Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 19:35:02 -0700 From: Jim Warren Subject: GovAccess.080: I'net?, courts, GII, InfoSleuth, Cal vote, mo' So. Cal INTERNET? INTERNET WHO? I just got around to reading "What is the Internet, Anyway?" by John Quarterman (author of THE MATRIX from Digital Press) and Smoot Carl-Mitchell, in the September issue of MicroTimes (a California print monthly; microx@well.com) and was *delighted* with it. It provides a MUCH-needed reasonable delineation of the words and concepts for the ambiguities involved when folks refer to "the net" or the "Internet" -- a useful structure of the concepts and labels. John has advised me that a longer version is now available over the net, as: gopher://gopher.tic.com/00/matrix/news/v4/what.408 ------------------------------ COURT INFORMATION ONLINE [The Sacramento Bar Association Journal carried an article a year or so ago, urging that the press pay as much attention to the judicial branch of government as they pay to the executive and legislative branches - proposing that it needs the same level of vigilent public oversight as do the better- known branches. What a provocative thought. I asked some questions about online access to court records. --jim] Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 04:31:23 -0700 From: Barry D Roseman Mon Oct 17 04:31:21 1994 I can answer at least some of your questions. "EDOS" stands for Electronic Dissemination of Opinion System, an effort by the federal intermediate appellate courts to provide electronic copies of their respective courts' opinions via their own BBSes. As far as I know, these systems now are free. The Tenth Circuit EDOS (for the court hearing appeals from federal trial courts in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas and Oklahoma) includes copies of its opinions less than 90 days old. "PACER" stands for Public Access to Court Electronic, or something like that. It's the system used by the bankruptcy courts and many if not all federal district courts to provide information about the status of cases. This is a fee-based system. The Federal Circuit's EDOS numbers are 202-786-6504 and 202-633-9608. The office overseeing the online efforts of the federal courts is: Administrative Office of the United States Courts Technology Enhancement Office Washington, DC 20544 202-273-2730 I obtained most of this information from The Legal List ver. 5.0, written by Erik J. Heels (the document is now in version 5.1). Erik's email address is legal-list@justice.eliot.me.us . If you want to obtain a copy of The Legal List, you can get it by ftp at ftp://ftp.midnight.com/pub/LegalList/legallist.txt. ------------------------------ INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION-INFRASTRUCTURE DISCUSSION LIST Sender: cpsr-announce@Sunnyside.COM Sun, 16 Oct 1994 14:02:07 -0700 CPSR-GLOBAL is a new Listserv for uniting people all over the world who want to talk about: **decisions the USA will make on the information infrastructure, or NII, that will affect the rest of the world--we want the NII to be a positive force for a GII (global information infrastructure) **issues of national identity, "cultural pollution," and international communication and the GII **the new emerging GII world culture **international issues of security and privacy and computer law **international issues of computer development (keyboards, safety) **issues of design **language And whatever other global issues you want to discuss. Right now the list will be predominately in English, because it's the lingua franca of the Net. To join this discussion write to listserv@cpsr.org with a blank subject and the email command SUBSCRIBE CPSR-GLOBAL Firstname Lastname where Firstname and Lastname are replaced by your first name and last name. If you are reading this as a welcome message because you've just joined, then welcome! