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            Reports of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) cover  a
            broad  range  of  subjects  such  as  major weapons systems,
            energy, financial institutions, and pollution control.   The
            following  GAO  reports  are  available over the Internet as
            part of a test to  determine  whether  there  is  sufficient
            interest  within  this  community  to warrant making all GAO
            reports available over the Internet.

            1.  Computer Security:  Governmentwide Planning Process  Had
            Limited Impact, GAO/IMTEC-90-48, May 1990.
            Assesses the governmentwide computer security planning  pro-
            cess and extent to which security plans were implemented for
            22 systems at 10 civilian agencies.  (This report  is  named
            REPORT1 and is 55,062 bytes or 1,190 lines long.)

            2.  Drug-Exposed Infants: A Generation at Risk,  GAO/HRD-90-
            138, June 1990.
            Discusses health effects and medical costs of  infants  born
            to  mothers  using  drugs, impact on the nation's health and
            welfare systems, and availability of drug treatment and pre-
            natal care to drug-addicted pregnant women.  (This report is
            named REPORT2 and is 113,916 bytes or 2,421 lines long.)

            3.  High-Definition Television: Applications  for  This  New
            Technology, GAO/IMTEC-90-9FS, December 1989.
            Provides information on 14 HDTV  applications  and  the  key
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            industry officials' views on the effect of an  HDTV  produc-
            tion  standard  on  potential applications.  (This report is
            named REPORT3 and is 31,947 bytes or 643 lines long.)

            4.  Home Visiting: A Promising Early  Intervention  Strategy
            for At-Risk Families, GAO/HRD-90-83, July 1990.
            Discusses home visiting as an early intervention strategy to
            provide  health,  social, educational, and other services to
            improve maternal and child  health  and  well-being.   (This
            report  is named REPORT4 and is 287,547 bytes or 5,711 lines
            long.)

            5.  Meeting the Government's Technology  Challenge:  Results
            of a GAO Symposium, GAO/IMTEC-90-23, February 1990.
            Outlines five principles for effective management of  infor-
            mation technology that can provide a framework for integrat-
            ing information technology into the business of  government.
            (This  report  is  named  REPORT5 and is 39,017 bytes or 777
            lines long.)

            6.  Strategic Defense System:  Stable  Design  and  Adequate
            Testing  Must  Precede  Decision to Deploy, GAO/IMTEC-90-61,
            July 1990.
            Discusses why the Strategic Defense Initiative  Organization
            will  not  be able to support currently scheduled full-scale
            development or deployment decisions on any part of  Phase  I
            of  the  Strategic  Defense  System.   (This report is named
            REPORT6 and is 104,521 bytes or 1,847 lines long.)

            7.  Training Strategies:   Preparing  Noncollege  Youth  for
            Employment  in  the U.S.  and Foreign Countries, GAO/HRD-90-
            88, May 1990.
            Discusses (1) weaknesses in the U.S. education and  training
            system for preparing noncollege youth for employment and (2)
            foreign strategies that appear relevant  to  U.S.  shortcom-
            ings.  (This report is named REPORT7 and is 190,323 bytes or
            3,951 lines long.

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