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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
INREPLY B-199282
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL REFER TO:
June 25, 1980
Dennis C. Brown, Esq.
Law Offices of Jeremiah Courtney
2120 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Dear Mr. Brown:
This respo ds to your letter of April 24, 1980, which
raises certain 1egal questions concerning the notirce on-4 th
ver-ot-edfh-al- Gqmms abiews-Con iSsion-tFCC+ workinga. %
paper publications1
You refer to the following statement contained in the
notice:
* * * The analyses and conclusions pre-
sented in the [Office of Plans and Policy]
OPP Working Paper Series are those of the
authors and do not necessarily reflect the
views of other members of the Office of
Plans and Policy, other Commission staff or
the Commission itself. Given the preliminary
character of some titles in the series, per-
mission should be obtained from the author
before quoting or referencing working paper
titles in publications. * * *
With respect to the above statement, you raise two issues:
First, whether the FCC's staff members could prepare and
publish at the Government's expense working papers that do
not necessarily reflect the Commission's views. Second,
whether the authors could claim copyright privileges or rights
in the Government publications. In addition, your letter
questions the propriety of the authors submitting the working
papers for commercial publication.
The introductory portion of the notice itself addresses
the first issue:
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