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ATTACHMENT C—STATUS OF FY 1995 RESCISSION PROPOSALS—AS OF APRIL 1, 1995—Continued

[Amounts in thousands of dollars]

Agency/bureau/account Rescission

No.

Amounts pending before

congress Date of

message

Previously

withheld

and made

available

Date

made

available

Amount

rescinded

Congressional

Less than action

45 days

More then

45 days

R95–18C–

1

................... (2) 2–22–95 ................... ............... ............... ...............

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration

Mission support .................................... R95–19 ................... 1,000 2–6–95 1,000 3–28–95 ............... ...............

Construction of facilities ....................... R95–20 ................... 27,000 2–6–95 27,000 3–28–95 ............... ...............

Small Business Administration

Salaries and expenses ......................... R95–21 ................... 15,000 2–6–95 15,000 4–6–95 ............... ...............

Other Independent Agencies

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board—Salaries and expenses.R95–22 ................... 500 2–6–95 500 3–28–95 ............... ...............

National Science Foundation—Academic research infrastructure.R95–23 ................... 131,867 2–6–95 131,867 3–27–95 ............... ...............

Total Rescissions ....................... 0 1,067,787 ............... 1,101,942 ............... 0 ...............

1Funds were never withheld from obligation.

2 Language.

ATTACHMENT D—STATUS OF FY 1995 DEFERRALS—AS OF APRIL 1, 1995

[Amounts in thousands of dollars]

Agency/bureau/account Deferral

No.

Amounts transmitted

Date of

message

Releases(¥)

Congressional

action

Cumulative

adjustments

(+)

Amount deferred as of

4–1–95 Original request

Subsequent

change (+)

Cumulative

OMB/

agency

Congressionally

required

Funds Appropriated to the President

International Security Assistance:

Economic support fund .................. D95–1 53,300 ................... 10–18–94 ................... ........... ........... ........... ...................

D95–1A ................... 1,173,948 12–13–94 151,839 ........... ........... 1,647 1,077,056

Foreign military financing grants .... D95–2 3,139,279 ................... 10–18–94 1,821,280 ........... ........... ........... 1,317,999

Foreign military financing program

account.

D95–3 47,917 ................... 10–18–94 42,774 ........... ........... ........... 5,143

Military-to-military contact program D95–4 2,000 ................... 10–18–94 ................... ........... ........... ........... 2,000

Agency for International Development—

International disaster assistance, executive.

D95–5 169,998 ................... 10–18–94 127,830 ........... ........... ........... 42,168

Department of Health and Human

Services

Social Security Administration—Limitation on administrative expenses.D95–6 7,319 ................... 10–18–94 ................... ........... ........... ........... ...................

D95–6A ................... 2 2–22–95 ................... ........... ........... ........... 7,321

Department of State

Bureau for Refugee Programs—United

States emergency refugee and migration assistance fund.

D95–7 105,300 ................... 10–18–94 44,814 ........... ........... ........... 60,486

Total, Deferrals ........................... 3,525,113 1,173,950 ................... 2,188,538 ........... ........... 1,647 2,512,172

[FR Doc. 95–10050 Filed 4–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3110–01–M

Electronic Government and the

National Information Infrastructure

AGENCY: Office of Management and

Budget, Executive Office of the

President.

ACTION: Notice of inquiry and electronic

open meeting.

SUMMARY: The Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) seeks comments

from all interested parties on how

Federal, State, local, and Tribal

governments should interact with

industry, the public interest and library

communities, academia, and the general

public on the National Information
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Infrastructure. This notice is part of the

work of the Information Policy

Committee of the Information

Infrastructure Task Force. To facilitate

public input, OMB, along with the

Commerce Department’s National

Technical Information Service (NTIS)

and National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA), the

National Performance Review (NPR),

and assistance from the US Government

Printing Office, will host a nationwide

electronic open meeting to discuss a

number of questions related to this

topic.

