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WHITEPAPER
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
IN THE ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE INTERNET,
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS ROUNDTABLE (GODORT),
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

January 1996

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization,
it expects what never was and never will be...
If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free,
it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.

                                                   --Thomas Jefferson

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contributors

I. Introduction

II. Nature of Electronic Government Information

III. Access to Electronic Government Information

IV. Preserving and Archiving Electronic Government Information

V. Education

VI. Legislation and Regulations for Electronic Government Information

VII. Conclusion

VIII. Acronyms/Abbreviations

IX. Endnotes*

X. Bibliography

Ad Hoc Committee on the Internet
Contributors

Maggie Parhamovich Farrell, Editor Internet Consultant Gary Cornwell University of Florida Chuck Eckman Stanford University Melissa Lamont Penn State University

Mary Mallory University of Illinois at Urbana Larry Schankman Mansfield University Jackie Shane University of New Mexico Grace York University of Michigan

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