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>ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
>Volume 13, Number 53
>July 23, 2004
>
>In This Issue: Justice Department asks depository libraries to destroy
>forfeiture documents
>
>The Department of Justice has asked the Superintendent of Documents to
>instruct depository libraries to destroy all copies of the materials
>listed below. DOJ claims that these are "training materials and other
>materials that the DOJ staff did not feel were appropriate for external
>use." GPO/SuDocs is doing what it is required to do and did do a
>specific check with DOJ on this request - so that is not the issue
>
>It is the case, however, that -- as one attorney put it -- these are
>the types of materials that law offices have on hand "to help people get
>their stuff back" from the government. Moreover, if law offices and law
>libraries have them, they are hardly internal use only.
>
>We understand that DOJ has wanted -- for years -- to keep this material
>internal and has not succeeded in doing so. Now what they will be doing
>is making it difficult for the public -- those without access to a law
>office or law library -- to get access to these materials.
>
>We urge you to contact your Members of Congress about this
>(particularly if they are on the House or Senate Judiciary Committees)
>[see
>capwiz.com/ala/dbq/officials/directory/directory.dbq?command=congdir]
>and convey your concern about the Department of Justice requiring
>materials that have been and are still public -- except through Federal
>Depository libraries now -- being removed and destroyed.
>
>In addition to the notice to depository libraries , this ALAWON also
>contains a follow-on communication to a public list from Judy Russell
>(the Superintendent of Documents).
>
>*********************************
>July 20, 2004
>
>Dear Depository Librarian:
>
>The Department of Justice has asked the Superintendent of Documents to
>instruct depository libraries to destroy all copies of the materials
>listed below. Please withdraw these materials immediately and destroy
>them by any means to prevent disclosure of their contents. The
>Department of Justice has determined that these materials are for
>internal use only.
>
>Documents to be removed and destroyed:
>
>Title: Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedure
>Class: J 1.2:C 49/17
>Item no: 0717
>Shipping list: 2004-0276-M
>Shipping list date: May 7, 2004
>
>Title: Select Criminal Forfeiture Forms
>Class: J 1.2:F 76/8
>Item no.: 0717
>Shipping list: 2004-0038-P
>Shipping list date: December 12, 2003
>
>Title: Select Federal Asset Forfeiture Statutes
>Class: J 1.2:AS 7/2/2004
>Item no.: 0717
>Shipping list no.: 2004-0077-P
>Shipping list date: February 5, 2004
>
>Title: Asset forfeiture and money laundering resource directory
>Class: J 1.89/3:M 74/2004
>Item no.: 0717 A 11
>Shipping list no. 2004-0120-P
>Shipping list date: March 24, 2004
>
>Title: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA), PL no.
>106-185, 114 Stat. 202 (2000)
>Class: J 1.2:C 49/16
>Item no: 0717
>Shipping list no.: 2000-0367-P
>Shipping list date: September 23, 2000
>
>
>Both GPO and the U.S. Department of Justice regret any inconvenience
>resulting from this request and we appreciate your cooperation.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>JUDITH C. RUSSELL
>Superintendent of Documents
>________________________
>
> >From Russell, Judith C. (SuDoc) 7/22/2004 3:48:54 PM
>
>These DOJ documents were intended for internal use only, but were not
>correctly marked as internal use only when sent to GPO for printing. Had
>they been correctly marked, we would not have obtained and distributed
>copies without the permission of the publishing of the publishing
>agency.
>
>I personally spoke with the printing officer at DOJ and advised him
>about the definition in Title 44 that allow GPO to disseminate
>publications that are for internal use only if they have educational
>value or public interest. He advised me that these were training
>materials and other materials that the DOJ staff did not feel were
>appropriate for external use. Agencies have the option to ask that the
>item be destroyed by the libraries or returned either to GPO or the
>publishing agency. In this case, DOJ was satisfied with having the
>libraries remove the item and dispose of it.
>
>This is a routine process. There is a SuDocs policy in place for
>agencies to recall material. The agency must give a reason for the
>recall and, in this case, I personally verified that it was a valid
>reason.
>
>We are retaining several copies for the Collection of Last Resort and
>future public access if that is permissible in the future.
>
>Please let me know if you need additional information.
>
>Judy
>
>Judith C. Russell ([log in to unmask])
>Managing Director, Information Dissemination (Superintendent of
>Documents)
>U.S. Government Printing Office
>Phone: 202-512-0571
>Fax: 202-512-1434
>
>
>
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