

However, a control number does appear on the cover letter that accompanies each report

and, therefore, can be used as a query in the full-text search box.

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

gaorpts.html>.

File Formats: ASCII text, PDF

Availability: 1993 forward

Fielded Search: 1993 forward

Browse: None

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Legislative Applications

http://www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aaces200.html

The History of Bills lists legislative actions on bills that are reported in the Congressional Record. In print, it is part of the Congressional Record Index, the biweekly publication from the Joint Committee on Printing, but on GPO Access it is a separate application.

Special Application Features

* To view a catalog of History of Bills documents available via GPO Access for a particular year, choose a year(s) from the scroll box and click on the "submit" button on the

search page without entering any query terms. Next, select the appropriate ASCII text

document from the results list. A catalog will be retrieved for any year of the History of

Bills that is highlighted in the scroll box on the search page. For example: Search produced no result. Here's the Catalog for database: 1999_hob.

Unique Searching Instructions

* When searching by report number, the word "report" should be abbreviated as "rept.".

The report number may be typed with or without punctuation. If no punctuation is used,

you must leave a space between the “h” or “s” and "rept." for reports in the House or

Senate, respectively. For example: "s. rept. 106-340" or “s rept 106-340”.

* When searching by public law number, the phrase "public law" should not be abbreviated. For example, “public law 103-40”.

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

hob.html>.

History of Bills

File Formats: ASCII text

Availability: 1983 forward

Fielded Search: 1983 forward

Browse: None

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Legislative Applications

http://www.gpo.gov/congress/cong018.html

The House Journal is the official record of proceedings of each legislative day in the

House of Representatives. It can include material such as corrections to the Congressional

Record, when members have unanimously decided to expunge remarks or extraneous matter

from the permanent edition of the Record. Certified copies of the House Journal are admissible in judicial proceedings (28 USC Sec. 1736). Publication of the Journal is required by the Constitution, except when the proceedings may require secrecy. The database is updated irregularly as the House provides information to GPO. Meanwhile, the

print version is published and distributed at the close of each session of Congress.

Special Application Features

* Instead of merely retrieving a single page or portion of a document, a search by page

number will retrieve the entire daily issue containing the specified page.

* In the table of sections, click on a particular year for the Index section to get a comprehensive alphabetical listing of subjects, agencies, committees, Members of Congress,

popular names of bills, and more. The listing includes abbreviated references to issue

dates. A particular issue can be accessed by entering the full issue date in quotation

marks in the Search Terms box (For example: “January 28, 1998”)

* More information about the House Journal and related House publications is available

from Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives <www.gpo.gov/

congress/house/precedents/deschler.html> and/or Hinds' Precedents of the House of

Representatives <www.gpo.gov/congress/house/precedents/hinds/hinds.html>.

Unique Searching Instructions

* To find roll-call votes, enter a subject in the search terms box and then either yeas or

nays. Enter the name of a Member of Congress to futher narrow the search results.

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

hjournal.html>.

House Journal

File Formats: ASCII text and PDF

Availability: 102nd (1991-92) to 105th (1997-98) Congresses

Search: 102nd to 105th Congresses

Browse: 102nd to 105th Congresses

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http://www.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html

Public Laws contain laws signed by the President. Laws signed by the President become known as “slip laws”. More specifically, they can either be public or private laws. At

the end of every session of Congress “slip laws” are compiled into the Statutes at Large

and are known as “session laws”. Every six years, the session laws are incorporated into

the United States Code, the codification of all general and permanent laws of the United

States.

Special Application Features

* To browse a current catalog of public laws available via GPO Access, choose the appropriate Congress from <www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html>. If a public law is not

listed in the catalog, it is not available electronically via GPO Access at that time.

* In the PDF files of the public laws online via GPO Access, the slip laws are displayed

exactly as they appear in the official printed version. Therefore, all side notes appear in

the margins in their original format. In the ASCII text files, however, the side notes

appear in double angle brackets within the body of the text. For example: <<NOTE:

District of Columbia Management Restoration Act of 1999.>>.

Unique Searching Instructions

* When searching by public law number, the phrase "public law" should not be abbreviated. For example: “public law 107-1”.

* When searching by Statutes at Large citation, include the volume number, the abbreviation “stat”, and the number of that particular law as assigned in the Statutes at Large.

For example: “110 stat 1345”.

* When searching by U.S. Code citation, include the title number, abbreviation “usc”, and

section number. For example: “15 USC 1024”.

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

plaws.html>.

Public Laws

File Formats: ASCII text and PDF

Availability: 104th Congress (1995-96) forward

Fielded Search: 104th Congress forward

Browse: 104th Congress forward

Legislative Applications

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http://www.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html

The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. The Office of the Law Revision Counsel, House of Representatives, publishes the U.S. Code every six years. The most recent publication was in

1994. To present the most current information, the Office of the Law Revision Counsel

also releases an annual supplement to the Code. Following each printed edition, GPO

Access provides access to 5 full supplements of the U.S. Code.

Special Application Features

* A list of U.S. Code titles based on broad subject terms is available in the helpful hints at

<www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/uscode.html#titles>.

Unique Searching Instructions

* When searching by U.S. Code citation, include the title number, the abbreviation “usc,”

and a section number. For example: “42usc1204”.

* When searching by public law number, the phrase "public law" should be abbreviated.

For example: “pub. l. 104-45” or “pub l 104-45”.

* When searching by Statutes at Large citation, include the volume number, the abbreviation “stat,” and the number of that particular law as assigned in the Statutes at Large.

For example: “110 stat 1345”.

* In print, the U.S. Code includes the Popular Names Index. The index lists acts by their

short title and the public law numbers that the act was assigned. To search by popular

name, include the phrase “popular name” and a keyword. For example, to find the

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, enter “popular name” and brady.

* To search for U.S. Code subsections, use an asterisk (*) with the citation. For example:

2USC661*.

* For specific searches, consult the helpful hints at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help/hints/

uscode.html>.

United States Code

Legislative Applications

File Formats: ASCII text

Availability: 1994 full revision plus yearly supplements

Fielded Search: 1994 forward

Browse: Latest complete supplement

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Application Update

 Schedule

The applications on GPO Access are updated at various times. The following chart

simplifies the schedule.

 * When Congress is in session

** In addition to future administrations, Public Papers from previous administrations will also be made available.

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The following were made available online as complete applications:

* Constitution of the United States of America

* Deschler’s Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives

* Department of the Interior - Inspector General Reports

* Hinds’ Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives

* House Rules and Manual

* Senate Manual

* United States Government Printing Office Style Manual

Supplements and future editions may be made available in the future.

Information on GPO Access typically dates back to 1994. Information prior to

1994 is not available online since the information does not exist in electronic

format. In order for GPO to disseminate this information, the information would

need to be rekeyed (typos and all), proofread, and would be expensive to produce. GPO will continue to produce an online version of future Federal information. To obtain information prior to 1994, consult a Federal depository library. To find a Federal depository library, go to <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/locators/findlibs/index.html>.

