Office of Government Relations (OGR)

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Mission

As part of the ALA Washington Office, the Office of Government Relations (OGR) is charged with following and influencing legislation, policy and regulatory issues of importance to the library field and its publics. In coordination with its sister office, the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), OGR works to insure that libraries are consistently involved in the legislative and policy decision-making processes by:

1. informing government of the needs and concerns of the library community;
2. providing library supporters with up-to-date information on government actions or proposals;
3. building coalitions with Washington-based representatives of other groups with similar concerns; and
4. developing grassroots networks to lobby legislators and further library interests.

At the direction of the ALA Committee on Legislation, the Office of Government Relations covers a broad range of issues including, but not limited to: copyright, appropriations, library programs, government information and telecommunications.

(Draft Mission Statement 2001)

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Legislative Action Center

Try out ALA's E-Advocacy site!

Click here or the logo above to:

• Jump to ALA's Legislative Action Center;
• See what library legislation is hot;
• Send a letter or fax to Congress.

We invite you to try out our new site today! If you experience problems with or have questions about the new site, please email Andy Bridges.

And don't hesitate to pick up the phone, too! Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-225-3121 to contact your Member of Congress.

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Related Pages

• Issues
• National Library Legislative Day
• ALA Committee on Legislation
  • Resolutions

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