FGI Bibliography on Issues Related to Government Information

Below is a bibliography -- alphabetical by title -- of resources relating to the many intertwining issues surrounding government information. You'll find here articles on copyright, Freedom of Information (FOIA), digital library management among others. If you'd like to suggest other titles, please email us or post the citation(s) as a comment to this page.

• "Facts for Sale by Holley Knaus. Multinational Monitor, 5 (1991)
• Government Documents at the Crossroads [2001] by Karrie Peterson, Elizabeth Cowell, and Jim Jacobs, American Libraries, (Sept 2001) vol. 32 no. 8 p. 52-55.
• Government Information in the Digital Age: The Once and Future Federal Depository Library Program. by James A. Jacobs, James R. Jacobs, and Shinjoung Yeo [Article to appear in Journal of Academic Librarianship, May 2005, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jacalib]
• Is the GPO Endangered? Miriam Drake, Information Today, August 5, 2002.
• "Let the People Know the Facts: Can Government Information Removed from the Internet be Reclaimed?" (PDF) by Susan Nevelow Mart, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. 98 Law Libr. J. 1 (2006) (It's also available via the Social Science Research Network)
• "Records Management Guidance for Agencies Implementing Electronic Signature Technologies." National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), October 18, 2000.
• State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Government Information (2003) By Government Relations Committee and Washington Office American Association of Law Library
• Text of speech by Wayne Kelly, formar Superinendent of Documents, to the Federal Documents Task Force at ALAís Midwinter meeting in Washington DC (1997)
• Undocumented Evidence. The Politics (and Profits) of Information: The 9/11 Commission One Year Later. Max Holland, Washington Spectator,November 1, 2005