How far back does the information on GPO Access go?

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Finding Aids

GPO Access provides a number of finding aids to assist in searching or browsing

for Government information. A complete

list of Finding Aids can be found at

<www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/tools.html>.

Browse Topics

Browse Topics <www.gpo.gov/gpo

access/locators/topics/index.html> organizes official Government and military

Internet sites (as well as selected educational

and commercial sites) under approximately

170 subjects, based on the subject terms used

in GPO's Subject Bibliographies. Topics are

arranged alphabetically and include birds,

citizenship, health care, robotics, solar energy, women, and congressional information.

Each topic under Browse Topics lists the

most relevant and/or most specific government, military, or cooperative Web sites on

that topic. Links are arranged alphabetically,

and in order to give users an idea of the site's

content, short descriptions (or annotations)

are provided. Within these descriptions, further sub-links may be found for a given site.

Browse Topics is maintained by volunteer government information librarians and

is updated quarterly. This service is made

possible by the University of Central Oklahoma Chambers Library, in partnership with

the Federal Depository Library Program.

Browse Topics

classifies Federal

Goverment Web sites

based on general or

broad subject areas.

* * *

The Catalog of United

States Government

Publications (CGP)

indexes print and

electronic Government

information products

created by Federal

agencies. Use it to link

to Federal agency

online resources or

identify materials

distributed to Federal

depository libraries.

Users should note that agencies or organizations may change the content or structure of their Web site before the quarterly

update of the topics.

Catalog of U.S. Government

 Publications

The Catalog of United States Government

Publications (CGP) <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess

/locators/cgp/index.html> indexes print and

electronic Government information products

created by Federal agencies. Use it to link to

Federal agency online resources or to identify

materials distributed to Federal depository libraries. The CGP data set contains authoritative bibliographic records generated since

January 1994, and is updated daily.

Specific fields are available for searching:

keyword, title, SuDocs class number, depository item number, GPO stock number, and/or

publication date. Each entry in your results list

allows you to view a short or full record.

For indexing prior to 1994, consult the

print version of this index, Monthly

Catalog of United States Government

Publications (MOCAT), which dates

from the passage of the Printing Act

of 1895 and is available at most depository libraries.

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Many records for Government information

products available from agency Web sites

are included, with direct links to the electronic text of the document.

The Short Record provides a userfriendly display with the basic information needed to locate or cite a

source.

The Full Record provides the complete and detailed MARC (MachineReadable Cataloging) record for the

publication.

Federal Bulletin Board

The Federal Bulletin Board (FBB)

<fedbbs.access.gpo.gov> electronic bulletin

board service has been operational since

1992. The FBB enables Federal agencies and

offices within GPO to provide public access

to Federal information in a variety of electronic formats. The FBB is available via the

Web, FTP, and Telnet.

A few Federal agencies, such as the Office

of Foreign Assets Control, continue to use the

FBB as a means to distribute electronic files

to the public. GPO also continues to add files

to the FBB relating to the Federal Depository

Library Program and GPO Access, including

depository shipping lists and GPO Access

source files and reports.

Users can access archival information

from the White House and Executive

Branch, as well as independent agencies such

as the Merit Systems Protection Board and

the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

Supreme Court opinions and files are also

available from the 1992 to 2000 terms.

Federal Agency Internet Sites

Federal Agency Internet Sites <www.

gpo.gov/gpoaccess/locators/agency/

index.html> is a service of Louisiana State

University Libraries in partnership with the

Federal Depository Library Program. It allows users to search for or browse a list of

Federal Agency Web sites based on the government structure in The United States Government Manual. In the browse feature, Federal Agencies are divided into six categories: executive; judicial; legislative; independent; boards, commissions, and committees;

and quasi-official.

Federal Web Sites Hosted

 by GPO Access

The server capacity and bandwidth put

in place for GPO Access has allowed the

U.S. Government Printing Office to offer

Web development and hosting services to

other agencies of the Federal Government.

GPO currently hosts the main Web sites of

16 agencies, as well as a number of discrete

online Federal publications. Recent additions include the Web sites of the National

Mediation Board, the Supreme Court of the

United States, and the U.S.–China Security

Review Commission. A complete list of

hosted sites may be found at <www.gpo.gov/

gpoaccess/sites.html>.

Federal agencies use

the Federal Bulletin

Board as a means to

distribute electronic

files in various file

formats to the public.

* * *

The server capacity

and bandwidth put in

place for GPO Access

has allowed the U.S.

Government Printing

Office to offer Web

development and

hosting services to

other agencies of the

Federal Government.

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Government Information on

 Selected Internet Sites

To find information on Federal agency

Web sites, GPO Access includes a search

engine and an interface that links directly to

the search engine on a particular agency’s

Web site. This list may be found at

<www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/locators/search/

index.html>.

Pathway Indexer: Searches U.S.

Federal agency, military, and selected

educational sites as sanctioned by Federal agencies. This tool does not retrieve information from any state or

foreign government Internet sites.

Maintained by GPO.

Agency Search Engines: To search

a specific agency’s Web site, choose

an agency from the scroll box to go

directly to that agency’s search engine.

Government Information

 Locator Service (GILS)

The Government Information Locator

Service (GILS) <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/

gils/index.html> databases contain records

that identify public information resources

throughout the Federal Government, describe information available in those sources,

and provide assistance in obtaining information on those sources.

GILS records can represent different levels of information, from the macro to the

micro, (i.e. from an agency's Web site to a

single product, (such as a publication, artifact, meeting, electronic database, et cetera).

The information contained in a GILS record

may or may not be available in electronic

format. When referencing a Web-based product, an HTML GILS record should contain

a direct link to that product. There are two

types of GILS records on GPO Access:

Agency Records: A collection of

agency GILS records (created by those

agencies or by GPO) maintained on

GPO Access that describe a wide variety of information products and resources available from Federal agencies.

Pointer Records: Pointer GILS

records provide a hypertext link to an

agency's collection of GILS records

mounted on non-GPO Access servers.

Some agencies prefer to host their own

GILS records. Therefore, GPO Access includes Pointer records to those agencies

whenever possible. In addition, not all agencies have created GILS records to date.

Both simple and fielded search pages, as

well as a browse feature, are provided for GILS.

Using the scroll box on either the simple or

fielded search page, you may choose to search

all GILS records, Pointer records, or the records

of a specific agency hosted on GPO Access.

Locate a Federal Depository Library

There are approximately 1,300 Federal

depository libraries throughout the United

States and its territories, with at least one in

almost every congressional district. All provide free public access to a wide variety of

Federal Government information in both

There are two types of

GILS records on GPO

Access: Agency

Records and Pointer

Records.

