Home » post » FDsys enhanced functionality and collections update

Our mission

Free Government Information (FGI) is a place for initiating dialogue and building consensus among the various players (libraries, government agencies, non-profit organizations, researchers, journalists, etc.) who have a stake in the preservation of and perpetual free access to government information. FGI promotes free government information through collaboration, education, advocacy and research.

FDsys enhanced functionality and collections update

FYI the Government Printing Office (GPO) has announced a scheduled maintenance and update of their Federal Digital System (FDsys). New collections and functionalities will be added. Please be aware that there may be some intermittent downtime over the next day or two.

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will be performing scheduled maintenance on FDsys . During this time, new collections will be added and enhanced functionality will be introduced.

* Start Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 05:00 p.m. EDT
* End Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010 12:00 Noon EDT

During the scheduled maintenance, FDsys may experience brief intermittent downtime.

The new collections are being added are:

* Independent Counsel Investigations
* House Journal
* Privacy Act Issuances
* Unified Agenda
* Education Reports from ERIC

As part of ongoing efforts to enhance FDsys, the ability to only display the most recent edition of a publication as well as one-click access to view all editions from simple search results is being introduced for selected applications. The affected applications are:

* United States Government Manual
* Congressional Directory
* Privacy Act Issuances
* United States Code (U.S. Code)
* House Rules and Manual
* Senate Manual
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Report of the President
* Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

The new functionality being introduced requires reprocessing of selected U.S. Code and CFR data, which is expected to be completed within 2 days of launch. Select U.S. Code and CFR data may be inaccessible during the reprocessing period.

Thank you for your cooperation during this time.

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Archives