Eye on the net: new and notable

摘要

Just like everything else, the US Federal Government has increasingly moved its information environment from print to digital. The adoption of digital publishing practices by both the Government Printing Office (GPO) and federal agencies ensures that digital information is of increasing significance to government information collections. Approximately 92 percent of all new government information is published in digital format (US Government Printing Office, 2010), leaving the GP, traditionally the gatekeeper of government information, in something of a predicament.