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Benton is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private foundation, based in Washington DC. Benton's mission is to promote communications tools, applications, and policies in the public interest. Through demonstration projects, media production and publishing, research, conferences, and grantmaking, Benton probes relationships between the public, corporate, and nonprofit sectors to address the critical questions for democracy in the information age. Main site areas include Library, Related Sites, About Benton, Contents, Feedback, Help and Search.
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Provided by the Association of Research Libraries for their members, the Federal Relations E-News offers the members a way to keep abreast of the legislative landscape, as well as the rapidly changing issues, players, legislative vehicles and priorities. While the focus is primarily on U.S. initiatives, there is also review of Canadian activity. ARL is seeking to provide regular updates on Canadian legislation to members.
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Great information resource - the Center for Democracy and Technology is a leading advocate for democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. The Center engages in a range of activities and debates that will affect the future of free expression and privacy on global communications networks. CDT seeks practical solutions to problems and is dedicated to building broad consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media. Site areas include Mission, Who is CTD?, Policy Posts, Join Us, Links and Jobs. Additional site areas include Digital Certificates, International Issues, Digital Infrastructure, Counter Terrorism and Domain Name System.
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Established in 1984, the U.S. General Services Administration's, Center for IT Accommodation (CITA) is nationally recognized as a model demonstration facility for instituting accessible information environments, services and management practices. The mission of the Center for IT Accommodation is to advance technologies and policies which enhance access to electronic information for persons with disabilities. Site areas include CITA Services and Activities; People with Disabilities and the NII: Breaking Down Barriers, Building Choices; "Make Your Web Page Accessible; Public & Non-Profit Resources; CITA Handbook; Current Projects; Using the TDD/TTY Device; Accommodating Desktop Users; Ergonomic Product Vendors; and CITA Staff Directory. The site is searchable.
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A fine resource for tracking communications policy and practice, this is part of the Benton Foundation (U.S.) website. Benton's CPP project is defining the public interest in the information age by documenting the effective uses of new communications tools, building a national network of activists and innovators to shape the emerging communications environment, and equipping them with policy analysis, case studies, lessons from the field and public opinion research. This site provides access to various papers and resources in Policy and Practice.
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Indiana organization advocating local and long distance phone competition, bridging the digital divide, broadband & dsl access, and other issues of concern for telecommunication policy makers.
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Promoting competition, investment and innovation within broadband technology and telecommunications to the benefit all Americans.
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Through Destination Democracy, Benton has created a tool for people to tackle the tough issue of campaign finance. This multiple-media initiative uses video, the World Wide Web, and electronic conferencing to provide citizens with the tools to help them map and understand the route to true campaign finance reform. Site areas include The Problem, New on this Site, Road Test, Routes to Reform, Are We There Yet? And About Destination Democarcy.
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FCC Staff Working Paper on Internet Policy from May 1997.
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Who holds the keys to online privacy? This EPIC resource addresses Clipper Chip, digital signatures, key escrow, export controls, international policies and more. Recent crypto news and documents, as well as reports and reference links on many policy areas on cryptography.
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In January, 1998 the European Union opened the telecom market to competition. For the first time in an area of 380 million people, there is growing competition in the local, long distance, and international markets. The ECTA is a forum for carriers, service providers, resellers, and network operators in Europe. ECTA members network within the European telecom industry and have available a collective reference for country specific information on regulatory issues, business development and networking events in Europe. Site areas include; About ECTA, Membership, Press, European Market and Events.
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The Interconnect Atlas provides a country-by-country description of the status of interconnection in Europe. 12 European countries and the general European regulatory framework are currently included, and this will be expanded to cover all 18 Member States of the European Economic Area.
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This site provides links to good and updated resources (papers and speeches) in three major areas - Globalisation and the Information Society, Digital signatures and encryption and Internet Governance.
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This portion of the U.C. Berkeley library webserver provides links to a wide variety of European Union Internet resources.
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The United States government has prepared a strategy to help accelerate the growth of global commerce across the Internet. Under the leadership of Vice President Gore, an interagency working group on Electronic Commerce1 has prepared this framework. The FRAMEWORK establishes a set of principles to guide policy development, outlines the Administration positions on a number of key issues related to electronic commerce, and provides a road map for international negotiations, where appropriate. It also identifies which government agencies will take the lead in implementing this work.
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This site provides summary information on the G7 Information Society Pilot Projects. Theme areas include Global Inventory, Global Interoperability for Broadband Networks, Cross-Cultural Training and Education, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Museums and Galleries, Environment and Natural Resources Management, Global Emergency Management, Global Healthcare Applications, Government Online, Global Marketplace for SMEs and Maritime Information Systems.