* * *

Federal depository

libraries provide free

public access to a

wide variety of

Federal government

information and have

expert staff available

to assist users. To find

a Federal depository

library, search by state

abbreviation, area

code, or congressional

district.

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tangible and electronic formats, and have expert staff available to assist users.

To find a Federal depository library

<www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/locators/findlibs/

index.html>, enter either a state abbreviation, area code, or Congressional district in

the search terms box. Up to five states and

three area codes may be searched at one time.

Only one Congressional district may be

searched at a time.

Each results list includes the library’s depository number, address, phone, fax, and

Web address (if available). Some libraries

are indicated in the search results as a "REGIONAL" library. There are currently fiftythree Regional libraries. All states have or

are covered by a Regional library. Regional

libraries receive all materials distributed

through the Federal Depository Library

Full bibliographic information for NET

and former BET entries is available in

the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP).

Each week, New

Electronic Titles

(NET) contains a list

of online Federal

information products

recently added to the

FDLP Electronic

Collection, such as

unique titles,

periodicals, databases,

and Web sites.

Program. Other libraries select materials according to the needs of their communities.

New Electronic Titles (NET)

New Electronic Titles (NET)

<www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/locators/net/

index.html> was released in July 2000 and

replaced Browse Electronic Titles (BET).

Each week NET contains a list of online U.S.

Government information products recently

added to the Superintendent of Documents,

Federal Depository Library Electronic Collection (FDLP/EC). These publications may

be new to the online environment, and may

be available on GPO Access, Federal agency

Web sites, FDLP partnerships, and/or the

FDLP/EC archive. Entries link to a variety

of online resources, including unique titles,

periodicals, databases, and Web sites.

The NET main page provides links to the

four most recent weekly additions to the

NET. After four weeks, lists move to the

NET archive.

The Federal Depository Library Program

(FDLP) logo, shown above, indicates that

a library is a Federal depository for U.S.

Government documents. Public access to

the Government documents collection is

guaranteed by public law. (Title 44, United

States Code)

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Tracking Legislation..................................................................................47

Tracking Regulations.................................................................................51

Finding Contracting Opportunities............................................................53

Finding Government Publications.............................................................55

Relating GPO Access

 Applications

Many of the applications on GPO Access can be used in conjunction with one another.

For example, the Congressional Bills, History of Bills, Congressional Record, Public Laws,

and United States Code applications can all be used to obtain a detailed history of a bill.

The following sections demonstrate how various applications relate to each other.

These examples are performed in archived databases in order to show you the necessary

steps involved in relating GPO Access databases. Due to the changing nature of the databases on GPO Access, these searches may not work exactly the same in the future.

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Tracking Legislation

This section illustrates how to use GPO

Access to obtain to detailed history of a bill

or to track legislation currently proposed in

Congress. The various applications used are

as follows:

1. Congressional Bills

2. History of Bills

3. Congressional Record

4. Public Laws

5. United States Code

Congressional Bills

This application contains all published

versions of every Congressional bill from

the 103rd Congress forward. To find the

Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act:

1. Go to the Congressional Bills

page at <www.gpo.gov/congress/

cong009.html>.

2. Select the 105th Congress from

the scroll box.

3. Enter “stamp out breast cancer”

in the search terms box.

The result list will contain every published

version of H.R. 1585 (the short title of which

is the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act). However, none of the documents will explain the

history of the bill or allow you to read the proceedings of Congress when they discussed it.

History of Bills

History of Bills is actually an index to

the Congressional Record. Its entries chronologically list the various actions taken on

a bill, and include the pages of the Congressional Record where the proceedings can be

found. To find H.R. 1585:

1. Go to the History of Bills page at

<www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/

aaces200.html>.

2. Select the 1997 and 1998 History

of Bills in the scroll box. Since

the 105th Congress spanned both

1997 and 1998, both years should

be selected to ensure that this information is located.

3. Enter “h.r. 1585” in the search

terms box.

The results list will include an entry from

the 1997 History of Bills, along with a hit

reading “Search produced no result. Here’s

the catalog for database: 1998_hob”. BeThis act allowed the U.S. Postal Service to produce $0.40 stamps. When

purchased, the extra $0.08 goes towards breast cancer research. Within

5 days, both the Senate and the House

introduced bills that would establish

the breast cancer research stamps (S.

726 and H.R. 1585 respectively).

Eventually, the Senate bill died and the

House bill went on to become a law.

Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act

(H.R. 1585), 105th Congress

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Congressional Record Issue

Page number in the Congressional Record

Year

Example 4: The 1997 History of Bills entry for H.R. 1585.

Public Law Number

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cause H.R. 1585 was passed in 1997, it does

not have an entry for 1998. However, continue to check both years of a Congressional

session to ensure that you get all the information pertinent to your search.

The 1997 entry lists the history of H.R. 1585

(see example 4). For each step along the path

of the bill, the entry lists the date and page number of the Congressional Record document in

which the proceedings are found. In addition,

the entry shows the date that the President

signed H.R. 1585, and provides the bill’s public law number: Public Law 105-41.

Congressional Record

The Congressional Record contains the

official record of the proceedings and debates of Congress. Use the page numbers

from the History of Bills entry for H.R. 1585

to find the Congressional proceedings in

which the bill was discussed. For example,

page H5521 of the 1997 Congressional

Record contains the text of a debate about

the bill. To find those proceedings:

1. Go to the Congressional Record

page at <www.gpo.gov/

gpoaccess/aces/aces150.html>.

2. Select the 1997 Congressional

Record.

3. Enter “page h5521” in the search

terms box.

This search results in two Congressional

Record documents: “Regarding Interference

of European Commission in Merger of

Boeing Co.,” which ends on page H5521,

and Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act, which begins on the same page.

Public Laws

Contains the text of public laws. When

the President signs an act, it becomes known

as a “slip law”, named for the slip of paper

on which it is printed. The text of a public

law is identical to that of an enrolled bill.

An enrolled bill is the version that has been

passed by both chambers of Congress and is

waiting for the President’s signature.

There are several ways to find a document

in GPO Access’ Public Laws application; however, this exercise focuses on searching by

public law number. To find H.R. 1585:

1. Go to the Public Laws page at:

<www.gpo.gov/nara/

nara005.html>.

2. Select the 105th Congress public

laws in the scroll box.

3. Enter “public law 105-41” in the

search terms box.

The text of Public Law 105-41 is identical to the enrolled version of H.R. 1585;

however, the public law contains one piece

of additional information. At the top right

The short title or popular name of a bill,

such as The Stamp Out Breast Cancer

Act, does not appear in History of Bills

entries and therefore cannot be used as a

search in this application.

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corner of the public law, the Statutes at Large

citation for that legislation appears. The Statutes at Large is a compilation of all the slip

laws from a session of Congress.

United States Code

After it went through all of the above

mentioned steps, H.R. 1585 became part of

the United States Code, the codification of

the general and permanent laws of the U.S.

The text of the Stamp Out Breast Cancer

Act did not enter the U.S. Code verbatim;

The format for searching by public law

number in the United States Code differs from the Public Laws application.

rather it was comprised of amended pre-existent language.

To find the amended language, follow

these steps in the U.S. Code:

1. Go to the U.S. Code <www.gpo.

gov/congress/cong013.html>.

2. Enter “pub. l. 105-41” in the

search terms box.

Example 5: An act affected by a public law in the U.S. Code.

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Tracking Regulations

GPO Access has a number of resources

for tracking rules and regulations set by Federal agencies. The various applications used

are as follows:

1. Code of Federal Regulations

2. List of CFR Sections Affected

3. Federal Register

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

To find regulations concerning sea turtle

conservation, begin with the CFR. To retrieve the pertinent rules:

1. Go to the “Search the entire set

of CFR databases by keyword”

page <www.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/

index.html#page1>.

2. Enter “sea turtles” in the

search terms box.

The first hit should be 50CFR223.206--

Sec. 223.206 Exceptions to prohibitions

relating to sea turtles. Since each title of

Remember that

Federal regulations

are in a constant state

of change. The

search outlined below

will only work until

October 2001, when

Title 50 of the CFR is

updated and the

information in the

LSA for Titles 42-50

is reset.

the CFR is updated only once a year, there

is a chance that the information in this document is outdated. The List of CFR Sections

Affected provides a cumulative list of CFR

sections that have been changed at any time

since each CFR title was last updated.

List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA)

The LSA lists the sections of the CFR that

have been changed since the last update to

each title and displays the page in the Federal Register on which the rules that made

those changes begin. To find the most current LSA entry for Title 50 of the CFR:

1. Go to the LSA page <www.gpo.

gov/nara/lsa/aboutlsa.html>.

2. Select the link in the left margin

that reads Browse LSA.

3. Select the most current issue of

the LSA, in this case April 2001.

4. Scroll to Title 50 and select

either Text or PDF.

That document will list the sections of

Title 50 that have been changed since the

last update. Part 223 indicates that section

223.206 has changed. The listing shows that

the change can be found on page 1603 of

the 2001 Federal Register.

However, because the LSA appears

monthly and the Federal Register daily, the

information can still be outdated. Remem50 CFR 223.205 states that the prohibitions listed in the Endangered Species Act (16 USC 1538) apply to sea

turtles and prohibits further acts against

sea turtles. 50 CFR 223.206 lists exceptions to these prohibitions.

(50 CFR 223.206)

Exceptions to prohibitions

relating to sea turtles

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ber to use the Supplemental Services, the

“Current List of CFR Parts Affected” and

“Last Month’s List of CFR Parts Affected”

to see if your part has been changed since

the most recent issue of the LSA.

Federal Register (FR)

Using the page number found in the LSA,

check the Federal Register to find the most

current language in the regulations concerning sea turtle conservation. To find the document that begins on that page of the FR.

1. Go to the Federal Register

fielded search page <www.

gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/

aces140.html>.

2. The 2001 Federal Register

should be selected by default,

but make sure the box is

checked for 2001 only.

3. In the search terms box enter

“page 1603”.

The result list contains one document,

fr09ja01R Sea Turtle Conservation;

Shrimp Trawling Requirements.

This search may also be performed using

the LSA’s Supplemental Services.

1. In the list of Supplemental Services, select “Retrieve a Federal

Register Page (PDF)”.

2. Select the 2001 Federal Register.

3. In the search terms box, enter 1603.

This search will retrieve page 1603 of the

2001 Federal Register. When a page is retrieved, only the first page, not the entire document will be retrieved. If the notice spans onto

more than one page, use the link at the lower

right of the page that reads “Next Page” and

continue until the end of the notice.

Example 6: Find updates to 50CFR223.206 in the List of Sections Affected (LSA).

CFR Part FR page

number

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This section explains how to find contracting opportunities using U.S. Government Procurement Notices and Award Notices in CBDNet.

U.S. Government

 Procurement Notices

To find contracting opportunities regarding orthopedic clinics in Arizona:

1. Go to the CBDNet fielded search

page <cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/

search2.html>.

2. To find current contracting

opportunties, make sure only the

“active notices” box is checked.

3. In the “Full Text of the CBD”

field enter “orthopedic clinics”.

4. Under “Part” select U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS.

5. In the “Contracting Officer’s Address” field, enter Arizona and hit

“Submit”.

This search results in one hit: “Q-ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC SERVICES”. This

notice describes the award and provides contact information for the contracting officer

to whom bids can be submitted.

Contract Award Notices

Contract Awards can also lead to business

Keep in mind that

notices are added to

the CBDNet every

day and that notices

remain in the “active”

database for only

fifteen days, then

moved to an archive.

When searched at a

later date, this

example will

undoubtedly give

much different results

or none at all. If no

results are found, try

new search terms or

search the archive.

Finding Contracting

 Opportunities

opportunities through subcontracting. To find

contract awards for guided missiles:

1. Go to the CBDNet fielded search

page and make sure only the

“archive notices” box is checked.

2. In the “Full Text of the CBD”

field enter “guided missiles”.

3. Under the heading reading “Part”

select CONTRACT AWARDS.

This search will result in a list of notices

showing who won guided missile contracts.

Due to the large amounts of money involved

with military contracting, subcontracting

opportunities may be available. Use the contact information provided in the notices to

inquire about these opportunities.

When an industry’s Classification

Code is known, use the Classification

Code browse table at <cbdnet.access.

gpo.gov/browse.html>. The browse

table provides a list of all notices for

that Classification Code currently residing in the active database. Classification codes are divided into two

primary groups: Services, and Supplies. A list of the titles and examples

of the codes are available at

<cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/class.html>.

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Example 7: A contracting notice from CBDNet.

Submission Number: The alphanumeric citation assigned to a notice when submitted by an agency.

Point of Contact: The names and phone numbers of officials to contact in regard to the notice.

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The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), Locate a Federal Depository

Library, and the U.S. Government Online

Bookstore can be used in conjunction with

one another to:

1. Find Federal publications in print

and electronic formats;

2. Locate which libraries in a particular area carry that publication;

3. Purchase the publication from the

U.S. Government Online Bookstore.

The following example illustrates how to

identify, locate, and purchase documents relating to the threat posed to the United States

by the Soviet Union during the early years

of the Cold War.

Catalog of U.S. Government

 Publications (CGP)

The CGP indexes all publications in the

Federal Depository Library Program. To find

a publication on the Soviet threat posed during the early Cold War years:

1. Go to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications <www.gpo.

gov/gpoaccess/locators/cgp>.

2. In the “Keyword Search” field,

enter soviet AND “Cold War”.

In the search results, find Assessing the

Soviet Threat: The Early Cold War Years.

The short record of

the CGP lists basic

bibliographic

information,

including ordering

information.

Finding Government

 Publications

Each record in the results list will have

the following: Locate Libraries, Short

Record, and Full Record.

