IRS
Website Offers More Services to More People
March 8, 1999--From a central repository, the IRS
publishes to the web, electronic bulletin board, CD-ROM, and fax
systems. Taxpayers, even on ships at sea, get what they want in
minutes. IRS online information is also downloaded and used by many
professional associations, commercial tax services, tax software
developers, state governments, printers, universities and public
libraries who redistribute the information to millions. The electronic
information services are available 24 hours a day and are updated
daily, so taxpayers can be sure of getting the most current tax
forms and information.
Website
Combines Science and Fun for Kids
It's
not unusual to find kids who believe that science and fun belong
at opposite ends of the spectrum. Why has it traditionally been
so hard to get children interested in science? Perhaps it is a simple
matter of proving that science can be fun--at least, that's the
approach the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
is taking with its Kids Page.
Locate
Your Neighborhood on World's Largest Online Database
Want an aerial
shot of your neighborhood? Don't get on an airplane. Get on the
Internet.
Digital
Maps: An Idea Whose Time Had Come
The US Geological Survey's highly-regarded topographic
"quad" maps have been used for everything from determining a dam
site to planning a bird watching trip. It takes 55,000 maps to cover
the continental United States. It took the USGS several decades
of work to produce this many maps, finishing in 1993. They are wonderful,
but they are expensive to produce or revise. Besides, a growing
customer segment wanted digital maps they could display on computer
monitors. It took the agency less than two and a half years to scan
these maps. Now they are selling well in a new medium--CDs, with
67 maps on each one. The disks have a multitude of uses, including
helping monitor clean-up work in the Fargo, ND, area following the
1998 flood.
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Makes Science Fun
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