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Show T THE WEST MOUNTAIN TIMES, JANUARY 7, 1982, PAGE FOUR rm WEST MOUNTAIN TIMES Everything you ever wanted to know about anything... G.P.O. provides consumer information inexpensively rl id you know that jobs with the most openings between now and 1990 likely will be for secretaries and stenographers and that the fastest growing demand likely will be for bank clerks? Or that a faucet that leaks a drop a second wastes as much as 60 gallons of water in a week? Or that the average American eats an average of two to two and a half teaspoons of salt a day about one-four- th to one-ha- lf of that coming from pro- cessed food? If you want more information on these topics or want to know more about almost any subject you might try your federal government. The government puts out books, booklets and pamphlets on almost any subject you can imagine from arthritis to managing money, to the planet Venus. With 44.5 million publications sold in fiscal year 1980, the government may run the world's largest bookstore. But the government is also a prodigious source of free information, giving away millions of publications each year. Most of the free publications come from the Consumer Information Centers distribution outlet in Pueblo, Colo. The centers 1981 summer catalog lists 203 publications, with about 60 percent of them free for the asking. The for the center at its headquarters in Washington. Donald D. Quaid, chief of the sales media branch in the Government Printing Office, takes a different point of view, saying the Consumer Information Centers publications are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of available government publications. He refers to the fact that the Government Printing Office offers about 25,000 publications for sale in comparison with about 400 available both free and for sale from the information center at any remainder of the centers publication given time. sells for 50 cents to $5. Ours are the cream of the crop in government publications, declares Dr. Sherry Remez, director of media services The Government Printing Office, which reports to the Congress, has a mandate to sell its publications on a break-eve- n basis, although it hasnt man aged that the last few years, partly because of postage increases, explains William J. Barrett, the deputy assistant public printer for the G.P.O. The Consumer Information Center, which reports to the Executive branch, has two responsibilities, as explained by David F. Peterson, the centers director. First, it attempts to influence government agencies to produce and update consumer publications; second, it tries to make the public aware of the existence of these consumer publications. Because its budget is limited, the center promotes only about 200-plpubliConsumer cations in its quarterly Information Catalog, about 20 million of which are distributed each year. The center maintains that it is highly selective as to which government publications get listed in the catalogs. Besides sticking to criteria that assure the publications be written for a broad audience, they coninterests centrate on consumer particularly health and safety and family finances. The Government Printing Olfice sends out its catalog, Selected U.S. times a Government Publications, year. It distributed to those who asked for it a tothl of nearly 7.3 million over a recent period. Consumer Information Center Ours are the cream of the crop in government publications. 1 You can get a free copy of the Consumer Information Catalog by writing to the Consumer Information Center, Department C, Pueblo, Colo. 81009. You can get the G.P.Os free Selected U.S. Government Publications" by writing the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20401. You also may order from the Superintendent of Documents office the free attractive catalog, Just for You. A special collection of popular U.S. Government publications." From the Consumer Information Catalog you can order publications that are consumer oriented and that will tend to be shorter and give you a broad, basic view of a subject, particularly if you oider the free publications. necessarily Whether you send to Pueblo or to the Superintendent of Documents may depend on the kind of information you want, how much you want to pay for it and how much depth you seek. Tor example, do you need information on settlement costs when buying a home? Trom the Consumer Information Center you can get a free nine page booklet entitled Buying a Home? Dont Forget Settlement Costs! Or, the Superintendent of Documents will send you a for $1.50 Settlement Cost: A HUD Guide. er The paid publications both from the Consumer Information Catalog" and from the Superintendent of Documents tend to be thicker, which doesnt mean they will be clearer or even packed with more information. The Superintendent of Documents publications include many on history, science and technology, government policy and generally a wide variety of topics. Want to know about arthritis? The Information Center offers a booklet, or you may obtain a treatise for $1.30 from the Superintendent of Documents. Consumer free six-pa- 27-pa- a One suggestion: if you want to sample subject, send for the free publication first; if you have some basic knowledge, you may want to send for the weightier, paid publications. In either case, send for the catalogs and peruse your choices. BUSINESS SLOW? Share Your Message to Your Community through Display Advertising Professionally Designed. . . Collect a set of fine porcelain china by saving and checking at First Security Bank. Select from 10 different items . . . including place settings, accessories and complete sets. By the set or by the piece, now there are more reasons than ever to save and check at First Security Bank. Exquisitely detailed, elegant porcelain china accessory and serving pieces are now Deposit Qualifications available to add to or complete your collection. Your ad will reach approximately A splendid collection to keep or to give 30,000 readers, weekly. Start, add to or complete a set for yourself or to gift someone special! 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Price $18.95 $11.95 $ 8.95 $ 7.95 $7.95 offi- cials maintain that any of the publications that cost money must meet high standards before they will be listed in the center's widely distributed catalog. We put ourselves in the consumer's place, says Dr. Remez, asking, If we paid three dollars (for a particular booklet), would we be satisfied? Pays! |
