These proceedings contain edited versions of 14 papers on government information and its relation to the library and information community that were presented at a state-of-the-art institute sponsored by the Special Library Association (SLA). Following a foreword by Steve Bell of ABC News and an introduction by David R. Bender of the SLA, papers include: (1) "Federal Information Practices" (Robert Gellman); (2) "Keeping the Citizens Uninformed" (Donna Demac); (3) "Government Information--An Underutilized Resource" (Marilyn G. Mason); (4) "The Ethics of Government Efficiency" (Reid Holloway); (5) "Privatization of Information" (Ken Allen); (6) "The Care of Intellectual Property in an Electronic Society" (Marybeth Peters); (7) "The Impact of Technology on Access to Information" (Mary J. Culnan); (8) "Government Information Dissemination Policy" (J. Timothy Sprehe); (9) "Bringing Information to the People" (Elizabeth Young); (10) "Information Management and Productivity" (Donald A. Marchand); (11) "Mobilizing Knowledge for Better Decision-Making in the Information Age" (David Pearce Snyder); (12) "Factors Related to a National Information Policy" (Melvin S. Day); (13) "Management of Information Technology in the Federal Sector" (Vincent M. DeSanti); and (14) "Recent Information Studies of OTA (Office of Technology Assessment)" (Priscilla Regan). Concluding remarks by Steven Goldspiel of the Disclosure Information Group complete the collection. (KM)