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Budget of the US, FY 98 Available Online via GPO Access!
The Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998 is now online via GPO Access. The database contains a summary of the President's budget proposals along with the following separately searchable documents: Analytical Perspectives; Historical Tables; Appendix; A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget; Budget System and Concepts; Principles of Budgeting for Capital Asset Acquisitions. Files are available as ASCII text and as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
[The Economic Report of the President, 1997 will be available online via GPO Access on Monday, February 10, 1997 and noon (EST).]
This database is accessible via the World Wide Web, WAIS client software, or SWAIS.
DATABASE DESCRIPTION
Budget of the U.S. FY 1998
Menu Name: Budget of the U.S., FY98 Host: wais.access.gpo.gov Database Name: /wais/indexes/1998_budget Port: 210 Description: The Budget of the U.S. FY 1998 contains a summary of the President's budget proposals along with the following separately searchable documents: Budget of the United States Government, FY 1998, Analytical Perspectives; Historical Tables; Appendix; A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget; Budget System and Concepts; Principles of Budgeting for Capital Asset Acquisitions. Files are available as ASCII text and as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
WORLD WIDE WEB ACCESS
You can connect to GPO Access via the World Wide Web. The address for the Superintendent of Documents' home page is: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs. The page for connecting to the Budget of the U.S., FY 98 directly is http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/budget/index.html
TELNET ACCESS (SWAIS)
You can also connect to GPO Access via Telnet. The address is swais.access.gpo.gov. Type guest (lowercase) at the login prompt (no password is required). You will be using SWAIS. File transfers are by Internet e-mail or screen capture.
DIAL-IN ACCESS (SWAIS)
Users without Internet access can dial-in. Use a modem to call 202-512-1661; type swais and then login as guest. The modem settings are 8N1, full duplex. You will be using SWAIS. File transfers are by Internet e-mail or screen capture.
WAIS CLIENT ACCESS
If you are using WAIS client software, you will need to create a source file for the new database. Instructions for adding source files to the WinWAIS and MacWAIS client software are available below.
A. Creating a Source File For WinWAIS:
Execute the following steps to create a source file for the new database:
1. Open the WinWAIS software; 2. Pull down the Edit menu and select the Select Sources menu item; 3. Click on the button labeled New; 4. Fill in the name, host and database fields using the information provided under the database description heading; 5. Fill in the database description (optional); 6. Click the OK button in the Edit WAIS Source Definition Window; 7. Click on the OK button in the Selected WAIS Sources Window.
B. Creating a Source File For MacWAIS:
Execute the following steps to create a source file for the new database:
1. Open the MacWAIS software; 2. Pull down the Sources menu and select the New menu item; 3. Fill in the name, host and database fields using the information provided under the database description heading. 4. Fill in the database description (optional); 5. Click the OK button.
Helpful Hints for searching the Budget of the U.S. FY 1998 online via GPO Access will be available online. Once you are connected to the database, the search "helpful hints" will retrieve instructions and sample searches. Helpful Hints for searching this database will also be available on the Federal Bulletin Board/FTP site (fedbbs.access.gpo.gov) and the Superintendent of Documents Home Page (www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/desc018.html)
For further assistance, contact the GPO Access User Support Team by e-mail at gpoaccess@gpo.gov, by phone at (toll free) 1-888-293-6498 or (local) 202-512-1530 or by fax at 202-512-1262.
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