DATES: An electronic open meeting will

be held from May 1 to 14, 1995. Those

who wish to may submit written

comments no later than May 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

WRITTEN COMMENTS CONTACT: To Submit

Written Comments send to: Information

Policy and Technology Branch, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

For Further Information contact: Lew

Oleinick, Telephone: (202) 395–4638, Email: OLEINICK—L@A1.EOP.GOV

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The world has entered the age of

electronic information. We are present

at the creation of a Global Information

Infrastructure that will build on what

aviation and communications have

already done to shrink the world into

ever more interdependent communities.

Our U.S. National Information

Infrastructure (NII) will in many ways

be the paradigm upon which the global

infrastructure is modeled.

The NII is a combination of facilities,

services, and people that will allow all

Americans to send and receive

information when and where they want

it at an affordable cost. The NII includes

the physical facilities used to transmit,

store, process, and display voice, data,

and images. It includes software and

services, including security services,

that will integrate and interconnect

these physical components through the

efforts of a wide variety of private sector

providers. It includes vast quantities of

information that exist today in

government agencies and the valuable

information produced every day in the

private sector. Finally, it includes all

Americans, but especially the people

who create information, develop

applications, information products and

services, construct facilities, and train

others to tap the NII’s potential.

The Federal government should be in

step with the change from paper to

electronic information. The U.S.

government is the world’s largest

creator, collector, user, and

disseminator of information. Sound

scientific research, the public health

and safety, and the delivery of benefits

and services are a few of the national

priorities that depend on Federal

information systems.

The Federal government, then, should

act as a facilitator and catalyst to the

development of the NII. It should help

create a legal and policy framework that

allows the information highway to

develop in a manner consistent with

consumer choice, universal service, and

security and privacy protections. It

should also be a model user—creating a

government that works better and costs

less by using technology to improve

information dissemination and service

delivery.

For the NII to succeed, it must be built

upon a partnership of business, labor,

academia, the public, and government

that is committed to deployment of an

advanced, rapid, powerful infrastructure

accessible and accountable to all

Americans. The Administration has

established the Information

Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) to

coordinate the Administration’s efforts

to formulate forward-looking

telecommunications and information

policy. Its goals are set forth in the

Agenda for Action, published on

September 15, 1993.

One of the fundamental tenets of the

Administration’s philosophy is that

government information is a public

asset and a valuable national resource.

The Federal government should make

information available to the public on

timely and equitable terms. It is also

necessary to foster the existing diversity

of information sources, in which the

private sector, along with State and

local governments, libraries, and other

entities, are significant partners. On the

one hand, this means that the

government should not expend public

resources filling needs which have

already been met by others in the public

or private sector. On the other, it means

that the Federal government should

actively disseminate its information at

the cost of dissemination and not

attempt to exert copyright-like controls

or other restrictive practices on

government information. These guiding

principles are set forth in OMB Circular

A–130, most recently republished in the

Federal Register on July 25, 1994. (59

FR 26906).

Toward those goals, the recent

revisions to the Office of Management

and Budget Circular A–130 have

increasingly focused on the exchange of

information with the public and the

promotion of agency investments in

technologies that improve service

delivery to the public. On December 7,

1994, OMB Bulletin 95–01 unveiled the

Government Information Locator

Service (GILS)—the ‘‘virtual card

catalog’’ called for in the Agenda for

Action. This first phase of GILS is a step

toward improving the infrastructure for

information and service delivery to the

public.

Even before GILS, a number of

Federal agencies, such as the

Department of Commerce’s ‘‘NTIS

FedWorld’’ and the Government

Printing Office’s ‘‘GPO Access’’ systems,

were using dial-up electronic bulletin

boards and connections to the Internet.

The GILS initiative then is an effort to

stimulate the expanded use of electronic

access and dissemination practices in a

more coordinated manner.

Beyond GILS, questions arise as to

other appropriate courses of action for

the near and far term. Generally, how

should Federal, State, local, and Tribal

governments interact with industry, the

public interest and library communities,

academia, and the general public on the

National Information Infrastructure?

