The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), which provides information
on absentee voting to active duty members of the uniformed services, their
family members, overseas citizens and Armed Forces recruitment offices in
their role as voter registration agencies announced Sept. 18 it has a site
on the World Wide Web.

  Citizens covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(UOCAVA) and the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), administered by the
FVAP, can gain helpful information on the site:  <www.fvap.gov>.

  The site provides an on-line overview of the FVAP's mission and services
available to citizens covered by both laws as well as a direct connection to
the FVAP via e-mail.  Visitors to the site will also find a web-based version
of most FVAP materials, including the 1996-97 Voting Assistance Guide, which
contains state-by-state procedures for requesting registration and a ballot,
and a 30 second video clip of the Public Service Announcement for the 1996
Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign featuring the theme Vote for your candidate, vote
for your country but most of all, vote for yourself!  "We are excited about
this information venue for assisting our citizens, regardless of where they
are in the world," stated Program Director Phyllis Taylor.  "Assistance on
most voting-related topics is now just a few clicks away and this will
foster voting participation and further enhance the democratic
process for our citizens."

  To view the Voting Assistance Guide, visitors to the site should download
the Adobe Acrobat reader; instructions for the required one-time downloading
of the reader are included right on-site.  The FVAP reminds site visitors
that the Guide is also available on CD-ROM from Voting Action Officers at the
Department of State and the Uniformed Services or directly from the FVAP.
All other materials listed on the site are also available from these sources.

  Questions that cannot be answered locally may be referred to the Director,
Federal Voting Assistance Program, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
Room 1B457, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301-1155, or call toll-free in
the U.S. (800) 438-8683 or (703) 695-0663 or DSN 225-0663;
at <fvap@fvo.osd.mil> on the Internet;
or now at <www.fvap.gov on the World Wide Web>.