Legislative Branch Appropriations for 2006: Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session

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507. lappuse - The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
591. lappuse - US citizens living abroad. Under the management of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), books and magazines in braille and recorded formats, as well as specially designed playback equipment, are produced and distributed through a network of state and locally supported libraries.
591. lappuse - A free national library program of braille and recorded materials for blind and physically handicapped persons is administered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress.
591. lappuse - Reading materials are distributed to a cooperating network of regional and subregional (local, non-Federal) libraries where they are circulated to eligible borrowers. Reading materials and playback machines are sent to borrowers and returned to libraries by postage-free mail. Established by an act of Congress in 1931 to serve blind adults, the program was expanded in 1952 to include...
591. lappuse - ... with other physical impairments that prevent the reading of standard print. In 1996, the US Copyright Law was amended to allow NLS to produce audio and braille books without the requirement to gain permission from the copyright holder. Eligibility Anyone who is unable to read or use standard printed materials as a result of temporary or permanent visual or physical limitations may receive service. A survey sponsored by NLS found that two...
591. lappuse - NLS selects and produces full-length books and magazines in braille and on recorded disc and cassette. Reading materials are distributed to a cooperating network of regional and subregional (local) libraries where they are circulated to eligible borrowers. Reading materials are sent to borrowers and returned to libraries by postage-free mail.
591. lappuse - NLS found that two million persons with some type of visual impairment may be eligible and another million with physical conditions such as paralysis, missing arms or hands, lack of muscle coordination, or prolonged weakness could benefit from the use of reading materials In recorded form.
592. lappuse - Volunteers may call on NLS staff for their expertise in braille transcription and recording techniques. Research and Development The NLS research program is directed toward improving the quality of reading materials and related equipment, controlling program costs, and reducing the time required to deliver services to users. Significant research activities include development of a...
155. lappuse - Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills as required by law, $8,000t to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work.
642. lappuse - ... office structure needed to be reexamined. After extensive study, we continued a process that began in 1986 and, as a result of the organizational realignment effort referenced above, further reduced our field offices from 16 to 11. Subsequently, we further restructured our field offices by eliminating the position of regional manager — a Senior Executive Service level position — in the individual field offices and consolidating the remaining field offices into three regions — the eastern...

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