In 2001, the GAO published a document entitled “Information Management; Electronic Dissemination of Government Publications” (pdf).
The GAO is responding to a congressional request for information on electronic documents dissemination, and ends up discussing the GPO, LOC, and FDLP in great detail. Apparently they considered transferring the FDLP from the GPO to the LOC.
Also, the […]
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GAO Document on Electronic Dissemination of Government Publications
January 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: FDLP · GAO · OpenHouse · archive · archivist · government websites · jurisdiction · preservation
The GAO’s Unheeded Mandate
December 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I recently came across a mandate that the GAO perform periodic reviews of financial disclosure practices across the government, which appears to be unenforced and unimplemented.
My search started in the House rules from Ellen’s post last week pointing to this house rule, which leads from this search to this doc, from 1990. More clearly, […]
Transparency via GAO, Academia
December 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Paul Blumenthal just came across this document from the GAO, transcribing a pithy speech by the Comptroller General of the United States, David Walker (the head of the GAO). Transparent Government and Access to Information: A Role for Supreme Audit Institutions provides a neat tour of the advantages of transparent public administration, from […]
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