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B-114829 1 (1975-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcgs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE: B-114829 DATE: JUN 2 7 1975 ? 7/3 MATTER OF: Applicability of Depository Library Act to National Technical Information Service publications DIGEST: Legislative history of section of Depository Library Act which exempts cooperative publications which must neces- sarily be sold in order to be self-sustaining from free distribution to designated depository libraries, indicates that publications of National Technical Information Service (NTIS) which are based on material furnished by other agencies are deemed cooperative. Since statute establishing NTIS provides that publications for special use and benefit of private groups and individuals must be self-sustaining while those issued primarily for general benefit of public need not be, former category is exempt while latter is not. By letter dated December 30, 1974, the Public Printer, United States Government Printing Office (GPO), requested our decision as to ( the applicability of the Depository Library Act of 1962, as amended, approved August 9, 1962, Pub. L. No. 87-579, 76 Stat. 352, 44 U.S.C. 5§ 1901 et seL. (1970), to publications issued by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Department of Commerce. The matter arose out of a request by NTIS to GPO to discontinue the free distribution of certain NTIS publications. The Depository Library Act provides generally that all Government publications, with exceptions hereinafter noted, shall be made available to designated depository libraries throughout the United States. Publications printed by GPO are to be distributed by the Superintendent of Documents and charged against GPO appropriations. Publications printed or processed elsewhere than at GPO are to be furnished by the issuing agency to the Superintendent of Documents for appropriate distribution. The cost of printing and binding such publications is to be borne by the issuing agency. NTIS evolved from the mandate of the Act approved September 9, 1950, ch. 936, 64 Stat. 823, 15 U.S.C. 5 1151 et seg.(1970), which directed the Secretary of Commerce to establish and maintain within the Department of Commerce a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of scientific, technical, and engineering information. The purpose of this enactment was to make the results of technological research available to industry, business, and the general public. 0OLLER THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECiSION OF THE UNITE3 STATES Z WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 t NwITID

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