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- LEGISLATION/INFORMATION POLICY
-
- This section lists documents, resources and organizations involved in
- information policy and Internet-related legislation.
-
- Coalition for Networked Information Server
- This server contains a number of databases on forums such as Project Big
- Ideas, copyright and intellectual property, and directories and resource
- information services. Along with these databases, there is also available a
- number of archived documents dealing with Internet usage and resources.
- Access: telnet a.cni.org (192.100.21.1)
- Login: brsuser
-
- EASI - Equal Access to Software and Information
- EASI, Equal Access to Software and Information, is a project of the
- EDUCOM Educational Uses of Information Technology (EUIT) Program. EASI intends
- to reduce barriers to education for persons with a wide variety of
- disabilities. Providing documents online for rapid access and distribution is
- one of EASIUs activities.
- Access: um.cc.umich.edu (35.1.1.43)
- Directory: easi
- File: get the README file for a full listing of files
-
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is dedicated to the pursuit of
- policies and activities that will advance freedom and openness in
- computer-based communications. It is a member-supported, non-profit group that
- grew from the conviction that a new public interest organization was needed in
- the information age; that this organization would enhance and protect the
- democratic potential of new computer communications technology. From the
- beginning, the EFF determined to become an organization that would combine
- technical, legal, and public policy expertise, and would apply these skills to
- the myriad issues and concerns that arise whenever a new communications medium
- is born. By remaining faithful to this initial vision, the EFF has become an
- organized voice for the burgeoning community of nationally and internationally
- networked computer users. It performs the multiple roles of guardian,
- advocate, and innovator to serve and protect the public interest in the
- information age. For information about the organization:
- Access: ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4)
- Directory: pub/EFF
- File: about-eff
-
- FARnet recommendations to NSF regarding backbone connectivity in
- the post 1992 period: Laura Breeden. 1p.
- A summary of the FARnet Board of Directors recommendations.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic
- File: farnet-recommendations
-
- GPO Gateway to Government Act of 1992: Senator Al Gore
- Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration on June 6, 1992,
- this bill (S.2813/H.R.2772) was introduced to establish in the Government
- Printing Office an electronic gateway to provide public access to a wide range
- of Federal databases containing public information stored electronically.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory pub/nic/NREN
- Filename: GPO.bill.6-92
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- Questions and Answers about GPO Gateway to Government Act: Taxpayers
- Assets Project
- A collection of questions and answers dealing with the newly
- introduced bill. Questions such as, "What will the bill do," "Why is this bill
- needed," "What will be avialble becase of the bill," and "How will this bill
- affect the private sector."
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic/NREN
- File: GPO.questions
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- High Performance Computing Act 1991 (NREN)
- Senate Bill to provide for a coordinated federal research program to
- insure continued U.S. leadership in high-performance computing. The
- House-Senate compromise version of S. 272, the High-Performance Computing Act,
- passed the House on November 20, 1991, the Senate on November 22, 1991, and
- was signed by the President on December 9, 1991. The same directory also
- contains testimony from individuals and organizations who appeared before the
- Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space hearings on the Gore bill
- in March of 1991.
- Access: nis.nsf.net (35.1.1.48)
- Directory: internet/nren
- File: INDEX.nren
-
- High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Initiative -
- National Coordination Office for HPCC
- The HPCC initiative is a federal program designed to accelerate the
- development of future generations of high performance computers and networks
- and the use of these resources in the federal government and throughout the
- American economy. In September 1992, the National Coordination Office (NCO)
- for High Performance Computing and Communications was formed to provide a
- central focus for program implementation. The office coordinates the
- activities of agencies and organizations participating in the program and
- providing services to it, and provides an interface to Congress, industry,
- academia, and the public. This NCO gopher includes information about HPCC
- activities as well as pointers to related reports, legislation, grants,
- congressional hearings and White House policy papers.
- Access: gopher.hpcc.gov (130.14.15.7)
-
- Information Infastructure and Technology Act of 1992
- The Information Infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992 builds on the
- High-Performance Computing Act introduced by then Senator Gore in 1988 and
- signed into law in 1992. The new bill ensures that the technology developed
- by the
- High-Performance Computing Program is applied widely in K-12 education, in
- libraries, in health care, and in industry, particularly manufacturing. It
- authorizes a total of $1.15 billion over the next five years.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic/NREN
- File: iita.1992
-
- The National Information Infastructure Agenda for Action
- All Americans have a stake in the construction of an advanced National
- Information Infrastructure (NII), a seamless web of communications networks,
- computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of
- information at users' fingertips. Development of the NII can help unleash an
- information revolution that will change forever the way people live, work, and
- interact with each other. This is the full text of this document.
- Access: ftp.sura.net (128.167.254.179)
- Directory: pub/nic/NREN
- File: nii.agenda.9-93.txt
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- NREN Testimony
- Testimonies of Michael M. Roberts, Eric S. Hood, Douglas E.
- VanHouweling, Mitchell Kapor, William L. Schrader, A. Nico Habermann, Stephen
- S. Wolff, and The Honorable Robert Traxler for the hearing on the National
- Science Foundation Network at the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee
- on Science, March 12, 1992.
- Access: nis.nsf.net (35.1.1.48)
- Directory: internet/nren
- File: INDEX.nren
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- Technology Initiatives for the Clinton/Gore Administration
- The 40-page text of the release from the Clinton administration on
- technology initiatives, dated 2/23/93.
- Access: mail LISTSERV@CNI.ORG
- In the body of the message type the command;
- get cni-bigideas whouse.paper
-
- Thoughts on the National Research and Education Network: RFC 1167
- (July 1990). 8p.
- Outlines some of the major factors that may influence the form and
- structure of a national research and education network. Assumes that the
- system will emerge from the existing Internet.
- Access: ftp.internic.net (128.89.1.178)
- Directory: rfc
-
-
- Towards the Future Internet Architecture: RFC 1287
- (Dec.1991.) D.Clark, L. Chapin, V. Cerf, R. Braden &
- R. Hobby. 29p.
- Discusses important directions for possible future evolution of the
- Internet architecture and supports steps toward the desired goal.
- Access: ftp.internic.net
- Directory: rfc
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