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<CENTER><H1>Government And Political Sites</H1></CENTER>
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<CENTER><B>Note: a very good place to start out searching for Governmental or Political resources is the Yahoo server. Try these URLs:</B></CENTER><BR>
At the main menu select "Government Center" then select "United States of America." You will then see "GPO Access"; select GPO Access and you will then be "in" the GPO archives.
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Ah... ACRONYMS... in any case this very informative GPO telnet site has
all of the published versions of bills beginning with proposed legislation
from the 103rd Congress. This site also includes complete texts of the
"Congressional Record" and the "Federal Register". There are many other
documents and complete databases available here as well. The GPO site uses
a very sophisticated WAIS engine (Wide Area Information Search) to search
through the mounds of available info here. This site even has complete
texts of Congressional floor speeches and debates. The entire text of any
info stored here can be searched including the "Congressional Record" and
other publications within this huge archive. A researcher's paradise.
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<CENTER><B>U.S. Government Agencies</B></CENTER><BR>
All's fair in love, web and war and so soon after the Rush Limbaugh web
page came into existence - so did the anti-Limbaugh page. This is a funny
web page that has a satirical view of Rush's "35 Truths" and also has lots
of Limbaugh jokes and one-liners. There are some serious rantings and
writings but most are intended to poke fun at Rush. Who could argue? There
is even a forms section where readers are invited to send in their own
"Rush jokes and lies" to the page and more is planned. I wonder if a
Democrat organized this page... ?
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<CENTER><B>Volunteers in Technical Assistance's Non-U.S. Disaster Update Gopher</B></CENTER><BR>
<CENTER><A HREF="gopher://gopher.vita.org/disaster information/disaster situation and status reports/international reports/situation reports/">gopher://gopher.vita.org/disaster information/disaster situation and status reports/international reports/situation reports/</A></CENTER>
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Want to know about all the world's disasters (except in the USA) - then
here is the place to come visit and learn. Most reports contain photos as
well as mortality rates, damage statistics, economic loss and foreign-aid
totals. Disasters are listed either chronologically (the most recent
tragedy is at the top of the list) or you can view by region or geographic
area of the world. If you think *your* life is a mess - stop over here!
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<CENTER><B>Internet Disaster Information Network</B></CENTER><BR>
This site covers Burmese liberation efforts and all sorts of human rights
abuses occuring there today. Also contains a collection of photos and
sound clips about the country's culture and topography. Reports on the
cruelties of General Ne Win, a fearsome dictator, are also featured. Links
to The Carter Center (mentioned elsewhere in BIGSURF), Amnesty Intl. and
several Burmese activist groups are also here. Read, look and learn.
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<CENTER><B>African Gopher Sites (via the Univ of Minn Gopher server)</B></CENTER><BR>
<CENTER><A HREF="gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu/Other Gopher and Information Servers/Africa">gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu/Other Gopher and Information Servers/Africa</A></CENTER>
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Literally tons of info here relating to African countries and culture.
News reports, country information and political and cultural info abounds
here. This gopher site is an excellent resource to learn more about Africa.
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<CENTER><B>CCTA Government Information Service</B></CENTER><BR>
Seems as if every political party now has some sort of presence on the web.
This is the Socialist Party web site that contains related party info that
includes party documents, policies, press releases, platform stances and
other associated party literature on various issues and political topics.
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<CENTER><H3>How to contact your Senator or House Representative via the Internet</H3></CENTER>
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<CENTER><B>US Senators</B></CENTER><BR>
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You can email to any US Senator by using this format: email to: senator@name.senate.gov
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In place of "name," insert the Senator's last name. For example: email to: senator@dole.senate.gov
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<CENTER><B>US House Representatives</B></CENTER><BR>
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You can send email to any US House Representative by using the format: email to: name@hr.house.gov
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In place of "name" you must use the first initial and last name of the Representative. For example, if you were sending email to Rep. Kurt Weldon, you would send email to: kweldon@hr.house.gov
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Not all Congressional members use or take advantage of this email service
yet so you may or may not get a response from your email message.
<CENTER><B>Senatorial FTP site</B></CENTER><BR>
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All Senators can or may have FTP files for anon public access located
at the following ftp address:
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ftp.senate.gov:/member/state/name
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In this ftp directory format all items are "lower-case" letters.
Leave the "member" entry as it is but in place of the "state"
use the 2 letter abbreviation for the state and in place of "name"
use the senator's last name.
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For example - if you wanted to see if Robert Dole has any ftp files
for public access you would type in this anon ftp address:
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ftp.senate.gov:/member/ks/dole
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Hopefully this information will let you become more informed on how to
contact your elected Congress person and have access to public files
that each Senator can make available to the public via anon ftp access.
The "Washington Compost" is a satirical magazine that takes no prisoners
and seems to effectively and humorously bash all political parties.
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<CENTER><B>Administration on Aging</B></CENTER><BR>
<CENTER><A HREF="gopher://gopher.os.dhhs.gov/DHHS-Resources by Organization/Administration on Aging">gopher://gopher.os.dhhs.gov/DHHS-Resources by Organization/Administration on Aging</A></CENTER>
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This gopher site offers all sorts of information for senior citizens in
regards to health, government, legal and available services. Good site.
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<CENTER><B>US Senate Special Committee on Aging</B></CENTER><BR>