* The short record lists the basic

bibliographic information and

ordering information, such as the

price and Superintendent of

Documents stock number.

* The full record contains the complete MARC record.

* “Locate Libraries” enables users

to find exactly what libraries in

their area carry that particular

publication.

Locate Libraries

To find libraries in a specific area that

carry this publication, follow these steps:

1. Click on the “Locate Libraries”

link that appears in the search results list in the CGP.

2. Enter either a state abbreviation ,

such as KS, or an area code, such

as 316.

When a title is available online, a URL

will be provided. In this case, Assessing the Soviet Threat: The Early Cold

War Years is available at <purl.access.

gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2757>.

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Clicking “All” rather than “Submit” will

provide a list of every Federal depository library that carries that publication, regardless

of state or area code.

U.S. Government Online Bookstore

Since CGP records may provide purchasing information, such as the GPO stock number, it is easy to determine if the publication

is available for purchase through the U.S.

Government Bookstore. To find the publication, Assessing the Soviet Threat: The

Early Cold War Years, mentioned above:

Example 8: A short record from the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.

1. Go to the U.S. Government

Online Bookstore at

<bookstore.gpo.gov>.

2. In the search terms box, enter the

reports stock number: “041-015-

00191-4”.

Because this search is so specific, it returns only the record for that particular publication. The text link provides a brief abstract of the publication and the “Secure Order” icon leads to GPO’s online order function. For an explanation of GPO’s online

ordering process, go to <bookstore.gpo.gov/

prf/ordinfo.html>.

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Order Submission

Customers may submit orders to the Government Printing Office via the Internet

<bookstore.gpo.gov>, phone (toll-free 866-

512-1800 and DC Metro Area 202-512-

1800), fax (202-512-2250), teletype (710-

822-9413; ANSWERBACK USGPO

WSH), or postal mail:

Superintendent of Documents

P.O. Box 371954

Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954

Orders may also be submitted to any of

the U.S. Government Bookstores located

throughout the country. Customized bookstore Web pages, including phone numbers,

store hours, postal addresses, as well as driving directions and maps for each store are

available at <bookstore.gpo.gov/locations>.

Payment in U.S. dollars must accompany

all orders. The Government Printing Office

accepts the following methods of payment:

* Checks drawn on U.S. banks

* International Visa, MasterCard,

Discover/NOVUS, and American

Express accounts

* Superintendent of Documents

(SOD) deposit accounts

* International postal money orders

More information is available at

<bookstore.gpo.gov/prf/ordinfo.html>.

The U.S. Government Online Bookstore

<bookstore.gpo.gov> enables users to

search, browse, and order U.S. Government

publications available from GPO.

Finding a Product

The Sales Product Catalog (SPC), the

U.S. Government Online Bookstore’s main

search feature, contains abstracts of every

item available for purchase, with the option

of buying most items online. Use the SPC

to find forthcoming material, as well as titles

that have been recently superseded or have

gone out of print. Available media include

print publications, CD-ROMs, diskettes, microfiche, videotapes, maps, posters, and

more. The SPC is updated daily.

Users can perform a simple or fielded

search of the SPC. The simple search appears

on the U.S. Government Online Bookstore

homepage. The fielded search can be found at

<bookstore.gpo.gov/prf/prffield.html>.

Browse features are also available for more

generalized shopping. Choose a category from

the pull-down menu on the homepage to view

a list of products. Browse features are also

available for various special collections, such

as CD-ROMs, Subscriptions, Electronic Products, and the What’s New list.

Updated daily, the

Sales Product

Catalog (SPC) allows

users to search for

and order

Government

information products.

* * *

Available media

include print

publications, CDROMs, diskettes,

microfiche,

videotapes, and more.

U.S. Government

 Online Bookstore

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Example 9: The U.S. Government Online Bookstore homepage as of June 11, 2001.

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Search Tips

* Enclose any phrases, including stock numbers, in quotation marks (“l”).

* Each entry has a "TEXT" link. Click on

this link for a detailed description of each

product.

* Only items currently available for sale

have a icon. To add an item

to the shopping cart, click on the icon.

* Boolean operators must be capitalized

when using the Sales Product Catalog

(SPC) or they will be treated as stopwords.

Shopping Cart

Publications selected for purchase are

added to a shopping cart. The shopping cart

displays the quantity, an item's stock number, title, price, and provides the total cost.

Up to twenty publications may be ordered

at one time using the shopping cart feature.

To add items to the shopping cart:

At this time, only the comprehensive

search interface may be used to add multiple publications to the shopping cart. To

remove an item from the shopping cart, enter a quantity of zero and hit “Apply

Changes”.

After selecting "Finalize Order," users are

asked to enter their name, method of payment, and any other relevant information.

Orders may be changed at any time prior to

clicking on the "Send Order" button. When

ready, submit the order online, print the order form and then fax or mail the form to

GPO, or telephone the GPO Order and Information Desk.

Encryption and Privacy

GPO Access features an encryption service that ensures private, secure transactions

for customers who submit electronic orders

by credit card or SOD deposit account

through the U.S. Government Online Bookstore.

Personal information supplied by a user

when submitting an order via GPO Access,

phone, fax, or e-mail is used for fulfilling

that order. This information may be used to

notify customers of new products that may

be of interest to them. GPO only provides

names and addresses, upon request, to the

publishing agency of the specific product

purchased.

$ Secure Order

Boolean operators

must be capitalized

when using the SPC.

* * *

Only items currently

available for sale

have a “Secure

Order” icon. Click on

the icon to add an

item to the shopping

cart.

* * *

You may order up to

twenty publications

at one time using the

shopping cart feature.

1. Perform a search and choose the

 icon.

2. To add items, choose “Return to

Search Results” or "Perform a

New Search" on the Shopping

Cart contents page. Then choose

a "Secure Order" icon from either

the previous or new search results.

3. When finished, choose the "Finalize Order" icon on the Shopping Cart contents page.

$ Secure Order

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Example 10: The U.S. Government Online Bookstore shopping cart.

When finished, choose “Finalize Order” to

enter your billing and shipping

information.

If you change the quantity for an item, be

sure to hit “Apply Changes” to recalculate

the total price.

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Ben’s Guide to U.S.

 Government for Kids

Ben’s Guide <bensguide.gpo.gov> serves

as the educational component of GPO Access

by providing learning tools for K-12 students,

parents, and educators. With Benjamin

Franklin as a guide, the site teaches how the

Federal Government works, explains the use

of the primary source materials available on

GPO Access, and shows how to use GPO Access to carry out civic responsibilities.

