PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Superintendent of Documents, working under the Director of the Government Publishing Office, must create and keep an electronic directory of federal digital information. The Superintendent must also provide online access to the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, and other suitable publications they distribute, and run an electronic storage system for the items made available online. When possible, the Superintendent must add material if a department or agency asks. The Superintendent must talk with users and with other similar services to check that the directory and access system are useful and meet user needs.

Title 44, §4101

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(a)In General.—

The Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the Director of the Government Publishing Office, shall—

(1)maintain an electronic directory of Federal electronic information;

(2)provide a system of online access to the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, and, as determined by the Superintendent of Documents, other appropriate publications distributed by the Superintendent of Documents; and

(3)operate an electronic storage facility for Federal electronic information to which online access is made available under paragraph (2).

(b)Departmental Requests.—

To the extent practicable, the Superintendent of Documents shall accommodate any request by the head of a department or agency to include in the system of access referred to in subsection (a)(2) information that is under the control of the department or agency involved.

(c)Consultation.—

In carrying out this section, the Superintendent of Documents shall consult—

(1)users of the directory and the system of access provided for under subsection (a); and

(2)other providers of similar information services.

The purpose of such consultation shall be to assess the quality and value of the directory and the system, in light of user needs.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–235 substituted “Director of the Government Publishing Office” for “Public Printer” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Status Report Pub. L. 103–40, § 3,

June 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 113, required the Public Printer to submit a report to Congress on the status of the directory, the system of access, and the electronic storage facility referred to in section 4101 of this title by

June 30, 1994. Operational Deadline Pub. L. 103–40, § 4(a),

June 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 113, provided that: “The directory, the system of access, and the electronic storage facility referred to in section 4101 of title 44, United States Code, as added by section 2(a), shall be operational not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [

June 8, 1993].”

§4101 Electronic Directory; Online Access to Publications; Electronic Storage Facility