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News Report print edition 2006
   No 1 (pdf)

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   No 1 (pdf)
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

(issues 1-114) (years 1996-2002)

A
AARP 
        1996 Voters Guide - issue 5 
        Back-to-School Money Book - issue 27 
        Caregiver support groups, US - issue 19 
        Disabilities, traveling with - issue 19 
        Executive Director & ACA Exec. Dir. meet - issue 7 
 
Abraham, Senator Spencer - issue 25 
        resolution on including 
            Americans abroad in census - issue 61

ACA 
        ACA/Italy 1997 weekend - issue 29 
        ACA/Sweden - issues 31, 36 
        Annual General Assembly, 1997 - issue 17 
            1999 - issue 58
            2001 - issue 97 
        book reviews 
                available via email - issue 4 
                available on the web - issues 48, 58 
                book review editor sought - issue 66 
                book reviewer sought - issue 53
                book sought for review - issue 63
                Directory of Work and Study 
                   in Developing Countries - issue 65
                Travelers Survival Kit India - issue 64
        Business Week article - issue 82
        change of address - issues 39, 40, 41, 98 
        consular survey - issue 58 
        corporate sponsorship benefits - issue 99
        Country Contacts 
                Australia - Sydney - issue 9 
                Bahamas -issue 63
                Belgium - issue 17 
                Belize - issue 32 
                Canada - issue 111
                Chile - issues 49, 54 
                China - Beijing - issue 8 
                China - Shanghai - issue 34 
                China - Shanxi - issue 8
                Costa Rica - issue 62 
                Dominican Republic - issue 20 
                France (Riviera) - issue 42 
                Germany (Berlin) - issue 25 
                Germany (Bitburg) - issue 40, 41 
                Germany (Munich) - issue 23 
                Guatemala - issue 33 
                India - issue 45 
                Indonesia - issue 56 
                Ireland - issue 25 
                Italy (Lombardy) - issue 8 
                Italy (Palermo) - issue 29 
                Italy (Rome) - issue 35 
                Lesotho - issue 25 
                Malaysia - issue 68
                Monaco - issue 42 
                Morocco - issue 48 
                New Zealand - issue 21 
                South Korea - issue 40 
                Spain (Andalucia) - issue 39  
                Spain (Costa del Sol) - issue 39  
                Spain (Estepona) - issue 45 
                Spain (Galicia) - issue 39  
                Switzerland, Ticino - issue 8 
                Syria - issue 62
                Thailand - issue 11 
                United Kingdom, London - issue 8 
                Uruguay - issue 14
                USA - issue 73 
        Executive Director
           farewell message van Schooneveld - issue 91
           ad interim - issue 92
           to speak on Riviera - issue 17 
        FUNdraisers - 
          issues 10, 36, 37, 38, 49, 
          51, 53, 54, 55, 66, 72, 
           74, 91, 93, 94, 98, 112
                FUNdraiser donors on website - issue 53 
        Handbook correction - issue 29 
        help wanted - issue 43
        insurance - issue 82 
        join, pay by credit card - issue 114
        membership list, privacy - issue 54 
        military retirees issues group - issues 58, 59 
        Occasional Papers on website - issue 95
        preparation for retirement seminar - issues 58, 59
        seeking book reviewers -  issues 52, 57
        voting reform proposal - issue 93
 
ACA News Report 
        table of contents, 1996-No.2 - issue 1 
        table of contents, 1997-No.1 - issue 14 
        1996-No.2 in the mail - issue 4 
        1998-No.1 in the mail - issue 36 
        2001-No.1 summary - issues 95, 99
        2001-No.2 summary - issue 99
        2001-No.4 summary - issue 110
        teams up with 
            Retreat and Reveille International (R and RI) - issue 63

ACA News Update 
        seeks editors - issues 50, 51, 72, 73

ACA/Sweden - seminar on "Death, birth and taxes" - issue 38 
        website - issue 42 

Accidental Diplomat, The, book review - issue 58 
 
Action Without Borders 
        ACA participation - issues 16, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 48 
        Ideas in Action newsletter - issue 65

Affidavit of support fees - issue 84

Agriculture, Dept. of 
        Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - issue 34 
        Foreign Agricultural Service - website - issue 9 
 
Airline security bill passed - issue 108

All-Iberia Congress 
        First - issues 33, 34, 35, 37 
        All-Iberia Conference II - issues 47, 48, 51, 54 
             Andy Sundberg keynote speaker - issue 54 
        All-Iberia Conference III - issues 72, 75
        Iberian Conference in Madrid - issue 94

Alternative Bookstore website - issue 30 
 
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) - issue 97

Amazon.com 
        ordering via ACA website - issue 48 
        website - issue 29 
 
America Center of Geneva - issues 43, 49 
 
American, The 
        Thanksgiving celebration, request - issue 28 
 
American Automobile Association (AAA) 
        agreement with Thomas Cook - issue 5 
 
