These are open boards in the Washington, D.C. area
No pre-registrations are required
WORLD BANK (Northwest Washington, D.C.)
-- Information, Technology and Facilities Development
data: (202) 676-0920
voice: (202) 473-3076
Sysop: Ashok Daswani, Miguel Cuadra
public access: no limitations specified
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK (Southeast Washington, D.C.)
-- Exporters' BBS
data: (202) 566-4602
data: (202) 566-8180
voice: (202) 566-4690
Sysop: Bob Hughes, Joel Kahn
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
-- Economic News (Washington, Dwntn)
(Office of Economic Affairs)
data: (202) 377-3870
data: (202) 377-0433
voice: (202) 377-4450
Sysop: Ken Rogers
public access: may browse; charges fees for full access
-- Office Automation (Suitland, Md.)
(Bureau of the Census)
data: (301) 763-4576
voice: (301) 763-7448
Sysop: Nevins Frankel
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
-- Personnel (Suitland, Md.)
(Bureau of the Census)
data: (301) 763-4574
voice: (301) 763-7448
Sysop: Nevins Frankel
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
-- Microcomputer Electronic Information Center (Gaithersburg, Md.)
(National Bureau of Standards)
data: (301) 948-5717
data: (301) 948-5718
voice: (301) 975-3359
Sysop: Ted Lanberg, Lisa Carnahan
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
-- Data Management Information Exchange (Gaithersburg, Md.)
(National Bureau of Standards)
data: (301) 948-2048
voice: no voice line indicated
Sysop: not listed
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
-- Information Technology Exchange (Kensington, Md.)
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
data: (301) 770-0069
voice: (301) 377-2949
Sysop: Rich Kissel
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
-- Planning and Budget (Washington, Dwntn)
(Office of the Secretary)
data: (202) 377-1423
voice: (202) 377-2949
Sysop: John O'Conor, Pat Spencer, Kathy Cooper
Appropriations data: Sharon Davis
Budget Bulletins: Beth Mack
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
-- Naval Aviation News Computer Information (NANci) (Washington)
data: (202) 475-1973 --- avn: 288-1973
voice: (202) 433-4407 --- avn: 288-4407
Sysop: Commander John A. Norton
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
-- Judge Advocate General (Alexandria/Arlington)
data: (202) 325-0748 --- avn: 221-xxxx
voice: (202) 325-8312
Sysop: Ens. John Sawyer, Lcdr. Chris Buechler
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
-- Naval Observatory (Washington, Dwntn)
data: (202) 653-1079
voice: (202) 653-1522
Sysop: M. Miranian
public access: no limitations specified
enter @TCO command for command directory
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
-- Corps Engineer Planners (Mt. Vernon)
data: (202) 355-2098
voice: (202) 355-3087
Sysop: Michael Walsh
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
Corps of Engineers (COE) Manpower (Washington, D.C.)
data: (202) 272-1514
voice: not listed
Sysop: Rich Courtney
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
-- Ada Information Database
data: (202) 694-0215 (DOD)
(301) 459-3865 (Hyattsville, Md.)
voice: (703) 685-1477 (Alexandria, Arlington)
Sysop: none listed
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
-- Defense Technology Security Administration
Export Control
data: (202) 697-3632 (DOD)
voice: (202) 693-1148 (DOD)
Sysop: not listed
public access: exclusive use of exporters of licensed items
under provisions of U.S. Export Control laws
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
-- Agency for International Development (Arlington, Va.)
data: (703) 875-1465
voice: (703) 875-1369
Sysop: Jerry Galindo
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
-- Immigration and Naturalization Service (Washington, D.C.)
Budget and Finance
data: (202) 786-3640
voice: no voice line indicated
Sysop: not listed
public access: do not use in mid-day
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
-- Federal Highway Administration (Washington, Dwntn)
data: (202) 426-2961
voice: (202) 366-4057
Sysop: not listed
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS and SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
-- Information Technology Center (Washington, D.C.)
data: (202) 646-6197
voice: no voice line indicated
Sysop: Carlos Ojeda, Maura Ennis
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, Md.)
data: (301) 286-9000
voice: (301) 286-7251
Sysop: Bruce McLendon, Pat Sisson
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
enter NSSDC (after the connect)
when asked for User, enter NSSDC again
Space Physics Analysis Network (Greenbelt, Md.)
data: (301) 286-9000
voice: (301) 286-7251
Sysop: Bruce McLendon, Pat Sisson
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
enter NSSDC (after the connect)
when asked for User, enter SPAN_NIC
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
-- Science Resources Studies (Washington, Dwntn)
data: (202) 634-1764
voice: (202) 634-4636
Sysop: Vanessa Richardson
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
-- Energy Information Administration (Washington, Dwntn)
data: (202) 586-8658 <use 7 stop, even parity>
voice: (202) 586-1155
Sysop: T.C. Swann
public access: Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 11:00pm
wknds/hols: 10:00am - 6:00pm
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
data: (202) 737-7264 (Washington, Dwntn)
voice: (202) 898-7085
Sysop: R. Campbell, L. Rudolph
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
-- Information Systems Management (Washington, Dwntn)
data: (202) 272-2835
voice: (202) 272-2823
Sysop: not listed
public access: Federal Government use only
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
-- Educational Research and Improvement (Washington, N.E.)
data: (202) 626-9853
voice: (202) 357-6524
Sysop: Tom Litkowski
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
AUTOMATED LIBRARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE (ALIX)
-- Federal Library Committee (Southwest Washington, D.C.)
data: (202) 287-9656
voice: (202) 287-1374
Sysop: Bruce Miller, Lee Power, Steve Palinscar, Bill Stockey
public access: Mon-Fri 7:30am - 5:00pm
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
-- Information Technology (Washington, Dwntn)
data: (202) 275-1050
voice: no voice line indicated
Sysop: Mark Stefan
public access: 24 hours/day 365 days/year
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
-- Information Resources Services Center (Washington, D.C.)
data: (202) 535-7661
voice: (202) 535-0825
Sysop: Steve Tursky, Suzanne Taxin
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
data: (202) 376-2184
voice: (202) 233-5571
Sysop: Jay D. Anderson, Alan Toense
public access: 24 hours/day 7 days/week
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
-- Office of Information Systems (Washington, Dwntn)
data: (202) 272-4545
voice: no voice line indicated
Sysop: Byron Trantham
public access: BOP and employees of other government agencies
FAA/NWS/MITRE (Falls Church/McLean)
-- Washington Testbed for Automated Flight Services Lab
Experimental weather briefing
data: (703) 790-1740
voice: (703) 883-6008
Sysop: not listed
public access: no limitations specified
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
-- Public Access Link (Laurel, Md.)
data: (301) 725-1072
voice: not listed
Sysop: not listed
public access: 24 hours/day (5 min connect time)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
-- Productivity Management Services (Washington, Dwntn)
data: (202) 727-6668
voice: (202) 727-6665
Sysop: Danny Weiss
public access; 24 hours/day
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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data: (703) 648-4168
voice: (703) 648-7000
Sysop: Jason Kruse
public access; 24 hours/day
