EFF "GII/NII - Government Docs" Archive

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boucher_nren_net92.speech

Remarks of Rep. Frederick Boucher (D-VA) before the National Net '92 Conference (3/25/92). Boucher touches briefly on some of the issues shaping the future of the net

brown_nii_1-6-94.speech

Remarks of Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, given 1/6/94 at the Museum of Television and Radio, in New York. Brown compares the development of the NII to the development of radio and television, and stresses why the NII is important over how it is to be implemented.

cat_iitf.charter

Charter of the IITF Committee on Applications and Tech.

cits_nii_framework_ota.report

Paper by Dr. W. Curtiss Priest, for the Center for Information, Technology, and Society, entitled "An Information Framework for Planning and Design of 'Information Highways'." Priest discusses the nature of information as a commodity and its relation to commerce, the nature of intellectual property and its place in maintaining a viable economy.

clinton_sgi_02-22-93_nii.speech

Remarks of President Clintonand Vice President Gore (2/23/93) before Silicon Graphics employees. Clinton and Gore speak briefly and spend most of the time taking questions from the audience. They talk about the budget deficit, the trade deficit with the Japanese, export controls on technology (no mention of Clipper or privacy) and the educational potential of the NII.

distance_learning.dltf

"A Strategy to Create Opportunities," a paper published in Marh 1993 by the Distance Learning Task Force, chaired by Sen. Rhoades. The paper contains a lot of vague statements about how distance learning is a great idea that will revolutionize classroom instruction, but pays little attention to how schools will get the necessary equipment (government funding is as specific as the paper gets). The paper concludes with summaries of the Baby Bells' distance learning projects.

doc_072794_gii_hearing.transcript

Transcript of the DoC International Telecommunications Hearing, "The Emerging Global Information Infrastructure," 7/27/94.

doc_072894_gii_hearing.transcript

Transcript of the DoC International Telecommunications Hearing, "The Emerging Global Information Infrastructure," 7/28/94.

doc_irving_telecom_030295.testimony

Testimony of Larry Irving (Asst. Sec. for Communications and Information, DoC) on Telecommunications Policy Reform Legislation before the Senate Committee of Commerce, Science and Transportation (3/2/95).

e-commerce_wh_19961211.paper

draft report, "A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce" by Sr. White Policy Advisor Ira Magaziner, in which a more moderate view on encryption policy is offered, Internet Taxes are opposed, and Internet content censorship is to be avoided. It is obvious that not everyone within the US Administration agrees with Magaziner.

educom_nsf_nren_rfp.comments

Comments of EDUCOM Networking and Telecommunications Task Force on the NSF Draft Solicitation for NSFNET. EDUCOM believes that the draft solicitation does not require proper continuity in transition from the current NSFNET to the new one, that the routing authority described in the solicitation is inadequate, and that the soliciation is unclear about the standard of services to be provided. (7/31/92)

eq_access_mobile_svc_ntia_fcc.letter

Letter from Larry Irving, et al., to FCC Chairman Hundt, expressing concerns about the effects of equal access obligations on CMRS providers.

fcc_pcs_060994.order

FCC Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Personal Communications Services. This memo (6/9/94) covers spectrum division, geographic boundaries, and many other issues relating to the establishment of new Personal Communications Services.

fcc_pcs_mod_060994.announce

6/9/94 announcement of the FCC decision to adopt the amendments contained in fcc_pcs_060994.order

foia_doc.note

explanation of how to make requests for information from the Department of Commerce under the Freedom of Information Act

g7_chair_conclusions.report

G7 (the "Group of Seven" Nations) conclusions about the development of the global information infrastructure (adopted 2/95) For action alerts and statements on the G7 GII report's relevance to free speech issues, see http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/GII_NII (ftp.eff.org, /pub/Censorship/GII_NII).

gii_access_032095_vtf_doc_irving.speech

Remarks by Larry Irving at the Vermont Telecommunications Forum (3/20/95). Irving concentrates mainly on the NII issues that most closely relate to rural areas, such as universal access and competition. He also mentions some educational programs that involve the internet.

gii_co-op_iitf.agenda

the Information Infrastructure Task Force document "The Global Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Cooperation." The document covers the "Five Basic Principles," encouraging private investment, promoting competition, providing open access, creating a flexible regulatory environment, and ensuring universal service. The document also discusses encouraging the use of the GII, and implementing the GII.

gii_co-op_iitf_agenda.html

gii_co-op_iitf.agenda in html format

gii_gore_buenos_aires.speech

Vice President Gore's 3/21/94 speech to the International Telecommunications Union in Buenos Aires. Gore discusses potential benefits of the Global Information Infrastructure and possible means of achieving universal access. Gore also mentioned the five fundamental principles for implementing GII, and proposed the creation of a Global Digital Library.

