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Software Guides

Simplifying the Path to Appointment
The Nomination Forms Online software consortium includes:
See Who we are to get more information
 

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Presidential Appointee Initiative
The Transition to Governing Project
The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership
Boston Educational Software and Technologies, Ltd.
       Click here for a photo of the programming team.
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Survival Guide for the Presidential Appointee

 

This comprehensive guide to the entire appointments process also doubles as a guide to success as a presidential appointee. From the Presidential Appointee Initiative (a NFO consortium member). [PDF]


CallNFO Help Desk

Special Note on Hours of Operation

The CallNFO Help Desk has reduced its operations.
Having met its goals and extended its operations one year past the original project deadline, we have closed down the operation of the 800-service and staffed desk operations. You can still contact the help desk through email. See below.

NFO Downloading Center
 

We appreciate your interest in the Nomination Forms Online program. You should return often to the NFO website to check on possible updates.

 

The White House Transition Project does not distribute or sell its users' names to any third parties. We make no effort to identify you when you download our software and will make no attempt to followup on its use.

 
Click here to obtain the NFO software.
 

Special Note on Downloading

A user has reported that his browser tried to launch NFO immediately after downloading, but could not find the file, thus, generating an error message.
What has happened? What to do about it?
Your browser has successfully downloaded NFO, but it has lost track of the installer/updater file. So, use Windows Explorer to search for the file "InstallNFO" or "UpdateNFO" (depending on what you did). When Explorer locates that file, note its location, then highlight and copy the found file. Create a new directory on the C: drive, i.e., C:/DownloadNFO/. Go into that new directory and paste the found file.
Then, double clicking on the newly relocated file will launch the installer/updater. Of course, contact us if this procedure doesn't work.

NFO Update Center
 

The current release: Version 2.4i (released 7/4/2002)
Updaters available for version 2.4a and for version 2.3.

Jump to: NFO Update Center


Software Guides

NFO Press Briefing Packet

 

The nine-page briefing packet describes the problem of inquiry for presidential nominees. It also details how the Nomination Forms Online software works.[PDF]

  NFO factlets:
  • The software took two years to develop by a multi-national/multi-institutional consortium.
  • It contains over 890,000 lines of java programming.
  • Printed out, the software code stands nine feet high.

NFO Installation Instructions

 

This one-page installation guide walks you through all the steps to install your software from our website.[PDF]

User's Manual to Nomination Forms Online

 

This document completely describes the software and how it works. In simple to understand language it walks the nominee through the entire process, including hints on how to get the most from the software. [PDF]