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The Federal Government and Information Technology Standards: Building the National Information Infrastructure.
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Radack, Shirley M. – Government Information Quarterly, 1994
Examines the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the development of the National Information Infrastructure (NII). Highlights include the standards process; voluntary standards; Open Systems Interconnection problems; Internet Protocol Suite; consortia; government's role; and network security. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Consortia, Federal Government
Interagency Conference on Public Access.
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Pesachowitz, Alvin – Government Information Quarterly, 1992
Reports on a conference sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that addressed issues surrounding public access to government information, particularly in electronic format. Case studies of successful public access programs are described, and the National Research and Education Network (NREN) and other networks are discussed. (two…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Conferences
Symposium on Legislative Information Support Systems.
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Bortnick, Jane; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1991
This issue includes six articles that discuss access to information provided by computerized databases and communications networks for legislators. Highlights include state legislative systems; information systems in the Senate; online services in the House of Representatives; information technology in the Congressional Research Service; the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries
Information Technology Standards: A Component of Federal Information Policy.
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Moen, William E. – Government Information Quarterly, 1994
Discusses the need for proposing and implementing an information technology standards policy for the federal government. Topics addressed include the National Information Infrastructure (NII); voluntary standards among federal agencies; private sector organizations; coordinating the use of standards; enforcing compliance; policy goals; a framework…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Computer Networks, Cooperation, Federal Government
Information "Publics" and Equitable Access to Electronic Government Information: The Case of Agriculture.
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Shill, Harold B. – Government Information Quarterly, 1992
Argues that making agricultural information produced by the federal government in electronic formats available through private vendors may lead to inequitable access for its users and challenges the federal government's role in the dissemination of agricultural information. An information public for agricultural information is defined, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agriculture, Computer Networks, Databases
The Central Information Services Function in County Governments: From Controller to Enabler.
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Fletcher, Patricia T.; Bertot, John Carlo – Government Information Quarterly, 1994
Discussion of the role of county government regarding the management of information technology focuses on a national study of the centralized management of information technology that was conducted to identify practices; assess benefits, costs, and constraints; enumerate critical success factors; and identify future challenges. (Contains 12…
Descriptors: Budgets, Case Studies, Centralization, Computer Networks
Symposium on the Summary Report of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services: Information 2000: Library and Information Services for the 21st Century.
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Curtis, Jean M.; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1992
Eight articles discuss the ramifications of the summary report of the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services ("Information 2000") from the perspectives of documents librarians, special libraries, the American Library Association, and Native American library services. The conference themes of democracy, literacy,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, American Indians, Computer Networks, Copyrights