Government Telecommunication Resources

Telecommunication plays an important part in our lives whenever we listen to music on the radio, watch TV, make a telephone call, use a cellular phone, or access the Internet for information, viewing video feeds, or downloading music. The growth of some of these practices and the merging of the technologies disseminating these services has increased the desire of governments to regulate these activities. Purdue Libraries have many government documents dealing with telecommunication. Examples of subject headings you can use to search the Library Catalog for government documents on telecommunication include:

Broadband Communication Systems
Broadcasting Law and Legislation United States
Cellular Telephones United States
Confidential Communications United States
Internet Government Policy United States
Telecommunication Law and Legislation United States
Telecommunication Policy United States
Television Law and Legislation United States

The principal index for locating U.S. Government documents is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 which is available online from 1976-present. The GPO Index provides access to this material from 1976-present. Another useful index for U.S. Government documents is the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 which indexes congressional publications from 1970 to the present.

Federal and state legal and regulatory telecommunications reference sources include:

United States Government Manual

Slip Laws	HSSE DOC REF AE 2.110:
United States Statutes at Large	HSSE REF 345.11 Un3
United States Code (Titles 5, 17, & 47)	HSSE REF 345 Un3co
Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy & Commerce (Communications Law)	HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/8:109-C
Lawyer's Guide United State Supreme Court Reports	HSSE REF 345.4 Un37r
United States Reports	HSSE DOC JU 6.8:
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)(Titles 37 & 47)	HSSE REF 353.005 C64
Index to Code of Federal Regulations	HSSE REF 353.005 C64 Index
Federal Register (Also in HSSE MF)	HSSE REF 353.005 Un34
Lists of Sections Affected	HSSE REF 353.005 C64
regulations.gov/

Comment on proposed federal regulations.
Indiana Code	HSSE REF 348.772 In25c
Acts Indiana (Older vols. in HSSE periodicals)	HSSE REF 345.91 In2
Indiana Administrative Code (IAC)	HSSE REF 348.772025 In2i

Indiana Register HSSE REF 348.772025 In3

Examples of U.S. Government executive branch and independent agency publications dealing with telecommunications include:

FCC Record	HSSE 384 Un32f & HSSE MF CC 1.12/3:
Glossary of Telecommunications Terms	HSSE DOC CC 1.2:G 51
Common Carrier Scorecard	HSSE DOC CC 1.58:997
Charting the Digital Broadcasting Future	HSSE DOC C 60.2:D 56
Kickstart Initiative: Connecting America´s Communities to the Information Superhighway	HSSE DOC C 60.2:K 53

Congressional Resources

Congressional committees and support agencies also produce large quantities of telecommunications information. Congressional committees are responsible for funding and conducting oversight over federal program performance. Examples of publications produced by these committees and support agencies include:

GPO Access

Contains the text of congressional bills and other legislative, legal, and regulatory information.

House Appropriations Committee (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee. (Appropriations committees are excellent sources of project expenditure information)	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:C 73/2/
House Energy & Commerce Committee (Reps. Steve Buyer (R-IN) and Baron Hill (D-IN) are members of this committee and committee ranking member Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) is a Purdue graduate. This committee´s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internetprotection deals with telecommunications issues. See HSSE DOC Y 4.EN 2/3: and HSSE DOC Y 4.IN 8/4: for earlier hearings by this committee)	HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/8:
House Judiciary Committee (Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) is a member of this committee)	HSSE DOC Y 4.J 89/1:
Senate Appropriations Committee	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2:
Senate Commerce, Science, & Transporation Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/7:
Senate Judiciary Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.J 89/2:
Government Accountability Office Reports	MEL GA 1.13:
Congressional Budget Office Reports	HSSE DOC Y 10.2:

Office of Technology Assessment Archive (Courtesy-Princeton University)

Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers

Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Office of Technology Assessment Archive (Courtesy-Princeton University)

Congressional Internet Caucus

Internet Resources
Many government agencies dealing with telecommunication issues have WWW sites. A master list of government agency WWW sites can be found on the Purdue Libraries Government Documents Department homepage

Useful U.S. Government telecommunications resources include:

Executive Branch & Independent Agencies

Census Bureau

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

FCC Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis Working Papers Series

National Telecommunications & Information Administration

Stat-USA (Purdue Users Only)

Information Infrastructure Task Force (Clinton Administration Initiative)

Internet for Federal Inspectors General (IgNet)

International Trade Administration

National Performance Review (Courtesy University of North Texas Library)

Judicial Branch