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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).

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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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