🚀 go-pugleaf

Presumably, users can locate MRDF available from NTIS via this service.
If anyone gets a chance to check, please post your "findings" to the list.

Best,
Jim
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Jim Cassell                                        Jim_Cassell@UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science           Phone:  919-962-0782
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill           Fax:    919-962-4777
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355   USA

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 18:23:25 +0000 (BST)
From: Thomas Krichel <ecs1tk@surrey.ac.uk>
To: Sosig List <sosig@mailbase.ac.uk>
Subject: NTIS FedWorld On Internet (fwd)

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From: "JENNIFER C. BOETTCHER" <BOETTCJC@SNYCENVM.EARN>
Subject:  NTIS FedWorld On Internet
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Good news!  Try this telnet.  You will be suprised what your government is
doing.  FYI.  J. Boettcher

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NTIS FedWorld on Internet

I can now formally announce that NTIS FedWorld is available via Internet.
To telnet to FedWorld, type:

telnet fedworld.gov

Some govdoc-l'ers may be using a temporary address, fedworld.doc.gov.
While this address still works, at some point in the future, it will
be disconnected.

Once on FedWorld, it is possible to connect to more than 100 govt. operated
bulletin boards and online systems.  Many, if not most, of these systems
are not otherwise available via Internet.  Right now, FedWorld is receiving
about 1,300 calls per day from users calling in from around the country.
The long term goal of FedWorld is to allow users to locate and access
Government information.

Currently FedWorld is supporting seven incoming Internet lines.  That will
increase to 16 by the end of this week, with more coming as needed.  Please
be patient with us as we learn and grow.

It is expected that NTIS will soon be exploring the world of gopher,
FTP and WAIS.  It is yet to be seen just how these systems will operate,
but at least expect to be able to access dozens, if not hundreds of NTIS
promotional files and products.

Bob Bunge
FedWorld Business Mgr
rbunge@access.digex.net


  Thomas Krichel