Subject: BenefitsLink Newsletter 12/14/95

An important new employee benefits resource just opened up
on the World Wide Web!  Now you can search online
-- for FREE -- the full text of these databases:

   * Federal Register
   * Congressional Bills
   * Congressional Record
   * United States Code

and more!

These services are available on BenefitsLink at

   http://www.magicnet.net/benefits/

(see the "Government Documents" page; make sure you hit your
browser's "refresh screen" command every now and then).

These services also can be accessed directly by entering the
proper address on your Web browser.

The text of the federal government's press release follows,
for your information.

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FREE Access to all GPO Access Databases

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) announces free use
of its award-winning GPO Access online service beginning
December 1, 1995.  All Internet and dial-in users can now
receive electronically, at no charge, the Congressional
Record, Federal Register, congressional bills, and a growing
list of important government documents on the same day of
publication.

Until now, GPO Access has been free only to users on-site in
some 600 of the Nation's nearly 1,400 Federal Depository
Libraries and to remote users connecting through over 20
depository library "gateways."  It was available to others on
a subscription basis for a low fee.  Under the new program,
the subscription fee has been dropped and refunds of unused
portions will be sent to current subscribers. All databases
offered online via GPO Access are now FREE and accessible to
anyone.

GPO Access currently includes the following databases:

Congressional Bills          (103d and 104th Congress)
Congressional Calendars      (104th Congress)
Congressional Directory      (1995-96)
Congressional Documents      (104th Congress)
Congressional Record         (103d and 104th Congress)
Congressional Record Indexes (1992-1995)
Congressional Reports        (104th Congress)
Economic Indicators          (April 1995 forward)
Federal Register             (1994 and 1995)
GAO Reports                  (FY 1995 forward)
Government Manual            (1995-96)
History of Bills             (103d and 104th Congress)
Public Laws                  (104th Congress)
Unified Agenda               (1994 and 1995)
U.S. Code                    (basic)

All of these databases will appear on our Web site and SWAIS
menus. Those subscribers with a WAIS client can obtain
instructions on adding source files from The Federal Bulletin
Board which now has FTP capability.(dial 202-512-1387 or
telnet to fedbbs.access.gpo.gov)

GPO Access databases can be reached via the Internet or by
dial-in through a modem.The following access methods are as
follows:

Url: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/
WAIS client software
Telnet:  swais.access.gpo.gov; then login as guest.
Dial-in: 202-512-1661; type swais and then login as guest.

In more than 20 States, users with modems can connect to GPO
Access through depository library "gateways" with a local
phone call.  Listings of depository libraries and "gateways"
can be found on the Superintendent of Documents' home page.
General information on accessing these databases is available
by:

           e-mail - help@eids05.eids.gpo.gov
           phone - 202-512-1530
           fax - 202-512-1262

Questions about the GPO Access service can also be directed to
a nearby Federal Depository Library.  At least one such
library is located in each congressional district.

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Dave Baker <erisa@magicnet.net>
BenefitsLink - The National Employee Benefits Web Page
http://www.magicnet.net/benefits