Examines an issue involving the Dept. of Commerce¿s National Technical Information Service (NTIS), a permanent repository & principal disseminator for scientific, technical, & engineering information. It also responds to broader NTIS issues of congressional concern regarding NTIS¿ World News Connection (WNC), which operates an on-line foreign news service that disseminates to the public, for a fee, news obtained from the CIA¿s Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). The Senate asked the author to determine whether WNC¿s foreign news service: (1) falls within NTIS¿ statutory authority: & (2) is detrimental to private businesses that offer similar news services. Charts & tables.