American Chamber of Commerce in Russia website - issue 42 
 
American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) 
        Ambassadors, qualifications - issues 22, 30 
        captital gains on home sales - issues 68, 98
        contest, best and worst diplomatic acts 
           of the 20th century -  issue 64
        "Diplomats Online" website - issue 41 
        employment opportunities - issue 82
        "Financial American Leadership" - issue 12 
        foreign affairs budget - issues 74, 76, 80, 96
        Foreign Service Journal - issues 76, 77
        FY97 Foreign Affairs funding - issue 7 
        "Inside a US Embassy" - issue 7 
        lengthening tours of duty - issue 63
        Outreach program - issue 53 
        Public Service Excellence Award, 1998 - issue 41 
        "Putting a Face on the Foreign Service" - issue 47
        scholarships - issue 69
        taxation, sale of principle residence - issue 44 

American Immigration Lawyers Association 
        Minnesota Dakota Chapter - issue 58 

American Legion Post, Portugal - issue 85

American Reporter website - issue 61

American Women Overseas (AWOS) - issue 73

Americans in Toulouse organization - issue 78
  
Americans abroad 
        numbers, updated State Dept. estimate - issue 18 
 
Anti-virus website, IBM - issue 36 
 
Archer, Rep. Bill - issue 63

Art of International Living, The, website - issue 46 
 
Association of Americans Residing Overseas (AARO) 
        website - issues 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 

Association of European Migration Institutions - issue 84

Atlanic Unbound website - issue 96

Au-pairs, USIA standards for J-1 visas - issue 23 
 
Australians abroad website - issue 49 
 
Austria-US tax treaty - issue 34 

B
Barnes & Noble website - issue 29 
 
BBC News website - issue 30 
 
BCL Immigration Service, work permit information - issue 65
 
Beaver, William (cf. Overseas Digest) 
        Beaver Bytes - issue 5 
        Overseas Teachers' Digest - issue 73
 
Begg, James - Eugene Abrams Award runnerup - issue 66

Berman, Representative Howard - issue 25 

Bill Memorial Library Internet Address Book - issues 85, 86
 
Blanford, James - issue 7 
 
Boukas, Trudy - Eugene Abrams Award runnerup - issue 66

Brazil 
        "Citizenship & Diversity" seminars - issue 46 
        Sao Paulo AmCham site - issue 29 
 
BR Anchor Publishing 
        relocation website - issues 24, 25, 26, 27, 71

Broder, David, article on voting in 2000 - issue 61
 
Brookings Institution - issue 12 
 
Bruno, Jane A. 
        alternative minimum tax - issue 102
        Expat's Guide to US Taxes via ACA - issues 47, 72, 95, 96
        foreign-earned income exclusion/
           foreign tax credit - issue 16, 30 
        introductory tax article - issues 10, 41 
        IRA contributions while abroad - issue 30 
        IRS Restructuring and Reform Act 1998 - issue 47 
        late filing - issue 38 
        new tax provisions - issue 24 
        non-citizen spouse/children as dependents - issue 19 
        preparation for tax time article - issue 52 
        short-term working abroad, taxation - issue 48
        tax law changes 1999 - issue 72
        tax rebates under new law - issue 101
        taxation of Social Security benefits - issue 14 
        taxation and non-citizen spouses - issue 41
        taxes and the presidential election - issue 85
        tips for preparing overseas returns - issue 111
C
Canada 
        ACA-Canada chapter and website - issue 111
        "An American's Guide to Canada" website - issue 26, 27 
        bilateral tax treaty - issue 34 
        call for help, websites - issue 14 
        Canadians working overseas website - issue 49 
        US Government on Canada - issue 26, 27 
 
Capitol Watch website - issue 47 
 
Caregiver support groups, USA - issue 19 
 
Carlin, Daniel - voyager medicine website - issue 24
 
Census 2000 
        ACA informal census survey - issue 57
        "Americans Overseas in the US Censuses" - issues 12, 70
        "and what do you think?" - issues 112 and 114
        Bureau of the Census conference, 
        ACA participation - issues 108 and 112
        call for article on subject - issue 65
        Census 2000 Coalition - issues 56, 57, 61, 66, 75
        Census Director Prewitt in IHT - issue 66
        census position paper, Otto - issue 16 
        overseas Americans, counted in census - issues 37, 38, 40, 75, 92
        The Plan for Census 2000 publication - issue 11 
        quiz - issue 43 
        Special Census 2000 issue - issue 60
        Transatlantic American - issue 67
        Utah wants overseas Americans included - issues 89, 92, 94, 97
        website - issue 11, 44
 
Census 2003 - issue 75

Census 2010
        Americans Abroad Count, Too! - issue 108
        Bureau of the Census conference, ACA participation - issue 108
        campaign - action needed - issue 108

Census, special, of Americans residing abroad- issues 75, 98, 103

Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) 
        website - issue 5 
        Opensecrets - issue 72
 
