Recall Notice: ALL Federal Depository Libraries Must Complete Withdrawal Form
Numerous volumes of historic military registers have been identified as containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII). The U.S. Department of Defense notified the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) that these volumes should no longer be in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Please remove the specified volumes from your depository collections immediately and destroy them. The Superintendent of Documents issued an official notification letter about this requirement for all Federal depository libraries on July 6, 2017.
Every Federal depository library must complete a Withdrawal Action Form in order to comply with this recall. The form asks all FDLP libraries to indicate one of the following for each title in question:
- I have properly withdrawn and destroyed all or as many of the volume(s) as were found in my library’s collection.
- N/A – I do not have any of the volumes in my library’s collection.
The deadline to respond is August 25, 2017.
Title/Volumes to be withdrawn:
Title: Official Army National Guard Register
SuDoc Class: D 12.9:
Item Number: 0358-A
CGP System Number: 000324442
OCLC Number: 02564195
Recalled Volumes:
| Volume | SuDoc | Cover Page Date |
| 1969 | D 12.9:969 | 1 January 1969 |
| 1970 | D 12.9:970 | 1 January 1970 |
| 1971 | D 12.9:971 | 1 January 1971 |
| 1972 | D 12.9:972 | 1 January 1972 |
| 1973 | D 12.9:973 | 1 January 1973 |
| 1974 | D 12.9:974 | 1 January 1974 |
| 1975 | D 12.9:975 | 1 January 1975 |
| 1976 | D 12.9:976 | 1 January 1976 |
Title: U.S. Army Register
SuDoc Class: D 102.9:
Item Number: 0332
CGP System Number: 000020410
OCLC Number: 02144103
Recalled Volumes:
| Volume | SuDoc | Cover Page Date |
| 1970 vol. 1 | D 102.9:970/v.1 | 1 January 1970 |
| 1970 vol. 2 | D 102.9:970/v.2 | 1 January 1970 |
| 1970 vol. 3 | D 102.9:970/v.3 | 1 January 1970 |
| 1972 vol. 1 | D 102.9:972/v.1 | 1 January 1972 |
| 1972 vol. 2 | D 102.9:972/v.2 | 1 January 1972 |
| 1972 vol. 3 | D 102.9:973/v.3 | 1 January 1972 |
| 1974 vol. 1 | D 102.9:974/v.1 | 1 January 1974 |
| 1976 vol. 1 | D 102.9:976/v.1 | 1 January 1976 |
Title: Air Force Register
SuDoc Class: D 303.7:
Item Number: 0426
CGP System Number: 000239903
OCLC Number: 9289645
Recalled Volumes:
| Volume | SuDoc | Cover Page Date |
| 1970 vol. 1 | D 303.7:970/v.1 | 1 January 1970 |
| 1970 vol. 2 | D 303.7:970/v.2 | 1 January 1970 |
| 1971 vol. 1 | D 303.7:971/v.1 | 1 January 1971 |
| 1971 vol. 2 | D 303.7:971/v.2 | 1 January 1971 |
| 1972 vol. 1 | D 303.7:972/v.1 | 1 January 1972 |
| 1972 vol. 2 | D 303.7:972/v.2 | 1 January 1972 |
Please note: Volumes may be shelved under SuDoc numbers for predecessor agencies. The U.S. Department of the Navy previously recalled agency historic registers; if you come across any of these volumes during this review, please destroy them.
All FDLP libraries will receive a printed copy of the Superintendent of Documents’ official notification letter by mail.
Additional information about recall procedures for Federal depository materials, destruction instructions, and a list of active and archived recall notices, can be found in the FDLP Guidance article, “Recall of Depository Material."
For questions, please use our askGPO service. Under the “ask a question” tab, choose “Federal Depository Libraries” as your category and “Withdrawal/Recall” as your subcategory.