Study of Policy Issues Affecting The Defense Technical Information Center.Revised

摘要

This is a report of a research project for the purpose of exploring the federalinformation policy environment in which DTIC finds itself. The report surveys current federal information policy including 1994 legislative and policy initiatives affecting the Privacy Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, OMB Circular A-130, the Government Information Locator Service, the information infrastructure and other areas. Special attention was devoted to the Freedom of Information Act, especially electronic FOIA, and to public versus non-public information. The report examines how recent events affecting intellectual property in electronic and network environments will affect DTIC. The report asks the question as to whether the federal government needs a policy document to cover the special situation of scientific and technical information; it concludes that the policy setting of STI is so different from other federal information activities and faces such urgent issues that a separate STI policy is needed. Scientific and technical information, Federal information policy, Freedom of information, Privacy, Paperwork reduction, Intellectual property, OMB Circular No. A-130.