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Tablel. Roles and Responsibilities of GPO, NARA, and LC
Is GPhAAL
Purpose of Content
Managed"Keeping America Informed" - current
and future access to all Federal public
documents.Preserving essential evidence that
documents the rights of American
citizens, the actions of Federal officials,
and the national experience.Acts as the U.S. national library,
and supports the information
needs of the Congress.Access "Free public access" to FDLP content Limited public access permitted if Limited public access permitted if
required by law conditions are met conditions are met
Time to Availability Hours to Days Years (depends on records schedule) Days to Years
Cataloging/ Cataloging and indexing required by law; Finding aids generally at the collection Cataloging performed to manage
Finding Aids done at the piece level level very large collections; generally
done at the piece level
Statutory View Specific mandate to manage digital Digital content responsibility derived Appropriations and legislative
(digital products) content, create "directories," and manage from definition of Federal records (44 oversight for digital projects (e.g.,
a "storage facility" 144 USC 4101) USC Chap 29; 3301) NDIIPP)
Format(s) of Content Tangible, including print, microfilm, CDs, Print, Digital, Image, Sound, and Print, Digital, Image, Sound, and
Managed and maps Manuscript Manuscript
(current state)
Scope of Content Published information (i.e. public Federal records31 and other historical Collections are universal in scope,
Managed documents) of all three branches of the materials relating to the US national and include copyrighted material
U.S. Federal Government. experience. deposited by U.S. publishing
firms.
Life-Cycle stages of Assists agencies with content creation. Manages preliminary records and final Manages final products and rare
Content Managed Publishes final products, dissemination, products, creates finding aids, and objects, cataloging, and
cataloging, and preservation for preservation. preservation.
permanent public access.
Source: Government Printing Office31As defined in 44 USC 3301, "records" includes all books, papers, maps, photographs, machine readable materials, or other documentary materials,
regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by an agency of the U.S. Government under federal law or in connection with the
transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization,
functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations or other activities of the government, or because of the informational value of data in them.
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