USEM 171: Civic/Political Issues

Public Access and the NII

Sample Civic Sites:

• The Free-Nets Home Page
• Palo Alto, CA
• 1994 California Election Returns
• Voter Online Information and Communication Exchange
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
• White House Information

Sample Documents:

• Vice President Gore's Remarks at the National Press Club 12/21/93
• Q&As from V.P Gore's Remarks at the National Press Club 12/21/93
• "The National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action"
• NII Open Access Hearing (May 13, 1994)
• Summary of Los Angeles Universal Service Hearing 02/16/94 (04/08/94)
• Summary of 03/29/94 Public Interest Summit (04/15/94)
• "Direct Democracy," by Evan Schwartz
• "The Case for a Jeffersonian Information Policy," by Mitch Kapor
• HR 3636: The Markey Bill
• EFF comments on the Markey Bill (HR 3636)
• Breaking the Barriers to the National Information Infrastructure
• The Information Infrastructure: Reaching Society's Goals -- An Investment in People with Disabilities
• State of Washington, Public Information Access Policy Task Force, Initial Recommendations (December 1, 1994)

Some Alternative Perspectives:

• A Canadian View: ANTICIPATING PUBLIC INTEREST AGENDAS IN AN INFORMATION SOCIETY, by Garth Graham
• Technology, by boog highberger (an anarchist view)
• A Discussion about Hacking (or, what "access" means to a hacker)
• "Technology and its mediated use," by Raoul Vaneigem
• "Political & Social Implications of the Net," by Steve Crocker
• "The Constitution in Cyberspace," by Laurence H. Tribe
• "The Case for a Completely Deregulated Free Market Telecommunications Industry," by Franklin Perez

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