Centers for Disease Control, importation of pets - issue 34 
 
"Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul" - issue 47 
 
Christian Science Monitor website - issue 30 

CitizenInfo, Paris - issue 74
 
Citizenship 
        airborne birth - issue 20 
        Child Citizenship Act of 2000 - issue 93
        correction of Section 322 - issue 19, 20, 25
        dual citizenship website - issue 1 
        Father's Equity Act - issue 104
        fingerprinting requirement dropped, 
          Section 322 - issue 23, 25 
        loss of citizenship - issue 24, 39
        Report of Birth Abroad - issue 66
        revocation of naturalization, ACA paper - issue 57
        "speedy" naturalization notice - issue 6 
        through unwed father, conditions - issue 42
          Nguyen vs INS -  issues 90, 99 
        transmission of citizenship through 
          mother prior to 1934 - issue 26 
        transmission via two American parents 
          without US residence - issues 29, 31 
        transmission to those born prior to 1953 - issue 54 
 
CLEA Project - conference on "opportunities of 
         unemployment" - issue 39  
 
CNN 
        Interactive news Y2k problem - issue 55 
        news clipping service - issue 30 
        website - issue 17 
 
"College Online"- NYT article copied by AFSA - issue 7 
 
Commerce Department 
        International Trade Administration website - issue 21 
        export product testing - issue 32 
 
Commemorative coin for overseas Americans? - issue 4 

Committee to Reform Overseas Voting - issue 88
 
Computer literacy - US colleges - issue 66

Congress 
        105th on email - issue 11 
 
Congressional Accountability Project 
        Congressional records via 
           Internet - alert 25 Sept 1996, issue 5
        website recommendations - issue 5 
 
Congressional Quarterly website - issue 17 
 
Consular service, ACA survey - issue 58 

Consular service fees, ACA proposal - issue 13 
 
Contact Center Network (cf. Action Without Borders) - issue 16 
 
Convention on the Ellimination of All Forms of
  Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - issue 69

Council on Foreign Relations - issue 12 
 
Credentials evaluators - issue 44 
 
C-Span
        available online - issue 111

Cucinella, Barbara - issue 29 
 
Currency exchange rates 
        currency to currency - issues 15, 42, 52, 53 
        IRS, foreign currency rates 1996 - issue 14 
 
Customs 
        Personal Search Review Commission - issue 81
        Rules for Americans living abroad - issue 20 

D
Datafellows website, hoax detection - issue 67
 
"Death, Divorce, Birth & Taxes" seminar, Sweden - issue 36 
 
DeLong, Maria - issue 33 

DemocracyNet website - issue 96
 
Dependents, non-citizen, and taxation - issue 19 
 
Diplomacy, financing - issue 12 
 
Diplomats Online - website - issue 41 
 
Directory of Work and Study in Developing Countries - issue 65
 
Disabilities, traveling with - issue 19 

District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999  - issue 79
 
Douglas, Richard 
        loss of citizenship article - issue 24, 39  
 

E
Education 
        US-sponsored elementary 
           and secondary schools - issue 48 
 
Elbirt-Bender, Dr. Paula - pediatric advice website - issue 46 

Election 2000
        candidate websites - issue 74
        DebateWatch 2000 - issue 85
        DHL free abstentee ballot delivery - issue 85
        difficulties in voting article - issue 86
        election.com website - issue 82
        election parties worldwide - issues 83, 84, 85, 86
        extended voting rights, Wisconsin - issue 85
        FPCA online - issue 78, 82, 83, 84
        GoVote.com - issue 85
        mock election in Beijing - issue 87
        nyt.com - issue 75, 103
        Pledge Vote - issue 86
        Politics.com - issue 74
        Politics1 Report - issue 74
        post-election survey, FVAP - issue 87
        special election, Georgia - issue 85
        Special Election issue, News Update - issue 85
        thanks for election feedback - issue 87
        trading, swapping votes - issue 86
        Voteauction.com - issue 86
        Votenet.com - issue 74

Ellis Island online database - issue 99

Embassies and consulates 
        keep embassies open, Mobil Oil ad - issue 58 
        on the web, US - issue 11 
        updating badly needed - issue 68

EscapeArtist - website - issue 45 
 
Essential.org - site - issue 29 

Eugene Abrams Award 
        call for nominations, 2nd - issues 18, 23, 24, 25 
        call for nominations, 3rd - issues 42, 43, 44, 45 
        call for nominations, 1999 - issues 61, 62, 63, 64
        call for nominations, 2001 - issues 99, 104, 107, 109
        winners 1999 - issue 66

Euro currency news - issue 112

EURO survey - issue 78
 
European Council of International Schools - issue 30 
 
Exchange visitor program (J-1 visas) 
      under State Department - issue 24 
 
Exchange rates - issues 26, 27 
      at US Embassy, Paris - issue 78

Expat Exchange - issues 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 41, 104 
 
Expat Forum - issues 21, 24, 25, 26, 27 
 
Expat Global Job Service website - issue 39  
 
Expatica website - issue 104

Expat_List - issue 65
      bookstore - issue 89

F
Families in Global Transition conference - issue 83

FAWCO (Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas) 
        website - issue 9 
        American Women Overseas - issue 73

Federal Aviation Administration website - issue 107
 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website - issue 107

Federal Election Commission (FEC) 
        FEC website - issue 5 
        FECInfo website - issue 5 