More specifically, how can the delivery

of services to the public be enhanced by

electronic means? What services should

they be, and how can they be delivered

cost effectively and within overall

budgetary constraints? What methods

are best suited to further disseminate

government information to the public,

collect information from the public, and

reduce burden while maximizing

efficiency? In what ways can the

interaction between agencies of the

Federal government, or between

agencies at the Federal, state and local

levels be improved? How can we best

encourage partnerships among

governmental entities at all levels with

private sector entities to ensure a

diversity of information sources,

providers and facilitators? Finally, what

are the priorities? These topics are

elucidated further below for discussion

in the electronic open meeting.

Five relevant topic areas have been

identified:

Services—from emergency help to

health care,

Benefits—from social security and food

stamps to small business grants,

Information—from declassified secrets

and travel aids to satellite weather

maps,

Participatory Democracy—improving

everyone’s opportunity to

participate in rulemaking and other

governmental decisions,

Technology—how the technical portion

of electronic government will work.
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The following sections provide

additional information and issues for

discussion. Participants will provide us

with comments, questions, and

suggestions to particular issues or

problems.

Services: From Emergency Help to

Health Care

The Federal government provides a

range of services from disaster relief and

public safety to health care. Already,

information technology is being used to

help deliver these services. Fishing

licenses are being issued from electronic

terminals and reservations for a

campground in a National Park can be

made on-line. Governments at all levels

are creating electronic systems like

California’s ‘‘Info/California’’ kiosk

based service delivery that, so far,

includes twelve State agencies, two

county governments and the US Internal

Revenue Service. The US Postal Service

has been a leader in kiosk-based service

delivery and continues to expand its use

of kiosks.

In the public safety arena, for years

the FBI’s National Crime Information

Center has helped State and local police

catch fugitives from justice no matter

where they attempt to hide. And each

year the American people and

governments at all levels must cope

with natural disasters—tornadoes,

floods, earthquakes and hurricanes.

Property is destroyed and, most

tragically, lives are lost. In times like

these how can governments best deliver

the services that are needed? How can

information technology assist

governments and the public in these

times of need?

Questions related to services: As

electronic delivery systems evolve what

government services should they

provide and where should they be

located—in libraries, schools, shopping

centers, community centers? When are

kiosks a good idea? How should these

services be paid for or funded? What

types of services would be best provided

by using information technology?

Benefits: From Social Security and

Food Stamps to Small Business Loans

Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare,

Aid to Dependent Children, and care to

disabled veterans are some of the major

Federal benefits programs. Can

governments deliver these benefits more

quickly and efficiently while

maintaining the accountability and

security of the programs and the dignity

of the recipients?

Each year some $500 billion in cash

payments and food assistance are

provided to needy Americans. Most of

these entitlements are delivered by

checks or vouchers—paper and

postage—while some are directly

deposited electronically into bank

accounts—no paper, no postage. But,

many recipients of this form of

assistance do not have bank accounts. In

these instances, how can we take

advantage of emerging technologies,

avoid paper and postage and thus save

time and money? An answer may be

electronic transfer of benefits to a credit

card-like benefits card. This is actually

being done in several states right now.

Systems using bank-like automated

teller machines and retail point-of-sale

terminals (scanners already installed in

many grocery stores) are undergoing

testing in six states (Iowa, Minnesota,

New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, and

Pennsylvania) and are planned in thirtyone more. This year Texas goes on-line

with the nation’s largest electronic

benefit transfer (EBT) system.

Elsewhere, eight other southern states

are joining forces to create the first

regional system and every month since

1993, Maryland’s ‘‘Independence Card’’

program has delivered some $57 million

in food stamps, welfare and childsupport benefits to 170,000 households

statewide. No paper, no postage, and no

lost or stolen checks.

Of course, entitlement programs are

not the only types of government

benefits. Also included are small

business loans and grants for

educational projects and agricultural

research. For example, notices of

National Science Foundation grants are

available on-line. They may be

downloaded and printed by the

applicant at his or her ease. When an

application is completed, it may be

submitted to the National Science

Foundation by electronic mail. The

whole process has been made more

efficient and user-friendly which ends

up saving the taxpayers’ money.

Questions regarding benefits: What do

people think about the pilot EBT

projects in Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey,

New Mexico, Ohio, and Pennsylvania?

