Report to Congress: Organizations Complementing Federal Agency Information Dissemination Programs, April 15, 2005 (23 pages, PDF):
“This report discusses Government Printing Office’s (GPO) Federal Depository Libraries (FDLs), Federally funded CTCs, public libraries, and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) research rooms. The report describes on-line government information and services available to users of these programs, identifies promising practices at each, and, where applicable, refers to completed performance evaluations assessing the effectiveness of the program… The Federal government is the largest single producer, collector, consumer, and disseminator of information in the United States, and, as a result, Federal government information is a valuable national resource. This resource provides the public with information about the government, society, economy, and many other subjects. It is a means to ensure the accountability of government, to manage the government’s operations, to maintain the healthy performance of the economy, and is itself a commodity in the marketplace.”
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