Access to Government Information

• Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)

  Recognizing the need to centralize government printing and to establish a mechanism to provide US citizens with no-fee access to federal government information, Congress passed the Printing Act of 1895...

• Public Access to Federally Funded Research and Government Information

  Numerous federal statutes, executive orders, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars provide agencies with guidance concerning the creation, collection, maintenance, dissemination, and preservation of government information. Ensuring effective...

• Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science Proposed EPA Rule

  On August 15, 2018, Prudence Adler, Associate Executive Director, sent a letter on behalf of the Association to interim EPA director Andrew Wheeler, opposing the proposed rule "Strengthening Transparency in...

• Letter to Committee on Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

  On April 5, 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) signed a letter in support of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, HR 4631, to the Committee on House...

• Libraries Welcome House Administration Committee Approval of FDLP Modernization Act

  National library associations praised the Committee on House Administration’s approval of the FDLP Modernization Act (H.R. 5305) today. The bipartisan bill would update and strengthen the Federal Depository Library Program...

• Advocacy and Public Policy Update—September 2017

  An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from May 20, 2017, through September 22, 2017,...

• Issue Brief: Using Fair Use to Preserve and Share Disappearing Government Information

  Access to government information is a fundamental principle in a democratic society. Particularly in the digital environment, government information is a driver for economic and social progress as well as...

• Advocacy and Public Policy Update—May 2017

  An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from January 27, 2017, through May 19, 2017,...

• ARL, 46 Groups Support FOIA Reform in US House, Senate

  Two bills were introduced on February 2, 2015, in the US House of Representatives (H.R. 653) and the US Senate (S. 337) to update and reform the Freedom of Information...

• Membership Meeting 2014 (Fall): The Big Bang of Government Documentation

  Presented at the 165th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2014, in Washington, DC, by William B. McAllister. mm14fall_mcallister_govtinfo.pdf

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