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[[File:USA Federal depository library logo.svg|right|thumb|Logo for a Federal Depository Library]]
The '''Federal Depository Library Program''' ('''FDLP''') is a government program created to make [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] publications available to the public at no cost. As of April 2021, there are 1,114 depository libraries in the United States and its [[U.S. territories|territories]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Federal Depository Library Directory (FDLD) |url=https://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp |publisher=Government Publishing Office |access-date=1 April 2021 |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319142559/https://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref> A "government publication" is defined in the [[United States Code|U.S. Code]] as "informational matter which is published as an individual document at Government expense, or as required by law" ([[Title 44 of the United States Code|44 U.S.C.]] 1901).
==History==
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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 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>
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