U.S. Policy and Issues

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The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany maintains a number of electronic mailing lists under the generic title USINFO-DE - with the purpose of providing news and information about major U.S. foreign policy issues and topical information about the United States to German audiences. Material sent to the mailing lists is generally in English.

General Interest

One of these lists, USINFO-DE, is open to members of the general public who are interested in policy news relating to the U.S.-German and U.S.-European relationship.

Subscribers to USINFO-DE can choose to receive mailing list messages on the topics below:

• AMERIKA DIENST
German-language Articles in HTML or TEXT format
• DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable Development, Humanitarian Assistance, HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking
• EDUCATION USA
News concerning U.S. exchange opportunities and international educational trends
• ENVIRONMENT
Environment, Climate Change, Energy
• SCIENCE
Science, Technology, Information Technology
• SECURITY
Foreign & Security Policy
• TRADE
Trade, Biotechnology, Economics & Finance, Growth, Investment
• TRAVEL
Visa News Update
• USA
U.S. Politics, Society & Culture

In addition, all subscribers receive information on important developments in German-American relations.

To subscribe to USINFO-DE, you will need to provide, at minimum, an e-mail address. The list of subscribers is protected from public viewing. No other information is gathered from subscribers, and no use is made of the information that is gathered.

After signing up to our alert service you will be asked to confirm your subscription by email.

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Professional and Specialized Interests

The U.S. Embassy in Berlin and the U.S. Consulates General in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, and Munich maintain premium-content mailing lists designed for professional and institutional audiences (government, business, journalists, academics, teachers, librarians). In addition to the policy material sent to the public mailing list, subscribers to these lists can receive copyright-restricted material (such as InfoAlert) and invitations to events hosted by the U.S. Embassy and the Consulates General.

If you wish to apply for membership of one of these contact mailing lists, you will be asked to provide details of who you are and what you do. We use this information only for purposes related to the maintenance of the mailing lists.

The Public Affairs Offices of the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Consulates in Germany reserve the right to decline an application for membership of our contact mailing lists.

Please note: Copyright restrictions prevent us from making InfoAlert available to users outside of Germany. Also, because of the Smith-Mundt Act, we cannot send InfoAlert material to users in the United States.

Please select the mailing lists for your region:
• Embassy Berlin (Berlin, Brandenburg)
• Consulate General Düsseldorf (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
• Consulate General Frankfurt (Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland)
• Consulate General Hamburg (Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein)
• Consulate General Leipzig (Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen)
• Consulate General Munich (Bavaria)