List Name: GOVDOC-L@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Subscription Address: LISTSERV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Owner: Diane Kovacs
Description:
Mailing list with a focus is specifically on issues of information dissemination through Federal Depository Libraries. Issues to be discussed include: electronic dissemination policies of the Government Printing Office(GPO), the 1990 Census, access to Federal documents (Freedom of Information Act issues), automation of document collections in libraries (Marcive v. OCLC tapes; database consideration; retrospective conversion; etc.), document end user education and legislation related to depository libraries. United Nations, State and Foreign Government documents can be included for discussion. The list is moderated but uncensored. It is edited with the intention of producing a digest at the end of the year.
List Name: INT-CONTROLS@FINANCENET.GOV
Subscription Address: LISTPROC@FINANCENET.GOV
Owner: B. Preston Rich
Description:
The Internal Controls mailing list is for the discussion of issues relating to the Federal Financial Managers Integrity Act; the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) high risk list; general government waste, fraud and abuse of resources; related Inspector General audit findings and recommendations; issues related OMB circulars A-123, A-127 and A-50; and management control reviews and plans, etc.)
List Name: MUNINET
Subscription Address: LISTPROC@FINANCENET.GOV
Owner: B. Preston Rich
Description:
This is a distribution and discussion list for issues relating to financial accountability and pertinent to Federal, International state and local public finance professionals stewardship of municipalities, towns and townships within larger geopolitical jurisdictions. Documents and discussions will broadly relate to accounting matters, bonds, revenues and taxation, budgets, systems, fees, licenses, audits, controls, payroll, and all other issues of interest to clerks, and other local government financial management staff and taxpayers. This list will also provide a communications medium for the membership and agenda issues for the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, and other local government professional organizations. Additional information is available at: gopher://gopher.financenet.gov, http://www.financenet.gov/, ftp://ftp.financenet.gov, and on the newsgroup news.financenet.gov.
List Name: NEWS
Subscription Address: LISTPROC@FINANCENET.GOV
Owner: B. Preston Rich
Description:
This is FinanceNet's "master" list. It is a news and announcements distribution list for information. The intent is to catalyze improvements in the accountability and stewardship of public assets and taxpayer resources at all levels of government. The "News" list is also designed for the distribution of all general public finance documents, testimony, calendar events, training and employment notices, and so on. Participants are encouraged to post their own region's news and announcements to this list.) Additional information is available at: gopher://gopher.financenet.gov, http://www.financenet.gov/, ftp://ftp.financenet.gov, and on the newsgroup news.financenet.gov.
List Name: PUBPOL-L@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU
Subscription Address: LISTSERV@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU
Owner: Steven Clift
Description:
PUBPOL-L is an electronic forum for graduate students, professionals, faculty, and staff in the fields of public policy, public administration, planning, and other related areas. Substantial areas of discussion will include current public policy issues, events and conferences, research, teaching, curriculum and courses, employment and career opportunities, activities of public policy practitioners, use of electronic communication in the public sector, and other topics of interest. PUBPOL-L encourages the electronic posting of newsletters, conference notices, and other text normally distributed in paper form by public policy schools and their centers or programs, government agencies, or public-sector oriented organizations.
List Name: TAP-RESOURCES@ESSENTIAL.ORG
Subscription Address: LISTSERVER@ESSENTIAL.ORG
Owner: Ned Daly
Description:
TAP-RESOURCES provides information on issues relating to the management of publicly owned natural resources. It should be of interest to grassroots activists, journalists and citizens who want candid assessments of federal policies and the politics behind the policies, as well as proposals and strategies for reforms. Examples of the issues that are explored on TAP-Resources include: below cost timber sales, protection of old growth forests, grazing fees on government lands, reform of the Mining Act of 1872, and economic considerations of federal oil and gas leasing policies. TAP-RESOURCES is not a discussion list, but rather a relatively low volume distribution list of TAP memos, policy notes, press releases and action alerts. If TAP can obtain the necessary bandwidth, it may offer a discussion group for these issues sometime in the future. TAP: The Taxpayer Assets Project is a non-profit organization started by Ralph Nader to monitor the management and sale of government property, including such items as information resources, intellectual property rights from government funded R&D, and publicly owned natural resources.
List Name: TRAVEL
Subscription Address: LISTPROC@FINANCENET.GOV
Owner: support@financenet.gov
Description:
This list is for issues broadly relating to improving travel administration at all levels of government.