Flag Protection amendment - issue 77

FOCUS, London - issue 56

Fodor's Travel Publications - issue 46 
 
Foreign-earned income exclusion 
         or foreign tax credit? - issue 16 
 
Foreign nationals can sue for 
         violation of consular rights - issue 104

Foreign Operations Appropriations FY97 - issue 2 
 
Foreign Service Officers - questions invited - issue 45 
 
Foreign Service written exam - issue 30 

Foreign Spouses Employment Relief bill-107th Congress - issue 103

"La Forchetta" cultural tours - issue 58 

France
        Americans in Toulouse organization - issue 78
        US consular "Citizen Info" newsletter - issue 77
        Grown-Up's Guide to Living in France - issue 98
 
France/USA Language & Cultural Center website - issue 40  
 
France-US tax treaty - issue 23 
 
Frankfurt consulate outreach program - issue 75

Freeberg, Jeff 
        Expatchat site - issues 24, 25, 26, 27 
 
French abroad "frogsonline" website - issue 49 
 
French-American Foundation Guide - issue 16, 28 
 
French USA Contacts (FUSAC) publication - issue 28 
 
Frew, Barbara, 
    Personal Finance for Overseas Americans - issues 96, 97, 98
       "Your expatriate position 
        in the wake of September 11th" - issue 109
       
Froehlich, David - issue 36 
 
FVAP (see also "voting" entries) 
        alternate web address - issue 111
        "Communicating with your Elected Officials" - 
          issues 20, 50, 64
        DebateWatch 2000 - issue 85 
        lodging complaints 
           for non-receipt of ballot - issue 49 
        online registration - issue 106
        post-election survey, FVAP - issues 87, 94
        single tollfree number - issues 44, 50 
        voting assistance guide - issues 33, 103, 109
        Voting Information News online - issues 78, 80, 85
        voting slogan contest - issues 13, 20, 54, 94 
        voting via internet, assessment report - issue 104
        website - issues 5, 12, 13, 46, 52, 64, 70, 
        71, 74, 82, 92, 103, 108, 109
 
G
Gardella, Frazier - issue 45 
 
General Accounting Office (GAO) 
        audit of IRS - issue 54
        report on voting reform - issues 92, 93, 94
        website - issue 5, 54 

Geneva - Community Open House - issue 66

German Way and Much More website - issue 35 

Gilman, Congressman Ben
        resolution on including Americans abroad in C2k - issue 61

Global Education Group website - issue 44 
 
Global Tips - website - issue 24, 25, 26, 27 
 
GovAcess 
        website - issue 6 
 
Government Accounting Office (GAO) - issue 99

Government forms on pages of Siskind - issue 19 
 
Government Printing Office (GPO) 
        website - issue 5 
 
Grasmick website - issue 27 
 
Green card 
        abandonment - issue 68
        expiration - issue 68
        lottery - issues 8, 26, 27, 46 

"Guatemala Lifestyles News Update" - issue 73

Guatemala Living and Retirement newsletter - issue 33, 47, 64
 
H
Hamod, David 
        C2k Coalition - issue 66
        Rotary award - issue 3 

Hamburg Christmas tree ceremony - issue 110
 
Health advisories, U. of North Texas website - issue 26, 27 
 
Health Insurance - issue 10 
 
Hearne, Jim - issue 33 
 
Helveti"ACA" - issue 29, 57, 67

100 Heroines Project - issue 32 
 
Heron, Leila - issue 7 
 
Hill on the Net, The 
        website - issue 6 

Historic Emigration Office, Hamburg - issue 84

Hoaxes, online - issue 67

Holocaust survivors, compensation - issue 1 

Hostetler website, living in Italy - issue 46 
 
Houghton Mifflin Polar Express - issue 31 
 
House of Representatives 
        House Republican Conference, 
            IRS Horror Stories - issue 35
        web pages - issue 5

Hubbard, Joan - Eugene Abrams Award winner - issue 66

I
IAGORA website - issue 56

Iberian Megaclubbers website - issue 56

Iberian 2001 Conference in Madrid - issues 94, 95

IBM anti-virus website - issue 36

Idealist - issue 65
 
"Ideas in Action" web newsletter - issue 48, 65
 
Immigrants and welfare - issue 12 
 
Immigration 
        (see also entries for: 
         "Siskind", "Grasmick", "green card", "Shusterman")
        affidavits of support - issue 107
        Family Sponsor Immigration Act of 2001, 
          substitution of sponsor - issue 104 
        Foreign-born in the US, statistics - issue 84
        House Immigration Subcommittee on internet - issue 58 
        third country visa processing temporarily prohibited, 
           Canada and Mexico - issue 108
        websites for information - issue 69

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
        delays - issue 75 
        Director quotes - issue 44 
        FAQ pages - issue 28 
        fee changes - issues 35, 47, 48, 53, 104 
        fingerprint rules, new - issue 39
        Foreign Service Employees, problems - issue 64
        GAO report criticizes slow processing - issue 99
        "Immigrants, Economic Woes" Business Week article - issue 62
        Inspass - issue 64
        Passenger Accelerated Service System (INSPASS) card - issues 70
        "Quality Assurance" rules - issue 12 
        reinvention - issue 39
        reorganization - issues 39, 68
        sponsor US residency requirement - issue 43 
        US Work Visa Fraud - issue 62
        website - issues 31, 107 
 
