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- T H E E C O N O M I C B U L L E T I N B O A R D
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- COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS IN THE
- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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- The Economic Bulletin Board (This board)
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- Operating agency: Office of Business Analysis
- Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
- U. S. Department of Commerce
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- Contents: Current economic news from DoC Economic Affairs(EA)
- agencies including press releases, economic indicators,
- official DoC summaries of economic news, information on
- how to obtain data tapes, and summaries of reports and
- studies produced by EA agencies. Also included are press
- releases issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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- Audience: Open to the public without charge. No preregistration
- required.
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- - More - <C>ontinue, <S>top, <N>onStop? Operations: Operated 24 hours a day, except when being serviced.
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- Telephone (202) 377-3870 or (202) 377-0433
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- Communications Full duplex, no parity, 8 bit words, 1 stop bit, or
- Requirements: Full duplex, even parity, 7 bit words, 1 stop bit
- 300 or 1200 baud
- After connect, enter 1 or 2 returns to start
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- Information Ken Rogers
- Contact: Office of Business Analysis
- Telephone (202) 377-4450
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- State Data Center Bulletin Board
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- Operating agency: State and Regional Programs Staff
- Data User Services Division
- Bureau of the Census
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- Contents: News about new Census Bureau programs, Census
- publications, reference material for State Data Center
- personnel.
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- Audience: For use of the Census Bureau staff and all State Data
- Center Components, including affiliates. Preregistration
- required - call information contact below.
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- Operations: Operated 24 hours a day, except when being serviced.
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- Communications Full duplex, no parity, 8 bit words, 1 stop bit, or
- Requirements: Full duplex, even parity, 7 bit words, 1 stop bit
- 300 or 1200 baud
- After connect, enter 1 or 2 returns to start
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- Information John Rowe or Larry Carbaugh
- Contact: Bureau of the Census
- (301) 763-1580
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- Population Estimates Bulletin Board
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- Operating agency: Federal-State Cooperative for Population Estimates,
- Population Division
- Bureau of the Census
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- Contents: Information and news about population and demographic
- projections.
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- Audience: For use by members of the Federal-State Cooperative for
- Population Estimates and members of the Federal-State
- Cooperative for Population Projections. No
- preregistration required.
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- Operations: Usual hours of operation 5:00 PM to 6:30 AM Monday-
- Thursday, 24 hour operation from 5:00 PM Thursday to 6:30
- AM Monday. No preregistration required.
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- Communications Full duplex, no parity, 8 bit words, 1 stop bit.
- Requirements: 300 baud
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- Telephone (301) 763-5225
- After connected, enter "RUN" to start.
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- Information Fred Cavanaugh
- Contact: Bureau of the Census
- (301) 763-7722
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- CMIC Electronic Bulletin Board
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- Operating agency: Census Microcomputer Information Center,
- Office of the Director
- Bureau of the Census
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- Contents: Microcomputer news, software and hardware reviews, public
- domain software, training programs for Census and Commerce
- personnel.
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- Audience: General microcomputer users; primarily internal Census
- Bureau personnel. No preregistration required.
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- Operations: Operated 24 hours a day, except when being serviced.
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- Phone (301) 763-4576
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- Communications Full duplex, no parity, 8 bit words, 1 stop bit, or
- Requirements: Full duplex, even parity, 7 bit words, 1 stop bit
- 300 or 1200 baud
- After connect, enter 1 or 2 returns to start
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- Information Nevins Frankel
- Contact: Bureau of the Census
- (301) 763-4494
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- Microcomputer Electronic Information Exchange (MEIE)
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- Operating agency: The Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology (ICST)
- The National Bureau of Standards
- Department of Commerce
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- Contents: Information on the acquisition, management, and use of
- small computers. Other files containing sources of
- information on topics such as: conferences, Federal
- publications and activities, user groups, other bulletin
- boards, etc.
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- Audience: General microcomputer users. No preregistration required.
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- Operations: Operated 24 hours a day, except when being serviced.
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- Telephone: (301) 948-5718
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- Communications Full duplex, no parity, 8 bit words, 1 stop bit, or
- Requirements: Full duplex, even parity, 7 bit words, 1 stop bit
- 300 or 1200 baud
- After connect, enter 1 or 2 returns to start. If you do
- not receive a carrier after two rings, you should hang up
- and call again.
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- Information Ted Landberg
- Contact: National Bureau of Standards
- Telephone: (301) 921-3485
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- Climate Assessment Bulletin Board
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- Operating agency Climate Analysis Center
- National Weather Service
- Department of Commerce
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- Contents: Historical climate information - daily, weekly, and
- monthly, heating degree days, weekly climate bulletins
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- Audience: Analysts using historical meteorological data.
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- Operations: Operated 24 hours a day. Preregistration required. Call
- information contact below.
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- Communications Full duplex, no parity, 8 bit words, 1 stop bit.
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- Information Vernon Patterson
- Contact: Climate Analysis Center
- Telephone: (301) 763-8071
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- East Coast Marine Users Bulletin Board
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- Operating agency: National Weather Service
- U.S. Department of Commerce
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- Contents: Marine weather and nautical information for coastal
- waterways. Information includes data for bays and sounds,
- coastal waters, and offshore waters; tropical storm
- advisories; tidal information, and important weather,
- nautical, and fishing news. Data are primarily about the
- middle Atlantic region.
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- Audience: Commercial fishermen and other users of coastal waters.
- The bulletin board is open to the public and free of
- charge. Users must preregister by calling information
- contact below. Information about similar bulletin boards
- for other regions may also be obtained by calling the
- information contact.
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- Operations: Operated 24 hours a day.
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- Telephone (301) 454-8700
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- Communications Full duplex, 8 bit words, 1 stop bit.
- Requirements: 300 baud
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- Information Ross Laporte
- Contact: National Weather Service
- (301) 899-3296
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