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Hinchman, David B. – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools across the nation to increase their reliance on IT to deliver educational instruction to students. This amplified the vulnerability of K-12 schools to potentially serious cyberattacks. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review cybersecurity in K-12 schools. The objectives of this report…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Computer Security, Information Security, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1993
This document contains transcriptions of testimony and prepared statements on national technology policy with a focus on President Clinton and Vice President Gore's initiatives to support the development of a national information infrastructure. On the first day of the hearing testimony was received from Edward H. Salmon, Chairman, New Jersey…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Government Role, Information Networks, Information Technology
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Walsh, John – Science, 1988
Discusses the addition of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration database to the National Science Foundation's NSFnet data communication network. Outlines the history of databases in the United States and enumerates proposed upgrades from a new Office of Science and Technology policy report. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computers, Databases, Government Role
Webre, Philip – 1993
In 1991 the Federal Government initiated the multiagency High Performance Computing and Communications program (HPCC) to further the development of U.S. supercomputer technology and high-speed computer network technology. This overview by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concentrates on obstacles that might prevent the growth of the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Educational Technology
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1994
The use of information networks for business and government is expanding enormously. Government use of networks features prominently in plans to make government more efficient, effective, and responsive. But the transformation brought about by the networking also raises new concerns for the security and privacy of networked information. This…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Cryptography
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1994
The House Armed Services Committee asked the GAO (General Accounting Office) to examine the HPCC (High Performance Computing and Communications) program in terms of: (1) the effectiveness of the program's management structure in setting goals and measuring progress, and (2) how extensively private industry has been involved in the planning and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)