Immigration Support Network - issue 71

Infospace, Inc. - US phone numbers - issue 11 
 
"In Mexico" website - issue 46 

Interaction website - issue 56

Intercultural Press 
        catalog - issue 22 
        website - issue 23 
 
International education 
        Bill Jordan website - issue 24, 25, 26, 27 
 
International Education Research Foundation website - issue 44 
 
International Employment Gazette 
        "International Directory of 
            Employment Agencies and Recruiters" - issue 14 
        online question service - issue 16 

International Employment Resources 
        WorkAbroad book - issue 25, 26, 27 

International Herald Tribune
        dwindling US presence abroad - issue 55
        sponsor of Helveti"ACA" - issue 29 
        website - issue 29 
 
International Monetary Fund
        country pages on website - issue 64
 
International School Services - issue 30 

International Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) - issue 15

International teaching - issue 30, 84

International Trade Administration website - issue 21 

Internship, volunteer work, websites - issue 85

Iowa, University of, International Jobs Fair - issue 4 
 
Ireland-US tax treaty - issue 34 
 
IRS 
        audit by GAO - issue 54 
        Bruno article - issue 47 
        electronic filing for political organizations - issue 88
        foreign currency rates, 1996 - issue 14 
        "International Tax Forum" 
           publication available electronically - issue 7 
        "IRS denies targeting American expat tax-evaders" - issue 61
        Paris, reply to tax question - issue 17 
        possibility to comment 
           on proposed regulations - issue 1 
        relocating office in Germany - issue 65
        Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, 47
        sending mixed signals to Americans Abroad - issue 59
        tax tips on website - issue 90 
        "Tell us your IRS Horror Story" - issue 35 
        US-Irish tax treaty - issue 54 
         
Italy, living in - Hostetler website - issue 46 

J
Job-hunting 
        (see also entries under 
          "International Employment Gazette" 
          and "Overseas Jobs")
        ACA - Crim article - issue 15 
        US government jobs - 26, 27 
 
Jordan, Bill 
        website on international education - issue 24, 25, 26, 27 
 
July 4th
        around the world - issue 63
        New York - issue 81

Justice, Department of, naturalization requirements - issue 34 
 
K
Karjala, Prof. Dennis - issue 29 
 
Key Officers of 
        Foreign Service Posts publication - issue 8, 26 
 
Kidon Media Link - issue 35 
 
Knorr, Rosanne
        seeking French residents' input - issue 59
        Grown-Up's Guide to Living in France - issue 98

Knowledge Company - issue 44
 
Knowlton, Brian - issue 65
 
Kosovo donations - issue 56

L
LBJ School of Public Affairs 
        Medicare project - issue 37, 49 
 
League of Women Voters DemocracyNet website - issue 96

Library of Congress 
        US Legislative Branch web pages - issue 5 

Lonely Planet travel guides - issue 46 
 
Long, Scott Michael - website on Mexico - issue 26, 27 
 

Lorenzetti, Andrea - issue 35 
 
Lowenthal, Jim - issue 48 

M
Maloney, Rep. Carolyn 
        `Census of Americans Abroad Act´ - issue 61

Manfredi, Charles - issue 29 
 
McCaffrey, Carlyn 
        "Expatriation of domestic trusts" article - issue 7 

McCollum, Representative Bill - issue 25 
 
Medical care online 
        Dr. Daniel Carlin - issue 24 
 
Medicare 
        Handbook 1996 - issue 3 
        in Mexico(?) - issues 37, 49, 51, 55
        report on Univ. of Texas conference - issue 55
        "Tricare-for-Life" for military retirees - issue 90
        
Mexico 
        "In Mexico" website - issue 46 
        Medicare extension to (?) - issues 37, 49, 51 
        Scott Michael Long website - issues 26, 27 
        "Tricare-for-Life" for military retirees - issues 90, 91

Michaux, Phyllis 
        Unknown Ambassadors - issue 45 
        winner of first Eugene Abrams Award - issue 18 
 
Michelin travel guides - issue 46 

Military retirees 
        issues group, ACA - issues 58, 59
        class action suit for retiree health care - issues 91, 95, 107
        "Tricare-for-Life" - issues 90, 91 

Millennium perspectives - issue 70
 
Miller, Rep. Dan - website - issues 37, 38, 40  
 
Mills, Karen,
        "Americans Overseas in the US Censuses" - issue 12 
 
Mink, Patsy T., citizenship transmission bill - issue 54 

Mission and Project Support - issue 30 
 
Moore, Antoinette - issue 32 
 
Moscow Expat email list - issue 42 
 
Multinational Employers for Working Spouses (MEWS) - issue 103

N
Nagy, Suzanne 
        suggestion - issue 5 
 
National Library of Medicine (NLM) - issue 23 
 
National Center for Health Statistics - issue 83

National Library Service 
 for Blind and Physically Handicapped - issues 2, 42 
 
"National Military Strategy for a New Era" report - issue 28 
 
National Public Radio 
        call-in show - issue 96
        New York Times project on election issues - issue 4
        radios for capturing from satellite - issue 111
        top 100 of 20th century music - issue 104 
        website - issues 23, 30

