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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1969
Testimony given by Dr. John Rothman, Manager of Information Services, New York Times, before the General Subcommittee on Education ... describes the information retrieval system of the New York Times. He describes how the system will process material efficiently and economically, store it securely and in proper order, and make it available via…
Descriptors: Computer Output Microfilm, Data Processing, Documentation, Federal Legislation
Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC. – 1972
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…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Cable Television, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computers
Braunstein, Yale M.; And Others – 1977
Four major discussions are presented related to economic issues involved with property rights as applied to computer software and data bases. The first discussion qualitatively compares the relative incentives to computer software producers found in alternative regimes of copyright and trade secrecy. The latter is found to have certain…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Copyrights, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Istvan, Edwin J. – 1972
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.…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Federal Legislation, Information Needs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
This report documents the findings of an evaluation of the effectiveness of the information resources management aspects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-511) which went into effect on April 1, 1981. (This law was enacted as a result of concerns that the government must improve its collection, use, and dissemination of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Costs, Data Processing
Fawcett, Greg – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
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)
Descriptors: Computers, Consumer Protection, Data Processing, Federal Legislation
Law, Gordon F. – 1974
The report investigates issues in the assessment of the impact of vocational education and manpower training on the labor market. Structurally, the report begins with a review of Federal vocational education and manpower legislation and of evaluative research in vocational education and manpower training. Because this report is essentially an…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation
