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GPO WINDO Transformed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ALA Washington Office)
Fri Sep 25 14:21:20 1992
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 12:50:55 CDT
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GPO WINDO TRANSFORMED
The GPO WINDO/Gateway has been transformed--with elements of it
incorporated into HR 5983, the Government Printing Office Electronic
Information Access Enhancement Act of 1992. HR 5983 was introduced on
September 22 by Reps. Charlie Rose (D-NC), Chair of the Committee on House
Administration, William Thomas (R-CA), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) (see the
September 22 _Congressional Record_, pp. E2737-8). The Committee on House
Administration approved HR 5983 with several amendments on September 23.
This bill, the product of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans,
would establish in GPO a means of enhancing electronic public access to a
wide range of federal electronic information. House floor action is ex-
pected within the next few days. The bill would then move to the Senate for
quick floor action before the anticipated adjournment date of October 3.
ACTION NEEDED: It is important--right away--to thank sponsors of HR 2772,
the GPO WINDO bill, and ask them to support HR 5983 when it comes to the
House floor. HR 2772 sponsors are: Reps. Bacchus (D-FL), Barnard (D-GA),
Boucher (D-VA), Bruce (D-IL), Callahan (R-AL), Clinger (R-PA), Durbin (D-
IL), Evans (D-IL), Fazio (D-CA), Ford (D-MI), Gejdenson (D-CT), Glickman
(D-KS), Gordon (D-TN), Hyde (R-IL), Johnson (D-SD), Kopetski (D-OR), Matsui
(D-CA), McMillen (D-MD), Neal (D-NC), Norton (D-DC), Owens (D-NY), Penny
(D-MN), Porter (R-IL), Rahall (D-WV), Ravenel (R-SC), Ritter (R-PA), Roemer
(D-IN), Sabo (D-MN), Sanders (I-VT), Sawyer (D-OH), Slattery (D-KS), Smith
(R-NJ), Stallings (D-ID), Vucanovich (R-NV), Wheat (D-MO), Wilson (D-TX).
ADDITIONALLY, ask these key Senators to do everything they can to pass the
bill in the Senate before the end of the session: Sens. Mitchell (D-ME),
Majority Leader of the Senate; Ford (D-KY), Majority Whip of the Senate and
Chair of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee; Stevens (R-AK),
ranking minority member on the Committee; and Dole (R-KS), Minority Leader
of the Senate.
Tell legislators how important it is for their constituents to have online
access to publications like the _Congressional Record_ and the _Federal
Register_, both for sale through GPO and without charge through depository
libraries. When he introduced HR 5983, Rep. Rose said: "This bill is a
first step toward enhancing the ability of the American people to more
easily obtain information from the Federal Government. This bill
represents a bipartisan effort to encourage the dissemination of taxpayer-
funded information and to bring the information resources of the Government
closer to the people."
HIGHLIGHTS OF HR 5983:
PRODUCTS: (within one year)
* system of online access to the _Congressional Record_ and the _Federal
Register_
* electronic directory of federal public information
* agency dissemination (at agency request)
FEES: Superintendent of Documents
* charge the incremental cost of dissemination
* use of the directory and the system available to depository libraries
without charge
STUDY: Superintendent of Documents study (report to Congress)
* access through electronic networks
* use of existing agency systems
* standards with the National Institute of Standards and Technology
* cost savings
* independent evaluation by the General Accounting Office
The full text of HR 5983 is being posted as a separate message.
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