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[CITE: 44USC3511]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
         CHAPTER 35--COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY
 
Sec. 3511. Establishment and operation of Government Information 
        Locator Service
        
    (a) In order to assist agencies and the public in locating 
information and to promote information sharing and equitable access by 
the public, the Director shall--
        (1) cause to be established and maintained a distributed agency-
    based electronic Government Information Locator Service (hereafter 
    in this section referred to as the ``Service''), which shall 
    identify the major information systems, holdings, and dissemination 
    products of each agency;
        (2) require each agency to establish and maintain an agency 
    information locator service as a component of, and to support the 
    establishment and operation of the Service;
        (3) in cooperation with the Archivist of the United States, the 
    Administrator of General Services, the Public Printer, and the 
    Librarian of Congress, establish an interagency committee to advise 
    the Secretary of Commerce on the development of technical standards 
    for the Service to ensure compatibility, promote information 
    sharing, and uniform access by the public;
        (4) consider public access and other user needs in the 
    establishment and operation of the Service;
        (5) ensure the security and integrity of the Service, including 
    measures to ensure that only information which is intended to be 
    disclosed to the public is disclosed through the Service; and
        (6) periodically review the development and effectiveness of the 
    Service and make recommendations for improvement, including other 
    mechanisms for improving public access to Federal agency public 
    information.

    (b) This section shall not apply to operational files as defined by 
the Central Intelligence Agency Information Act (50 U.S.C. 431 et seq.).

(Added Pub. L. 104-13, Sec. 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 180.)

                       References in Text

    The Central Intelligence Agency Information Act, referred to in 
subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 98-477, Oct. 15, 1984, 98 Stat. 2209, which is 
classified principally to subchapter V (Sec. 431 et seq.) of chapter 15 
of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1984 Amendment note set out 
under section 401 of Title 50 and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3511, added Pub. L. 96-511, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 11, 
1980, 94 Stat. 2822; amended Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(m) [title VIII, 
Sec. 818], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-308, 1783-339, and Pub. L. 99-
591, Sec. 101(m) [title VIII, Sec. 818], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-
308, 3341-339, related to establishment and operation of a Federal 
Information Locator System prior to the general amendment of this 
chapter by Pub. L. 104-13.
    Another prior section 3511, Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 
1305, provided for penalty for failure to furnish information, prior to 
the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96-511.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3506 of this title.
