The following schedule is tentative and may be adjusted as we progress
through the semester.
| Meeting |
Date |
Topics |
Unit 1: |
Introduction to the Study of Government Information |
| 1 |
WED |
June 4 |
Introduction to the course
Introduction to government and information
Tour of government information collection at PCL |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapter 1 and Appendix
(pp. 395-405)
Hernon (1996)
OTA (1988), Chapter 1 |
| |
|
AS: |
Robinson (1998), Chapters 1 and 2
Morehead (1999), Chapter 1
McClure (1999)
OTA (1988), Chapter 2
Smith (2002)
|
Unit 2: |
United States Federal Government Information |
| 2 |
THU |
June 5 |
Selected history of federal information activities
Federal Depository Library Program
Finding aids
Tour of government information collection at Public Affairs Library
|
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapters 2 and 15
Shuler (2001) online
Hernon & Shuler (1996) |
| |
|
AS: |
Robinson (1998), Chapters 3, 4, and 5
Morehead (1999), Chapters 2, 3, and 4
Barkley (1998) online
Hutto (1996) online
Kram (1998) online
OTA (1988), Chapters 4, 6, and 7
|
| 3 |
TUE |
June 10 |
Federal legislative information
Legislative histories
The U.S. Code |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapters 3 and 4 (pp.
68-69, 70-80, 82-83,
and 85-89)
CD-ROM PRA legislative history |
| |
|
AS: |
Robinson (1998), Chapter 8
Morehead (1999), Chapter 5
|
| 4 |
WED |
June 11 |
The Presidency and selected executive branch
agencies
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapters 5 (pp. 91-98
and 104-117), 6, and 10
Holden & Hernon (1996) |
| |
|
AS: |
Robinson (1998), Chapters 9 and 10
Morehead (1999), Chapters 6, 7, and 11
|
| 5 |
THU |
June 12 |
Federal judicial information: the U.S. Supreme,
District, and Appeals Courts
Major digital repositories of federal judicial information |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapter 11
Kirtley (1996) |
| |
|
AS: |
Robinson (1998), Chapter 11
Morehead (1999), Chapter 8 |
| |
|
|
Assignment due: Identification
of research team, federal or state agency, and information initiative
(1 p.) GRP
|
| 6 |
TUE |
June 17 |
Spatially-referenced information: Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) and maps |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapter 14
Cox and Gifford (1997) online
Shuler & Obermeyer (2001) online |
| |
|
AS: |
Hernon & Lopez (1996)
Morehead (1999), Chapter 12 |
| |
|
|
Assignment due: U.S. Federal
information problem set (25%)
|
| 7 |
WED |
June 18 |
Sources of statistical data
2000 U.S. Census |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapter 13
Kavaliunas (2000) online |
| |
|
AS: |
Robinson (1998), Chapter 12
Morehead (1999), Chapter 9
|
Unit 3: |
Texas and Other State Information |
| 8 |
THU |
June 19 |
No class meeting
Tour of UT Law Library
Review of online lesson material: Texas legislative information
|
| 9 |
TUE |
June 24 |
No class meeting
Review of online lesson material: Texas regulatory information |
| |
|
|
Assignment due: Spatial
and statistical information problem set (10%)
|
| 10 |
WED |
June 25 |
No class meeting
Tour of Texas Law Library or Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Review of online lesson material: Texas judicial information
|
Unit 4: |
The United Nations and Other Sources of International Government Information
|
| 11 |
THU |
June 26 |
No class meeting
Tour of international document collections at PCL
Review of online lesson material: United Nations documents |
| |
|
AS: |
Robinson (1998), Chapter 15 |
| |
|
|
Assignment due: Outline
or full draft of agency report (GRP)
|
Unit 5: |
Selected Government Information Policy Areas |
| 12 |
TUE |
July 1 |
Information resources management (IRM) and
paperwork reduction |
| |
|
READ: |
Bertot et al. (1996)
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapter 8
Review Appendix (pp. 395-405) in Hernon et al. (2002) |
| |
|
AS: |
Doty (1998)
OMB Circular A-130 (1985, 1994, and 1996) |
| |
|
|
Assignment due: Texas,
state, and international information problem set (10%)
|
| 13 |
WED |
July 2 |
Federal freedom of information and state
open records
Intellectual property
Fees for government information |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapters 7 and 12
Doty (2003)
Relyea (1996a)
Shuler (2002b) online |
| |
|
AS: |
Robinson (1998), Chapter 7
Morehead (1999), Chapter 10
The U.S. Freedom of Information Act
Thibodeau (1996)
OTA (1986), Chapter 1 and passim
OTA (1988), Chapter 9
|
| 14 |
THU |
July 3 |
E-government
Constitutional conflict among the three branches of government about
printing and information dissemination |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapter 16
Relyea (2001a) online
Shuler (2003b) online |
| |
|
AS: |
Relyea & Griffith (1996)
Shuler (2002e), online
|
| 15 |
TUE |
July 8 |
Surveillance and terror
Privacy |
| |
|
READ: |
Hernon et al. (2002), Chapter 9
Relyea (2001b) online
Shuler (2002d) online |
| |
|
AS: |
Doty (2001)
Gellman (1996b) |
| |
|
|
Assignment due: Report on
specific federal or state agency’s information service (five double-spaced
pp.)(25%) GRP
|
| 16 |
WED |
July 9 |
Course evaluation
Course summary |
| |
|
READ: |
OTA (1988), Chapter 11
Shuler (2002a) online |
| |
FRI |
July 11 |
Assignment due: Government
information issue paper (five double-spaced pp.) (20%) |
