Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, October 21, 1994 TAG: 9410220065
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short
Without ever leaving their seats, Americans with computer access to the Internet can sign a White House ``guest book,'' mosey through the Oval Office, listen to a few plaintive meows from Socks the cat, scan political cartoons poking fun at Vice President Al Gore, or drop a line to President Clinton.
They also can more easily take care of serious business with the federal government, everything from retrieving documents and checking out job opportunities to finding out about veterans' benefits and small-business loans.
It's all available to visitors via a new Internet address that offers computer users a free interactive citizen's handbook called ``Welcome to the White House.''
The handbook is available on the Internet computer network through a service called World Wide Web. Someone would use a World Wide Web reader to point to the HTTP server at `www.white- house.gov'' to get in.
People without computers can call (800) 347-1997.
by CNB