Using the Federal Information Center

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TITLE: Federal Information Center.

SCOPE: A telephone referral service, providing "Telephone assistance for your questions about the United States Federal Government." Lists phone numbers by which the service can be reached. Also provides a meager "FAQ" on everyday dealings with the government.

DATES: Current.

CONTENTS:

Telephone instructions to FIC;
a very limited selection of web links (e.g., to the Locator); and
a FAQ list, consisting of the following heads:

     Federal Employment.
     Social Security.
     Travel by Americans out of the Country.
          Passports.
          Travel Warnings.
          Immunizations.
     Selective Service (the Draft).
     Congressional Legislation.
     Federal Taxes.
          Tax Preparation.
          Tax Forms.
     Protection of Intellectual Property.
          Copyrights.
          Patents and Trademarks.
     ALL OTHER TOPICS.

The information given in this document is generally brief and general (under taxes, for example, supplying only the phone numbers for the IRS help line and the IRS tax form line).

AUTHORITY: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

INDEXES: None.

SPECIAL FEATURES: Provision is made for those employing TDD/TTY (Telecommunication devices for the deaf).

PURPOSE AND ASSESSMENT: This page represents more an announcement of a service than a resource in itself. The service it represents is best suited to those with very specific and perhaps difficult or eccentric questions, especially questions about which it is not clear even in what agency the answers might lie.