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VICE PRESIDENT GORE'S REPORT ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT
The National Performance Review, Vice President Gore's
task force on reinventing government, announces the release of
_>From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government that Works
Better and Costs Less_. On March 3, 1993, President Clinton
asked Vice President Gore to lead the first real quality
revolution of the federal government. The National Performance
Review (NPR) was launched to analyze every federal agency and
expenditure. Now the task force has produced a report with
specific recommendations not only for cutting waste and reducing
costs, but also for changing the very way the government works
to make it more responsive and more effective. In his remarks at
the ceremony releasing the report this morning, President Clinton
encouraged every concerned American to read this report. In the
interest of making the report as widely available as possible,
_>From Red Tape to Results_, the 180-page overview report, is
being made available in print, on CD-ROM, and in an electronic
edition. An executive summary, 30 pages in length, will also be
made available. In addition to these summary reports, there will
be 38 monograph reports focusing on cross-cutting issues and on
specific agencies. As they are released during September, these
reports will be distributed in a manner similar to _>From Red
Tape to Results_.
PRINT COPY AVAILABLE
The print report may be ordered from the Government Printing
Office by calling 202-783-3238. Cite stock number 040-000-00592-7
when ordering the overview, and stock number 040-000-00591-9 for
the executive summary. The print report may also be purchased at
GPO bookstores.
An alternative source for a high quality reproduction print is
available from NTIS. They can be contacted at (703) 487-4650
ELECTRONIC ACCESS
Any user who has access to Internet electronic mail can
retrieve the full text version of the National Performance Review
documents by following these simple steps.
1. Send a message to: almanac@ace.esusda.gov.
2. In the body of the message, include the following text:
send npr nprintro
send npr npr01
send npr npr02
send npr npr03
send npr npr04
send npr nprconc
send npr nprend
send npr nappenbc
In addition, the following documents are also available
through the almanac@ace.esusda.gov electronic mail server.
send npr help - This document
send npr nprcomments - Remarks from the President and
Vice President on the NPR
send npr npr_background - NPR Background Briefing
send npr otr_brief - Osborne & Sharp OTR Briefing
For users with access to gopher, these same documents can be
accessed through the esusda.gov gopher. Menu item number 12 is
National Performance Review. Open menu item number 12 and browse
the White House / Vice President Gore documents.
_>From Red Tape to Results_ may also be retrieved via
anonymous file transfer from the Department of Commerce Internet
system. To get the report, type the following commands:
ftp cu.nih.gov
Userid> anonymous
Password> your email address
cd usdoc-oba-info
ascii
get nprintro.asc
get npr01.asc
get npr02.asc
get npr03.asc
get npr04.asc
get nprconc.asc
get nprend.asc
get nappena.asc
get nappenbc.asc
bye
_>From Red Tape to Results_ is also available via ftp,
WAIS, Gopher, World Wide Web, and Mosaic on the SunSITE server
at the University of North Carolina (sunsite.unc.edu or
152.2.22.81).
For anonymous ftp, look in
pub/academic/political-science/National-Performance-Review
For WAIS clients, get National-Performance-Review.src from
the directory of servers.
For gopher, point your client to SunSITE.unc.edu and select
menu option 13, National Performance Review
For WWW and Mosaic, multimedia hypertext access can be
found beginning at: hhtp://sunsite.unc.edu/unchome.html
Users without WAIS or gopher clients may telnet to
sunsite.unc.edu and login as gopher.
SunSITE also supports ftpmail access; send a mail
message of HELP to:
ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu for details.
_>From Red Tape to Results_ will also be distributed by the
Commerce Department's Economic Bulletin Board (EBB) beginning
September 7, 1993. We anticipate that the NPR monographs will
also be available on the EBB as they are issues. EBB
subscribers may obtain the complete overview report for less
than $5.00. Nonsubscribers may subscribe for $35 and
receive full access to the report for no additional charge and
obtain access to over 2,000 files covering current economic and
business news issues by the U.S. Government. Call 202-482-1986
for more information. Free telnet access is also available to EBB
(telnet ebb.stat-usa.gov and use TRIAL as userid).
_>From Red Tape to Results_ may also be downloaded from
the FedWorld Bulletin Board, maintained by the National
Technical Information Service. Set software parameters for
N-8-1 and dial 703-321-8020. FedWorld accomodates baud rates
up to 9600. FedWorld is also accessible via telnet using the
address fedworld.doc.gov. White House papers are located in the
W-house library of files. To access this library from the
FedWorld menu, enter <f> <s> <w-house>. Files are named with the
release month and day as the first four digits. Hence _>From Red
Tape to Results_, release on September 7, is file 0907NPR.TXT,
the 30-page executive summary is 0907NPR2.TXT, and the 3-page press
release is 0907NPR3.TXT. Further information about FedWorld can be
obtained by calling (voice) 703-487-4648.
CD-ROM
The overview report will also be available for archive and
research purposes on the National Economic, Social, and
Environmental Data Bank (NESE-DB) CD-ROM produced by the
Department of Commerce. _>From Red Tape to Results_ will be
available on the August 1993 issue of NESE-DB. We anticipate that
the complete report including all monographs will be available on
the November 1993 issue. NESE-DB may be purchased for $95 per
issue or $360 per annual subscription (issued quarterly). The
CD-ROM is also available for free public access in 860 federal
depository libraries located througout the country. NESE-DB may
be ordered by contacting:
Office of Business Analysis
Room H4884
Department of Commerce
Washington, DC 20230
Telephone: 202-482-1986
Fax: 202-482-2164
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
Several commercial services have also indicated an interest
in posting NPR documents and in hosting a series of NPR topic
focus-area conferences. This list is offered for your assistance
but is not intended to recommend or promote any of these commercial
services.
America Online:
On America Online, compressed versions of the entire National
Performance Revicew documents are easily accessible by going
to keyword: WHITE HOUSE, or by locating the White House Forum
in the News & Finance Department. The files are available for
downloading in the White House Forum's download library.
CompuServe: GO WHITEHOUSE and GO DEMOCRATS
GEnie:
THE WHITE HOUSE ROUNDTABLE on GEnie(R)
The White House RoundTable is your connection to the OFFICIAL
Electronic Press Releases and announcements from the White House
Office of Media Affairs, including the newly released National
Performance Review Report. To access White House RoundTable,
type "WHITEHOUSE". To download the National Performance Review
Report, type "MOVE 1600;3" from anywhere on GEnie, and use menu
option #6 to download file# 628 NPR90793.ZIP. (This is a
compressed ASCII text file that expands to 530K) For GEnie
connect information, call voice 800-638-9636.
The WELL: Type: "whitehouse"
MCI: type "VIEW THE WHITEHOUSE"
On Peacenet or Econet: See pol.govinfo.usa
Thank you for your interest.