Background:  The U.S. Superintendent of Documents decided to test online press release distribution services.   They prepared the same press release and gave it to us and another service for distribution. 

Results: We distributed the release to 2,850 media contacts and posted it to 23 discussion lists.  826 people responded - a return of 28.9% vs 102 responses from the other service.  As a result we are now their exclusive online distributor of press releases.

The Press Release: 
United States Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
Office of the Superintendent of Documents 

Contact: June Malina
U.S. Government Information
202-512-1711 phone
202-512-1656 fax

For Immediate Release 

Free Catalog Lists Official U.S. Government Information Available in Electronic Media

Washington, DC. Millions of dollars' worth of official U.S. Government statistics, laws, medical reimbursement regulations, original land records, medical research projects, income tax forms, toxic waste sites, and procurement regulations and guidelines are now available in easy-to-use and store electronic media.

A free catalog is now available that highlights electronic products produced by agencies of the U.S. Government, including the U.S. Congress, Health Care Finance Administration, Social Security Administration, Bureau of Land Management, National Institutes of Health, Internal Revenue Service, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Defense.

Produced in CD-ROM format, these information products are available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents with an average price of $20 for a single CD-ROM and $97 for a CD-ROM subscription service.

A free copy of this catalog is available on request. Fax your name and mailing address to: Catalog of Official Electronic Information Products, 202-512-1656. An additional bonus: Persons identifying the newspaper, magazine or URL of the website carrying this announcement will also receive a copy of the "A Guide to U.S. Government Information." This publication is an index of more than 170 subject bibliographies listing more than 12,000 official Government information products produced by all branches of the U.S. Government and available for sale.

(Note: Due to Government firewalls, system configurations, and limits on email boxes, requests for catalogs should be faxed. Thanks for your understanding.)

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A broad range of Federal Government information is accessible online from the Superintendent of Documents. To find out details visit http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/ or send email to mailto:gpoaccess@gpo.gov
or from your touch tone phone or fax, dial: (202) 512-1716

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