Introducing U.S. Government

The topics on Ben’s Guide are written to

reflect the reading level and curriculum of

each grade range. For instance, the topics in

the K-2 grade range are written in a larger

font, with graphics to supplement the easyto-read text. Topics in this section include:

Our Nation

Our Government

Your Neighborhood

Ben’s ABCs

Symbols of U.S. Government

As students progress through the grade

ranges, a standard set of topics emerge. They

include:

Historical Documents

Branches of Government

How Laws Are Made

National versus State Government

Election Process

Citizenship

The depth and complexity of these topics progresses through the grade ranges. For

example, “How Laws Are Made” starts with

an explanation of a law, who makes laws,

and how they are passed. In the 6-8 grade

range, the International Dolphin Conservation Act is tracked with links to the official

documents on GPO Access. Finally, the 9-

12 grade range teaches students how to

search for the documents and track the bill

using the resources on GPO Access.

In addition to the lessons on Ben’s Guide,

print and online games and activities are provided to reinforce the topics. Meanwhile, the

site also provides a unique section for parents and educators, complete with curriculum information, child-oriented Federal

products available for purchase through the

U.S Government Online Bookstore via GPO

Access, and more.

Ben’s Guide serves as

the educational

component of GPO

Access.

* * *

Ben’s Guide links

students to ageappropriate, official

Federal Web sites that

provide further

information on a

subject.

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Using Ben’s Guide as a

 Learning Tool

The information on Ben’s Guide is in the

public domain and may be used without restriction. While trademarks are pending on

the Ben graphics and the title, they may be

used for educational purposes. More information may be found at <bensguide.gpo.gov

/pt/learning.html>.

U.S. Government Resources

Ben’s Guide links to official Federal sites

that provide further information on a subject.

Example 11: The Grades 3-5 chalkboard on Ben’s Guide as of June 11, 2001.

Wherever possible, links are provided to the

grade-specific version of this information. And,

just as GPO Access provides locator services

to U.S. Government Web sites, Ben’s Guide

provides a similar service, linking to U.S. Government Web sites developed for kids.

AskBen

Questions or suggestions may be sent to

Ben at <askBen@gpo.gov>. Replies are received within 24 hours, except on weekends

and Federal holidays.

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Choose the "Help" link from the navigation bar to access a collection of help features,

including user feedback. GPO relies heavily

on user feedback to improve its services.

Self Help Tools

The information presented in this training book is based on information that can

be found in the "Help" feature at <www.

gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help.html>. The "Help"

page is available through the navigational

links found at the top of GPO Access pages.

Site Search and Site Contents, available from

the navigational links, are additional sources

for locating information on GPO Access.

GPO Access User Support Team

Questions and comments regarding GPO

Access can be directed to the GPO Access

User Support Team, available Monday

through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST,

except Federal holidays.

Toll-free: 1-888-293-6498

DC Area: 202-512-1530

Fax: 202-512-1262

E-mail: gpoaccess@gpo.gov

User Support

GPO Order and Information Desk

For assistance with print publications

and/or CD-ROM orders contact the GPO

Order and Information Desk, available Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

EST, except Federal holidays. Please wait

at least one week before inquiring about the

status of an order.

Toll-free: 1-866-512-1800

DC Area: 202-512-1800

Fax: 202-512-2250

E-mail: orders@gpo.gov

AskLPS

For questions pertaining to the policy and

procedures of the Federal Depository Library

Program (FDLP), including issues related to

the selection and acquisition of Federal Government information, please contact

askLPS@gpo.gov.

Federal Depository Libraries

For additional help researching Federal

information, contact a Federal depository

library. These libraries provide free public

access to a wide variety of Federal government information in both print and electronic

formats, and have expert staff available to

assist users. To find a Federal depository library, go to <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/locators/findlibs/index.html>.

Updates to this training manual may be

downloaded from the “Help” page at

<www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/help.html>.

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Example 12: The Comments and Questions page as of June 11, 2001.

User Feedback

GPO is constantly working to improve its services, and values the feedback received

from users. Questions and comments may be sent to <gpoaccess@gpo.gov> or via the

Web at <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/amail001.shtml>.

When using this form, the Web page last visited will appear as well as a

user’s browser information to assist the GPO Access User Support Team.

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Exercises

Below are some practice exercises to assist you in learning how to find official Federal

Government information using GPO Access.

a. What is the short title of this piece of legislation?

b. Who introduced this bill and what is the bill number?

c. Which committee reported on this bill and what was the date of the full

committee mark-up?

d. What was the final vote on the bill and when was it signed into law?

e. Find the citation to this law in the U.S. Code.

1. Public Law 104-145 amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Act of 1994 to require the release of relevant information to protect the public

from violent offenders. Retrieve the public law.

a. What is the CFR citation for this regulation?

b. What is the fine for tampering with lavatory smoke detectors?

c. Has this regulation been affected by a final rule in the Federal Register

since this CFR title was last published?

3. Federal Aviation Adminstration regulations state that smoking is prohibited in

aircraft lavatories. Retrieve the regulation.

a. What is the popular name for this act?

b. What is the public law number?

c. Is this public law available on GPO Access? If so, retrieve the public

law. If not, why?

2. Unauthorized cable TV reception is stipulated in 47 USC 553 (a)(1). Retrieve

this USC citation.

a. Part 668 is further divided into subparts. Pull up the text of Subpart B,

which is entitled “Standards for Participation in Title IV, HEA Programs.”

b. This subpart mentions that a sample default management plan is included

in Appendix H to this part. What are two different ways to access the

text of Appendix H?

4. Part 668 of CFR Title 34 deals with general provisions for student financial

assistance programs in postsecondary education. Pull up this entire part in PDF

or text format.

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7. Find the testimony report for Free Trade Area of the Americas.

a. the phone number for the Office of Public Affairs, Department of

Veterans Affairs;

b. the complete diagram of the branches of the U.S. Government;

c. the names of the quasi-official agencies of the U.S. Government;

d. the name of the Secretary of State. Is this the current Secretary? If not,

find the current Secretary of State.

6. Using the U.S. Goverment Manual, find:

a. the point of contact;

b. the submission number;

c. the response date (if it is a presolitation notice or sources sought notice).

10. What type of computer-related contract oppportunities are currently available in Virginia through the U.S. Government? Pull up a notice and find:

a. Note the number of pages and publisher.

b. Add this item to the shopping cart and order three copies.

c. Add the 2000 edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook to the

shopping cart.

d. Fill in the order form, but do not submit the order.

8. Using theU.S. Government Online Bookstore, find thePocket Guide to Chemical

Hazards, and do the following:

a. What is the executive order number?

b. When did this order go into effect?

5. In January 2001, President Clinton issued an executive order prohibiting

the importation of diamonds from Sierra Leone.

a. Is this title available online?

b. Which library in the 610 area code has this publication?

c. Is this title available for purchase? If so, at what cost? If not, why?

9. Find the publication Acid rain and our nation's capital: a guide to effects on

buildings and monuments, and answer the following:

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Answers

Search Public Laws <www.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html> for “pub. l. 104-145”.

