BITNET, Mailing lists, and BBSs

BITNET Discussion Groups

To subscribe to any of the BITNET lists below , click on the list name to subscribe. A email message will come up with the address of the listserv. In the body of the message put the following:

subscribe (Name of list) firstname lastname

e.g., subscribe RISKNET John Doe

You will receive a confirmation message with instructions on how to post and various other commands. It is VERY important to read this message so as to understand the workings of a BITNET list.

Note: if the message requires a Subject simply put a period (.) in the subject line. This should work.

ACTSCI-L - Actuarial Science Network: The objective of this list is to facilitate the communication of ideas, problems and solutions, and other information among academic actuaries, students, and other interested parties. *

RISKNET - RiskNet is an electronic discussion list that allows persons around world to hold a "no holds barred" discussion of Risk and Insurance issues. *

Census Bureau lists

 Majordomo@Census.GOV serves the following lists:

  admin-list           Census Internet Administrators List (Closed)            
  cao                  Congressional Affairs Office, US Census                 
  ces                  Center for Economic Studies                             
  febnet               Federal Executive Board Network                         
  gatekeeper           Census Gatekeeper                                       
  genealogy            helping genealogist ...                                 
  geoweb               GeoWEB Project Support List                             
  govnews              Let's Put FedGovie on UseNet                            
  gweos                Government Wide Electronic Online Service               
  image-stats          Status reports for the 1995 imaging prototype           
  imps                 Whatever IMPS stands for ???                            
  internet-users-group Census Bureau Internet Users Group                      
  iteam                internet support staff (incl. majordomo)                
  listname             Status reports for the 1995 imaging prototype           
  metadata             Census Metadata Discussion Group                        
  mpa-daily            Monthly Product Announcements (DAILY)                   
  press-corps          Press-Corps list (Moderated and Closed)                 
  press-release         Census Press Releases                                   
  product-announce     Census Product Announcements                            
  scores               Census Golf Club Handicap System                        
  usage-list           Census Internet Usage Stats (Closed)                    
  webmaster            developers of the www.census pages                      
  www-users            Helping WebAuthors Serve Data ...                       

Use the 'info  ' command to get more information
about a specific list. 

MHCARE-L - Discussions on managed care

EVALTEN - Evaluation Methodology & Statistics: The purpose of the EVALTEN mailing list is to provide assistance, information and contacts regarding: (1) issues in evaluation, (2) experimental and quasi-experimental design, (3) instrument and survey development, and (4) statistical analysis for mental health systems evaluation. The Network will foster discussion on technical topics such as longitudinal data analysis, cluster analysis, discriminant function analysis and factor analysis. And it will welcome discussions about: (1) challenges in designing and implementing evaluations in natural settings, (2) ways of promoting the utilization of evaluation results; and (3) the role of social, cultural and political factors in evaluations. *

NHCTEN - Managed Mental Health Care Reform: The purpose of the NHTEN mailing list is to discuss the evaluation of managed care initiatives and other state and national health care reforms as they affect the delivery of mental health care and substance abuse treatment services at the state and local level. *

HEALTHRE - Discussions on health care reform. This is a high volume list covering a wide variety of topics.

* Description of list is borrowed from the list owners discription


Mailing Lists

LIST.HEALTHPLAN : Announcements from the White House (and occasionally others) concerning health care reform

To subscribe, click on LIST.HEALTHPLAN above to send a message. The SUBJECT line should read:

SUBSCRIBE LIST.HEALTHPLAN Your-Internet-Address-Here

CASNET : The Casuality Actuarial Society Mailing List

To subscribe, click on CASNET above to send a message with SUBSCRIBE in the SUBJECT line.


Bulletin Boards

Actuaries Online Society of Actuaries Compuserv bbs - $5/month with Compuserv account

Census Rountable from the Census Bureau

Web Sites

Modern Issues in Health Care Management: A discussion of changes in traditional Health Care management roles.

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