This prototype edition of Food: Reports, Legislation and Information Sources contains over HOW TO USE THE GUIDE The guide is organized into three sections: A CITATION SECTION, an APPENDIX SECTION, Brief descriptions of the documents are arranged under 15 subject categories for easy ate informative abstracts and contain some or all of the following information: accession number, title, document number, date, pagination, type of document, addressee, author, agency/organiza- tion, congressional relevance, legislative authority, and the data base reference number. A sample APPENDIX SECTION Appendix 1 contains citations of congressional documents on food. Appendices 2-4 were derived from machine-readable data bases developed by GAO's Program Analysis Division for the Congressional Sourcebook Series. Appendix 5 was developed by GAO's Food Staff. All items in each of the appendices are in sequential accession number order. The five appendices are (1) Congressional Documents on Food. Contains primarily committee prints arranged under four broad topics. (See the table of contents for a listing of subject categories.) (2) Federal Information Sources and Systems on Food. Lists Federal information sources and systems alphabetically by agency and then by title. (3) Recurring Reports to the Congress on Food. Contains bibliographic citations of both re- quired and voluntary food reports submitted to the Congress by Federal departments and agencies. The reports are arranged alphabetically by agency and then by title. (4) Federal Program Evaluations on Food. Contains executive agency program evaluation reports arranged alphabetically by agency and then by title. (5) Major Food Legislation. Includes abstracts of significant food-related legislation enacted through the first session of the 95th Congress. Three separate indexes enable the user to search for information by one or any combination of the following points: subject, agency/organization, and congressional relevance. (1) Subject Index. (Includes descriptors, identifiers, and the short title of the laws listed in (2) Agency/Organization Index. (Includes both Federal agencies and nongovernmental cor- (3) Congressional Index. (Includes entries under relevant congressional committees/agen- cies, and individual Representatives and Senators to whom documents are addressed.) HOW TO OBTAIN DOCUMENTS unit: All documents announced in the Citation Section are available on request from the following Distribution Section U.S. General Accounting Office 441 G St., N.W., Room 4522 Washington, D.C. 20548 Telephone (202) 275-6241 (To order, use the 5-digit accession number assigned to each entry.) Documents cited in Appendix 1 are available from: (1) The congressional committee or subcommittee which published the documents. or (2) Congressional Information Service Customer Service Representative P.O. Box 30056 Washington, D.C. 20014 Telephone (301) 654-1550 (Use the report number following the title as the CIS order number.) or (3) U.S. Government Printing Office North Capitol between G and H St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20401 Telephone (202) 783-3230 Documents and information cited in Appendices 2-4 are not stocked at the General Accounting Office. Contact the originating agency indicated. Public laws cited in Appendix 5 may be found in the U.S. Code or the Statutes-at-Large. If the laws have not been codified, copies may be obtained from: U.S. Government Printing Office North Capitol between G and H St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20401 Telephone (202) 783-3230 HOW TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE PROTOTYPE GUIDE Both microfiche and paper copies of this guide are available to Members of Congress, congressional committee staff members, officials of Federal, State, and local governments, non-profit organizations, and college libraries, faculty members, and students by writing to: U.S. General Accounting Office Distribution Section, Room 4522 441 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20548 Other organizations and officials may purchase the guide by writing to: Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20401 The GPO Stock Number for this volume is 020-000-00161-5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND/OR SUGGESTIONS This food minisourcebook is a prototype effort in the food area, and we would appreciate any feedback from the readers on its usefulness. If you wish to provide comments or if you require further information, please contact one of the following: William E. Gahr or Todd D. Weiss Community and Economic Development Division, Room 6826, GAO Building 441 G St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20548 Telephone (202) 275-5525 Information Systems Staff Program Analysis Division Room 5008, GAO Building Washington, D.C. 20548 |