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The Federal Networking Council
Advisory Committee
High Performance Computing and
Communications
In his ``As
We May Think'', published in the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic Monthly,
Dr. Vannevar Bush first introduces the idea of hypertext. He described a
device called memex in which an ``individual stores his books, records and
communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with
exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his
memory.'' The essential feature of a memex is its ability to tie two items
together and to build trails through the information record. In this seminal
article, the then Director of the Office of Scientific Research and
Development urged scientists to take up the massive task of making more
accessible the bewildering store of human knowledge. For many years,
inventions have extended man's physical powers rather than the powers of his
mind. Bush argued that instruments were at hand which, if properly developed,
will give man access to and command over the inherited knowledge of the ages.
Fifty years later, computer and network technology is now arriving a point
where Bush's prescient vision can become a reality.
The Government Information Locator Service
(GILS) will provide a uniform framework for locating and accessing all
Federal information resources (earlier draft).
You can try out a prototype version of
GILS that locates information resources of the U.S. Geological Survey. The
GILS Profile provides
the full specification for the Government Information Locator System which
conformant servers must implement, including all aspects within and beyond the
scope of Z39.50 version
3. Further supporting documents are available from USGS.
On June 25 1993, The Office
of Management and Budget issued the OMB
A-130 Circular which provides new policies for managing government
information that encourage agencies to utilize new technologies to improve
public access. The OMB has draft legislation entitled The Government
Information Dissemination and Printing Act.
Congressional Office of
Technology Assessment report on the Electronic Delivery of
Federal Services.
Various electronic
newsletters reports on developments relevant to electronic access to
government. The American Library Association's Washington office puts out a
weekly newsletter.
Another source is the
Electronic Public Information Newsletter.
The Center for Global Communications at the
International University of Japan approaches the the digital
telecommunications revolution from a theoretical viewpoint drawing on world
systems theory and practical insights informed by work with the Japanese
government (e.g. Prime Minister's
Official Residence).
CONVERGENCE:
Art, Culture, and the National Information Infrastructure. A Facilitated
Conference on Arts and Humanities Policy Agendas for the National Information
Infrastructure, October 14-16, 1994, American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Cambridge, MA, USA.
Coalition for Networked
Information
Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility
The National Information
Infrastructure Testbed bring together business, government, and
educational institutions to fast track the the processing of moving advanced
communications technologies into the mainstream.
Commerce Net is a pilot consortium in
California's Silicon Valley that seeks to explore how electronic commerce can
work on the NII.
The Economics Department at the
University of Michigan maintains resource on Economics of the
internet.
The FINWeb catalogues many of
the best economics-related internet resources.
The SEC EDGAR Project
disseminates corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Online stock quotes are
provided by Security APL.
The Utterly Random Corporate
Survey illustrates the over-determination of digital telecommunications
revolution, especially when taken together with the top-down view of the U.S.
Executive Branch.
The Recipients of the
Best of the WWW Awards at WWW94.
Information
Resource by Service.
The are a variety of useful
ways to search the web including, the CUI W3 Catalogue, WWW
Indices, WWW
Wandering Robots. Of course, W3 Meta Indices are the
name of the game.
Daily News
Sources is distributed in email format by Sam Sternberg
(SAMSAM@VM1.YorkU.CA). Lauri.Saarinen@Helsinki.Fi
created the original html
version.
The Scout Report is a weekly
compilation of new information resources. It is part of the more general INTERNIC InfoGuide provided
by InterNIC Information Services.
Directory of Electronic Journals
and Newsletters is a handy index maintained by the Association of Research Libraries.
John C. Mallery