This message is from Cindi Wolff.----------------------------Johnnie ------------------------------------------------------ >From: [log in to unmask] (Cynthia Wolff) >Subject: GPO News Release (fwd) >Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:56:00 -0600 (CST) > > News Release U.S. Government Printing Office > Contact: William Thompson > > 202-512-1125 > > Internet e-mail: > > [log in to unmask] > > > GPO and the Northwestern University Library > Open Free Web Link to Federal Information > > > > The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has opened the first "gateway" > site in Illinois giving the public access to many of the Nation's most > important Federal documents via an Internet connection or a phone call to > the GPO Access Services. > > The Congressional Record, Federal Register, Congressional Bills, Code of > Federal Regulations, U.S. Code and other Federal databases are now available > to off-site users on the same day of publication through the Gateway. The > library, one in the nation's system of nearly 1,400 Federal depository > libraries, is offering public access to the GPO databases as part of an > expanding gateway program. > > "We believe the public should have timely access to vital information about > the activities of their government without charge," says head of the GPO, > Public Printer Michael F. DiMario. Further, he says, "it is our goal to > establish local outlets to the GPO electronic system in every State. We > want these important Government publications available to the American > public around the clock, 7 days a week." > > The Northwestern University Library Gateway, " GPO Access on the Web", is > the latest Federal depository library to become a gateway. Users may > access the gateway by pointing their web browser to: > http://www.library.nwu.edu/gpo/. Users of "GPO Access on the Web" may > search the databases as frequently as they like, without charge. For local > user support, contact Cindi Wolff at 847-491-3130 or <[log in to unmask]>. > > The GPO Access databases are also available for free electronic searching at > some 1,300 of the Nation's depository libraries under the "GPO Access" > program authorized by law and launched in June 1994. > > On December 1, 1995, the GPO announced the free use of its award-winning GPO > Access online service. All Internet and dial-in users can now use the GPO > Access databases at no charge. This is made possible through the > congressional funding of the Federal Depository Library Program, at a time > when more and more citizens are receiving their information by computer. > > Inquiries about the availability of GPO Access services should be directed > to the GPO Access User Support Team at 1-888-293-6498 (toll free) or (202) > 512-1530 (local); Fax: (202) 512-1262; or Internet e-mail: > <[log in to unmask]>. Questions about the service can also be directed to a > nearby Federal Depository Library. Written information about the GPO Access > and GPO products and services can be obtained via U.S. Fax Watch, the > GPO's fax-on-demand service, by dialing (202) 512-1716. > > > > >