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Gellman, Robert – Government Information Quarterly, 1997
The intention of S.1090 is to improve the existing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but in its current form, it is technologically out of date, will burden the administrative process, and will delay disclosure. Examines general considerations for amendments, technology and information law, and technological and administrative problems with the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrative Problems, Disclosure, Federal Legislation
McClure, Charles R.; Bertot, John Carlo – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Explores several methods through which to evaluate statewide electronic networks, and discusses key issues and preliminary findings that affect the successful evaluation of statewide networked services. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Government (Administrative Body)
Weingarten, Fred W. – American Libraries, 1996
Access to information through technology brings information policy to the forefront of legislative debates and libraries must articulate their interests in the process. Defines information policy and highlights conflicting perspectives and opinions. A model of technology practice explains the interest in information policy, where a change in one…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advocacy, Causal Models, Cultural Influences
Educom Review, 1996
Presents an interview with Reed Hundt, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), who implemented the Education Task Force to coordinate the FCC's role in educational provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He asserts that writing clear rules for the communications sector will promote competition and ensure educational…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Federal Legislation

McConnell, Bruce W. – Journal of Government Information, 1996
Electronic information transforms relationships among the elements of traditional publishing, creating new opportunities and new challenges, especially for the sustainability of information. A new model of information ecology suggests that current government information dissemination institutions and practices must transform themselves if access…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Electronic Publishing, Government Publications

Jaeger, Paul T.; McClure, Charles R.; Fraser, Bruce T. – Government Information Quarterly, 2002
Asserts that the federal government should adopt a centralized governmental structure for the privacy protection of personal information and data. Discusses the roles of federal law, federal agencies, and the judiciary; the concept of information privacy; the impact of current technologies; and models of centralized government structures for…
Descriptors: Centralization, Court Role, Federal Courts, Federal Government
Higginbotham, Julie S. – School Planning and Management, 1996
Acceptable-use policies help ensure appropriate Internet access in a New York State school district. The district's four elementary schools and one each junior high and high school are relying on a two-pronged strategy. A policy version for staff, and one for students and parents, couples tight supervision with a carefully crafted acceptable-use…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Policy, Internet

Bollier, David – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Discusses the control of digital content and the stakes for libraries and our democratic culture. Highlights include copyright term extension, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, use of contract law to limit the public domain, database legislation, trademarks versus the public domain, the void in our cultural vocabulary, and the concept of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Databases, Democracy

Connolly, Frank W. – T.H.E. Journal, 1995
Discusses the need for intellectual honesty in using technology. Topics include intellectual property laws; ethics; indirect results of copying software and images; the need for institutional policy; and the provision of facilities and resources that encourage respect for policy. A sidebar provides "A Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Ethics, Honesty, Information Policy

Stillman, Neil J.; Oslik, Norman – Government Information Quarterly, 1995
The fifth interagency conference explored ways that changes in technology, coupled with efforts to reinvent government, are redefining the policy and implementation issues of providing public access to federal information. Five groups were established to address issues and to develop recommendations; each group was divided into two sessions. Ten…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Conferences, Development, Discussion Groups
Case, Donald O. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1995
Examines contrasting scenarios of the proposed National Information Infrastructure and its antecedents, the Internet and the NREN (National Research and Education Network). Topics include a public network offering popular services versus a private, revenue-driven network; network development; information superhighway analogies; network benefits;…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Information Policy

Ng Tye, Eugenia M. W.; Chau, Patrick Y. K. – Journal of Information Science, 1995
Explores the extent of information technology (IT) adoption in Hong Kong, the perceived benefits of IT, and the problems encountered in adopting IT, based on a postal survey of 116 companies. Topics include government policy, previous studies, annual expenditures on IT, IT personnel, IT applications, software used, and problems. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Software, Expenditures, Foreign Countries

Taniguchi, Shoichi – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Proposes an approach to the analysis of cataloging rules, in particular, rules for bibliographic description, in terms of orientedness, a concept employed to explore directiveness or inclination of a characteristic toward a given objective or function. Assesses the validity and usefulness of the proposed approach and reviews its problems and…
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Records, Bibliometrics, Cataloging

Trinkaus-Randall, Gregor – Journal of Library Administration, 1998
Firm policies and procedures that address the environment, patron/staff behavior, general attitude, and care and handling of materials need to be at the core of the library/archival security program. Discussion includes evaluating a repository's security needs, collections security, security in non-public areas, security in the reading room,…
Descriptors: Archives, Evaluation, Information Policy, Library Collections

Kuczynski, Kay; Gibbs-Wahlberg, Patty – Social Work, 2005
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (PL. 104-191) is a multitiered, comprehensive, convoluted, and controversial federal law for sweeping health care reform. Although HIPAA is dramatically broader in scope than privacy protections for health care information, a provision for privacy in the form of a Privacy Rule…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Privacy, Confidential Records, Patients