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The [[Depository Library Act of 1962]] (DLA) created the present-day FDLP as codified in Title 44, Chapter 19 of the U.S. Code. The DLA allowed two depository libraries in each [[Congressional district]], eliminated postage charges to depository libraries receiving material, provided for the distribution of non-GPO documents, permitted [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent federal agencies]] to be eligible for depository designation, and created regional depository libraries.
The Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-40), codified in Title 44, Chapter 41 of the U.S. Code, requires the Superintendent of Documents to maintain an electronic directory of federal electronic information, provide online access to the ''[[Congressional Record]]'', ''[[Federal Register]]'' and other select publications, and operate an electronic storage facility. The electronic service now includes over 2,200 [[Database|databases]] and is available via http://www.govinfo.gov.
On January 4, 2020, the FDLP website was hacked and [[Website defacement|defaced]] with pro-Iranian/anti-US messaging in response to the [[2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike|American airstrike]] that killed [[Qasem Soleimani]], the commander of Iran's [[Quds Force]].<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. government website hacked and defaced by Iranian hackers|url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/u-s-government-website-hacked-and-defaced-by-iranian-hackers/|publisher=[[BNO News]]|access-date=January 4, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105191305/https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/u-s-government-website-hacked-and-defaced-by-iranian-hackers/|url-status=live}}</ref> The FDLP site was taken offline,<ref name="Offline">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/04/politics/dhs-hack-website-trump-trnd/index.html|title=DHS monitoring apparent hack of government library program website|author=Geneva Sands and Caroline Kelly|date=January 5, 2020|access-date=January 5, 2020|publisher=CNN|archive-date=January 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105035422/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/04/politics/dhs-hack-website-trump-trnd/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> then restored the next day following a [[Computer security|security analysis]].<ref name="Chiu2020">{{cite news | last=Chiu | first=Allyson | title=A government website was 'defaced' with pro-Iran messaging and an image of a bloodied Trump. Hackers claimed responsibility. | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2020-01-06 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/06/american-government-website-defaced-iran-hackers-bloodied-trump/ | access-date=2020-01-08 | archive-date=2020-01-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107132908/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/06/american-government-website-defaced-iran-hackers-bloodied-trump/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Structure==
[[File:Federal Depository Library Program sign.jpg|thumb|A sign notifying the public that this library is a designated depository of the FDLP]]
The [[Government Publishing Office]] (GPO) is responsible for printing and distributing government documents and overseeing the FDLP. There are several important individuals in charge of maintaining the link between GPO and the FDLP:
* The Director of the [[U.S. Government Publishing Office]], formerly the [[Public Printer]], is responsible for overseeing the FDLP and for designating certain depository libraries. His or her [[nomination]] must be approved by the [[Joint Committee on Printing]].
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Libraries may substitute electronic documents for tangible documents as the only copy of the item in the collection, as long as the electronic document is complete, official, and permanently accessible. Access to electronic documents is provided through [[Persistent Uniform Resource Locator|Persistent Uniform Resources Locators]] (PURL) and is facilitated by [[GovInfo]] and the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP).
==See also==
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