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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 fqa to:
Updates@Clinton92.Org