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Information and Regulatory Affairs and replaces it with a system in each agency for providing access via electronic and other means to a comprehensive
inventory of agency information dissemination products.
Provides for the use of electronic information collection and dissemination techniques to reduce the Federal paperwork burden.
S. 564--P.L. 103-40 Ford Companion Measure, H.R. 1328
Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993
A bill to establish in the Government Printing Office a means of enhancing electronic public access to a wide range of Federal electronic information.
Introduced on March 11, 1993. Referred to Senate Committee on Committee on Rules and Administration. Passed Senate on March 22, 1993, passed House on May
25, 1993, signed into law on June 8, 1993.
Requires the Superintendent of Documents, under the direction of the Public Printer, to establish a means for providing the public with on-line access to electronic public
information of the Federal Government.
Sets forth guidelines for determining fees for accessing such information. Permits depository libraries to access information through such means without charge.
Requires the Public Printer to report to the Congress on the savings resulting from such on-line public access to governmnet information and on the status of the system
providing such access.
S. 681 Glenn Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act of 1993
Regulatory Review Sunshine Act of 1993
A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, relating to Government paperwork reduction, to modify the Federal regulatory review process. To ensure the
greatest possible public benefit from information collected, maintained, used, disseminated, and retained by the federal government. Introduced on March 31,
1993. Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
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H.R. 856 Owens, M. Educational Research, Development, and Dissemination Act
A bill to improve education in the United States by promoting excellence in research, development, and the dissemination of information. Introduced on
February 4, 1993. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. Subcommittee hearings held
on May 27, 1993. Field hearings held in New York, New York on June 19, 1993.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Regarding Office of Educational Research
and Improvement Title II: National Educational Research Policy and Priorites Board
Title III: National Research Institutes Title IV: National Education Dissemination System
Title V: National Library of Education Title VI: Leadership for Educational Technology
Title IV: - Amends GEPA to establish within OERI an Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination Dissemination Office, through which the Secretary shall carry
out a national education dissemination system for school improvement. Provides for Dissemination Office functions and duties, including: 1 identification, designation,
and dissemination of exemplary and promising programs including certain training, technical, and financial assistance; 2 16 Education Resources Information
Clearinghouses; 3 dissemination through new technologies; 4 an electronic network for sources of materials and research about teaching and learning for
improving nationwide education SMARTLINE to link various educational research and other entities; 5 an electronic networking and resource-sharing for
school improvement program of grants to State education agencies; 6 a networked system of the ten regional educational laboratories; 7 an America 2000
Communities Special Assistance Program, with grants for Learning Grant Institutions and District Education Agents within eligible communities,
development of a comprehensive America 2000 plan for assuring educational success for all students in the community, and implementation of a community-wide
plan for educational improvement; 8 the Teacher Research Dissemination Network regional partnerships for teacher change agents; and 9 the existing
National Diffusion Network and its Developer-Demonstrator and State Facilitator
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projects.
H.R. 2268 Brown
A bill to facilitate the development of an integrated, nationwide telecommunications system dedicated to instruction by guaranteeing the acquisition of a communications
satellite system used solely for communications among State and local instructional institutions and agencies and instructional resource providers. Introduced on May
26, 1993. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
S. 264 Bingaman Technology for the Classroom Act of 1993
