USACM

Access to the Net and Information

USACM Files

• USACM White Paper "Bandwidth to the Home: Vital Component in Developing the Potential of the Internet?", June 1, 1997.

• USACM letter supporting American Bar Association proposal for new standard for legal citations, March 14, 1997.

• USACM Statement on the U.S. National Information Infrastructure - Access Issues, March 1993.

Other Files

• Jeff Johnson, Universal Access to the Net: Requirements and Social Impact, ACM SIGCHI'97 conference.

• Anderson, R.H., Bikson, T.K., Law, S.A., Mitchell, B.M. "Universal Access to E-Mail: Feasibility and Societal Implications, "RAND Report, 1995.

• Remarks by President Clinton on Education Technology and Connecting Classrooms, September 21, 1995.

• Coalition letter to Rep. Elders on access to government information, December 21, 1994.

Other Sources of Information

• National Telecommunication and Information Administration's site on the ditigital divide

• Government Reports produced by the Government Accounting Office

• The Benton Foundation is the legacy of William Benton (1900-1973), the founder of the advertising agency
  Benton & Bowles and publisher of the Encyclopedia Britannica. He was a public servant who championed
  free speech and civil liberties. He served as United States Senator, UNESCO Ambassador and University
  of Chicago Vice President. He was the first in Congress to propose the motion for expulsion of Joseph
  McCarthy from the U.S. Senate in 1951.