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OMB Circular No. A-130, Management of Federal Information Resources, sets basic policy for the management of information and Information technology by Federal agencies. The circular makes a distinction and explains the relation between access to information and dissemination of information. Further work on application of the Circular's general principles will focus especially on electronic filing and the proper roles of the public and private sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article attempts to reconstruct, from the material available to the author, the concept of the national system of scientific, technical, and organizational information in Poland. A new approach to the system was formally introduced in 1974 and is now a subject of extensive debate among Polish librarians and information specialists. The network might be of interest to some Western readers for its unique scope, and for its professional and political implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]