What have people’s experiences been

with the Maryland EBT program? How

can governments continue to improve

the delivery of other benefits? Which

enabling technologies should we

pursue? Are added safeguards needed to

protect from fraud and abuse or will

electronic transfer make controls easier?

Information: From Declassified Secrets

and Travel Aids to Satellite Weather

Maps

Government agencies at all levels

collect, maintain and disseminate an

incredible array of information. It ranges

from routine data relating to consumer

products to vital weather information. It

includes layers of regulations that apply

to small businesses, major corporations

or even government agencies

themselves. We know the information is

out there, but how do we find it? Until

recently, our only option was to write or

call the agency that had the information.

Of course, first we had to figure out

which agency that was. And then we

waited.

All of that is changing. In December

1994, the Federal Government

Information Locator Service (GILS) was

launched. As it evolves, more and more

Federal data will be at our fingertips.

This locator service is similar to the

card catalog at the local library, only it

is electronic and on-line. GILS allows

one to search on-line using a specific set

of key-words of interest to locate

appropriate subject matter. For example,

suppose one had an interest in a major

construction project and its effect on

wildlife habitat. Using GILS, one could

locate the various environmental impact

statements. In addition, one might also

locate pertinent satellite photographs.

Even declassified secrets are available

electronically on the Department of

Energy’s OpenNet service. More

agencies will follow. The National

Archives and Records Administration is

developing a government-wide

declassification database.

One information source which is

quite useful when planning to plant or

harvest crops, or when planning a day

at the beach, is the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration’s

(NOAA) national weather forecasts.

These forecasts are available for any city

in the United States which has a NOAA

weather station. At last count, there

were over 150 city forecasts available

from NOAA’s on-line computers.

For businesses, the Department of

Commerce provides a bulletin board

which contains timely economic

information. For companies involved in

export activities with Mexico and

Canada, such items as export and

import levels for particular product

categories, such as paper products, from

these two countries are easily available.

For the academic community, the

Department of Commerce’s Bureau of

the Census provides a bulletin board

containing detailed demographic

information about our country’s

citizens. For the medical community,

the National Institutes of Health provide

a bibliography of medical and scientific

articles which allow physicians and

scientists to remain up-to-date with the

latest advances in medicine.

Questions regarding information

dissemination. What level of effort

should the Federal government devote

to electronic dissemination of
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government information? Are there

benefits to the public at large or only to

relatively sophisticated professional

researchers, environmentalists,

historians, or scientists? Where should

access be available—at libraries,

schools, community centers, on home

computers? Which enabling

technologies should be pursued?

Participatory Democracy: Improving

Everyone’s Opportunity to Participate

in Rulemaking and other Governmental

Decisions

While several million Americans have

electronic mail capability, with a

population of more than 250 million,

such access is still relatively limited.

More and more agencies are advertising

that they are now ‘‘on-line’’ and are

soliciting citizens to contact them at

their electronic mail address.

There is little dispute that using

information technology to support

government rulemaking can reduce

costs for both agencies and the public.

And, as a practical matter, electronic

notices can possibly reach a greater

number of interested parties than by

merely publishing in the Federal

Register, corresponding by mail, talking

by telephone and traveling to hearings

and meetings. This same technology

also enables interested parties to review

public comments without having to

travel to Washington, D.C. or file

Freedom of Information Act requests.

For example, the Department of

Commerce’s National

Telecommunication and Information

Administration recently used electronic

mail to gather responses to a report on

reallocating the Federal radio spectrum.

The report was placed on-line and was

made available through an electronic

bulletin board system and via the

Internet. Sixty organizations responded

to the report. These sixty responses

were then placed on-line for everyone to

see and discuss.

A related effort is making available to

the public the rules and regulations they

are expected to follow. Also relevant are

legislative materials and supporting

documents, such as Congressional

committee reports. The ultimate issue is

whether the National Information

Infrastructure can make it possible,

more practical, and more attractive for

Americans to participate in government

at all levels.

