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Peer reviewedBeachboard, John C.; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1997
Argues that regulatory and rhetorical emphasis on telecommunications is skewing policy debate and undermining goals identified by Congress in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Critiques universal service provisions of the Act in terms of their economic and social implications, restates social objectives of expanding the definition of universal…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Economic Impact, Federal Legislation, Information Services