gii_iitf.note

Short IITF document on the Global Information Infrastructure. Maybe some less parochial memes are catching on?

gore_cfc_101794.speech

10/17/94 remarks by Gore on Telecommunications Reform, at the Center for Communication. Gore talks about the importance of deregulation and competition in communications and technological industries, and the importance of maintaining a technological edge over other countries.

gore_nii.eff

EFF press release (12/21/93) regarding Gore's endorsement of EFF's Open Platform. Gore stresses the need for a balance between free competition and regulation, open and equal access, and private investment.

gore_nii.speech

Gore's remarks to the National Press Club 12/21/93. Gore says that people have to understand that the telecommunications industry is in its infancy, and that people have to understand that there will be applications of telecommunications technology that have not occured to anyone yet. With this in mind, it is important that the government neither over-regulate nor allow unfettered monopolies to dominate the telecommunications scene.

gore_shs.article

Article by Brock Meeks about Gore's 1/11/94 speech about the "electronic superhighway." Meeks is critical of the administration's sidestepping of the "universal service" issue, choosing to shift the burden of developing an implementation plan to the FCC, and of the administration's support for the Clipper chip and the FBI's Digital Wiretap Proposal.

gore_shs.speech

Gore's 1/11/94 speech at the Television Academy, along with a press release regarding the speech. Gore relates many interesting anecdotes, uses many interesting analogies, and describes the changes coming to the telecommunications industry. Gore describes the now familiar five principles of the development of the NII and explains why each is important. The acompanying press release describes the administration's proposals in much greater detail than Gore.

hiawg_iitf.charter

Charter of the IITF Health Information and Applications Working Group

hr1555_s652_052595_irving_doc.speech

Speech of Dept. of Commerce's Larry Irving: "A Consumers' Guide to Telecommunications Reform Legislation".

hr3626_hr3636_ecc-tfs.testimony

Collection of testimony given by telecommunications industry bigwigs to the House Energy and Commerce, Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee on 2/1/94 on the subject of interactive video-systems

hr3626_jc-ecls.testimony

Collection of testimony given by telecommunications industry people and administration officials to the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law concerning the Antitrust Reform Act HR 3626

iitf.faq

factsheet on IITF, what it is, and what it does.

iitf_021095.report

IITF report dated 2/10/95 -- mostly administrative information

iitf_041294.report

IITF report dated 4/12/94 -- mostly administrative information

iitf_071194.report

IITF report dated 7/11/94 -- mostly administrative information

iitf_081094.report

IITF report dated 8/10/94 -- mostly administrative information

iitf_091294.report

monthly IITF Committee Report for Sept. 1994

iitf_111294.report

IITF report dated 11/12/94 -- mostly administrative information

iitf_access.project

Summaries of activities in three "Mega-Projects." Mega-Project I: NII Vision and Goals Driven by Applications, Mega-Project II: Access to the NII, Mega-Project III: Privacy, Security, and Intellectual Property

iitf_bbs.announce

Press release (dated 12/16/93) announcing the operation of an IITF bbs, available via modem or over the internet

iitf_cat_nii_applications.paper

Selection of IITF papers examining eight areas in which NII applications may affect a positive change in the quality of life.

iitf_contact_info.faq

Basic information on IITF, including its mission, formation, organization, and how to contact some of its key figures.

iitf_goals_nii.paper

Selection of IITF papers, "The Information Infrastruc- ture: Reaching Society's Goals".

iitf_intprop_rfc.old

IITF Intellectual Property Draft Report - Request for Comments. September 1994.

iitf_nii_sec.minutes

Minutes of the first IITF meeting concerning "Security and the National Information Infrastructure," 2/18/94/

iitf_principles.comments

Commentary on the IITF privacy principles

iitf_principles.draft

draft of the IITF privacy principles

iitf_principles_comments.eff

EFF comments on the IITF privacy principles draft, including a history of privacy rights pertaining to information, and recommendations on how to improve existing electronic privacy rights.

