The following is a synopsis of a much longer message I received via an
Arizona listerv for the purpose of sharing information on use of the
internet.  FinanceNet is something that I had not heard of & think all
should be aware of this effort.

Terry A. May, Ph.D.                       Voice:    602-523-6788
 Director of Research Administration     FAX:      602-523-1075
 Office of Grant & Contract Services     INTERNET: xxxxxx@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu
 100 Babbitt Admin. Ctr., Box 4130
 Northern Arizona University
 Flagstaff, AZ  86011-4130

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FinanceNet, established by Vice President Al Gore's National
Performance Review, would be very interested in discussing how
its team can work synergistically together with your state or
locality to jointly improve our accountability for public assets.
Please distribute this information freely throughout your
Internet connections and to key government decision makers in
your region.

FinanceNet would be glad to post your region's financial
management documents, news and announcements on our Internet
severs and to provide your region with Internet distribution
lists and newsgroup discussion forums to stimulate our mutual
dialog across geopolitical boundaries.  We anxiously await your
region's participation.

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B. Preston Rich                 Internet: xxxxxx@nsf.gov
Co-Chair, FinanceNet Core Team           Voice: (703) 306-1282
Established by Vice President Gore's       Fax: (703) 306-0287
Office of the National Performance Review     Washington, D.C.
with Operations Provided by the National Science Foundation
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 P R E S S  R E L E A S E

 FINANCENET

 Established by and Supported BY V.P. Gore's
 Office of the National Performance Review
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For More Information, Call:   Preston Rich (703) 306-1282
 Linda Hoogeveen (202) 395-3812

Create Date:                  September 30, 1994

Attention:                    Public Sector Finance Professionals
 & Educators

FinanceNet---a terrific opportunity for you to participate in
reinventing government financial management.

We invite you to join with thousands of accountants, auditors,
financial managers, and others to share your ideas and
information.  This is a vehicle that can help you do your job
better.   We encourage you to join and freely participate in this
project.  Its free and available to anyone having Internet access
and the desire to improve government financial management.
Coordination and support are provided by Vice President Gore's
National Performance Review (NPR) and the National Science
Foundation.

Your participation and ideas are the most important ingredients in
FinanceNet!

This ambitious Internet initiative links people in all Federal
agencies; state, local and international communities; professional
financial management organizations, and private sector support
organizations.  It provides a synergistic medium for sharing
ideas, information, successes, news, lessons learned, best
practices and experience.

SERVICES

Electronic Mailing Lists devoted to a variety of subjects related
to the accountability and stewardship of public financial
assets--such as, Internal Controls, Audits, Financial Reporting
and Policy, Payroll, Travel, Procurement, Financial Systems,
Personnel and Training, Performance Measures, Audits, Accounting
Standards, Cash Management, International, State and Local Issues,
Government Asset Sales, and many others.

Internet Gopher (gopher.financenet.gov) and World Wide Web Mosaic
Servers (http://www.financenet.gov/) carry libraries of important
new electronic financial management documents, news announcements,
employment openings, asset sales and much more from governments
all around the world.  FinanceNet servers offer a "one-stop-shop"
navigation of all of the Internet's extensive worldwide resources.

Usenet Newsgroup Discussion Forums on financial management topics,
open to all, and an electronic online, realtime conferencing
capability rounds out the service list.

WOW !!!      The  only  thing  missing  is  YOU.

If you have an Internet accessible e-mail address you can
automatically receive complete information on the full spectrum of
FinanceNet Internet services by return e-mail by simply sending a
blank e-mail message to:

 xxxxxx@financenet.gov

Investigate FinanceNet----------------your key to working smarter!