Questions regarding participatory

democracy. As more of us utilize

information technology to participate in

governmental processes will the volume

become overwhelming? How do we

balance the level of involvement with

expectations and governments’ ability to

deliver? What are the best strategies for

seeing that citizens have access to the

rules, regulations and related

information needed to comply with

government requirements and how can

we improve their ability to participate

in the rulemaking process?

Technology: How the Information

Infrastructure of Electronic

Government Will Work

We are in an era of technological

upheaval—the information age. The

advances in information technologies of

all types have caused businesses to

rethink the way they operate and

governments to reinvent the way they

do business. The future look of

government is what this electronic

meeting is all about. How will it work

for Americans?

In the other topical discussion areas,

we are talking about what electronic

governments will do and generally how

it will be done. Here, it is more what

they will do it with—the technological

tools to accomplish the tasks of

governing.

The Information Infrastructure Task

Force, a Federal government body, along

with the Information Infrastructure

Advisory Council, made up of

representatives of State and local

governments, industry, and academia,

are also looking at the face of future

governments. They are looking at issues

such as the need for

telecommunications reform, security

matters, privacy, reliability and

vulnerability, intellectual property

rights, health issues and the

technologies themselves.

Interoperability, the ability to

communicate with one another, is a

critical goal for future governments.

Federal, State, Tribal and local agencies

must be able to interact instantly and

effectively.

Questions regarding the technology of

electronic government. What will be the

role of the Internet or its progeny? What

criteria should be used for selecting the

appropriate technology for a given

function or the delivery of particular

services? Does interoperability of

governmental systems cause concerns?

What if some government agencies

systems aren’t interoperable or they

can’t afford a system at all? Will their

citizen customers suffer as a result? Will

the information they use be as accurate

and timely as necessary? What about

reliability? We know it is essential, but

won’t technological vulnerabilities still

exist? Will governments become so

dependent on the use of advanced

technologies that they will be unable to

function if the system fails during an

emergency?

Electronic Availability and Electronic

Open Meeting

General: This document, along with

the other documents referenced herein,

are available by any HTML viewer, such

as Mosaic or Netscape, at: URL:http://

meeting.fedworld.gov, or via FTP from

meeting.fedworld.gov

For those with electronic mail access

who wish to find out more about the

open meeting, send a blank electronic

mail message to:

info@meeting.fedworld.gov This will

result in delivery of a more detailed

description of the electronic open

meeting.

Public Access Sites: A primary goal of

the meeting is to enable as many

Americans as possible to participate.

This includes people who do not have

a computer with a modem, or access to

the Internet. In order to permit their

participation, a number of ‘‘Public

Access Sites’’ have been established. To

either locate the nearest Public Access

Site, or to order a list of all Public

Access Sites, call the GPO Access

Support Team at (202) 512–1530 or, for

the duration of the meeting, (800) 881–

6842.

Participation options: It is possible to

participate in the electronic open

meeting in four ways depending upon

desired level of interaction—electronic

mail of comments, subscription to a

‘‘Listserv,’’ subscribing to a ‘‘Usenet’’

newsgroup, and accessing the open

meeting homepage via an HTML viewer,

such as ‘‘Mosaic’’ or ‘‘Netscape’’.

Electronic mail of comments—This is

the easiest way to participate in the

open meeting. However, interaction will

be limited. Choosing one of the options

below is recommended.

Subscribing to a Mailing List—

Subscribing to a mailing list allows

more interactive participation in the

meeting. When one subscribes to a

mailing list, one receives all the mail

messages which everyone posts to the

mailing list. It is much like putting a

note on a bulletin board. However,

instead of having to go to the bulletin

board to look for new messages, the

bulletin board comes to you in the form

of electronic mail. To subscribe to the

National Electronic Open Meeting

mailing list, send an e-mail to:

join@meeting.fedworld.gov

The text of the e-mail message should

be:

subscribe topic your l name

where the first word of the message

must be the word ‘‘subscribe,’’ the

second word of the message must be the

topic acronym, and the last two words

of the message must be your name. The

topic acronyms are:
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services

benefits

infoaccs

partdemo

techgoal

Services and benefits are obvious

acronyms. ‘‘Infoaccs’’ refers to the

‘‘information’’ topic. ‘‘Partdemo’’ refers

to the ‘‘participatory democracy’’ topic.

