[8721] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Internet Letter HEADLINES--12/93
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jayne levin)
Wed Dec 1 17:14:00 1993
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 17:11:51 -0500 (EST)
From: jayne levin <helen@access.digex.net>
To: com-priv <com-priv@psi.com>
THE INTERNET LETTER HEADLINES
Vol. 1, No. 3 A Net Week Inc. Publication December 1, 1993
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In this issue...
001) HPCC Program's Slow Implementation Sparks Criticism
Critics Say HPCC Program Lacks Focus, Specifics
002) Talk Of The Net
U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY Ron Brown is expected to announce this month the
members of a private sector panel under the Information Infrastructure
Task Force (IITF)....
PRESIDENT CLINTON last month sent a memo to the Cabinet and the heads of
all independent agencies, directing them to move toward electronic
commerce as part of procurement reform....
INTERNET FRANCHISES, dubbed "InfoCenters," soon will be offered by The
Internet Group in Pittsburgh....
THE U.S. COMMERCE Department plans to make the National Trade Database,
currently a CD-ROM product, Internet accessible....
THE APPLICATIONS WORKING group of the Information Infrastructure Task
Force last month agreed to set up the Government Information Technology
Services working group (GITS) and the technology policy working group....
STARTING THIS MONTH, FedWorld will upgrade to T1 on the Internet....
003) VA Opens Common Gateway to Internet
MSU Gives Up IP Numbers to Help VA
004) CDC to Link Health Departments Nationwide
005) Duke Medical Center Maps Out Program to Aid in Research
006) AIDS Data Network to Go On-line in the Spring
007) MISC.INTERVIEW
Doctor Sets Up Network to Aid Family Medicine
008) Pointers
(A special focus on medical and health-related resources)
009) How Major Medical Institutions Use Internet (Charts)
Some medical institutions profiled include: Massachusetts General
Hospital, St. Jude's, Boys Town National Research Hospital, National
Institutes of Health
010) Tips & Techniques
Going Far Afield With World-Wide Web
011) Read All About It
The latest books on the Internet
012) Datebook
Upcoming Internet-related conferences
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