GPO plan for OA to government information

On April 6, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) released its draft plan for the national Collection of Last Resort (CLR). Excerpt: The CLR "supports the GPO mission to provide comprehensive, timely, permanent public access to U.S. Government publications in all formats....Access copies of the stored digital objects will be available for online use by the public and for print-on-demand and document delivery services....The CLR is primarily created to support the [Federal Depository Library Program] goal of no-fee permanent public access, but also supports other GPO information dissemination and preservation programs, including print-on-demand for publications sales." Two principles guiding the CLR are (1) "The public has a right of access to public information" and (2) "The Federal Government should not allow cost to obstruct the people's access to public information." The draft says that "[t]his plan will continue to evolve as public comments are received" but gives no address or deadline for comments. (Thanks to the NFAIS Information Community News.)