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RFI: Policy Research in Progress
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (BRIAN KAHIN)
Thu Jun 18 16:52:00 1992
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 13:23:14 CDT
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Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Request for Information:
Research on Information Infrastructure Policy Issues
The Science, Technology and Public Program is developing a
database on research in progress on policy issues in the emerging
digital information infrastructure, especially as embodied in
evolving Internet/NREN. The database will cover:
-- design, management, and commercialization of the Internet and
the National Research and Education Network
-- diffusion of scientific and technical information and
knowledge
-- electronic publishing and scholarly communication
-- computer-based collaboration
-- intellectual property
-- interorganizational enterprise networking, concurrent
engineering, CALS, and EDI
-- access to and dissemination of government information
-- network security and privacy issues
-- common carrier issues and regulation of enhanced services
-- network liability and First Amendment issues
-- transformation of libraries and other information institutions
-- public funding and procurement of information infrastructure
-- application of antitrust law and economics to information
resources
-- economics of networked information environments
One of our objectives in developing this database is to identify
potential presenters and authors for our future workshops and
publications. We are especially seeking rigorous work presented
in a concise, lucid manner that enables policy-makers (who are
typically not computer scientists, lawyers, economists,
sociologists, etc.) to better understand the issues.
We plan to make the database publicly available, so please advise
us explicitly if you do NOT wish your listing to be published.
Otherwise, we will consider your submission as permission to
publish.
We reserve the right not to list contributions and to edit
contributions that we use. The listed contributors will have
special access to early versions of the database.
If you wish to participate, please send a brief abstract of your
project. You may send additional materials, if you wish, but we
need the abstract if your project is to appear in the published
version. Please use the following template, if possible, but we
will accept submissions in your own format:
Project Title:
Institution:
Collaborating Institutions:
Principal Investigator(s):
Project Director(s):
Other Contact Person:
Address:
Address:
City:
State or Province:
Zip (Postal Code):
Country:
Telephone:
Fax:
Email:
Funding Source (optional):
Abstract:
Please send this information to:
gowlland@husc8.harvard.edu (gowlland@husc8.bitnet)
Or by U.S. Mail to:
Brian Kahin
Director, Information Infrastructure Project
Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-8903
Fax: 617-495-5776
