This symposium issue presents nine articles that discuss the U.S. Air Force STINFO (Scientific and Technical Information) Program, which was developed to improve the effectiveness of collecting and disseminating scientific and technical information concerning Department of Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force research and engineering efforts. (LRW)

Lists and describes the 10 best sources for answering statistical questions that are available for free or at a low cost on the World Wide Web. Statistics search tips, government publishers, almanacs, and newspapers are discussed. (LRW)

Describes an online service on the World Wide Web called the DOE (Department of Energy) "Information Bridge" that replaced distribution of physical paper reports and serves as an archive for electronic copies of DOE-sponsored technical reports. Explores the capabilities of the new site and examines implications for users and librarians.…

Discusses government Web sites for children and young adults that use multimedia and interactive features in their design. Provides an annotated list of 50 selective government Web sites from various agencies and departments. (LRW)

Describes a project titled "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873," by the Law Library of Congress to make the documentary records of Congress available over the World Wide Web. Also, notes other World Wide Web sites related to the Congress. (DSK)

Discussion of the dissemination of government information focuses on the debate concerning public versus private access to government information; efforts of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS); electronic access and the need for printed documents; and joint efforts between government agencies and the private sector to charge for…

Discusses electronic publishing on the Web by IGOs (intergovernmental organizations) and describes two products developed by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) that were designed to deliver electronic editions of their publications directly to users' desktops. Both services bundle purchase of print publications with…

Discussion of CD-ROM titles available through the Depository Library Program of the U.S. Government Printing Office that are useful for research in the social sciences reviews 12 titles issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Labor, and Department of Health and Human Services.…

Describes the results of a survey of government agencies that was undertaken by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for the Federal Depository Library Program to study the change from dissemination of print formats to electronic formats. A copy of the questionnaire used is included. (LRW)

Starting with a U.S. presidential proclamation regarding Japanese enemy aliens on December 7, 1941, through legislative and educational information in 2002, the federal government of the United States has published, in varied media, numerous documents concerning its 1942-1945 internment of persons of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast.…

This article highlights the Government Printing Office's (GPO) successful transition from a producer of print publications to a service provider and how this has affected the role of Federal Depository Libraries in an increasingly electronic service environment. It discusses the identity crisis currently facing Federal Depository Libraries during…

This article features Congressman Edward Rees's bill. Congressman Edward Rees of Kansas introduced a bill (H.R. 7786) in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 8, 1954, to create a national holiday that would honor the nation's veterans. He said in a speech on the floor of the House that he did it so that "a grateful nation may pay…

This article features a list of websites for primary sources and civics education. The World Wide Web has become an excellent source for facsimiles, images, and transcriptions of primary sources. As it would be impossible to provide a comprehensive list of all the sites, this annotated list highlights selective sites that provide access to…

Among librarians, government information has a reputation for being a valuable but underused resource. A literature review of undergraduate citation studies, however, reveals that the use of government information has apparently increased so much for some subject areas that, after books and journals, it has become one of the most frequently used…

The author provides notes on the historical context and membership of the consultative committees chaired by Sir W. H. Hadow, summarises each of the six reports produced between 1923 and 1933, and assesses the extent to which they informed the development of education in England, noting that the Plowden Committee felt compelled to reiterate many…