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A very useful site, dealing with a comparative review of domain dispute resolution policies; how different countries deal with trademark issues and domain names. Information offered includes Country NIC, NIC URL, NIC Contact, Domain Dispute Policy URL and Relevant Policy Portion (Date) for 50 countries - with links into those entities. The info on the site is dated 1997, however the site claims to be preparing for a major revision.
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The Harvard Information Infrastructure Policy Gateway is a top-level guide to resources on the World Wide Web. It has been developed to provide curriculum support for the joint HBS/HLS/KSG course on Internet business strategy, law, and policy (STP-307 in the Kennedy School catalog). However, it is also available to the public as a resource for policy analysts and researchers in all sectors and for students at other schools. Last update 1997.
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Horrocks Technology publishes information on telecommunications in Europe. They offer the European Guide to Telecommunications Standards, the European Guide to Telecommunications Liberalisation and the European Regulatory and Policy Documents. Page lasted updated in September 1997.
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Community organization seeking to maintain Ohio's position as a trendsetter in telecommunication policy with issues such as increasing broadband access and local and long distance telephone competition.
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The White House formed the Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) to articulate and implement the Administration's vision for the National Information Infrastructure (NII). The task force consists of high-level representatives of the Federal agencies that play a major role in the development and application of information and telecommunications technologies. Site areas include About Us, What's New, Electronic Commerce, NIST's Year 2000 Web Site, Calendar of Events, Committees & Working Groups, Press Releases, Activity Reports, Documents, Virtual Library, Speeches & Testimony and Other Links.
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Global discussion forum for telecoms regulation  Site in French, German and English. Site areas include Welcome, News & Events, Discussion Forum, Resources, Submit Papers, Members' Hall of Fame, Feedback Please, FAQ and Your Details.
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Many countries are actively considering adopting national id cards for a variety of functions. These include the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Over the past seven years, Privacy International has been at the forefront of opposing these proposals in a number of countries including Australia, New Zealand, the Phillippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These pages are an attempt to bring together materials based on PI members' experiences on opposing the proposals. Site last updated July 1997.
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On May 8, 1996, Netscape Communications Corporation, joined by Voxware, Inc. and InSoft, Inc., asked the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss a petition filed by a group of small long-distance telephone companies seeking to immediately ban the sale of all Internet telephony software Netscape's brief to the FCC proposed that the federal government forbear from regulation of Internet services, preempt state public utility commission regulation of Internet "telecommunications," and promote the interests of the Internet and US Internet-centric firms in the global communications marketplace. Netscape's opposition is posted here in full, with only stylistic modifications to the format in order to utilize the more robost capabilities of HTML, the "mark-up" language of the WWW. Dated May 1996.
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On April 12, 1996, Netscape Communications Corporation initiated a project designed to assist the Federal Communications Commission in achieving the "universal telecommunications service" goals of the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996 without interfering in the continued growth and development of the Internet and World Wide Web. Netscape's formal comments to the FCC on universal service are included here in full, with only stylistic modifications to the format in order to utilize the more robost capabilities of HTML, the "mark-up" language of the WWW. Dated April 1996.
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This portion of the OECD Science, Technology & Industry site includes access to these areas - Information & Communications Policy, Information Economy, Information Security & Privacy, Electronic Commerce, Consumer Policy and Telecoms & Information Services. Lots of good papers available via this site, very good resource.
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The OIT's IT Policy On-Ramp is a great site for federal IT professionals. The mission of the U.S.Office of Information Technology is to promote the strategic management and effective use of federal information technology through the collaborative development. Site areas cover Hot IT Policy Programs, including Year 2000 Directories, Performance Pathways, Accessibility and Best Practices. General IT policy sections involve Acquisition, ArchitecturePlus, Capital Planning, CIO Council, GITS Board, Federal Webmasters, IT Directory, ITRB, 1000x2000 Program, Legislation, Policy, Regulations, IRMCO, Our Organization, Reengineering (BPR), Records Management, Trail Boss and Virtual Library. There is also Schedule of Events, What's New and This Week's Top Buzz.
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Open Studio: The Arts Online, a partnership between Benton and the National Endowment for the Arts, is a joint effort to establish public points of access to the Internet at arts and cultural institutions throughout the country. In addition, associated training programs will enable artists and art institutions to become effective information providers on the World Wide Web. Site areas include The Project, Access Sites, Mentor Sites, Forums, Toolkit and Art Sites.
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May 1994 paper from the Ministry of International Trade & Industry.
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pur.com is the homepage for Public Utilities Reports, Inc. (PUR) provides information and analysis for the electric utility, natural gas, telecommunications, and water industries. Our publications and seminars cover all aspects of energy and power markets, deregulation and restructuring trends, energy prices, electric and gas utility rates, mergers & acquisitions, government regulation, and new technology. Get the latest news from utility companies, energy service organizations, state commissions and the FERC.
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