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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 08:08:53 -0800 (PST)
From: booloo@FRAMSPARC.OCF.LLNL.GOV(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: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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 "pjones@sunsite.unc.edu"
:description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b5 on
Feb 27 15:16:16 1993 by pjones@sunsite.unc.edu
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: URLS@MARISTC.BITNET or
URLS@VM.MARIST.EDU.
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
listserv@cpsr.org.
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: clinton-hq@Campaign92.Org
75300.3115@compuserve.com
clintonpz@aol.com
Please send corrections, deletion and additions to this faq to:
Updates@Clinton92.Org
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