[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 195 (Monday, October 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52495-52496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25578]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary For Information Systems; 
Government Information Locator Service (GILS)

AGENCY: Office of Information Resources Management, Office of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Management/CFO, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
information dissemination activities, announces the establishment of 
the Treasury GILS. Treasury invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to access information resources on the Treasury GILS. 
Further, in order to improve its dissemination of information and 
delivery of services to the public, Treasury requests that the public 
take this opportunity to comment on the Treasury GILS.

DATES: Electronic mail, written or telefaxed comments should be 
received on or before November 15, 1996, to be considered for the next 
major update for January 1997. Comments will be welcomed on a 
continuing basis after that date.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via http://www.treas.gov or 
via facsimile to (202) 622-1595. Written comments can be submitted to 
Department of the Treasury, Office of Information Resources Management,

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Attention: GILS, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, Room 2110, Washington, DC 
20220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gladys R. Myatt, Department of the 
Treasury, Office of Information Resources Management, Washington, D.C. 
20220, (202) 622-1524 (or via [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
P.L. 104-13, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin 95-
01 established GILS. GILS is a virtual card catalog of government 
information and provides a new way to identify, locate, and describe 
publicly available Federal information resources, including electronic 
information resources. GILS records identify publicly-available 
information resources within the U.S. Federal government, describe the 
information available in these resources, and assist in obtaining the 
actual information.
    The Treasury GILS site in on the Government Printing Office (GPO) 
Access system, at the following Internet World Wide Web address: http:/
/www.access.gpo.gov/su__docs/gils/gils.html
    This site also contains the GILS records for 25 other Federal 
agencies, pointer records with links to other U.S. Federal GILS sites, 
and additional records designed to serve as pathways to information 
resources in all Cabinet-level and major independent Federal agencies.
    For those without WWW access, this site can also be utilized 
through:

--WAIS client software.
    Host: wais, access,gpo.gov
    Port: 210
    Database: GILS
--Telneting to swais.access.gpo.gov
--Dialing in to (202) 512-1661 (log in as guest)

    Access to GILS is also provided by Federal Depository Libraries.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be used to improve the Treasury GILS. All comments will become a 
matter of public record. Comments should address whether the types of 
information resources on the Treasury GILS satisfy your needs, and if 
not, the types of information resources that should be included.

    Dated: September 30, 1996.
Jane L. Sullivan,
Director, Office of Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 96-25578 Filed 10-4-96; 8:45 am]
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