Pull up Pub.L. 104-145 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law

Enforcement Act of 1994 to require the release of relevant information to protect

the public from sexually violent offenders. (See page 37)

a. Megan’s Law

b. Zimmer, Dunn, and Deal* -- H.R. 2137

c. Committee on the Judiciary

d. House: 418-0/Senate: Unanimous -- May 17, 1996**

e. 42USC13701

*Search History of Bills <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aaces200.html> for

“h.r. 2137” to find who introduced the bill and when it was signed into law.

Pull up hob96 H.R. 2137--A bill to amend the Violent Crime Control and

Law. (See page 35)

**Search Congressional Reports <www.gpo.gov/congress/cong005.html> for

“h. rept. 104-555” to find the results of the final vote. Pull up H.Rpt.104-879

REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE

JUDICIARY.

1. Public Law 104-145 amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Act of 1994 to require the release of relevant information to protect the public

from violent offenders. Retrieve the public law.

Please keep in mind that the answers provided in this book are not necessarily the only

way to locate this information on GPO Access.

Search U.S. Code for 47USC553 and pull up 47USC Sec. 553.

Unauthorized reception of cable service.

a. Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984*

b. Public Law 98-549*

c. This public law will not be available on GPO Access. Information on

GPO Access typically dates back to 1994. (See page 40)

*Search U.S. Code for “popular name” AND cable. Pull up POPNAM

Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984. (See page 38)

2. Unauthorized cable TV reception is stipulated in 47 USC 553 (a)(1). Retrieve

this USC citation.

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Go to the Code of Federal Regulations browse page for Title 34 and enter

"part 668" in the search terms box. Pull up 34CFR668-- PART 668--

STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS. (See page 22)

a. Go to Title 34, deselect Title 34, check Volume 3, and enter “part 668”

AND “subpart b” in the search terms box. Pull up 34CFR668-- Subpart

B--Standards for Participation in Title IV, HEA Programs.

b. Either pull up the entire part or use the browse table to go down to

34CFR668 and pull up the last document, which is 668.175 -- Alternative

standards and requirements. Appendix H

4. Part 668 of CFR Title 34 deals with general provisions for student financial

assistance programs in postsecondary education. Pull up this entire part in PDF

or text format.

Go to the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents <www.gpo.gov/

nara/nara003.html>. Search the 2001 database for “Sierra Leone”. Pull up

pd22ja01 Executive Order 13194--Prohibiting the Importation of Rough

Diamonds. (See page 27)

a. Executive Order 13194

b. January 19, 2001, 12:01 a.m. EST

5. In January 2001, President Clinton issued an executive order prohibiting

the importation of diamonds from Sierra Leone.

Choose Title 14 (Aeronautics and Space) from the CFR browse table

<www.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html>. Deselect Title 14, select the check

boxes pertaining to the Federal Aviation Administration, and search for smoking

AND lavatory. Choose the document, 14CFR135.127-- Sec. 135.127 Passenger

information requirements and smoking prohibitions. (See page 22)

a. 14CFR135.127

b. A penalty of up to $2,000.

c. No (as of April 2001)*

*Browse the List of Sections Affected (LSA) <www.gpo.gov/nara/lsa/

browslsa.html> to find 14CFR135.127. If this citation does not appear, then

this regulation has not been affected since the title’s last update. If it does

appear, a reference to the Federal Register page affecting this regulation

will be provided. (See page 22)

3. Federal Aviation Adminstration regulations state that smoking is prohibited in

aircraft lavatories. Retrieve the regulation.

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Search GAO Reports <www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess/aces/aces160.shtml> for

“free trade area of the americas”. Pull up [GAO-01-706T ] Free Trade Area

of the Americas: April 2001 Meetings Set Stage for Hard Bargaining to Begin.

(See page 34)

7. Find the testimony report for Free Trade Area of the Americas.

Use the browse feature for the U.S. Government Manual <www.gpo.gov/

nara/browse-gm-00.html>. (See page 26)

a. 202–273–5700

b. Browse the Manual to pull up Chart: The Government Of The United States.

c. Legal Services Corporation, Smithsonian Institution, State Justice Institute,

and United States Institute of Peace.

d. Madeleine K. Albright. No, the current Secretary of State is Colin L.

Powell. <HINT: Use Federal Agency Internet Sites>

6. Using the U.S. Goverment Manual, find:

Search the Sales Product Catalog on the U.S. Government Online Bookstore

<bookstore.gpo.gov> for “Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards”. Pull up

the text link for NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. (See page 57)

a. Health and Human Services Dept., Public Health Service, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health -- 480 pages

b, c, and d: The shopping cart should look like this:

8. Using the U.S. Government Online Bookstore, find the Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, and do the following:

This exercise

demonstrates the

ordering process

of the U.S.

Government

Online

Bookstore.

It is not necessary

to submit the

order to complete

this exercise.

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Use the CBDNet fielded search page <cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/search2.html>

to search for comput* in the “full text of the CBD” field. Under “Part”,

select U.S. Government Procurements, and enter Virginia in the

“Contracting Officer’s Address”. (See page 53)

For this example, the following notice was used: CBD [Posted May 3, 2001]:

C--INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR PREPARATION OF

CULTURAL RESOURCES PLANS, DOCUMENTATION, AND

RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPORTING THE NAVY

a. Ms. Bayla L. Mack and Mr. Donald L. Ewell

b. SN50L0J6

c. June 7, 2001

10. What type of computer-related contract oppportunities are currently available in Virginia through the U.S. Government? Pull up a notice and find:

Search the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications <www.gpo.gov/

gpoaccess/locators/cgp/index.html> for “acid rain” AND capital. Pull up:

Acid rain and our nation's capital: a guide to effects on buildings and

monuments. [1997] Geological Survey (U.S.) I 19.2:AC 4. (See page 55)

a. Yes <pubs.usgs.gov/gip/acidrain/>

b. One example: McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, PA

c. This title is out of print and therefore no longer available through the

U.S. Government Online Bookstore.

