Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 08:08:53 -0800 (PST)
From: [email protected](Mark Boolootian)
Subject: Getting information to and from the White House

GETTING INFORMATION TO AND FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Updated March 12, 1993

A.  HOW TO SIGN UP FOR ELECTRONIC RELEASES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE:

The White House Communications office is distributing press
releases
over an experimental system developed during the campaign.

You can sign up to receive press releases on this experimental
system
by using the automated computer server.  You will be carried
forward
onto the system that replaces it.  However, it would be appreciated
if
you used this service sparingly at this time.  The present system
was
not designed to handle high levels of message traffic.  In due
course,
a more powerful system will be available.

You can also find copies of the press releases in certain on-line
bulletin board groups devoted to discussions of either national
politics in general or President Clinton in particular.

1.  On USENET/NETNEWS, electronic publications are found on a
variety of
   groups:

       Direct Distribution

               alt.politics.clinton
               alt.politics.org.misc
               alt.politics.reform
               alt.politics.usa.misc
               alt.news-media
               alt.activism
               talk.politics.misc

       Indirect Distribution

               misc.activism.progressive
               cmu.soc.politics
               assocs.clinton-gore-92

2.  On CompuServe: GO WHITEHOUSE

3.  On America Online: keyword WHITEHOUSE or THE WHITEHOUSE or
CLINTON

4.  On The WELL: type whitehouse

5.  On MCI: type VIEW WHITE HOUSE


If you don't have access to the these accounts or if you would
prefer
to receive the releases via e-mail, then the next section details
how
to sign up for this service.  The server is not set up to answer
e-mail letters, comments or requests for specific information. To
reach this server, send e-mail:

               to: [email protected]
               subject: Help

The server works by reading the subject line of the incoming
message
and taking whatever action that line calls for. If you want to sign
up
to automatically receive press releases, then your subject line
would
begin with the word RECEIVE.  You can then specify what kind of
information you are interested in receiving. The categories of
information are:

ECONOMIC POLICY
                       Get releases related to the economy such as
budget
                       news, technology policy review, etc.


FOREIGN POLICY
                       Get releases related to foreign policy such
as
                       statements on Bosnian airdrop, Haitian
refugee
                       status, etc.


SOCIAL POLICY
                       Get releases related to social issues like
                       National Service (Student Loan) program,
                       abortion, welfare reform, etc.

SPEECHES
                       All speeches made by the President and
                       important speeches made by other
                       Administration officials.

NEWS
                       Transcripts of press conferences released
by
                       the White House Communications office, as
well
                       as the President's remarks in photo ops and
                       other Q&A sessions.

ALL                     All of the above

So, if you wanted to sign up to get releases related to the economy
your
e-mail message would look like this:

       To: [email protected]
       Subject: RECEIVE ECONOMY

When you send a signup message to the clinton-info server, it sends
you back a status message letting you know what distribution
streams
you are signed up for. If you ever want to check on what groups you
are signed up for send the following message:

To: [email protected]
Subject: STATUS



You can stop receiving e-mail releases by sending a REMOVE message
to
the clinton-info server. The word REMOVE would be followed by
whatever
distribution stream you wanted to drop. If you wanted to stop
receiving message about the ECONOMY then your mail would look like
this:

To: [email protected]
Subject: REMOVE ECONOMY

You could substitute SOCIAL, FOREIGN, SPEECHES, NEWS or ALL for
ECONOMY in the above message and you would be dropped from that
distribution list. If you send the subject line REMOVE ALL, then
you
will be taken off the e-mail distribution system all together and
will
not receive further releases of any kind.

You can also ask for help from the automated server.  Send an
e-mail
query as follows:

       To: [email protected]
       Subject: HELP

The server will respond by sending you a detailed form that will
guide you
through the process of signing up for the various distribution
streams.

B.  ARE THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASES BEING ARCHIVED.

Yes.  Various sites are archiving the press releases.  What follows
is an
incomplete list of some of the sites containing the documents that
have
been released to date.  This FAQ will be updated to reflect new
sites as
they become known.

        SITE                           DIRECTORY

1. SUNSITE.UNC.EDU              /HOME3/WAIS/WHITE-HOUSE-PAPERS
2. FTP.CCO.CALTECH.EDU          /PUB/BJMCCALL
3. FTP MARISTB.MARIST.EDU
4. CPSR.ORG                     /CPSR/CLINTON
5. FedWorld BBS                 703-321-8020  8-N-1


Notes:  The following are notes on how to log in and get
       information from the above sites.