 
Naturalization 
        requirements, on Dept of Justice website - issue 34
        revocation of, ACA paper - issue 57

NetAction 
        website - issue 6 
 
Netscape's Open Directory Project - issue 85, 86

New York Times 
        Congressional guide - issue 103
        National Public Radio project 
          on election issues - issue 4 
        Navigator page - issue 52
        patriotism, vanity of volunteerism - issue 81
        Special report on Election 2000 - issue 103
        website - issues 30, 103 

Newhouse News Services - issue 86
 
News Update 
        first anniversary - issue 24 
        Viewpoints from Abroad - issue 104
 
Newspaper websites, worldwide - issue 35 
 
Newsweek
       article on travel trouble spots - issue 55

North American Connection, website -  issue 58 

O
Oanda currency converter - issue 53 

Obst, David, Too Good to be Forgotten - issue 63

Offshore Finance Canada Due Diligence Directory - issue 71

Ohmann, Jennifer (cf. Expat Exchange) 
 
Oracle - news clipping service - issue 30 
 
Otto, Gloria 
        census position paper - issue 16 
 
Outpost Expatriate Information Centre - issue 32 
 
Overseas Americans Week - issues 101 and 114
        postponed - issue 105
        rescheduled - issue 112


Overseas Jobs website - issue 25, 26, 27 
 
Overseas Digest Online - issues 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 38, 41, 52 
 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) 
        funding eliminated - issue 4 
        reprieve - issue 6 

Overseas Teachers' Digest - issues 73, 74
 
P
Paris 
        American Embassy website - issue 14 
        Paris In Sites Newsletter online - issue 47 
        website - 59
 
PEBES (Social Security Personal Earnings and Benefits Estimate
Statements 
        ACA CCs working on 
           online security suggestions - issue 18 
        offline, how to obtain - issue 18, 38 
 
Passport
        digitized - issue 114 
        for minor child, changed requirements - issue 101
        how to obtain copies of records - issue 89

Pediatric advice - Elbirt-Bender website - issue 46 
 
Perry, John - issue 3 

Pets
        airline travel curbs - issue 81
        importing pets to UK - issue 68
 
Phone numbers, US - issue 11 
 
Political appointments - US Executive Branch - issue 6 
 
Politics Now 
        website - issue 5 

Politics1 - issue 71
 
Portugal 
        marriage and inheritance, foreigners - issue 77
        visa waiver status - issues 38, 58 

Post2post.com shipping service - issue 87

Postcards, via email - issue 12 

Postpartum depression study - issue 69 

Project Gutenberg - issue 29 
 
R
Ray, Belinda - issue 45 
 
Reader's Catalog of New York website - issue 29 
 
Relocation 
        BR Publishing website - issue 24 
        Relocation Today newsletter - issue 103
 
Retired Officers Association, The (TROA) 
        job information on Internet - issue 5 
        Relocation...2000 nesletter - issue 52 

Retiring Abroad
        Business Week article - issue 79, 80, 82
        Hemispheres magazine - issue 86

Retreat & Reveille International (R & RI) - issue 63, 74, 77


Riggle, Robert - issue 34 
 
Riviera Reporter - issues 56, 73

Rough Guides travel guides - issue 46 
 
Roxborough, Shannon (cf. Global Tips) 

Runzheimer International - seeks Japan contact - issue 83

S
Sales, Vivienne - re-entry shock - issue 45 
 
Scott, Samuel J., article on IRS - issue 61

SEARCH Associates - issue 30 
 
Section 911 Coalition - issues 22, 23, 24, 62, 63, 64, 65
 
SEFCO-Export Management website - issue 35 
 
Selective Service registration - issues 51, 96 
 
Semone, John - issue 42 
 
Senate web server - issue 5 
 
Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000 - issues 77, 82

September 11, 2001
        Airline security bill passed - issue 108
        Federal aviation officials limit carry-on items - issue 106
        Frew, "Your expatriate position 
         in the wake of September 11th" - issue 109
        "Grief and Support in Hamburg and Leipzig" - issue 105
        helping victims - issue 105
        immigration laws and procedures, changes as a result - issue 111
        IRS relief for taxpayers after the tragedy - issue 105
        landmark buildings unscathed - issue 106
        New York schools after tragedy - issue 106
        Overseas Americans express sorrow - issue 105
        Remnick article in The New Yorker - issue 107
        "Witnessing the Terror" - issue 105
        "Your support is needed" email scam - issue 107

Seven Seas Cruising Association - issue 36 
 
Shop the World by Mail 
        discount to ACA members - issue 9 
 
Shusterman's Immigration Update - issue 75
        chart of INS proposed rate increases - issue 104
        "How Do I" section of INS website - issue 107