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELONG TO CPSR TO JOIN THE DISCUSSION!!! The list owner, Marsha Woodbury, is a Director at Large for CPSR with a strong interest in international cooperation. Write her at marsha-w@cpsr.org. CPSR, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, is based at a home office in Palo Alto, California, and has 22 chapters. You can learn more about CPSR at http://www.cpsr.org/dox/home.html or by writing to listserv@cpsr.org with the email message HELP. CPSR began as a response to the Star Wars program, when members wrote reports and testified at hearings about the impossibility of providing a "fail-safe" network of nuclear missles in outer space. Today CPSR is interested in all social issues related to the use of computers, from repetitive stress syndrome from keyboard use, to the intrusion into privacy by government and business, and others. CPSR is a highly respected group, whose members are well informed. The 1,800 members of CPSR have an awareness about the potential benefits of computers to our society, such as their ability to personalize the interface from an otherwise large impersonal society to the individual, but the also understand the large potential risk inherent in the use of computers and computer technology by individuals, governments, and corporations. CPSR asks questions such as, "Will there be equal access to the Information Superhighway" (also called the "Infobahn" or NII)? What can we do to lessen the gap between those who are "information-rich" and those who are "information-poor?" -- Marsha Woodbury U of IL, U-C marsha-w@uiuc.edu FAX 217-356-7050 H/ 217-337-0001 W/ 244-3390 http://gopher.ag.uiuc.edu/aim/marsha.html "A simile is like a metaphor." ------------------------------ INFOSLEUTH AND CROSSFLOW PROJECTS - FASCINATING, BUT THIS IS ALL I KNOW From: billt@mcc.com (Bill Thompson) Mon Oct 17 08:22:50 1994 MEETING OBJECTIVE: Final Planning for Goals, Directions, and common elements of InfoSleuth and CrossFlow Projects DATE: October 28, 1994 LOC'N: Sheraton Lakeside Inn, Orlando, FL- 192 W. Off I-4 near Disney World COST: $47- Special Rate valid 3 days before and 3 days after meeting. Call (800) 848-0801, and ask for the MCC meeting rate. Anticipated Participant List: Eastman Chemical Bellcore FBI DOD AT&T/GIS EPA EINet IBM Lehman Brothers Ceridian Andersen Hughes Motorola Express Star Unisys Mead Data Central Digital SAIC West Publishing Boeing Kodak Radian Tracor LANL IRS/T-MAC General Magic Compuserve Prodigy America On Line Oracle 8:30 Continental Breakfast 9:00 John McRary Introduction 9:30 Carnot Accomplishments Summary 10:00 Networked Exploitation of information- InfoSleuth Preliminary Plans 10:45 Break 11:15 Organizational Agility- CrossFlow Preliminary Plans 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Eastman Chemical, DOD, EINet, and Express Star Systems- Application Partnership Goals 2:00 InfoSleuth technical Objectives: Emphasis and Priorities Other potential participant input- Open discussion 2:30 Break 2:45 CrossFlow Technical Objectives: Emphasis & Priorities Other potential participant input- Open discussion 3:15 Wrap up 3:30 Adjourn ------------------------------ CALIFORNIA VOTER-INFORMATION AND ELECTION-RESULTS LIVE ONLINE From: Judi Clark Oct 18 16:33:29 1994 Cal Gov Election info is now online! The text of the proposals, other info, even an almost-real-time election update (graphical representation of poll results updated every 5 minutes after the polls close)! Check it out at: http://www.election.ca.gov/ Lynx users will not see the graphical poll results, but I believe will see percentages and other info... This note hot off DEC's websters. ------------------------------ CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OFFERS INFO BEYOND COMPU$ERVE From: fpack@crl.com Fri Oct 14 23:18:30 1994 The Pros & Cons of the California Ballot Propositions prepared by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund are now available by ftp on the Internet. Address: ftp.crl.com then cd /users/ro/fpack/league. Fran Packard ------------------------------ PURSUING CALIFORNIA ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ... [This is somewhat-old information and I'm not sure how active this list is now, but with luck, it will become active again when more open-access legislation *is* introduced in January. --jim] Chris Mays cmays@mercury.sfsu.edu Browse my FAQ: California Electronic Government Information URL: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/states/california/cal_gov_info_FAQ.html You can also view the ascii text by gopher at CPSR. Host=gopher.cpsr.org Port=70 Path=0/cpsr/states/california/940901.cal_gov_info_FAQ ------------------------------ SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GLOBAL-INFORMATION EVENT Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 21:36:53 -0400 From: Aggi Raeder 310-828-7229 Subject: Global Information Age in Thousand Oaks this announcement being posted to multiple lists. Sorry