[Libs-Or] UPDATE: Dept. of Justice Rescinds Withdrawl/Destruction ofPublications

[Wyma Rogers]

ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume
13, Number 55 August 2, 2004

In This Issue: UPDATE: Dept. of Justice Rescinds Withdrawal/ Destruction
of Publications 

Thanks to everyone for your work on this issue. We are happy to convey
the following message from Judy Russell, Superintendent of Documents:

As you know, on July 22, 2004, a notice was posted to FDLP-L advising
depository libraries that the Department of Justice had requested the
withdrawal of five publications that were intended for internal use
only.

In response to the Government Printing Office's further inquiry into
this matter, the Department of Justice has requested that I advise
depository libraries to disregard the previous instructions to withdraw
these publications. In making this request, the Department of Justice
said, although these materials were "intended only for the internal
training use of Department of Justice personnel and, as such, were
inappropriately distributed to depository libraries through an
administrative oversight,"
the Department has determined that these materials are "not sufficiently
sensitive to require removal from the depository library system."

Since 1995, GPO has issued recall letters for 20 publications at the
request of the publishing agencies. Seven of these publications were
recalled because they were for official use or internal use only, as
occurred in this instance.

Both GPO and the Department of Justice regret any inconvenience
resulting from the initial request for withdrawal.

Judy Russell

Judith C. Russell (jrussell at gpo.gov)
Managing Director, Information Dissemination (Superintendent of
Documents)
U.S. Government Printing Office
Phone: 202-512-0571
Fax: 202-512-1434