‘‘Techgoal’’ refers to the ‘‘technology’’

topic. For example, to subscribe to the

‘‘benefits’’ topic, an individual would

send the message:

subscribe benefits Joe Smith

to

join@meeting.fedworld.gov

Individuals who subscribe to a

mailing list topic will receive (via email) a welcome message with

information about the topic and will

also automatically receive (via e-mail)

all comments posted to that topic. To

submit a comment on a particular topic,

send an e-mail message containing the

comment to

topic@meeting.fedworld.gov

where the ‘‘topic’’ is one of the topic

acronyms detailed above. For example

to submit a comment to the technology

topic, send an e-mail message

containing that comment to:

techgoal@meeting.fedworld.gov

It is expected that each topic will

generate a large number of comments.

Individuals using the mailing lists to

participate in the conference should

expect to receive a very large number of

e-mail messages.

Subscribing to a USENET

newsgroup—Subscribing to a USENET

newsgroup is similar to joining a

mailing list. The difference is that to

subscribe to a USENET newsgroup, one

needs to have a newsreader configured

for his or her own computer. Remember,

you will need to ensure that your News

provider carries the appropriate

alt.gov.meeting Newsgroups. Many

News providers do no carry the alt.

Newsgroups. Please ensure that your

provider has the Newsgroups available.

You should notify your News provider

of your interest in accessing the

Newsgroups immediately.

If you are familiar with a newsreader

on your system, you will be able to

participate in the newsgroups like any

other regular newsgroup. The

newsgroups have the following names:

alt.gov.meeting.services

alt.gov.meeting.benefits

alt.gov.meeting.infoaccs

alt.gov.meeting.partdemo

alt.gov.meeting.techgoal

Each of the newsgroups corresponds

with one of the five subject areas,

described in detail above.

World Wide Web Access—Using a

World Wide Web browser offers the

greatest level of interaction for

participating in the electronic open

meeting. Point the browser to: http://

meeting.fedworld.gov

The participant will arrive at a user

friendly interface from where one can

search the different newsgroup mailing

list responses and reply (either

anonymously or not) as one deems

appropriate. The participant will also be

able to view background documents online.

Accessing Background Materials Online—Any user who has access to a file

transfer program, such as FTP or Fetch,

may access the document archive from:

meeting.fedworld.gov or may view the

relevant documents by pointing a Web

browser to the open meeting homepage

URL cited above.

Dialing-In to FedWorld—Individuals

wishing to use the FedWorld Bulletin

Board will need a computer, a modem,

and a communications program. The

bulletin board can by accessed by

calling 1–703–321–3339. For the

duration of the meeting, if you are

calling long-distance, please dial 1–800–

779–3272. The communication

parameters are no parity, eight data bits,

and one stop bit, commonly referred to

as N–8–1 or 8–N–1. The FedWorld

Bulletin Board will allow full

participation in the meeting and will

contain all the instructions necessary to

participate in the open meeting.

Relevant Information Sources

The following documents relevant to

the topics to be discussed in the

electronic open meeting are available

electronically via anonymous FTP at:

meeting.fedworld.gov The description

of each document is followed by its file

designation.

‘‘Public Information in the National

Information Infrastructure,’’ Report to

the Regulatory Information Service

Center, General Services

Administration, and to the

Administrator of the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Henry R. Perritt, Jr., Villanova

University Law School, September,

1994. PERRITT1.TXT

‘‘The Electronic Agency and The

Traditional Paradigms of Administrative

Law,’’ Henry R. Perritt, Jr.,

Administrative Law Review, Vol. 44,

pp. 79–105, Winter 1992.