9. Find the publication Acid rain and our nation's capital: a guide to effects on

buildings and monuments, and answer the following:

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Index

1,000 Point Documents, 14

Adobe Acrobat Reader, 9-10

ASCII Text, 9

Availability of GPO Access information, 40

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids,

61-62; Screen Shot, 62

Blue Books, see GAO Reports

Bookmarking GPO Access pages, 17

Bookstore, see U.S. Government Online

Bookstore

Boolean Operators, 11, 12, 59

Browse Electronic Titles (BET), 44

Browse Topics, 41

Budget of the United States Government, 18,

19, 21, 39

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

(CGP): 39, 41-42, 44, 55-56; Monthly

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

(MOCAT), 41; Screen Shot, 56

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 12, 18,

19, 22, 24, 26, 39, 51-52

Commerce Business Daily (CBDNet), 18,

19, 23, 39, 53-54; Screen Shot, 54

Committees, Congressional, 30

Congressional Bills, 14, 18, 19, 28, 39, 45, 47

Congressional Calendars, 39

Congressional Committee Prints, 18, 39

Congressional Directory, 18, 19, 29, 39

Congressional Documents, 18, 39

Congressional Hearings, 18, 19, 30

Congressional Pictorial Directory, 18, 29

Congressional Record (CR), 5, 14, 16, 18, 19,

31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 45, 47-49; Screen Shot, 16

Congressional Record Index (CRI), 18, 19,

32, 35, 39

Congressional Reports, 18, 19, 33, 39

Contracting Opportunities, Finding, 53

Copyright Information, 6

Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations, 18, 39

Declaration of Independence, 26

Department of Energy (DOE): Federal R&D

Project Summaries, 18; GrayLit Network,

18; Information Bridge, 18; PubScience, 18

Department of Interior: Inspector General

Reports, 40

Department of State: Foreign Affairs Network, 18

Deschler’s Precedents of the U.S. House of

Representatives, 18, 36, 40

Economic Indicators, 18, 39

Economic Report of the President, 18, 21, 39

Education, see Ben’s Guide

Executive Applications, 18, 19, 21-27

Executive Orders, see Federal Register, Public

Papers of the Presidents of the U.S., Weekly

Compiliation of Presidential Documents

Executive Reports, see House, Senate, & Executive Reports

Exit Pages, 6

Export Administration Regulations, 18

Federal Agency Internet Sites, 42

Federal Agency Search Engines, 43

Federal Bulletin Board, 5, 42

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Federal depository libraries: 5, 40, 41; Locating, 43-44, 55-56, 63

Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP):

5, 44, 55, 63; AskLPS, 64; Electronic Collection (FDLP/EC), 44

Federal Register (FR), 5, 14, 18, 19, 22, 24,

25, 39, 51-52

Federal Web Sites Hosted by GPO Access, 42

File Formats (ASCII Text, HTML, PDF, Summary, TIFF), 9

Finding Aids, 5, 7, 41-44

GAO Comptroller Decisions, 39

GAO Reports, 18, 19, 34, 39

GetDoc, see Linking to GPO Access documents

Government Information Locator Service

(GILS), 43

Government Printing Office Electronic Access

Enhancement Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-

40), 5

Government Publications, Finding, 55

GPO Access: 5-6; Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids, 61-62; Interface, 7-8;

Alias, 7; Applications, 19-38; Applications

Update Schedule, 39-40; Executive Applications, 21-27; Judicial Applications,

18; Legislative Applications, 28-38; Privacy Policy, 6; Resources, 18; Screen Shot,

8; Searching, 11-17

GPO Access User Support Team: 63-64;

AskBen, 62; Contact Information, 7, 63; Privacy, 6

GPO Order and Information Desk, 63

Help (AskLPS, Federal depository libraries,

GPO Access User Support Team, GPO Order and Information Desk, Self-Help

Tools), 63

Hinds’ Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives, 18, 36

History of Bills, 18, 19, 32, 35, 39, 45, 47-49

History of Line Item Veto Notices, 18

House Calendar, 18, 39

House Journal, 18, 19, 36, 39

House Rules and Manual, 40

House, Senate, & Executive Reports, 18, 33, 39

House, Senate, & Treaty Documents, 18, 39

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), 9

Idenification Codes, 13-14

Judicial Applications, 18

Kids, see Ben’s Guide

Legislation, Tracking, 47

Legislative Applications, 18, 19, 28-38

Legislative Process, 46

Library Services, see Federal Depository Library Program

Linking to GPO Access documents, 17

List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA), 18, 22,

39, 51-52; Screen Shot, 52

Maximum Responses, 12

Miscellaneous House and Senate Publications

and Committees, 18, 30

Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (MOCAT), 41

Multi-Database Search Page, 14-15, 21, 24,

31; Screen Shot, 15

New Electronic Titles (NET): 44; Browse Electronic Titles (BET), 44

Office of Foreign Assets Control Documents, 18

Pathway Indexer, 43

Permanent Public Access, 5-6

Portable Document Format (PDF): 9-10; Saving

PDF files, 10; Tips, 10; Troubleshooting, 10

Persistent URLs (PURLs), 6, 55

Presidential Documents, see Federal RegArchival Copy
73

ister, Public Papers of the Presidents of

the U.S., Weekly Compiliation of Presidential Documents

Privacy Act Issuances, 18, 39

Privacy Policy, 6, 7

Procurement Notices, see Commerce Business Daily

Public Law 103-40, see Government Printing Office Electronic Access Enhancement

Act of 1993

Public Laws, 18, 19, 37, 39, 45, 47-50

Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S.,

18, 19, 25, 27, 39

Query Report, 14

Quotation Marks, 11, 59

Regulations, Tracking, 51

Relating GPO Access Applications: 45; Finding Contracting Opportunities, 53; Finding

Government Publications, 55; Tracking

Legislation, 47; Tracking Regulations, 51

Relevance Ranking, 12-13

Roll-Call Votes, Finding, 36

Sales Product Catalog (SPC), 11, 39, 57, 59

Sales Program, see U.S. Government Online

Bookstore

Screen Shots, 8, 15, 16, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58,

60, 62, 64

Searching: 11-17; Boolean Operators, 11-12;

Identification Codes, 13-14; Maximum

Responses, 12; Query Report, 14; Quotation Marks, 11; Relevance Ranking, 12-

13; Search Interfaces, 14-16; Stopwords,

12; Truncation, 12

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda (Unified

Agenda), 18, 39

Senate Calendar, 18, 39

Senate Manual, 40

Senate Report 103-27, see Government Printing Office Electronic Access Enhancement

Act of 1993

Senate Reports, see House, Senate, & Executive Reports

Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act (H.R. 1585), 47

State of New York, ex rel. Eliot Spitzer, et al,

v. Microsoft Corporation, 18

Statutes at Large Citations, 37-38, 50

Summary Files, 9

Supreme Court Decisions, 18

Stopwords, 12

Text Image File Format (TIFF), 9

Training Manual: Exercises, 65-66; Exercise

Answers, 67-70; Updates, 4, 63

Truncation, 12

Unified Agenda (Semiannual Regulatory

Agenda), 18, 39

United States Code (USC), 18, 19, 37, 38, 39,

45, 47, 50

U.S. Constitution, 18, 26, 40

United States Government Manual, 18, 19, 26,

39, 42

U.S. Government Online Bookstore: 7, 11, 22,

57-60; Children’s Publications, 61; Encryption, 59; Finding Government Publications,

55-56; GPO Order and Information Desk,

63; Locations, 57; Order Submission, 57;

Privacy, 6, 59; Screen Shots, 58, 60; Search

Tips, 59; Shopping Cart, 59-60

United States Government Printing Office Style

Manual, 40

User Feedback, 64

User Support, see GPO Access User Support Team

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 18, 19, 25, 27, 39

Archival Copy