Public Printer Letter to Senate:
Changes to
Title 44,
U.S.C.
August 22, 1996
The Honorable John W. Warner
Chairman
Committee on Rules and Administration
U.S. Senate
Room 305, Russell Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This letter transmits suggestions for changes to chapter 19 of
Title 44, U.S.C., which governs the
operation of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). They
include suggestions for
changes to sections 1901 and 1902 as well as proposed changes
which would facilitate the
transition to a more electronic FDLP. They also include
suggestions to modernize and simplify the
language of chapter 19.
The suggested changes result primarily from the Study to
Identify Measures Necessary for a
Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository
Library Program (GPO: June
1996). The study included the task of an "evaluation of current
laws governing the FDLP and
recommendation of legislative changes." Working on this task were
GPO staff along with
representatives of the American Library Association (ALA), the
American Association of Law
Libraries (AALL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL),
and the Information Industry
Association (IIA), although all members of the study group,
including the Office of Management
and Budget, were invited to participate. After publishing the
final study report, we informally
discussed and reviewed the suggestions for changes with
Government information groups of the
ALA, the AALL, members of the depository library community, and
GPO's Depository Library
Council. The enclosed changes reflect that informal consultative
process.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL F. DIMARIO
Public Printer
Enclosure
cc: The Honorable Wendell H. Ford
Ranking Member
Committee on Rules and Administration
U.S. Senate
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