PERRITT2.TXT

‘‘Agenda for Access: Public Access to

Federal Information for Sustainability

through the Information

Superhighway,’’ The Bauman

Foundation, Washington, DC, January

1995. BAUMAN.TXT

‘‘Information Superhighway: Issues

Affecting Development,’’ US General

Accounting Office, Report to the

Congress, September, 1994, Wash., DC,

GAO/RCED–94–285. GAO94285.TXT

‘‘Information Superhighway: An

Overview of Technology Challenges,’’

US General Accounting Office, Report to

the Congress, January, 1995, Wash., DC,

GAO/AIMD–95–23. GAO9523.TXT

‘‘Executive Guide: Improving Mission

Performance Through Strategic

Information Management and

Technology—Best Practices,’’ US

General Accounting Office, Comptroller

General of the United States, May, 1994,

Wash., DC, GAO/AIMD–94–115.

BESTPRAC.HTM (only by HTML

viewer)

‘‘Making Government Work:

Electronic Delivery of Federal Services,’’

US Congress, Office of Technology

Assessment, September, 1993, Wash.,

DC, OTA-TCT–578. GOVWORK.TXT

‘‘Reengineering Through Information

Technology: Creating a Government

That Works Better and Costs Less,’’

National Performance Review,

Accompanying Report of the National

Performance Review, Office of Vice

President, September, 1993, Wash., DC.

REENGIN.TXT

‘‘Management of Federal Information

Resources, Office of Management and

Budget Circular A–130,’’ 59 Federal

Register 37906, 25 July 1994. OMB l

A130.TXT

‘‘National Information Infrastructure;

Draft Principles for Providing and Using

Personal Information and Commentary;

Notice,’’ 60 Federal Register 4362, 20

January 1995. PRIVPRIN.TXT

‘‘The National Information

Infrastructure: Agenda for Action,’’

Information Infrastructure Task Force,

15 September 1993. AGENDA.TXT

‘‘The Information Infrastructure:

Reaching Society’s Goals,’’ Report of the

Information Infrastructure Task Force

Committee on Applications and

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, US

Department of Commerce, Wash., DC,

September, 1994. GOALS.TXT

‘‘Protecting Privacy in Computerized

Medical Information,’’ US Congress,

Office of Technology Assessment,

September, 1993, Wash., DC, OTA–

TCT–576. MEDPRIV.TXT

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Infrastructure to Work,’’ Report of the

Information Infrastructure Task Force

Committee on Applications and

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, US

Department of Commerce, Wash., DC,

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Conclusion

After the public meeting and receipt

of comments, we will analyze the

results and prepare a report. The report

will summarize not only the substantive

comments received, but will evaluate

the success of the meeting. Notice of

availability of the report will be

published on-line and in the Federal

Register.

We hope that the lessons learned from

this meeting will be extremely useful to

future developers of nation-wide

electronic open meetings.

Sally Katzen

Administrator, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95–10051 Filed 4–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3110–01–P

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Docket No. A95–8; Order No. 1051]

Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman,

Chairman; W. H. ‘‘Trey’’ LeBlanc III, ViceChairman; George W. Haley; H. Edward

Quick, Jr.; Wayne A. Schley.

In the Matter of: Benedict, Minnesota

56436 (Irv Morrill, Petitioner).

Notice and Order Accepting Appeal

and Establishing Procedural Schedule

Under 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

Issued April 14, 1995.

Docket Number: A95–8.

Name of Affected Post Office:

Benedict, Minnesota 56436.

Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Irv Morrill.

Type of Determination: Consolidation.

Date of Filing of Appeal Papers:

March 31, 1995.

Categories of Issues Apparently

Raised:

1. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C.

404(b)(2)(C)].

2. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C.

404(b)(2)(A)].

After the Postal Service files the

administrative record and the

Commission reviews it, the Commission

may find that there are more legal issues

than those set forth above. Or, the

Commission may find that the Postal

Service’s determination disposes of one

or more of those issues.

The Postal Reorganization Act

requires that the Commission issue its

decision within 120 days from the date

this appeal was filed (39 U.S.C. 404

(b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in

light of the 120-day decision schedule,

the Commission may request the Postal

Service to submit memoranda of law on

any appropriate issue. If requested, such

memoranda will be due 20 days from

the issuance of the request and the

Postal Service shall serve a copy of its

memoranda on the petitioners. The

Postal Service may incorporate by

reference in its briefs or motions, any

arguments presented in memoranda it

previously filed in this docket. If

necessary, the Commission also may ask

petitioners or the Postal Service for

more information.