1.      Office FOR Information Technology at University of
       North Carolina Maintains the full collection of White
       House electronic release available for search with WAIS.
       (:source
       :version 3
       :database-name "/home3/wais/White-House-Papers" :ip-
               address "152.2.22.81"
       :ip-name "sunsite.unc.edu"
       :tcp-port 210
       :cost 0.00
       :cost-unit :free
       :maintainer "[email protected]"
       :description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b5 on
               Feb 27 15:16:16 1993 by [email protected]
       These are the White House Press Briefings and other
       postings dealing with William Jefferson Clinton and
       Albert Gore as well as members of the President's
       Cabinet and the first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
       Chelsea, Socks and others in Washington DC. Dee Dee
       Meyers and George Stephanopoulos.  Other good words:
       United States of America, Bill Al Tipper Democrats USA
       US These files are also available via anonymous ftp
       from sunsite.unc.edu The files of type filename used in
       the index were:
       /home3/ftp/pub/academic/political-science/whitehouse-
        papers/1993 ")
       Folks without WAIS clients or gophers that act as WAIS
       clients may telnet to sunsite.unc.edu and login as swais
       to access this information via WAIS.

2.      No special instructions.

3.      The CLINTON@MARIST log files which contain all the official
       administration releases distributed through the MIT servers
       are available via anonymous FTP. These logs contain in
       addition to the official releases, the posts that comprise
the
       ongoing discussion conducted by the list subscribers.
       To obtain the logs:
       FTP MARISTB.MARIST.EDU - the logs are in the CLINTON
directory
       and are named CLINTON LOG9208 thru CLINTON LOGyymm where
yymm
       stands for the current year and month. Problems should be
       directed to my attention: [email protected] or
       [email protected].
       Posted by Lee Sakkas - owner, CLINTON@MARIST

4.      Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is
       providing all Clinton documents on technology and privacy
       at the CPSR Internet Library, available via
       FTP/WAIS/Gopher at cpsr.org /cpsr/clinton (and in other
       folders as relevant). For email access, send a message
       with the word "help" at the 1st line of text to
       [email protected].

5.      The White House Forum (GO WHITEHOUSE) on CompuServe is
devoted
       to discussion of the Clinton administration's policies and
       activities.  The forum's library consists of news releases
and
       twice daily media briefings from the White House Office of
       Media Affairs.  CompuServe members can exchange information
       and opinions with each other in the 17 sections in the
forum's
       message area.  The message board spans a broad range of
       topics, including international and United Nations
activities,
       defense, health care, the economy and the deficit, housing
and
       urban development, the environment, and education and
national
       service.

6.      On America Online the posts are sent to the White House
Forum,
       located in the News & Finance department of the service and
       accessible via keywords "white house" and "clinton."  The
       White House Forum on America Online contains the press
       releases from the White House, divided into the categories
       "Press Briefings," "Meetings & Speeches," "Foreign Policy,"
       "The Economy," "Technology," "Health Care," and
       "Appointments." The area features a message board so you
can
       discuss the releases with other AOL members, and a
searchable
       database for easy retrieval of releases in the topic that
       interests you.

7.      MCI Mail users can access daily information on the
       administration's programs provided by the White House
through
       MCI Mail bulletin boards.  The available boards are: WHITE
       HOUSE ECONOMIC, WHITE HOUSE FOREIGN, WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL,
WHITE
       HOUSE SPEECHES and WHITE HOUSE NEWS.  A listing of these
       boards can also be obtained by simply typing VIEW WHITE
HOUSE
       at the COMMAND prompt.


C.  SENDING E-MAIL TO THE WHITE HOUSE

The White House e-mail system is under construction.  This is a new
project and suffers from all of the problems common to a startup
operation.  The Communications office is currently working on
defining
what this system will do, as well as trying to come up with
equipment
and staffing to make sure that it works.  E-mail messages are
currently being printed out and responses are being sent out via US
Mail.

Nobody wants this new venture to work more than the staff that has
devoted so many hours to getting it up and running.  But much time
and
effort will be required before the system is truly interactive.  In
the mean time, they will need a little patience from the electronic
community.  If you send a message to the White House, please
include a
US Post office address for replies.

       You can send e-mail to the following accounts:

Compuserve:             75300,3115
                       GO: WHITE HOUSE         finds White House
forum

America OnLine:         clinton pz
                       KEYWORD: WHITEHOUSE     finds White House
area

MCI                     TO: WHITE HOUSE
                       VIEW WHITE HOUSE        views bulletin
boards

Internet:               [email protected]
                       [email protected]
                       [email protected]


Please send corrections, deletion and additions to this faq to:
               [email protected]

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