Re: U.S. House only has a T-1

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

Well, let me just say this: We expect to have the document in electronic
form as early as possible. 

Also, while we're not relying on AP, the company is making the file
available on a passworded FTP site for its members. And FNS is promising
to OCR it if necessary and send it to its subscribers this evening for
$85. 

-Declan


On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, John Young wrote:

> Good piece, Declan. Is Time getting access to the restricted
> Congressional Web site which offers the Starr report early for
> members only drooling? Or are the major mediums getting
> preferential copies in concert with the deliberately under-provided
> House/Thomas/GPO rigs?
> 
> These are the four public access sites given by the NYT today,
> which notes that no one yet knows the digital format -- text,
> word processor or PDF images:
> 
>     http://www.house.gov/icreport/ (House Information Resources) 
> 
>     http://www.house.gov/judiciary (House Judiciary Committee) 
> 
>     http://thomas.loc.gov/icreport/ (Library of Congress) 
> 
>     http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/icreport/ (Government Printing Office) 
> 
> If its PDF then the delay is surely deliberately planned to favor
> those with scratchback access.
> 
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