&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
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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).
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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.
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