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File Description [top]

Federal News Service contains verbatim transcripts of press briefings, speeches, and backgrounders and conferences, as well as interviews on official U.S. policy on a broad range of national and international issues. In many cases, Federal News Service is the sole source for information discussed at U.S. government briefings that are not covered by the media. Transcripts contain the actual words spoken, and are neither condensed nor abstracted. Verbatim transcripts, translated to English, or official policy statements by major Russian leaders are also provided shortly after the event. The file also contains a Daybook of government events occurring in Washington, DC for the day, week, or month ahead, as well as other events of interest, such as lectures.

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Subject Coverage [top]

• A Daybook itemizing government events, both public and private, that occur in Washington, DC, for the day, week, or month ahead
• Congressional Committee hearings and witness testimony
• Daily White House, State Department, and Defense Department briefings
• English transcripts of official policy statements by Russian officials from the Kremlin
• National Press Club luncheons, including the question-and-answer periods
• Selected coverage of United Nations events
• Speeches and statements made by the President in the U.S. and abroad
• Statements and testimony of senior officials of the Office of Management and Budget, Treasury, State, and Defense Departments
• Statements made by foreign dignitaries while in the U.S.
• U.S. Trade Representative press briefings and statements

Sources [top]

The sources of verbatim transcripts are complete recordings of the actual events made at the event by members of the Federal News Service staff or sent by wire to the Federal News Service Office and recorded there. In Moscow, events are also recorded by members of the staff, translated into English onsite, and transmitted directly to Federal News Service in Washington, DC. The information contained in the Daybook records is gathered by members of the staff who analyze and verify items for inclusion. They also include any relevant information on general activities taking place in Washington, DC.

Print Counterparts [top]

• None

Dialog File Data [top]

Database Content [top]

• Complete Text Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Government Documents
• Press Releases
• Transcripts
• Speeches

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• DIALOG Alert Available
• CURRENT Feature Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

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Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

Federal News Service is a private firm and is not affiliated with the State Department or the Federal Government. The Federal News Service database is copyrighted by Federal Information Systems Corporation, Washington, DC 20045, USA. No portion of any transcript may be copied, sold, or retransmitted without the written authorization of Federal Information Systems Corporation, except as provided by Dialog's current Terms and Conditions. Copyright is not claimed as to any part of the original work prepared by a United States government officer or employee as a part of that person's official duties.

SAMPLE DAYBOOK RECORD [top]

SAMPLE RECORD FROM KREMLIN SUBFILE

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Descriptors are derived from a controlled vocabulary and are present for Daybook records only.

² For Daybook records the TI display code also includes the name of the event.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

³ The Daybook Schedule Date is the date the event was scheduled and published by FNS. The Publication Date is the date the transcript was created. The actual date of the event can be searched in the Basic Index, e.g., S JANUARY(W)12(W)2000.

⁴ The FNS subfile includes all transcript records, except Kremlin transcripts.

⁵ A search can be restricted to a specific subfile using one of the limits, e.g. /FNS, or combining the search with one of the subfile terms, e.g. S CONGRESS AND SF=FNS.

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USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

⁶ Daybook records in Format 7 include a list of events.

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Federal News Service[660]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.25
Cost per minute:                   $1.95
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $3.50    $3.50
     3    $2.00    $2.00
     4    $2.00    $2.00
     5    $2.00    $2.00
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.00    $2.00
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $5.00    $5.00
KWIC95    $1.25       NA
KWIC96    $1.25       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00