[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 240 (Thursday, December 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65421-65422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31543]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Public Meeting With Interested Vendors for Ordering Reproductions 
of Still Photographs, Aerial Film, Maps, and Drawings

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: NARA will hold a meeting to discuss the continued 
privatization of reproduction services for still pictures, aerial film, 
maps, and drawings. On March 6, 1995, NARA began to test new procedures 
for the delivery of reproduction services for records which NARA 
customers request from Still Picture Branch (NNSP), the Cartographic 
and Architectural Branch (NNSC), and the Nixon Presidential Materials 
Staff (NLNP). NARA permitted vendors to set up work stations in its 
building located in College Park, MD, where the still photographs and 
cartographic and architectural records are housed and made available. 
The three NARA units referred customer requests for reproduction of 
these media to the vendors, who determined fees, collected payments, 
performed the copying work, and mailed the reproductions to the 
customers. The purpose of this one-year trail program was to: (1) 
Verify the degree to which the privatization of the reproduction order 
fulfillments of NNSP, NNSC, and NLNP could improve customer service; 
and (2) ascertain the extent to which digital scanning can satisfy 
requirements from NARA's customers. At the end of the first year, based 
on a satisfactory review of the program's overall performance, NARA 
decided to extend the program for a second year, though with some 
modifications. Beginning March 6, 1997, the next anniversary date, NARA 
will open the program to interested vendors for a third year. All 
vendors interested in this program, including vendors already 
participating, are invited to attend the next scheduled meeting on 
January 21, 1997, where copies of a draft Memorandum of Agreement 
specifying the terms of the program will be distributed. A follow-up 
meeting has also been scheduled for February 13, 1997, to answer any 
remaining questions from vendors.

DATES: The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 21, 1997, at 
10:00 a.m. The follow-up meeting will be held on Thursday, February 13, 
1997, at 10:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in Archives II, lecture rooms D 
and E,

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located at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William T. Murphy, Nontextual Archives Division, 301-713-7083; fax 301-
713-6904.
Geraldine N. Phillips,
Acting Deputy, Assistant Archivist for the National Archives.
[FR Doc. 96-31543 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]
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