Handel i gospodarka · 03/11/1994

Universal Service and Open Access to Telecommunications and Information Networks; Electronic Virtual Public Conference; Meetings

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Universal Service Working Group of the Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) will host an electronic Virtual Conference during the week of November 14-18, 1994. The Virtual Conference will culminate a year-long effort by the Clinton Administration to gather information and opinions about the issues of universal service and open access with respect to telecommunications and information networks. The Conference is part of the Administration's initiative to promote the development of a National Information Infrastructure (NII) and Global Information Infrastructure (GII). The Administration's report entitled the National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action, released on September 15, 1993, describes the benefits of networking technology and the potential for using the NII to create an electronic commons. The report includes the Administration's goals of extending universal service to the information infrastructure and using the NII to conduct government business. In addition, the Administration will be issuing in December, the Global Information Infrastructure Agenda for Cooperation, which wil