GPO asks librarians not to restrict access. (News Fronts Washington).(Government Printing Office says State University of New York cannot restrict access to Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents)(Brief Article)

The U.S. Government Printing Office has advised librarians at the State University of New York/Oswego's Penfield Library that they have no authority to restrict access to Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents. GPO's response followed a February 15 e-mail message to 47 federal depository libraries around the country, sent by the university's documents librarian, Mary Bennett, urging fellow librarians to screen requests for NRC microfiche documents "to protect the security of our nation's nuclear plants.

According to SUNY/Oswego Library Director Mary Beth Bell, GPO's Library Programs Service sent an email message to Oswego, saying that "Ms. Bennett has no authority to make such a request. The U.S. Government Printing Office takes its responsibility to assure free public access to depository library …