iitf_principles_rfc.old

A draft of the IITF privacy principles, along with a request for comments from the public

iitf_priv_sec_i-p.project

Information on IITF Mega-Project III: Privacy, Security, and Intellectual Property and IITF Mega-Project I: NII Vision and Goals Driven by Applications

iitfac_101994_meeting.transcript

Transcript of the IITF meeting on October 19, 1994

iitfac_091394_meeting.transcript

Transcript of the IITF meeting on September 13, 1994

iitfac_120694_meeting.transcript

Transcript of the IITF meeting on December 6, 1994

ipwg091494_hearing.transcript

Transcript of the September 14, 1994 public hearing held by the IITF Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights

ipwg091694_hearing.transcript

Transcript of the September 16, 1994 public hearing held by the IITF Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights

ipwg092294_hearing.transcript

Transcript of the September 22, 1994 public hearing held by the IITF Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights

ipwg092394_hearing.transcript

Transcript of the September 23, 1994 public hearing held by the IITF Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights

ipwg_nii_ip_lehman.report

1995 ("White Paper") version of Commerce Dept. Intellectual Property Working Group report on intellectual property and the national information infrastructure. Most of the flaws of the earlier "Green Paper" version are still present in this version. The report was coordinated by PTO Commissioner Lehman.

ipwg_nii_ip_lehman_report.draft

1994 Draft ("Green Paper") version of Commerce Dept. IPWG report on intellectual property and the national information infrastructure. Considered seriously flawed by most informed analysists.

ipwg_nii_ip_report_samuelson.comments

Paula Samuelson's comments on the IPWG Intellectual Property Rights proposals, which she feels favor the publishers over the consumers and ignore legal precedents in favor of enacting potentially draconian restrictions.

irving_doc_foreign_own_030395.testimony

Larry Irving's testimony before the House Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Hazardous Materials on the subject of foreign ownership restrictions on telecommunications companies (3/3/95). Irving recaps the G-7 GII summit and quotes parts of Gore's address to the summit, and then states the administration's support for the opening of the American telecommunications industry for countries that open their telecommunications industries to American investors.

k12_fed_prog_contact.list

A list of federal resources for networking in K-12 education

nii_access_051394_ntia_cpuc_hearing.summary

Summary of NTIA and Calif. Pub. Utility Commission hearing on open access and the NII

nii_access_051394_ntia_cpuc_hearing.transcript

transcript of above hearing

nii_agenda_govt.paper

NII Agenda for Action, along with arguments to support the continued role of the government in the development of the NII.

nii_committee.announce

(3/14/94) press release announcing the members of the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council, including a list of the members.

nii_council_cits_ntia.letter

Letter to the NTIA from W. Curtiss Priest (dated 6/24/94) of the Center for Information, Technology, and Society requesting some additions to the NII Council.

nii_prinicples_progress.report

Clinton Administration "NII Progress Report" and "NII Principles and Actions: A Checklist of Progress" report, 93-94. See also WWW version at: gopher://www.arpa.mil:80/0/NII_Report_94.html

nii_sec_forum_071594.statements

Statements at a forum (7/15/94) devoted to security issues relating to the NII

nii_task_force.q-a

NII FAQ, includes information on the government's involvement, why the NII is important, who is on the NII Task Force, and how the NII will benefit the US economy

nii_task_force.report

Report on potential applications of the NII and the issues affecting these applications. Issues include providing equitable access, user acceptance, privacy, organizational learning, and intellectual property rights.

niiac_member.list

List of members of the NII Advisory Council

nist_atp.announce

Announcement that the NIST Advanced Technology Program will be working with the private sector on R&D projects in five program areas. Among the areas are an Information Infrastructure for healthcare, component-based software, and computer-integrated manufacturing for electronics.

nist_call_for_papers.notice

Call for papers and information, from NIST and the Public Policy Program of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on "Standards Development and Information Infrastructure"

nist_nii_framework.report

NIST report, "Framework for NII Services". See http://www.eff.org/papers/otherpapers.html for WWW version with graphics.

npr_it_082294.report

NPR report, "Reengineering Through Information Technology"

nsf_nap_vbns_original_92.rfc

NSF's August 1992 request for comments on a proposed solicitation covering two separate projects: a Network Access Point (NAP) Manager and Routing Authority (RA) organization; and a provider of very high speed Backbone Network Services. (vBNS).

nsf_nren.rfp

NSF program solicitation for several projects. The projects include designing and managing Network Access Points, functioning as a Routing Arbiter, serving as vBNS provider, and serving as Regional Network providers.

ntia_auth_030195_doc_irving.testimony

Testimony of Larry Irving on the reauthorization of the NTIA before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications. Irving touts the accomplishments of the NTIA and the importance of the NTIA's ongoing activities, including representing US interests in international telecommunications arenas, and telecommunications research.

ntia_fy96_032295_doc_irving.testimony

Testimony of Larry Irving, before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations, on FY1996 NTIA appropriations. Irving touts the accomplishments of the NTIA and the importance of the NTIA's ongoing activities, including representing US interests in international telecommunications arenas, telecommunications research, and policy analysis.

