Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Board Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Board Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Systems and Telecommunications Management, Office of

Administration, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Systems & Telecommunications Management (OSTM)

announces a meeting of the Government Information Locator Service

(GILS) Board. The GILS Board will evaluate the development and

operation of GILS and recommend enhancements to GILS to meet user

information needs.

DATES: The public meeting of the GILS Board is scheduled for December

6, 1995, from 10 a.m. until noon.

ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be held in the Department of Commerce

Auditorium, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th & Constitution Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James E. Squier, OSTM, Office of the Secretary, (202) 482-2855.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,

Public Law 104-13, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin

95-01 establish the Government Information Locator Service (GILS) to

help the public and agencies locate and access information throughout

the U.S. Government. Utilizing network-based information services, GILS

will identify information resources throughout the Executive Branch,

describe the information available and provide assistance in how to

obtain the information.

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The PRA and OMB Bulletin 95-01 also establish the GILS Board to

oversee the implementation and subsequent operations of GILS.

Membership on the Board includes representatives of the Director,

Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Commerce, the

Secretary of the Interior, the Archivist of the United States, and the

Administrator of General Services. The Public Printer and the Librarian

of Congress will be invited to participate. The Board may ask the heads

of other agencies to designate representatives to serve on the Board or

on task forces and seek input from other sources on GILS operations

including the public.

The GILS Board meeting is open to the public. A one-half hour time

period at the end of the meeting has been allocated for questions and

discussion. Interested persons or organizations wishing to speak or to

deliver materials should call the contact to make arrangements prior to

the meeting.

Dated: November 13, 1995.

Ronald P. Hack,

Director, Office Systems & Telecommunications Management, Office of

Administration, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.

[FR Doc. 95-28729 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]

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