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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. Information is the Currency of Democracy – Thomas Jefferson . What is a Government Document?. Anything published by a government agency Can be extended to include NGOs “Informational matter which is published as an individual document at government expense,

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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

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  1. GOVERNMENTDOCUMENTS

  2. Information is the Currency of Democracy– Thomas Jefferson

  3. What is a Government Document? • Anything published by a government agency • Can be extended to include NGOs • “Informational matter which is published as an individual document at government expense, or as required by law” –U.S. Code Title 44, Ch. 19, Sec. 1901. • Types: laws, reports, documents, maps… • Topics: Congressional, economic, health, research, demographic, informative… • Formats: moving toward web-based

  4. How Much? U.S. government is the largest publisher in the world • 30.5 million printed publications distributed in fiscal year 2002 • 372 million documents were downloaded from GPO Access in FY 2002 • 300,000 federal government document titles are available to the public via the Internet at GPO Accesshttp://www.gpoaccess.gov.

  5. Two Main Divisions • Government Printing Office (GPO) • Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)

  6. Some History • July 17, 1895 First Depository shipment • 1895: There were 420 Depository Libraries • 1895: All depository libraries received 100% of publications and could only weed superseded items. • 1895: Monthly Catalog appeared

  7. Some History • 1895-1903: SuDocs classification developed • 1907: Land Grant colleges added to system. • 1923: Libraries could select materials, not just receive 100%. • 1923: 418 depositories.

  8. Based on the issuing agency. Titles are arranged by agency not subject matter: A = Agriculture C = Commerce D = Defense E = Energy ED = Education EPA = Environmental Protection Agency etc… A 1.1: 975 A 1.2: 43 A 1.3: 6/1 A 1.3: 6/2 A 1.3: 6/4200 A 1.4: AM 52 A 1.4: AM 64 A 1.4/2: AM 77 A 1.4/2: 1 A 1.5: B/3 A 1.5/A: B/3 The SuDoc Call Number System

  9. Some History • 1988: First CD-ROM distributed to depository libraries. • 1993 GPO Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act • Amended Title 44 to require online dissemination of information.

  10. GPO Now • Created primarily to satisfy the printing needs of Congress, • GPO today is the focal point for printing, binding, and information dissemination for the entire Federal community. • In addition to Congress and the White House approximately 130 Federal departments and agencies rely on GPO’s services.

  11. GPO • Located in Washington, D.C. • Title 44, United States Code defines the laws enforcing the GPO’s role. • In FY 2000, GPO distributed 12.2 million copies of approximately 29,000 tangible products in print, microform, and CD-ROM formats to depository libraries.

  12. Administered by U.S. Code Title 44, Ch. 19 The FDLP is based upon three principles: With certain specified exceptions, all Federal Government information products shall be made available to Federal depository libraries. Federal depository libraries shall be located in each State and U.S. Congressional District in order to make Government information products widely available. That Federal Government information in all media shall be available for the free use of the general public Federal Depository Library Program

  13. Depository Libraries • 53 Regional Libraries • 1300+ Selective libraries • Depositories are: -50% Academic -20% Public -11% Law -19% Other • Federal depository libraries serve an estimated 9.5 million people each year.

  14. Depository Librariesin Connecticut • Connecticut State Library Regional • Bridgeport Public Library • Hartford Public Library • Wesleyan University • Yale University • University of Connecticut

  15. Locating Federal Government Information on the WWW • USA.gov • GPO Access • Google Uncle Sam

  16. What Is USA.gov? • E-government: Front Door to Administration’s citizen-centric eGovernment • citizens can do business with government online • Interagency initiative administered by the U.S. General Services Administration • US Government’s “official Web portal” to all government information” • Search engine that reaches 51 million federal, state, and territorial Web pages

  17. Easy to use A-Z Agency Index Reference Center Online Services for: Citizens Business Helpful Features of USA.gov

  18. A-Z Agency Index

  19. What is GPO Access? • www.gpoaccesss.gov • A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office • Free public access to electronic information products produced by the Federal Government • A collection of searchable databases containing full-text publications of the executive, legislative and judicial branches • Committed to permanent public access of government information in electronic format

  20. Facts about GPO Access • Contains over 147,000 electronic titles • Points/links to 93,000 other titles • Contains almost 2,800 databases • Since 1994, retrievals have exceeded 1.6 billion • Average size of document retrieved from GPO Access is 49Kb (24.5 typewritten pages)

  21. Congressional Bills Congressional Documents and Reports Congressional Hearings (limited) Public Laws Congressional Record US Code State of the Union Speech Federal Register Code of Federal Regulations Public Papers of the Presidents Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Supreme Court Decisions Go to GPO ACCESSto locate the full-text of:

  22. Helpful Features of GPO Access • A–Z Resource List • Resources grouped by branch of government • Alphabetical database list • Advanced and field searching by database • Ben’s Guide to US Government

  23. What is Google Uncle Sam? • Subset of Google, a leading search engine • Search engine for government sites • Only searches domains ending with .gov or .mil • Tops for speed and accuracy!

  24. Uncle Sam

  25. Demographics and Statistics • Statistics: A Pollak Library Research Guide • American FactFinder (Census Bureau) http://factfinder.census.gov/ • Statistical Abstract http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ • FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov/ • City and County Databook http://www.census.gov/prod/www/ccdb.html

  26. More Statistics • Consumer Price Index • Uniform Crime Reports/Crime in the United States • Popular NCES ReportsNational Center for Educational Statistics

  27. Government and Law • White House www.whitehouse.gov • Presidential Libraries • Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/ • Budget of the U.S. Government • Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

  28. More Government & Law • Supreme Court of the United States • Congressional Directory • Department of Homeland Security

  29. Portals • students.gov www.students.gov • science.gov www.science.gov

  30. Careers & Occupations • Occupational Outlook Handbook http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm

  31. Everything Else • American Memory www.loc.gov • National Atlas http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/ • Forms from the Feds http://exlibris.memphis.edu/govpubs/forms.htm

  32. More Stuff • seniors.gov www.seniors.gov • Write your Representative http://www.house.gov/writerep/ • Find your Senators http://www.senate.gov/ • FedBizOpps http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ • Fair Market Rents – FMRs http://www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html

  33. Still More… • U.S. Life Tables http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/life_tables.htm • Where to Write for Vital Records • http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm • healthfinder® http://www.healthfinder.gov/ • Federal Citizen Information Center http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

  34. More Stuff • Citizens Against Government Waste: • U.S. Population Clock http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock

  35. Selected Reference Sites for Government Information • U.S. Depository Ready Reference Collectionfrom Columbia University • Yale University Library Government Documents • Govdocs from Brooklyn College • U.S. Government Documents Reference Shelf from Indiana University • Best Document Resources

  36. Selected Reference Sites for Government Information • FDTF Government InformationVanderbilt U • U.S. Depository Ready Reference Collection • UMichigan Documents Center • a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.

  37. Maps, maps, maps! • Map Collections • What do you see? • Places in the News • Earth as Art • Language of the Land • Geographical Fun Atlas • National Atlases: Presenting the Nation's Cultural Geography • Zoom into Maps • Mapping My Spot in History

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