Singapore - expatsingapore website - issue 35 
 
Siskind, Susser, Haas & Chang 
        affidavit of support rules, new - issue 39, 107  
        citizenship through unwed father, 
          conditions - issue 42 
        government forms available - issue 19 
        green card lottery information - issue 26, 27 
        human rights resources net - issue 19 
        immigration and the Internet - issue 58 
        immigration laws and procedures post Sept 11 - issue 111
        INS fee increases - issue 47 
        INS review - issue 39  
        INS website review - issue 31
        permanent residence through US spouse - issue 84
        Siskind's Immigration Bulletin - issue 12, 35, 68, 71, 83
        USIA merges with State Dept - issue 68
        Visalaw Discussion Board - issue 53 
        visas for au-pairs - issue 23 
        website - issue 5 
 
Social Security 
        access to websites of 
          other Soc. Sec. systems - issue 35 
        benefits, taxation of (Bruno article) - issue 14 
        benefits while living abroad - issues 35, 96, 97, 98
        changes - issue 69
        Personal Earnings and Benefits 
           Estimate Statements (PEBES) 
                -- offline - issue 18 
                -- online - issue 26, 27 
                -- available by snail mail - issue 38 
        seminar, Geneva - issues 58, 59
        Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000 - issue 77, 82
        totalization agreements - issue 27, 35 
        website - issue 35, 38 
        Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) - issue 36 
 
South Africa-US tax treaty - issue 34 
 
Spain - mega-club of American groups - issue 39  
 
SpanTran website - issue 44 
 
Spouse Reunification, 
        Association of Professionals for, website - issue 34 
 
Spouses' Underground Newsletter (SUN) newsletter,
        website - issue 40  
 
Stanzick, Karl - issue 48 
 
State Dept
        access to FBI crime databas - issue 111
        advance payment, visa issuance fees - issue 85
        affidavit of support fees - issue 84
        affidavit of support rules 
           for sponsoring immigration - issue 39
        budget request - isssue 96
        Bureau of Consular Affairs - 
           website - issues 28, 29, 31, 35, 82
        consular fees increase - issues 32, 34, 35 
        consular information sheets - website - issue 9 
        cultural exchange programs - issue 83
        email list services, Sec. of State, 
            press briefings, 
              country background notes -- issue 6 
        "Environmental Diplomacy" report - issue 18 
        estimated number of Americans abroad, 
            updated - issue 18 
        information sources for Americans abroad - issue 105
        "Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts" - issue 8 
        opinions sought via email - issue 18 
        Overseas Citizens Services website - issue 82
        passports, minors, signature both parents - issue 86
        passports, new digitized photo - issue 50 
        possible lengthening Foreign Service duty tours - issue 63
        seeking public opinion on foreign policy - issue 13 
        Services and Information for 
             American Citizens Abroad website - issue 28 
        travel warnings 
           Egypt - issue 31; 
           Indonesia - issue 41; 
           general - issue 46; 
           Yugoslavia, Turkey and Columbia - issues 55, 81, 86
         
        "Traveling with the Secretary" website - issue 13 
        US-sponsored elementary 
             and secondary schools - issue 48 
        vital records services - issue 59
        website - issues 44, 107
        worldwide caution - issues 106 and 114

Sundberg, Andy - issue 29 
 
Survey on Overseas Assignments (Univ. of Denver) - issue 10 
 
Swiss citizens abroad website - issue 49 
 
Switchboard US phone numbers - issue 11 
 
Switzerland-US tax treaty - issues 23, 33, 51 

T
Tales from a Small Planet web magazine - issue 79

Tax Obligations 
        general, US Citizens Abroad 
           (Bruno article) - issue 10, 41 
        late-filing (Bruno article) - issue 19, 38 
        reminder - issue 37 
        tax implications of non-American spouse - issue 41 
 
Tax training sessions at consular posts - issue 51 
 
Taxation 
        alternative minimum tax - issues 97, 102
        bilaterial tax treaties - issue 34
        capital gains on home sales - issues 68, 98
        changes in law 1999 - issue 72  
        electronic filing for political organizations - issue 88
        effect of renunciation of citizenship - issue 66
        estate tax changes 2001-2010 - issue 100
        foreign tax credit - issues 25, 97
        foreign earned income exclusion - issue 100
        "The Impact of US Tax Rules on 
            International Competitiveness" 
            tax hearing - issue 62 
        "New Tax Bill and Overseas Americans" - issue 100
        sale of principal residence - issue 44 
        Section 911 Coalition - issues 22, 23, 24, 63, 64, 65
        Section 911, increased exclusion - issues 25, 66 
        short-term working abroad - issue 48
        tax help, Geneva consular agency - issue 98 
        "Tax rebates under the new tax law" - issue 101
        "Tell Us Your IRS Horror Story" - issue 35 
        Tips for preparing overseas returns - issue 111
        US-UK mutual agreement procedures - issue 88
        Volunteer Embassy-Consulate 
        Tax Assistance Program (VECTA) - 
          issues 71, 92, 95
        withholding tax regulations changed - issue 90
 
