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- Message-Id: <9112132030.AA10386@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
- From: KH3@CU.NIH.GOV
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 91 14:18:15 EST
- Subject: More GAO reports
-
- December 13, 1991
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- Dear Internet or Bitnet User,
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- You had indicated in your E-mail feedback your interest in more
- GAO reports dealing with computing and networking.
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- Two additional U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) reports are
- available over the Internet in our continuing test to determine
- whether there is sufficient interest within this community to
- warrant making all GAO reports available over the Internet. In
- addition a copy of recent GAO testimony about Hackers is available.
- They may be of interest to you, and others.
-
- The above are in ASCII text format and available in the
- Anonymous FTP directory GAO-REPORTS at the NIH computer center
- (CU.NIH.GOV). Use the FTP TEXT mode for down loading.
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- 1. High Performance Computing: Industry Uses of Supercomputers
- and High-Speed Networks, GAO/IMTEC-91-58, July 1991.
- Provides examples of how various industries are using
- supercomputers; identifies barriers preventing the increased
- use of supercomputers; and provides examples of how certain
- industries are using and benefiting from high-speed networks.
- (This report is identified as IMTEC-91.R58 in the FTP
- directory, and is 104,998 bytes or 1,966 lines long.)
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- 2. High Performance Computing: High-Speed Computer Networks in
- the United States, Europe, and Japan, GAO/IMTEC-91-69,
- September 1991. Provides information on United States,
- European, and Japanese efforts to develop high-speed computer
- networks. (This report is named IMTEC-91.R69 in the FTP
- directory, and is 162,584 bytes or 2,856 lines long.)
-
- 3. Compputer Security: Hackers Penetrate DOD Computer Systems,
- GAO/T-IMTEC-92-5, November 20, 1991. Discusses hacker
- intrusions into U.S. Department of Defense unclassified,
- sensitive computer systems during Operation Desert Storm/
- Shield. (This testimony is named IMTEC-92.T5 in the FTP
- directory, and is 15,532 bytes or 361 lines long.)
-
- The Anonymous FTP directory also contains 7 earlier reports, which
- are described in the file named REPORTS. A list of GAO reports
- released since September 1991 is in the file named A-LIST; it is
- updated every week or two.
-
- So that we can keep a count of report recipients, and your
- reaction, please send an E-Mail message to KH3@CU.NIH.GOV and
- include, along with your E-Mail address, the following
- information:
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- 1) Your organization.
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- 2) Your position/title and name (optional).
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- 3) The title/report number of the above reports you have
- retrieved electronically or ordered by mail or phone.
-
- 4) Whether you have ever obtained a GAO report before.
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- 5) Whether you have copied a report onto another bulletin
- board--if so, which report and bulletin board.
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- 6) Other GAO report subjects you would be interested in. GAO's
- reports cover a broad range of subjects such as major
- weapons systems, energy, financial institutions, and
- pollution control.
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- 7) Any additional comments or suggestions.
-
- Thank you for your time.
-
- Sincerely,
-
-
- Jack L. Brock, Jr.
- Director,
- Government Information and Financial
- Management Issues
- Information Management and Technology Division
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