ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program --------------------------------------------------------------------- July 15, 2000 GP 3.16/3-2:21/10 (Vol. 21, no. 10) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Unauthorized Survey about Bills on Microfiche One aspect of the transition to a more electronic Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) involves discontinuing the physical format distribution of some publications when an official and reliable online version is available. As reported in the spring 2000 meeting of the Depository Library Council, the Library Programs Service (LPS) will discontinue distribution of the Congressional Bills on microfiche effective with the last bills of the 106th Congress Bills. Bills are permanently accessible on GPO Access beginning with the 103rd Congress. We estimate that eliminating the bills on microfiche will save over $200,000 per year. House and Senate Bills on microfiche are produced and distributed for the FDLP by Court Reproduction Service (CRS) of Philadelphia, PA. On June 19, 2000, LPS and the Office of Congressional, Legislative, and Public Affairs began receiving inquiries and responses to a preference survey concerning the dissemination of Congressional Bills. This unauthorized, unofficial survey was apparently developed and mailed by CRS without the prior knowledge or consent of the Government Printing Office or LPS. Depository libraries are under no obligation to respond to this survey. If you have questions about the Congressional Bills or other FDLP issues please contact us at .