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- July 18, 1991
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- Dear Internet or Bitnet User,
-
- The following U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) reports are
- available over the Internet as part of a test to determine
- whether there is sufficient interest within this community to
- warrant making all GAO reports available over the Internet.
-
- The reports are in ASCII text format and available in the
- Anonymous FTP directory GAO-REPORTS at the NIH computer center
- (try @CU.NIH.GOV). Use the FTP TEXT down load format.
-
- 1. Computer Security: Governmentwide Planning Process Had
- Limited Impact, GAO/IMTEC-90-48, May 1990. Assesses the
- governmentwide computer security planning process and extent
- to which security plans were implemented for 22 systems at
- 10 civilian agencies. (This report is named REPORT1 and
- is 55,062 bytes or 1,190 lines long.)
-
- 2. Drug-Exposed Infants: A Generation at Risk, GAO/HRD-90-138,
- June 1990. Discusses health effects and medical costs of
- infants born to mothers using drugs, impact on the nation's
- health and welfare systems, and availability of drug-
- treatment and prenatal care to drug-addicted pregnant women.
- (This report is named REPORT2 and is 113,916 bytes or 2,421
- lines long.)
-
- 3. High-Definition Television: Applications for This New
- Technology, GAO/IMTEC-90-9FS, December 1989. Provides
- information on 14 HDTV applications and the key industry
- officials' views on the effect of an HDTV production
- standard on potential applications. (This report is named
- REPORT3 and is 31,947 bytes or 643 lines long.)
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- 4. Home Visiting: A Promising Early Intervention Strategy for
- At-Risk Families, GAO/HRD-90-83, July 1990. Discusses home
- visiting as an early intervention strategy to provide
- health, social, educational, and other services to improve
- maternal and child health and well-being.
- (This report is named REPORT4 and is 287,547 bytes or 5,711
- lines long.)
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- 5. Meeting the Government's Technology Challenge: Results of a
- GAO Symposium, GAO/IMTEC-90-23, February 1990. Outlines
- five principles for effective management of information
- technology that can provide a framework for integrating
- information technology into the business of government.
- (This report is named REPORT5 and is 39,017 bytes or 777
- lines long.)
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- 6. Strategic Defense System: Stable Design and Adequate Testing
- Must Precede Decision to Deploy, GAO/IMTEC-90-61, July 1990.
- Discusses why the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
- will not be able to support currently scheduled full-scale
- development or deployment decisions on any part of Phase I
- of the Strategic Defense System. (This report is named
- REPORT6 and is 104,521 bytes or 1,847 lines long.)
-
-
- 7. Training Strategies: Preparing Noncollege Youth for
- Employment in the U.S. and Foreign Countries, GAO/HRD-90-88,
- May 1990. Discusses (1) weaknesses in the U.S. education
- and training system for preparing noncollege youth for
- employment and (2) foreign strategies that appear relevant
- to U.S. shortcomings. (This report is named REPORT7 and is
- 190,323 bytes or 3,951 lines long.
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- Some of these reports have material--e.g., pictures, charts, and
- tables--that could not be viewed as ASCII text. If you wish
- to obtain a complete report, call GAO report distribution at
- 202/275-6241 (7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. EST) or write to GAO, P.O. Box
- 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20877.
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- So that we can keep a count of report recipients, and your
- reaction, please send an E-Mail message to KH3@CU.NIH.GOV and
- include, along with your E-Mail address, the following
- information:
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- 1) Your organization.
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- 2) Your position/title and name (optional).
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- 3) The title/report number of the above reports you have
- retrieved electronically or ordered by mail or phone.
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- 4) Whether you have ever obtained a GAO report before.
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- 5) Whether you have copied a report onto another bulletin
- board--if so, which report and bulletin board.
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- 6) Other GAO report subjects you would be interested in. GAO's
- reports cover a broad range of subjects such as major
- weapons systems, energy, financial institutions, and
- pollution control.
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- 7) Any additional comments or suggestions.
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- Thank you for your time.
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- Sincerely,
-
- Jack L. Brock, Jr.
- Director,
- Government Information and Financial
- Management Issues
- Information Management and Technology Division
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