Superintendent of Documents Class Number Stem: IA
Local Subject Index:
Local Subject Term: U.S. Federal GILS
Local Subject Term: Consumer Information
Local Subject Term: Films and Audiovisual Information
Local Subject Term: Foreign Affairs of the United States
Local Subject Term: Foreign Countries
Local Subject Term: Foreign Languages
Local Subject Term: Foreign Relations of the United States
Local Subject Term: Languages
Local Subject Term: Motion Pictures
Local Subject Term: Radio
Local Subject Term: Social Sciences
Local Subject Term: Telecommunications
Local Subject Term: Television
Abstract: The mission of the United States Information Agency is to understand, inform, and influence foreign communities in promotion of the national interest; and to broaden the dialog between Americans, their institutions, and counterparts abroad. In support of that mission, the Agency conducts academic and cultural exchanges, international broadcasting, and a wide variety of informational programs. The Agency is known as the U.S. Information Service overseas.
Purpose: Selected publications of this and other United States government agencies are available through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The index to the publications available through the FDLP is the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT), which also includes ordering information for those publications available for sale. Many publications are available to the public in the approximately 1300 Federal depository libraries throughout the United States. See also data in this record for Access Constraints and User Constraints, where such limitations on this agency's publications are appropriate.
Agency Program: The legislative mandates of the United States Information Agency (USIA) derive from the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431), and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451). The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act's purpose is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. It prohibits, with certain exceptions approved by Congress, dissemination within the United States of materials produced by the Agency for distribution overseas. It also requires the Agency to make its overseas program materials available for public inspection at its Washington, DC, headquarters. The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act authorizes educational and cultural exchanges between the United States and other countries as well as United States participation in international fairs and expositions abroad.
Availability:
Distributor:
Distributor Name: Office of Public Liaison,
United States Information Agency
Distributor Street Address:
Distributor City: Washington, D.C.
Distributor Zip Code: 20547
Distributor Network Address:
Distributor Telephone: 202-619-4355
Access Constraints: No access constraints apply to information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some access constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the information resource.
Use Constraints: No constraints apply to the use of information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some use constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on using the information resource.
Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Monthly Catalog of United States
Government Publications
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html
Cross Reference Type: HTTP
Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: United States Information
Agency [Home Page]
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.usia.gov
Cross Reference Type: HTTP
Point of Contact for Further Information:
Organization: Office of Public Liaison,
United States Information Agency
Street Address:
City: Washington
State: D.C.
Zip Code: 20547
Network Address:
Telephone: 202-619-4355
Supplemental Information: Source of information for Local Subject Index is Subject Bibliography Index. Most of the other information in this record is extracted from the U.S. Government Manual.
Control Identifier: GPO/SOD/LPS-0014
Record Source:
Department/Agency Name: United States
Government
Printing Office
Major Organizational Subdivision: Superintendent of
Documents
Minor Organizational Subdivision: Library Programs Service
Name of Unit: Cataloging Branch
Internet Contact: dldgpo@access.digex.net
Telephone: 202-512-1141
Date of Last Modification: 19951222