Taxpayer Assets Projects (TAP) - website - issue 6 

TCK World - website - issue 50 
 
Thailand-US tax treaty - issue 34 
 
Thanksgiving - issues 49, 67, 68
 
THOMAS 
        website - issue 5 
 
Thomas Cook 
        agreement with AAA - issue 5 
 
Thomas Jefferson Award 
        extension of nominations, 1997 - issue 13 
        extension of nominations, 1999 - issue 57, 58
        presentation, 1997 awards - issue 21 
        press release 4th annual - issue 8 
        press release 5th annual - issue 31 
        press release 6th annual - issues 50, 51, 52 
        press release 7th annual - issues 71, 72, 73, 74, 97, 98, 99, 101
        reminder, deadline - issue 14, 33, 35, 36, 53, 54 
        winners, 1997 - issue 17 
        winners, 2001 - issues 106, 107
 
Thompson, Mary Ann - voting article - issue 46 

Tourism office websites, US - issue 85

Transatlantic American 
        website - issues 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 51, 67 

Travel Document Systems website - issue 85

Travelers Survival Kit India - issue 64

Treasury Department, new income tax treaties - issue 34 
 
Tri-care availability to military retirees - issue 90, 91

Trusts 
        expatriation of domestic trusts - issue 7 
 
Turkey-US tax treaty - issue 34 

U
Urban legends websites - issue 67
 
Urner, Carol Reilley - issue 3 

United Kingdom
    importing pets - issue 68
    US to UK moving - issue 68
    US-UK mutual tax agreement procedures - issue 88
 
United Nations International Year of Volunteers - issue 99

US Embassy 
        Managua Nicaragua website - issue 29
        security - issue 79

US Government - job website - issue 26 

US Mint
        new dollar coin - issue 68

US Mission to the United Nations website - issue 73

US National Security Strategy Report - issue 71

US permanent resident, child born abroad to - issue 88

US Treasury website - issue 27 

US-Canada border security - issue 110

USA Global Link website - issue 3 

USADemocracy website - issue 67

USAID website - issue 56

USIA 
        Foreign Policy Agenda on the web - issue 6 
        J-1 visas, au-pairs - issues 23, 68
        merges with State - issue 68
        Transcripts of presidential speeches - issue 30 

V
Virus alert
        anti-virus sites - issue 56
        Bubbleboy - issue 68
        Melissa - issue 56
        Papa - issue 56

Visas 
        advance payment, visa issuance fees - issue 85
        au-pairs, J-1 visas - issue 23, 68
        foreign worker H-1B visas - issue 81
        machine-readable - issue 2 
        spouses of US citizens - issue 5
        visa waiver pilot program - issue 53 
        visa waiver Portugal - issue 58

Vital records, tracking down - issue 83

Volunteer Embassy-Consulate Tax Assistance Program (VECTA) - 
   issues 71, 92, 95

Volunteer, internship work, websites - issue 85

Votenet website - issue 47 
 
Vote Smart, Project 
        website - issue 5, 46, 52 
 
Voting from abroad (see also: FVAP; Election 2000)
        ACA-General Accounting Office meeting 
        on voting reform - issue 94
        ACA voting reform proposal - issue 93
        Alabama notary requirement dropped - issue 101
        Anderson article - issue 6 
        Arizona online primary - issue 75
        Arkansas special election - issues 104, 106
        California special election - issues 92, 96
        Democrats Abroad position on voting reform - issue 88
        Dodd-McConell reform bill - issue 113
        Florida special election - isssue 101
        FPCA online - issue 78, 82
        GAO-OIG Inspection team
            in Paris and Tokyo - issue 93 
            to visit Frankfurt - issue 92
        Georgia special election - issue 52 
        Hamburg efforts - issue 72
        how to register - issue 41 
        "Huge Stakes for Election 2000" - issue 61 
        information for special elections - issue 104
        Massachusetts special election - issues 104, 105, 106
        military - issue 30
        neglected overseas voter - issue 88
        Ney-Hoyer reform bill - issue 113 
        no-vote blues - issue 49
        novel ways to help voters exercise their right - issue 87
        Oklahoma special election - issue 108
        online registration - issue 106
        outdated US voting system - issue 89
        overseas voting reform - issue 101
        registration - issue 43
        Republicans Abroad position on voting reform - issue 97 
        Senate sidelines voing reform - issue 114
        share experiences - issue 2 
        Thompson article - issue 46 
        via Internet - issue 34
        VIN - available electronically - issues 1, 70, 71, 78, 80
        VIN - contents mid-August, September issues - issue 3 
        Virginia consititutional amendment - issue 56
        Virginia gubernatorial election - issue 106
        voting reform in history - issue 114
        voting system overhaul moves ahead - issue 109
        Wisconsinn enfranchises children of overseas citizens - issue 94

W
Warner, Dr. David - issue 51 
 
Washington Post website - issue 30 
 
Washington Times website - issue 30 
 
White House home page 
        Clinton announces expansion - issue 4 
 
Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
        H.R. 860 - issue 56
        Social Security - issue 36
 
World Federation of Americans Abroad (WFAA) 
        citizenship law revisions - issue 20 
 
World Scholar-Athlete games - issue 8 
 
Women On The Move 2000 - issues 56, 74

Wright, Valerie - issue 42 

X
Xpat.net - issue 80

Y
Y2k problem 
        CNN Interactive news - issue 55 
        internet site - issue 58
        State Dept Global survey - issues 64, 68, 69

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