ntia_hearing_051494.summary

Summary of the 5/13/94 NTIA hearing "Innovation and the Public Interest: Open Access to the Information Society," by Steve Cisler. Cisler paraphrases the comments of the panel members

ntia_iitf_nii_94_hearings.report

NTIA report on universal service and open access hearings of 1994. Several themes are highlighted, among them how to pay for Universal Service in a competitive environment, how to implement Open Access policies, and what pricing principles should be adopted.

ntia_iitf_uniserv_conf.announce

Announcement of a "Virtual Public Conference on 'Universal Service and Open Access to the Telecommunications Network'" by NTIA and the IITF Universal Service Working Group. Topics of discussion will include redefining Universal Service and Open Access, Affordability and Availability, Intellectual Property, and Privacy

ntia_nii.faq

NTIA document Frequently Asked Questions about the NII. Begins with basic questions like "What is the NII?" and moves on to more complex questions about the benefits, funding mechanisms, and the IITF. Concludes with four as yet unanswered questions.

ntia_privacy_noi.old

February 11, 1994, NTIA Notice of Inquiry and Request for Comments in the Federal Register entitled "Inquiry on Privacy Issues Relating to Private Sector Use of Telecommunications Related Information."

ntia_staff.list

NTIA phone roster, dated March 1995

ntia_uniserv_access_noi.old

NTIA Notice of Inquiry on NII universal service & open access issues. * TIME SENSITIVE - DEADLINE: DEC. 14, 1994

oei_created_by_nist.notice

8/1/94 press release regarding the then newly created Office of Enterprise Integration, which will help industry make use of NIST developed NII applications.

omb_gils.notice

OMB bulletin on establishment of a Government Information Locator Service (GILS)

ostp_nren_congress.report

Office of Science and Technology Policy report to congress on the National Research and Education Network Program. The report addresses six specific issues: funding mechanisms for maintenance and use of the network; future operation and evolution of the network; how commercial information service providers could be integrated into the network financially; the technological feasibility of integrating commercial information service providers into the network; intellectual property issues (copyright protection); and privacy policies.

ota_e-commerce_report.announce

Announcement (dated 5/31/94) of an Office of Technology Assessment report on electronic commerce. The report proposes that the government must set standards and influence private sector choices so that the NII is "seamless and interoperable" in order for US businesses to benefit fully.

ota_wireless.announce

press release about OTA report and meetings dealing w/ issues of tying in wireless comm. services to the NII

ota_wireless.proposal

detailed proposal about the above.

putting_ii_to_work_iitf.report

IITF report: "Putting Information Infrastructure to Work"

putting_ii_to_work_iitf.comments

public comments from a variety of individuals and organizations on the above report

s1822_doc_irving_092094.testimony

Dept. of Commerce Asst. Secy. Larry Irving's Sept. 20 1994 US Senate testimony before the Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights Subcommittee of the Judiciary on S. 1822, the would-be Communications Act of 1994 (Senate companion to the Markey bill, HR. 3636, which implemented most of EFF's Open Platform NII provisions)

satel_gii_doc_irving_hr_072894.testimony

Dept. of Commerce's Larry Irving testimony to House of Rep. on satellite-based technologies and the GII

sub_line_charge_ntia_fcc.letter

Letter from Larry Irving (of the Commerce Department) to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt asking him to review billing regulations that may slow the development of the NII

tiiap_awards_94.list

List of awards granted by TIIAP for FY94

tiiap_grants_94.announce

Press release announcing the awards listed in tiiap_awards_94.list

tiiap_grants_94.summary

Summary of TIIAP grants for FY94

tiiap_grants_94_brown.comments

Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's comments on the FY94 awards

tiiap_ntia.faq

Frequently Asked Questions about the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP)

tpwg_cat_iitf.charter

Charter of the Technology Policy Working Group of the Committee on Applications and Technology of IITF

wh_npr_i-t.report

White House Nat'l. Performance Review report on "Reengin- eering Through Information Technology - Part I"

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link to directory on the Exon/Coats "Communications Decency Act" and other Internet censorship legislation

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link to directory of info on GII/NII and other email/electronic communications privacy and security issues.

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National Telecommunication & Information Administration, and Information Infrastructure Task Force servers

WWW - Gopher

National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council Gopher Server

(NIIAC is a govt-organized civilian advisory council.)

US Govt. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) FTP Server

US Govt. FCC Gopher/WWW Server

US Govt. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) NII & Intellectual Propery WWW Server

Clinton Administration's NII Progress, Priniciples & Action Report

NIST's "Framework for NII Services" Report

MIT Research Program on Communications Policy (RPCP)

Government Policy & the Information Superhighway

(from the National Library of Australia. Focusses on Aus. govt. policy, but also features several other countries.

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