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The first Federal statute concerning copyright in government publications was the Printing Law enacted in 1895. [6] Section 52 of that Act provided that copies of "Government Publications" could not be copyrighted. Prior to 1895, no court decision had occasion to consider any claim of copyright on behalf of the Government itself.
The office produces and distributes information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of the Supreme Court, the Congress, the Executive Office of the President, executive departments, and independent agencies.
Federal law expressly denies U.S. copyright protection to two types of government works: works of the U.S. federal government itself, and all edicts of any government regardless of level or whether or not foreign. [1] Other than addressing these "edicts of government", U.S. federal law does not address copyrights of U.S. state and local ...
The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is a government program created to make U.S. federal government publications available to the public at no cost. As of April 2021, [update] there are 1,114 depository libraries in the United States and its territories . [ 1 ]
The Federal Register system of publication was created on July 26, 1935, under the Federal Register Act. [4] [14] The first issue of the Federal Register was published on March 16, 1936. [15] In 1946 the Administrative Procedure Act required agencies to publish more information related to their rulemaking documents in the Federal Register. [16]
This category is for forms issued by the federal government of the United States. All such forms are numbered, and may have other names (for example, Form 1040 is called the U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.)