Describes more than 700 programs developed by hundreds of federal agencies in such diverse areas as the environment, energy, computer science, health care, & business. Covers applications software, graphic software, management/business applications, software tools, modeling & simulation programs & much more. Each entry summarizes the package & provides information on programming language, operating system, hardware, & memory requirements.

February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index