Buying and managing Treasury bills, Treasury notes, and TIPS is as simple as clicking a mouse or punching the buttons on a touch-tone phone.

With our electronic services, you call the shots from the privacy and comfort of home.

If you're an established customer, here's what you can do by 1) visiting our virtual lobby, or 2) calling 800-722-2678, choosing Option No. 1 for electronic services, and following the prompts:

Buy Direct® (8 a.m.-12 midnight Eastern Time, Monday through Friday)

To buy Treasury bills, Treasury notes, or TIPS through this security-protected service, you will need to enter your account number and Social Security Number or Employer Identification Number.

Request a Statement of Account (8 a.m.-12 midnight Eastern Time, Monday through Friday)

You'll need your account number. Typically, we print statements at the end of each week and mail them the following week; in this scenario, the balance on your statement is accurate as of the close of business on Friday.

Check your account balance(s) (8 a.m.-12 midnight Eastern Time, Monday through Friday)

You'll need your account number and your Social Security Number or Employer Identification Number. Your account balance will be current as of the minute you request it. If you have more than one account, you'll be able to obtain the balances for all of them during the same call to our toll-free phone number or during a single visit to the virtual lobby. The virtual lobby also offers detailed CUSIP balances.

Order a duplicate IRS 1099-INT (8 a.m.-12 midnight Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, February through November)

You'll need your account number. We mail duplicate 1099-INT forms the business day following your request. This service is available from Feb. 1 to Nov. 30. You can request duplicate forms only for the current tax year (for 2004, the current tax year is 2003). For forms for earlier years, call your customer contact center.

Reinvest Direct® (24 hours a day, seven days a week)

About 45 days before your Treasury bill, Treasury note, or Treasury bond matures, we mail you a Reinvest Direct Notice. Once you have it, go to our virtual lobby or pick up the phone and call us toll free. You'll need to give us your account number, the CUSIP you want to reinvest, the validation number from your Reinvest Direct Notice, the security term you've chosen, and, for bills, the number of reinvestments you desire. NOTE: You cannot reinvest TIPS. When they mature, we redeem them.

Change your mailing address or phone number -- available on the web (8 a.m.-12 midnight Eastern Time, Monday through Friday)

You don't have to call your customer contact center or fill out a paper form to change the mailing address or phone number on your account. Just visit our virtual lobby, have your account number handy as well as your Social Security Number or Employer Identification Number, and you'll be in business. (If you have multiple accounts, you need to change your address or phone number under all of your account numbers. Entering the new information once won't change it for every account.) NOTE: To change your mailing address or phone number by phone, dial 800-722-2678 and choose Option No. 5 to speak to a customer service representative.

Pay your account maintenance fee -- by phone (24 hours a day, seven days a week, spring to fall)

If the total Treasury bill, Treasury note, Treasury bond, and TIPS holdings in your account exceed $100,000 on the annual snapshot date for this fee, you'll be assessed $25. Once you receive a Fee Assessment Notice, simply call 800-722-2678, choose Option No. 1 for our electronic services, and follow the prompts. You'll need to enter your account number and punch in the fee remittance number from your notice. We will then deduct $25 from your account at the financial institution you designated for TreasuryDirect. It's that simple! NOTE: This service isn't available on the web.