ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

                          Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program


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                                           October 15, 1999
                                           GP 3.16/3-2:20/15
                                           (Vol. 20, no. 15)

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                         13 DIRECT MAIL TITLES NOW DISTRIBUTED IN REGULAR SHIPMENTS

     Beginning in October, 1999, some "direct mail" titles will instead be placed in regular
     depository shipments. Previously, in the interest of timeliness, these titles were sent to
     depository libraries directly from contractors or from GPO's printing plant to depositories via
     first or second class mail. However, more timely access is now provided for most of the affected
     titles, as they are available electronically on the date of issuance from GPO Access, the Federal
     Bulletin Board, or Federal agency Internet sites. This access is part of GPO's transition to a
     more electronic Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

     The change in distribution for the 13 affected titles will produce substantial savings in postage
     costs, which have risen to an estimated $1 million annually for the direct mail titles, while the
     appropriation that funds the FDLP has remained essentially static.

     As printing contracts are amended, starting in October 1999, LPS will include the titles (see
     Direct Mail Discontinued List, below) on the Depository Shipping List and distribute them in the
     regular shipment boxes. Claims for these tangible products will be handled in the same way as
     other materials on shipping lists. A few titles (see Direct Mail Continued List, below) and paid
     subscriptions will not be affected by this action.

     Direct Mail Discontinued List:

       Title             SuDoc #       Item #     URL

       Business America  C 61.18:      0127-A     http://www.ita.doc.gov/bizam/
       [temporarily
       suspended by
       agency]

       Commerce          C 1.76:       0231-G-03  http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/index.html
       Business Daily

       Morbidity &       HE 20.7009:   0508-A     http://www2.cdc.gov/mmwr/
       Mortality Weekly
       Report

       Federal           AE 2.106:     0573-C     http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
       Register[paper]                 (P)

       List of CFR       AE 2.106/2:   0573-C     http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/lsa/aboutlsa.html
       Sections                        (P)
       Affected [paper]

       Weekly            AE 2.109:     0577-A     http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html
       Compilation of
       Presidential
       Documents

       Federal Highway   TD 2.71:      0678-A
       Administration
       Register

       Dispatch          S 1.3/5:      0864       http://www.state.gov/www/publications/dispatch/

       Daily Treasury    T             0923-A-02  http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/dailys.htm
       Statement         63.113/2-2:

       Monthly           T 63.215:     0970-A-11  http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opddload.htm
       Statement of the
       Public Debt

       Monthly Treasury  T 63.113/2:   0923-A-02  http://www.fms.treas.gov/mts/
       Statement

       Internal Revenue  T 22.23:      0957       http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/bus_info/bullet.html
       Bulletin

       Congressional     X 1.1/A:      0994-B     http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
       Record [paper]                  (P)

     Direct Mail Continued List:

       Title                                 SuDoc #     Item #

       FERC Statutes and Regulations         E 2.18:     0438-C-01

       FERC Reports                          E 2.17:     0438-C

       Federal Register [microfiche]         AE 2.106:   0573-D
                                                         (MF)

       List of CFR Sections Affected         AE          0573-D
       [microfiche]                          2.106/2:    (MF)

       Congressional Record [microfiche]     X 1.1/A:    0994-C
                                                         (MF)