Circular Letter No. 416

December 16, 1996

TO:	Printing and Publishing Officials of the Federal Government
SUBJECT:	Availability of the U.S. Code on CD-ROM from the U.S. Government Printing Office

This is to advise all departments and agencies that the U.S. Code (updated through January 16, 1996) will tentatively be available on CD-ROM on approximately February 21, 1997. This format provides users with full-text access to all 50 titles of the Federal Government's official compendium of U.S. laws as well as a Table of Contents and the Table of Popular Names.

You will receive the U.S. Code, plus quick-start instructions for your CD-ROM; a handy product guide with sample searches; state-of-the-art full-text search capability; retrieval software for both IBM DOS and Windows; and a complete software manual that is searchable on the disc.

System requirements (without Windows) are: access to an IBM PC XT/AT (or compatible) with color monitor, 386, 486, or Pentium, with at least 640K memory, a fixed disk with 1 megabyte of free space, DOS 2.0 (or higher), and a CD-ROM with MS-DOS Extensions version 2.0 (or higher).

System requirements (with Windows) are: access to an IBM PC AT (or compatible), 386, 486, or Pentium, with at least 3.2 mega-bytes of random access memory, a fixed disk with 2.5 megabytes of free space, a CD-ROM drive with MS-DOS Extensions version 2.0 (or higher), and Microsoft Windows version 3.0 (or higher).

In order to take advantage of the rider rate of approximately $15 per CD-ROM, your requisition to ride Jacket 35-767 must be received no later than January 15, 1997. If you have any questions, please call the Congressional Printing Management Division on 202-512-0224.

Sincerely,

ROBERT G. COX
Superintendent,
Departmental Account Representative Division

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