EFF "Information Infrastructure - Old & Historical Material" Archive

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cni_cpsr_conf_cisler.summaries

This report summarizes two conferences that focused on various aspects of national networking issues, Coalition for Networked Information, Nov.21-22, 1991 Pentagon City, Virginia and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, Nov. 23, 1991 Washington, DC.

cullen_s1822.testimony

Testimony of James Cullen (President, Bell Atlantic) on S1822 (3/2/94). Cullen's testimony is amazingly vague, with few specific references to the bill itself or to policy issues, but rather to undescribed "agreements" between Bell Atlantic and publishers associations. He argues that the requirement in the bill that telecommunications companies cannot offer any gateway services to less than 100% of its subscribers places an undue economic burden on firms and will slow development.

framework_93_eff.op

EFF's June 1993 "Toward A New Public Interest Communications Policy Agenda for the Information Age: A Framework for Discussion" This document is dated. For the latest version of EFF's Open Platform proposal, which no longer focusses on ISDN, see ftp.eff.org, pub/GII_NII/Old/op_eff_2.1

hr1757_93.bill

Full text of HR1757

hr1757_93_vote.count

Voting statistics on HR1757

hr1757_boucher.eff

Letter from the EFF to Rep Boucher in May of 1993 in enthusiastic support of H.R. 1757. The bill as introduced offers a fully articulated vision of how the National Research and Education Network program can benefit all Americans. The applications it calls for in education, health care, libraries, and access to information will ensure that the benefits of high-speed networking flow broadly and respond to important national concerns. The bill also addresses other critical issues, such as the importance of local communications, network security and privacy, the integrity of information, and making the network easy to use for nonspecialists.

hr3515_91_telecom.bill

November 1991 Transcription of the Telecommunications Act of 1991 by J. Bryant. Note: This bill did not pass. Mr. Bryant's prediction fortunately did not come true telcos have no monopoly on online services. However, the telecom market as of 1995 will *still* be a regulatory nightmare with local-loop telephony dominated by monopolies.

hr3626_brooks_dingell.bill

Text of HR3626, sponsored by Reps Brooks and Dingell

hr3626_brooks_dingell.mfj

Summary of HR3626, which will deregulate many areas of RBOC operation

hr3626_brooks_dingell.summary

Summary of the goals and implementation of HR3626

hr3626_brooks_dingell_changes_eff.note

Summary of the ammendments to HR3626

hr3626_hr3636_ecc-tfs.testimony

Collection of testimonies given regarding HR3626 and HR3636

hr3626_jc-ecls.testimony

Collection of testimonies given regarding HR3626

hr656_91_gore_hpc.bill

Text of the HR656, High Performance Computing Act of 1991

hr820_nat_compet.bill

Text of HR80 including amendments

infra_hr3515_kapor_eff_102491.testimony

Testimony of Mitch Kapor (EFF) before the Subcommittee on Telecom and Finance regarding telecommunications infrastructure legislation and proposals on October 24, 1991.

inouye_nii_s2195.bill

Text of S2195, the National Public Telecommunications Infrastructure Act of 1994, sponsored by Daniel Inouye

intelligent_nets_kapor_eff_fcc_030392.testimony

Mitchell Kapor's testimony before the FCC in the matter of intelligent networks. Kapor stresses the importance of standard setting, preserving free speech and privacy rights, and universal service.

markey_fields_hr3636.amend

Amendments to the post-initial-markup Markey-Fields bill HR 3636

markey_fields_hr3636.bill

Text of HR3636

markey_fields_hr3636.mfj

Summary of HR3636

markey_fields_hr3636.old

Original text of HR3636

markey_fields_hr3636_changes_eff.note

Explanations of amendments to both HR3626 and HR3636

markey_fields_hr3636_eff.analysis

EFF analysis of the goals and implemenation of the original bill and the amendments

markey_fields_hr3636_eff.announce

EFF announcement of HR3636, with a statement supporting the bill and its effects, and praise for its sponsors

markey_fields_hr3636_eff.summary

EFF summary of the bill, with comments and proposed changes, including requiring Opel Platform Services to be tarriffed at reasonable rats, adding information infrastructure access to the definition of universal service and ensuring public interest participation in redifining universal service obligations.

markey_hr3636.eff

Article by Daniel Weitzner about Rep. Markey's endorsement of EFF's Open Platform Proposal and about the Open Platform Proposal in general. The article also examines the political forces at work in the debate over the NII

markey_hr3636.statement

Press release regarding Markey's HR3636 passing unanimously in the House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee

markey_hr3636_kapor_eff_030394.testimony

Mitchell Kapor's testimony before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on HR3636. Kapor speaks in support of tariffing Open Platform services, setting schedules for Open Platform deployment, and open access to critical network components.

natl_competitiveness_s4.bill

Text of the National Competitiveness Act of 1993

nii_bills.summary

Summaries of the three "information highway bills"

op_response_eff.summary

Positive responses to the EFF's Open Platform Proposal from various sectors. NOTE: 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/GII_NII/Old/op_eff_2.1

op_eff_1.4

EFF's June 1992 Open Platform Proposal. NOTE: This document is dated. For the latest version of EFF's Open Platform proposal, which no longer focusses on ISDN, NREN, NPN, etc., see ftp.eff.org, pub/GII_NII/Old/op_eff_2.1

op_eff_2.1

the last version of EFF's Open Platform NII Proposal, the major EFF statement on information infrastructure issues.

op2_1_eff.summary

executive summary of OP 2.1

overview_eff.op

Summary of the EFF's Open Platform Proposal. NOTE: This document is dated. For the latest version of EFF's Open Platform proposal, which no longer focusses on ISDN, see ftp.eff.org, pub/GII_NII/Old/op_eff_2.1

s1067_89_gore_hpc.bill

Gore's introductory speech and the text of S1067, the High Performance Computer Technology Act

s1822_94_exon.amend

1994 version of what was issued in 1995 as the Exon bill

s1822_failure.statements

Statements from various people expressing disappointment (and not missing the chance to explain why the bill was important to them and their organizations) at the withdrawal of S1822

s1822_nii_hollings_danforth.bill

Text of S1822, the Communications Act of 1994 (pre-Exon amendment)

s1822_title-vii_amend.draft

This is a *draft* of the Clinton Administration's proposed regulatory scheme for interactive broadband networks. 1994. It was intended as an amendment to S.1822, the Senate's telecom reform bill, but was rejected (as was the entire bill eventually.)

s272_91_gore_hpc.bill

Text of S272

s272_cst-sts_030591.testimony

Collection of testimonies given on S272

s272_hr656_91_gore_hpc.act

The final version of the High-Performance Computing Act, as signed by the President

s2937_92_gore_ii.bill

Text of S2937, the Information Infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992, as introduced by Gore

s2937_92_gore_ii.summary

Statement from Gore about S2937, and a summary of the bill, which would make the resources of the NII available to schools, libraries, hospitals, and the manufacturing industry.

telecom_infra_s1086.bill

"Telecommunications Infrastructure Act of 1993". S.1086 introduced June 1993 To foster the further development of the Nation's telecommunications infrastructure through the enhancement of competition. Note: this bill did not pass

telecom_infra_s1086.summary

EFF's June 1993 summary of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Act of 1993 (S. 1086) which did not pass.

telecom_infra_s1086_kapor_eff.testimony

Mitch Kapor's September 1993 testimony before the Subcommittee on Communications regrading the Telecommunications Infrastructure Act of 1993 (S. 1086) which did not pass.

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