EM Data On-line

The U.S. Department of Energy has an electronic bulletin board system for sharing information about environmental management program activities. The Center for Environmental Management Information's bulletin board system provides information and invites public response to EM issues. The system regularly reports users' comments to DOE officials and offers electronic ordering of publications, videos, visuals, fact sheets, and newsletters.

The bulletin board contains the following features.

• Library-press releases, reports, fact sheets, congressional testimony.

• Shopping Mall-videos and large publications.

• Polls and Questionnaires-surveys about the Environmental Management program.

• Forum-review and respond to material about specific environmental management topics.

• Teleconference-exchange messages with others on particular topic.

• Electronic Mail-send and receive messages.

To connect by modem, dial (301) 258-0953 and use these parameters: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and N parity at 1200, 2400, or 9600 baud.

The telnet connection is telnet fedix.fie.com; World Wide Web connection is URL=http://fedix.fie.com; and the Gopherspace connection is gopher to gopher://gopher.fie.com. After connecting via modem, telnet, World Wide Web, or Gopherspace Connection:

• Type in proper emulation, i.e., terminal type.
• Select [1] Continue to the FEDIX/MOLIS Information Services.
• Select [6] EM BBS–Environmental Management Information.

For assistance call (800) 7EM-DATA (736-3282) or (202) 863-5084 in Washington, D.C.