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       SUMMARY OF ELECTRONIC PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWSLETTER
                  VOL. 2, NO. 24; DEC. 18, 1992


Clinton Conference
The lead article is on that part of the Clinton Economic Conference
where a National Information Infrastructure is discussed. The
article highlights an exchange between Robert Allen of AT&T and
Vice President Gore on the role government. Also, cited in the
article are the relevant parts of Clinton's position paper on an
technology regard an national information network. [967 words]

IIA Policy Paper
This article summarizes the information policy paper prepared by
the Information Industry Association for the Clinton
administration. The IIA's seven "information principles" are cited
as well as the IIA position on copyright, privacy, and state and
local government regulation. [697 words]

Owens Bill Comparison
A sidebar compares the IIA's seven information principles with the
relevant sections of the "Improvement of Information Access Act of
1991, which was introduced by Rep. Major Owens, D-NY, the only
librarian in Congress. The comparison shows a considerable meeting
of the minds, noting however that Owens places more emphasis on a
pro-active "dissemination" role for government, whereas the IIA is
more concerned about "public access" to information. [290 words]

Internet Information
This article lists the major sources with addresses of government
information available over the Internet. WAIS is reviewed along
with the FEDIX system. Agencies with information on the Internet
include Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, Dept. of Agriculture, NOAA,
Library of Congress and Food and Drug Administration. [965 words]

Latin America Medical Networking
An accompanying story deals with the success of the Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO) in launching a medical computer network,
BITNIS, for Latin America. The article was written by Dr. Carlos
Gamboa of the PAHO. [352 words]

ERIC database
Education and Labor Committee Chairman William Ford has written to
the Secretary of Education to protest plans by the Department to
allow the ERIC facility to charge a royalty fee for third party use
of the ERIC database, the world's largest for educational
bibliographic material. At the same time, the Dept. said it would
probably not move forward with plans to impose the fee until the
Clinton administration has had a chance to review the matter. [534
words]

Calendar
Upcoming events include two seminars on information related
subjects by the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at
Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Software
Publishers Association convention. [381 words]

Essay
This issue's essay discusses the influence of the computer industry
on the formulation of President-elect Clinton's telecommunications
program. Clinton's position paper, "Technology: Engine of Economic
Growth," which calls for a national information infrastructure,
reflects more than anything a corporate point of view. [508 words]
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