The purpose of this legislation is to establish the authority and provide the operational machinery needed for the effective and efficient management of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) equipment. Following the statement of the purposes of the bill, this report contains: a summary, discussion, the committee amendments, a section by section…

The purpose of the hearing reported is to obtain testimony from key officials of the executive branch and from representatives of the voluntary computer standards effort, as to the progress that has been made in the implementation of Public Law 89-306. (For the committee report see LI 003 853.) Interest of the hearing is particularly oriented to…

A selected, annotated bibliography of more than 300 publications pertaining to all aspects of the problem of privacy in the computer age is presented. The largest part of the entries are for the years 1965-1967. The report is divided into three parts: an essay overview of the problem of privacy and the computer; the bibliography, in which the…

Various petitions submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for reconsideration and the FCC's response and discussion of these petitions are described in this memorandum. First, the questions raised by the petitioners are presented: "Did the Commission err in deciding not to impose a complete bar on communications common…

Various aspects of the use of copyrights for computer programs are discussed including: the history of copyright protection for programs, applications of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976, rights of the copyright owner, formalities for acquiring copyright protections, and enforcing the copyright. (BH)

The rapidly expanding use of teleprocessing, which is taken to mean automated data processing (ADP) which makes direct use of data transmission via switched or long distance non-switched telecommunications facilities, has highlighted the urgent need for the development of standards for data communications and the computer-communications interface.…

The rapid growth of data communications and remote-access computing has outpaced the ability of industrial organizations to adapt to change, and at the same time has outpaced the ability of government policy making organizations to guide the evolution of this new technology. This book focuses on a number of important issues awaiting resolution by…

The testimony of Robert G. Gillespie before the House Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology is presented concerning a bill to establish a national commission to study the scientific and technological implications of information technology in education. (SF)

This compilation of abstracts provides brief descriptions of the 74 new public laws relating to computers and information policy that were enacted during the 95th Congress. Each of these bills is concerned with information, although the diverse subject matter--e.g., energy and clean water, food and health, foreign investments, ethics in…

Vertical integration stands as the salient structural configuration of the telecommunications equipment market. Computer hardware manufacturers are obviously potential competitors with the captive telecommunications equipment suppliers. Direct government policies, such as patents and a permissive attitude toward mergers, and indirect policies,…

The proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Intergovernmental Council for ADP-ICA, are contained in this, the 7th issue of the ICA-Information, the Council's official publication. The proceedings include the edited minutes of the sessions, which covered the following topics: Management information systems for the government, Policy…

This annotated bibliography covers international telecommunications, concentrating on reports with possible policy implications for the Office of Telecommunications Policy and other government/industry agencies. Since the scope of international telecommunications policy is broad, the bibliography attempts to provide a framework useful in defining…

This study sought to identify physical facilities needed to connect the six New England land-grant universities. Criteria were time (use of current technology), cost (regular operating budgets of participating institutions), minimal personnel requirements, flexibility, and compatibility. The telephone system, an existing microwave network, a…

In light of federal legislation requiring colleges and universities to provide accurate institutional information to the public, the first two stages of development of the Consumer's Institutional Information System at the University of Missouri-Columbia are described. (BH)