AGENCY ACCESS TO SCORPIO DATA SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R000700030055-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: January 26, 1978
• Content Type: MFR

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2f> January 1978
OL.,;'.: 78-0511
SUBJECT: Agency Access to Scorpio Da-.a System
1. Library Staff, called today to report the progress on the
Agency request for access to the Library of Congress Scorpio data system.
2. She said she had received word that the Federal Library Committee
which is considering applications for access to Scorpio had received propose,d
contracts from their legal staff. CIA is it the top of the list for consideration.
A meeting with prospective users will be held Tuesday, 31 January 1978,
at 1000 hours. Our Library Staff will represent the Agency, will review,
approve and sign the contract. Ann estimates that the Library Committee
will issue its final decision on our request by the end of February.
3. In the meantime, we will recontact the ADP people to request
that a terminal be installed in the legislation Staff area. We have been
told that two user identification codes will be issued to CIA, one for the
Library and one for the Legislative Counsel. There will be a charge of
$9.00 per terminal hour, a fee considered to be moderate. We will be
limited to 20 terminal hours per month. This breaks down to about one
hour per working day and should be more than enough for our use. The
Library of Congress will provide a trainiig session on the use of the
system.
4. The data programs which will be available to us will include
the bibliographic and referral files of interest to the Library and the
Legislation file of interest to OLC. At least initially the Congressional
Record file and the Issues file will be available to the Congress only,
since they are considered proprietary files .
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Distribution:
Original - Addressee
1 - OLC Subject
1 - OLC Chrono
OLC:RJK:mlg (31 January 1978)
Office of Legislative Counsel
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