for any duplication. PASSPORT TO TOMORROW: Your Ticket to the Global Information Age a day-long event sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Ventura County will be held October 27th at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA Cost: $95 for daytime events $25 for the evening gala $15 for students Keynote speaker: Michael Rothchild, author of Bionomics: Economy as Ecosystem also: How to do Business in the Global Information Age How to make Government Work in the Global Information Age Privacy and Security in the Global Information Age a debate between Dr. Clinton Brooks, advisor to the Director of National Security Agency and Phillip Zimmerman, civil libertarian and cryptographer EVENING GALA: Presentation of winners of World Citizens Award, presented by former Vice President Dan Quayle TICKETS: Ticketmaster (805)583-8700 Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza (805)449-ARTS INFORMATION: call Bill Barbee (805)652-2052 Cathy Severson (805)496-8983 Posted by World Affairs Council of Ventura County, fax: 805-496-8983 ------------------------------ MORE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CIVIC NETS - L.A. CITY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY From: Marc Levin Mon Oct 17 08:44:36 1994 In regards to your query about "civic-nets" in SoCal. I do know of two Southern possibilities: 1.) CITYNET: operated by the City of Los Angeles (LA Information Services Dept.)- to find out more contact: Henry Lee gopherd@citynet.ci.la.ca.us 2.) Riverside County's Gopher System: operated by Data Networks Division of the County's GSA/Information Services Dept. Contact: Greg Stoddard (909)275-6934 or is-alessandro.gstoddar@co.riverside.ca.us -- Marc Levin Institute of Governmental Studies University of California, Berkeley mlevin@library.berkeley.edu ------------------------------ MORE ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES FREE-NET OFFERINGS From: aa104@lafn.org (Mel Roseman) Oct 17 06:57:59 1994 <<< The Government Center >>> 1 California State Legislature Gopher 2 U.S. House of Representatives Gopher 3 U.S. Senate Gopher 4 U.S. Government Gophers 5 Congressional Quarterly Gopher 6 Federal Legislation (1983 - Present) 7 Fedworld Bulletin Board (Connects to many Federal Telnet Addresses ) 8 Government Documents From Internet Wiretap 9 Judiciary Resources (Includes Supreme Court Decisions) 10 Government (U.C. Santa Cruz) Choose: "8 The Government" 11 The Los Angeles Mayor's Office 12 The Political Scene <<< The Political Scene>>> 1 The California Online Voter Guide 2 The Candidates' Biographies, Records, Finances 3 About "Candidates and Issues" 4 Candidates and Issues 5 About "The People Speak" 6 The People Speak ------------------------------ BROKEN ELM BRANCHES Recently your GovAccess posts have been confusing my mailreader (Elm). When you 'repost' a message in the list sometimes you leave the header in its original form. The "From xxx@xxx" looks like a real message to my reader. The other 2 forms ">From xxx@xxx" and "From: xxx@xxx" are ok. ==to which I replied== Thanks for the heads-up about ELM confusion. Will *try* to remember to modify the msg source-lines, but won't guarantee it. Large task; small mind. --jim ------------------------------ Comic Relief AWARDS TO CELEBRATE BEST USES OF "INFORMATION HIGHWAY" >From les@SAIL.Stanford.EDU Fri Oct 14 16:15:46 1994 [. . .] We're looking for the success stories and examples of electronic commerce, community and health networks, virtual libraries, distance learning, online information services, collaborative work and more. It doesn't matter whether you're using the Internet or ATM. I wonder if they would consider an award for the first commercial use of the network, which I believe was a drug deal betweeen grad students at Stanford and MIT circa 1970. [Reposted from cpsr-civlliberties@pa.dec.com with the author's permission. -j] ------------------------------ Mo' as it Is. --jim GovAccess is an email distribution-list of irregular postings, maintained by Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc. 345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062; voice/415-851-7075; fax/<# upon request> jwarren@well.com -or- jwarren@autodesk.com >> Permission herewith granted for unlimited reposting and recirculation.<< >> Past postings are at ftp.cpsr.org:/cpsr/states/california/govaccess << >> To add or drop the GovAccess list, email to jwarren@well.com . <<