&EPA
                         United States
                         Environmental Protection
                         Agency
                    Information Resources
                    Management
                    (PM-211D)
         January 1992
Public Information Center
                        PIC FOCUS
                          Public Access to Environmental Information
                         Through EPA's Public Information Center (PIC)
      The National Technical
     Information Service (NTIS)
     can assist you with your
     Freedom of Information Act
     (FOIA) requests. Because
     NTIS has a statutory-based
     fee schedule (based on 1987
     changes to FOIA and related
     Office of Management and
     Budget guidelines), it can
     provide your material directly
     to the public without your
     involvement.
      NTIS provides public
     access to documents and
     other items that might be
     requested under FOIA. For
     example, NTIS will maintain
     a partnership with EPA's
     Superfund Program.
     According to the Superfund
     Documents Coordinator,
     EPA's cooperation with NTIS
     is expected to result in a
     50% reduction in printing
     costs, a 65% decrease in
     staff time required for
     distribution, and a user
     community that receives
      top-notch service.
        Current legislation provides
      incentives for FOIA officers
      to reduce administrative
      costs. When you enter
      products that are frequently
      requested under FOIA into
      the NTIS inventory, NTIS can
      fill orders, or even provide
      subscriptions for recurring
      publications. This frees the
      Agency's  FOIA staff and also
      reduces your office's printing
      costs.
         If you think your office
       could take advantage of
       NTlS's services, please call
       Jeralene Green at EPA's
       Headquarters FOIA Office,
       FTS 260-4048. You  may
       also want to call the Office of
       Program Management and
       Acquisitions at NTIS  at
       (703)487-4634. Copies of
       the Handbook of NTIS
       Services for Federal
       Agencies are available by
       calling PIC at FTS 260-7751.
                                                           EARTHQUOTE
 "We need knowledge
     to care for
  ourselves,  every
 part of the Earth
 and  the life upon
 it,  and all  of the
 future  generations
      as  well.  "
      -The Dalai Lama
       in the Sept./Oct.
       EPA Journal
   NEW ITEMS AT PIC

  1992: The Year of Clean
Water (calendar), America's
Clean Water Foundation
and U.S. EPA.
   The Administrator's
Awards Program: Pollution
Prevention Awards.
December 1991, OCEPA
and Pollution Prevention
Division, 22K-1001.
   The Next Environmental
Policy: Preventing Pollution
(Article by Administrator
Reilly), September 1991,
OCEPA, 22A-2000.
   For copies, please call
PIC at 260-7751.
               INFORMATION
               ACCESS BRANCH
               FTS (202) 260-8710
              Clearinghouses
              Databases
              Dockets
Libraries
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PlC PLP NS RELOCATION
TO NEW OFFICES
Construction has begun on the new Public
Information Center, making PIG a window to
EPA’s goals and accomplishments.
As seen in the floorplan above, the new
PIG, which will be located in the former
National Bank of Washington at Waterside
Mall, will feature exhibits of EPA activities
and programs. The public area will boast
workstations giving access to environmental
databases, a 35-seat theater for multimedia
presentations, and increased public seating
and pamphlet displays. PIG will be the
primary visitors’ center at Headquarters.
PlC FOCUS Page 2
The new Public Information Center is
scheduled to be unveiled in Spring 1992.
Further details about opening ceremonies
and operations of the new PIG will appear in
forthcoming issues of PlC FOCUS.
If you have any questions about PIG or its
services, please contact Bngid Rapp, Chief,
Information Access Branch at FTS 260-8710,
or Kevin Rosseel, PIG Director (Contractor)
at FTS 260-2080.
Public
Information
Center:
A Window to EPA
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