[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36805-36806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17618]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5260-1]


Government Information Locator Service (GILS)

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Public notice announcement of third focus group meeting.

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SUMMARY: All Federal agencies and departments must create locators 
(i.e., electronic card catalogues) for their publicly-available 
information, and must make these locators available in a standard 
format. The collection of all the Federal agencies' and departments' 
locators is termed the Government Information Locator Service (GILS), 
which is more fully described in the Office of Management and Budget 
Bulletin 95-01, ``Establishment of Government Information Locator 
Service.''
    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is convening several 
focus group meetings to confirm and expand our understanding of our 
customers' needs for a locator to EPA information. The purpose of the 
meetings is to engage EPA's constituencies in dialogue about their 
specific requirements for EPA's GILS, so that EPA can better tailor its 
GILS to fit customer needs.
    This third public focus group is designed to include any likely 
users of EPA's GILS, and any interested parties, except for EPA staff 
(EPA staff will attend separate sessions). Diverse interest groups and 
varied perspectives are welcome.
    Results of the focus group meetings will be combined with results 
from internal EPA meetings, and will be used to help set the near- and 
long-term agenda for development, enhancement, and sustainability of 
GILS at EPA.
    The meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 26, 1995, from 
9:00am to noon at EPA's Region 5 Office, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, Illinois. The meeting will be held in the 12th floor 
Conferencing Center Lake Erie Room and there is no cost to participate.
    To keep the focus group attendance to a workable size (i.e., one in 
which voices can be readily heard and thoughts recorded), advance 
registration is required. To register, please contact one of the 
following by July 25, and let them know your name, company or 
affiliation (if any), telephone and fax numbers.

Susanne Buthman-Salcido, EPA Region 5, 312-886-6708 fax: 312-886-1515 
electronic mail: Buthman-Salcido.S[email protected]
Mary Gedney, DynCorp, 703-222-1491 fax: 703-222-1542 electronic mail: 
[email protected]

    If you have special needs for accessibility, please let us know so 
we can do our best to accommodate you.
    If you cannot participate in the focus group, but want to 
contribute your perspectives, please contact us to obtain 

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a GILS questionnaire, to be filled out at your convenience.

    Dated: July 12, 1995.
 Stephen S. Hufford,
Chief, Information Management Branch.
[FR Doc. 95-17618 Filed 7-17-95; 8:45 am]
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