The "Government News" column was inadvertently omitted from the forthcoming
February 1994 issue of the _AALL Newsletter_. The text of the column follows:
GOVERNMENT NEWS
Compiled and edited by Judith A. Gaskell
DePaul University Law Library
Chicago, IL 60604
312/362-6893*FAX:312/362-6908
Internet:lawjag@orion.depaul.edu
H.R. 3400 Passes in the House
The House of Representatives passed the Government Reform and
Savings Act of 1993 on November 22. Title XIV of H.R. 3400
transferred the position and all functions of the Superintendent of
Documents, including the Depository Library Program, to the Library
of Congress. A proposal to transfer all the other functions of the
Public Printer to the Executive Branch was omitted from the final
version of the bill leaving the Government Printing Office in the
legislative branch.
The Senate has scheduled hearings on Title XIV of the bill on
February 3rd and 10th. A representative from the American Library
Association is scheduled to testify at those hearings. AALL is
preparing to submit its own testimony on the proposed changes.
Public Printer Nomination Confirmed
On November 9, 1993, the Senate confirmed Michael F. DiMario as
Public Printer to head the Government Printing Office.
State Government Information Available on Internet
Jayne Levin, editor of The Internet Letter, posted a recent list of
telnet, ftp, and gopher sites for state bills, resolutions, and
hearing schedules for the following states:
California: ftp: lsl.leg.ca.gov
Hawaii: telnet: access.uhcc.hawaii.edu
Maryland: telnet: seymour.md.gov
Utah: gopher.cc.utah.edu
Worth Reading:
DeLoughry, Thomas J. "Guaranteeing Access to the Data Highway,"
Chronicle of Higher Education, November 3, 1993, at A23.
Kahin, B. Information Infrastructure Sourcebook. Cambridge, MA:
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1993.
Kovacs, Diane K. "The Best and Worst Government Office CD-Roms:
Govdoc-L Reports Again," 6 CD-Rom Professional 58 (September,
1993).
Kranich, Nancy C. "The Selling of Cyberspace: Can Libraries Protect
Public Access?," 118 Library Journal 34 (November 15, 1993).
Mitchell, Maurice and Laverna Saunders, "The National Information
Infrastructure: Implications for Libraries," 13 Computers in
Libraries 53-56 (December, 1993).
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