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Center for Democracy
and Technology
The mission of the Center For Democracy and Technology is to
"develop and advocate public policies that advance constitutional
civil liberties and democratic values in new computer and
communications technologies."
Congressional legislative
information
This site, maintained by the Library of Congress, includes texts
of legislation, -- pending or approved -- the status of bills and
the daily record of proceedings on the floor of the House and
Senate -- the "Congressional Record."
European
Commission's Information Society Project Office (ISPO)
The ISPO, part of the European Commission's action plan on
Europe's way to the Information Society, was conceived to
"support, promote and orient private and public actions in the
field of the information society."
G7 Information
Society Pilot Projects
Information about pilot projects adopted by the G7 industrial
nations at their Information Society summmit, February 1995 in
Brussels.
Government
Documents
This Federal Depository Library, located at the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville, has Internet access to a wide range U.S.
government information and reports. There are some 1,400 Federal
Depository Libraries.
Internet site for newspapers
"Editor & Publisher" magazine's Interactive Online Newspaper
database has 1521 online newspaper entries.
Internet Society Home Page
The Internet Society is a non-governmental, international
organization for global cooperation and coordination for the
Internet and its internetworking technologies and applications.
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
(MIT) Media Laboratory
MIT's Media Laboratory, founded in 1985, carries on advanced
research into a broad range of information technologies including
digital television, electronic publishing, artificial
intelligence and education-related technologies.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA)
NTIA, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is involved in a
broad range of activities to extend the benefits of the
Information Superhighway. The site has links to U.S. government
agencies involved in telecommunications and information.
USIA --
Global
Information Infrastructure
This site includes speeches, documents and reports on efforts to
build a Global Information Infrastructure. It also includes
material on the U.S. telecommunications reform legislation.
USIA International
Home Page
This home page of the U.S. Information Agency and its worldwide
U.S. Information Service offices provides information on U.S.
government policies, American society and culture. It also
includes reports on current developments at the White House,
State, Commerce, Treasury and other government agencies.
U.S. Information
Infrastructure Task Force (IITF)
The White House formed the IITF to articulate and implement the
administration's vision for the National Information
Infrastructure (NII).
U.S.
National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library
This site has documents and links to material about U.S. efforts
to build a National Information Infrastructure.
Web sites with an international flavor
Part of NTIA, this Office of International Affairs home page
includes links to regional and government departments worldwide
involved in GII programs.
The White
House
Included on this site are material on the president and vice
president, White House documents, a tour of the White House and
the daily releases of the White House
press office.
Global
Issues
USIA Electronic Journals, Vol. 1, No. 12,
September 1996