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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_.
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.
Any user who has access to Internet electronic mail can retrieve
the full text version of the National Performance Review documents. Send
a message to: almanac@ace.esusda.gov. 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 end
send nappena
send nappenbc
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 node. 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 WAIS or Gopher on
the SunSite server at the University of North Carolina (sunsite.unc.edu or
152.2.22.81). Users 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. Users without gopher clients may telnet to
sunsite.unc.edu and login as gopher to access the report via gopher;
choose <3> Sunsite Archives, <10> US and World Politics, and then <4> to
search NPR documents or <5> to browse NPR documents.
_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.
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
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.
CompuServe: GO WHITEHOUSE and GO DEMOCRATS
America Online: Keywords are: WHITEHOUSE, THE WHITEHOUSE, or CLINTON
The WELL: Type: "whitehouse"
MCI: type "VIEW THE WHITEHOUSE"
On Peacenet or Econet: See pol.govinfo.usa
Thank you for your interest.
Steven Kerchoff
National Performance Review Librarian (through Sept. 15)
National Performance Review
1120 Vermont Avenue NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202-632-0294, ext. 153
FEDLINK Network Librarian
FLICC/FEDLINK
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540-5100
202-707-4848
kerchoff@mail.loc.gov
kerchoff@cap.gwu.edu
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