EFF "Information Infrastructure - NREN & NSFNet" Archive

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boucher_nren_net92.speech

March 1992 Remarks of Congressman Fred Boucher (D-VA) before the National Net '92 Conference.

cisler_nren.report

Presentations by Steve Cisler (Apple) in 1990 regarding NREN.

educom_nsf_nren_rfp.comments

July 1992 Comments of EDUCOM Networking and Telecommunications Task Force on National Science Foundation Draft Solicitation for NSFNET

fcc_nii_kapor_eff_050191.testimony

Mitchell Kapor's testimony for the FCC hearing "Networks of the Future." Kapor stresses the importance of designing the NPN as a platform, in order to allow independant companies to develop applications, and the importance of designing the NPN in such a way that it is easy for a beginner to use.

harvard_nren_conf_cisler.summary

Presentations by Steve Cisler (Apple) in 1990 regarding NREN.

hpcci_cspp_91.report

December 1991 report by the Computer Systems Policy Project "Expanding the Vision of High Performance Computing and Communications: Linking America for the Future" discussing the history, goals and futures of HPCCI including recommendations by the project.

library_nren.papers

This file contains the text of six short pieces and a longer discussion paper prepared for the American Library Association confernce in June 1990. They include perspectives from different types of libraries: 1."Developing the Information Superhighway" by Edwin Brownrigg 2."A Public Library Perspective" by Lois Kershner 3."The National Research and Education Network For Special Libraries" by Steve Cisler 4."Electronic Networking at Davis Senior High School" by Janet Meizel 5."Free-neting" by T.M. Grundner 6."Electronic Networking for California State and Public Libraries" by Gary Strong, Kathy Hudson, and John Jewell 7. "Thoughts on the National Research and Education Network " by Vinton Cerf. c. 1990

nren_library_automation.paper

Fall of 1989 paper "Library Automation and the National Research Network," by Clifford A. Lynch, Director of the Division of Library Automation, University of California Office of the President discussing the history, future and implications of library automation.

nren_npn_nii_kapor_eff.outline

This is an unformatted version of the overheads used at MIT's Imformation Marketplace Symposium on October 12. Attendees received a copy of the Open Road paper in their conference materials. This document is dated. For the latest version of EFF's Open Platform proposal, which no longer focusses on ISDN, NPN, NREN, etc., see ftp.eff.org, pub/EFF/Policy/Open_Platform/op2.0 or later version (op2.1, etc.)

nren_npn_nii_kapor_eff.rfc

Mitch Kapor's September 1991 memo " Building The Open Road: The NREN As Test-Bed For The National Public Network"

nren_polly.article

Jean Armour Polly's,(Manager of Network Development and User Training NYSERNet, Inc.) Feb 1993 discussion "NREN for All: Insurmountable Opportunity" Discussing history, future, problems and possibilities for NREN

nren_privacy_cpsr.statement

Marc Rotenberg's (CPSR) July 1992 statement before the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences (NCLIS) at the Open Forum on Library and Information Service's Roles in the National Research and Education Network (NREN)

nsf_nren.rfp

The NSF's request for comments invites proposals for one or more NAP Manager organizations to arrange for and oversee NAPs (as specified below) where the vBNS, NSPs, and other appropriate networks may interconnect. May 1993

nsfnet_hr_sst-s_920312.testimony

Testimonies before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Science public hearing on the topic of "Management of NSF Network."

nsfnet_hr_sst-s_920312.testimony.ps.gz

PostScript version of nsfnet_hr_sst-s_031293.testimony

nsfnet_oral_kapor_eff_hr_031292.testimony

Mitchell Kapor's testimony (with introduction and notes) before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Science. Kapor talks about the importance of subsidizing the network at the local level, rather than subsidizing the service providers, promoting a business presence on the internet, making the net accessible to all, and promoting the development of networking applications to make the net an easy-to-use, valuable tool for all users.

nsfnet_written_kapor_eff_hr_031292.testimony

Mitchell Kapor's testimony before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Science. Kapor talks about the importance of subsidizing the network at the local level, rather than subsidizing the service providers, promoting a business presence on the internet, making the net accessible to all, and promoting the development of networking applications to make the net an easy-to-use, valuable tool for all users.

open_road.eff

Mitch Kapor's September 1991 memo " Building The Open Road: The NREN As Test-Bed For The National Public Network"

ostp_nren_congress.report

The National Research and Education Network Program's December 1992 Report to Congress Submitted by the Director Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to a requirement of The High Performance Computing Act of 1991 discussing 1.Purpose of creating the NREN Program 2. Conceptual Architecture of NREN 3. Management of NREN 4. Funding of NREN 5. Implementation of NREN 6. Commercial Use of the NREN 7. Protection of intellectual property, privacy and security in NREN 8. NREN Constituencies and their concerns 9. Plans and Mechanisms to Address Significant issues 10.Management/ Coordination of the HPCC Program

ostp_nren_congress_rpt.ps.gz

The National Research and Education Network Program's December 1992 Report to Congress Submitted by the Director Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to a requirement of The High Performance Computing Act of 1991 discussing 1.Purpose of the NREN Program 2. Conceptual Architecture of NREN 3. Management of NREN 4. Funding of NREN 5. Implementation of NREN 6. Commercial Use of the NREN 7. Protection of intellectual property, privacy and security in NREN 8. NREN Constituencies and their concerns 9. Plans and Mechanisms to Address Significant issues 10. Management/ Coordination of the HPCC Program

privatize_nren_kapor_eff_021491.paper

Mitch Kapor's (EFF) Feb 1991 recommendations on the privatizations of NREN

sterling_hstf.testimony

Testimony of Bruce Sterling, on the "National Research and Education Network" before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Washington DC, April 29, 1993. Excerpt: "...However, it's a truism in technological development that no silver lining comes without its cloud. Today I'd like to mention two or three trifling problems that have come up that were not entirely obvious from the perspective of the early 1990s." Sterlings novel [pun intended] testimony is presented as the comments of a hypothetical NII worker from the 21st Century. This is probably the first time science fiction has been presented as testimony to a Congressional hearing.

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