Management and Use of lnteragency Acquisitions and other cases described in part 17 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. (12) The term national collection means (subject to subchapter B) the collection of information dissemination products produced by the Federal Government, and (as described in subchapter B) is a distributed collection accessible from the online repository under subchapter C, the Federal Depository Libraries under subchapter D, and through agreements with other entities as provided by this chapter. (13) The term personally identifiable information means information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either alone or when combined with other information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. (14) The term public information means any information, regardless of form or format, that an office of the Federal Government discloses, disseminates, or makes available to the public. (15) The term publication means informational matter which is published as an individual document at Federal Government expense, or as required by law. (16) The term State means, except where otherwise provided, each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (17) The term trustworthy information system means an information system that is believed to be capable of operating within defined levels of risk despite the environmental disruptions, human errors, structural failures, and purposeful attacks that are expected to occur in its environment of operation. B National Collection of Information Dissemination Products 1721. National collection of information dissemination products (a) Establishment of collection In order to provide permanent public access to information dissemination products that may be of public interest or educational value, in accordance with this subchapter, the Superintendent of Documents shall establish a