The Commission Orders

(a) The Postal Service shall file the

record in this appeal by April 17, 1995.

(b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate

Commission shall publish this Notice

and Order and Procedural Schedule in

the Federal Register.

By the Commission.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

Appendix

March 31, 1995: Filing of Appeal letter

April 14, 1995: Commission Notice and

Order of Filing of Appeal

April 25, 1995: Last day of filing of petitions

to intervene [see 39 CFR 3001.111(b)]

May 5, 1995: Petitioner’s Participant

Statement or Initial Brief [see 39 CFR

3001.115 (a) and (b)]

May 25, 1995: Postal Service’s Answering

Brief [see 39 CFR 3001.115(c)]

June 9, 1995: Petitioner’s Reply Brief should

Petitioner choose to file one [see 39 CFR

3001.115(d)]

June 16, 1995: Deadline for motions by any

party requesting oral argument. The

Commission will schedule oral argument

only when it is a necessary addition to the

written filings [see 39 CFR 3001.116]

July 29, 1995: Expiration of the Commission’s

120-day decisional schedule [see 39 U.S.C.

404(b)(5)]

[FR Doc. 95–10034 Filed 4–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P

[Docket No. A95–9; Order No. 1052]

Before Commissioners: Edward J. Gleiman,

Chairman; W. H. ‘‘Trey’’ LeBlanc III, ViceChairman; George W. Haley; H. Edward

Quick, Jr.; Wayne A. Schley.

In the Matter of: Clarkia, Idaho 83812

(Dawn Kruger, Petitioner).

Notice and Order Accepting Appeal

and Establishing Procedural Schedule

Under 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

Issued April 14, 1995.

Docket Number: A95–9.

Name of Affected Post Office: Clarkia,

Idaho 83812.

Name(s) of Petitioner(s): Dawn

Kruger.

Type of Determination: Consolidation.

Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: April

3, 1995.

Categories of Issues Apparently

Raised:

1. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C.

404(b)(2)(C)].

2. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C.

404(b)(2)(A)].

After the Postal Service files the

administrative record and the

Commission reviews it, the Commission

may find that there are more legal issues

than those set forth above. Or, the

Commission may find that the Postal

Service’s determination disposes of one

or more of those issues.

The Postal Reorganization Act

requires that the Commission issue its

decision within 120 days from the date

this appeal was filed (39 U.S.C. 404

(b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in

light of the 120-day decision schedule,

the Commission may request the Postal

Service to submit memoranda of law on

any appropriate issue. If requested, such

memoranda will be due 20 days from

the issuance of the request and the

Postal Service shall serve a copy of its

memoranda on the petitioners. The

Postal Service may incorporate by

reference in its briefs or motions, any

arguments presented in memoranda it

previously filed in this docket. If

necessary, the Commission also may ask

petitioners or the Postal Service for

more information.

The Commission Orders

(a) The Postal Service shall file the

record in this appeal by April 18, 1995.

(b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate

Commission shall publish this Notice

and Order and Procedural Schedule in

the Federal Register.

By the Commission.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

Appendix

April 3, 1995: Filing of Appeal letter

April 14, 1995: Commission Notice and

Order of Filing of Appeal

April 28, 1995: Last day of filing of petitions

to intervene [see 39 CFR 3001.111(b)]

May 8, 1995: Petitioner’s Participant

Statement or Initial Brief [see 39 CFR

3001.115 (a) and (b)]

May 29, 1995: Postal Service’s Answering

Brief [see 39 CFR 3001.115(c)]

June 13, 1995: Petitioner’s Reply Brief should

Petitioner choose to file one [see 39 CFR

3001.115(d)]

June 20, 1995: Deadline for motions by any

party requesting oral argument. The

Commission will schedule oral argument

only when it is a necessary addition to the

written filings [see 39 CFR 3001.116]