&EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency Information Resources Management (PM-211D) October 1991 Public Information Center PIC FOCUS Public Access to Environmental Information Through EPA's Public Information Center (PIC) The Focus is on YOU! PIC has traditionally sup- ported public access initia- tives of EPA program offices, primarily as a distribution and referral center. At its new fa- cility, PIC will give offices another opportunity to capture the public's imagination. The new PIC, located on the street level at Headquarters, will include a theater for envi- ronmental multimedia presen- tations, as well as access to electronic information prod- ucts. In addition, PIC is coor- dinating exhibits and graphic displays from throughout the Agency. Among the programs fea- tured at PIC will be Pollution Prevention, Superfund, Inno- vative Technologies, and In- door Air. Photographs, films, slides, and ideas representing these EPA efforts will be syn- thesized into an attractive "window to EPA". If you are interested in rep- resenting your program or of- fice at PIC, please call Suzanne Annand, Information Access Branch, at 260-8298. PUBLIC Most EPA programs have document production and dis- tribution problems at one time or another. Last month's is- sue of PIC FOCUS gave an overview of the Public Infor- mation Center as one solution to the problem. "GPO can help you meet your public access requirements...." If you want the largest distri- bution to reach the widest audience using limited re- sources, consider the Gov- ernment Printing Office. GPO can help you meet your public access requirements through their sales and marketing pro- grams, product development (including magnetic tape and CD ROM), and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). GPO prints or procures the printing of Federal government publications and distributes selected titles through its sales program. [For further informa- tion about EPA printing require- ments, please call the Printing Management Office in your region or laboratory. At Head- quarters, the printing manage- ment contact is 260-2125.] GPO offers approximately 17,000 titles to the public at any given time. These are sold principally by mail order and through a series of book- stores across the country. As mentioned above, the Government Printing Office also enhances public access through the Federal Deposi- tory Library Program. PIC FO- CUS will cover this program in next month's Public Access Update column. For more information, please contact Ann Dugan, Labat-Anderson Incorporated/ Public Access Librarian (Con- tractor), at 260-5935. INFORMATION ACCESS BRANCH FTS/CML 260-8710 Clearinghouses Databases Dockets Libraries Publications Records ------- II W llT1 JNi 1 £T h IIC If you are interested in obtaining copies of any of these recent EPA publications, please contact the Public Information Center at FTS 260-2080: Assessing the Environmental Consumer Market , April 1991, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, EPA document number 21 P-i 003 EPA Journal: Setting Environmental Priorities: The Debate About Risk , March/ April1991, Office of Communications and Public Aftairs (OCPA), 21 K-i 007 EPA’s Pesticides Programs , May 1991, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 21 T-1 005 Information Systems Inventory , May 1991, Office of Administration and Resources Management, 21 M-i 016 Ionizing Radiation Series Fact Sheet No. 2: Health Effects from Exposure to Ionizing Radiation , June 1991, Office of Air and Radiation Quality Management Equals a Quality Environment (Speech by Deputy Administrator Habicht), May 1991, OCPA, 21 A-2009 The 33/50 Program: Forging an Alliance for Pollution Prevention , July 1991 (2nd edition), Special Projects Office, Office of Toxic Substances What You Should Know About Combustion Appliances and Indoor Air Pollution , 1991, joint publication of EPA, the American Lung Association, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). PlC: ServOng_EPA by d sf r buting ___ EPA 1 . . JULT EDOA PRODUCTS PlC FOCUS Page 2 * — * P lC SUCCESS SWRY: P lC and Locator Team Up To Tnv rove C nmunicat ion The Public Information Center strives to facilitate public access to EPA information. To meet this goal, PlC and the Headquarters Telecommunications Locator have improved EPA communications by exchanging referral information. Since January, staff of the Public Information Center and the Locator (which publishes the EPA Headquarters Telephone Directory ) have worked together to identify and verify key public contact points throughout Headquarters. As a result, the two offices have been able to refer callers from outside the Agency more quickly and accurately than in the past. In addition, the ‘Headquarters Subject Directory’ section of the Telephone Directory has been expanded to include additional useful contact points. PlC and the Locator will continue to work together to improve communications at Headquarters. Further coordination of the referral of telephone calls will result in less frustration for everyone, both inside and outside EPA. EPA’s Most Valuable Resources.. . Its Employees Are you interested in being [ 1 I d listed as an ‘expert’ by PlC? I i c e i If you have subject expertise on an EPA-related topic, you may be able to assist the Agency by answenng questions from the public. If you’d like to share your knowledge, contact Kevin Rosseel, LAI/ PlC Director (Contractor), at 260-1755. Printed on Recycled Paper ------- |