Re: Congress on the net

[(John Sechrest) <frisby.cs.orst.edu">sechrest]

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the discussion that I saw in the comm-priv mailing list said that
this broadcast on the internet was cancelled...




Bryan McDonald <bigmacerg.sri.com> writes:

  > 
  > This sort of thing is probably spreading all over the place, but I thought the
  > members of SAGE might be interested in it as well.

  > ------- Forwarded Message

  >         from: Jack Kessler <kesslerwell.sf.ca.us>
  > Subject: Online Congressional hearing July 26 -- help needed!

  > The following announcement appears to me to be of interest -- perhaps
  > of vital interest -- to everyone on the networks. Congressman Markey is
  > one of the leaders in getting all of us an expanded and upgraded
  > network, and he apparently needs a flood of e-mail to the address shown
  > below if he is to convince Congress that we are important in this
  > budgetarily-austere year.

  > Jack Kessler
  > kesslerwell.sf.ca.us

  > Subject: On-Line Congressional Hearing

  >      On July 26 at 9:30AM EDT, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications
  > and Finance of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold the first
  > Congressional Hearing ever held over a computer network.  The oversight
  > hearing on "The Role of Government in Cyberspace" will take place in
  > the Grand Ballroom of  > the National Press Club at 14th and F Streets,
  > N.W., Washington, D.C.  The hearing is open to the public. An open
  > house will be held from 3-5PM on the same day in the same location and
  > is also open to the public.

  >      Chairman Markey has asked that this historic occasion demonstrate
  > the potential and diversity of the global Internet.  Thirty Sparcstations
  > will be in the hearing room, allowing members of Congress, staff, and
  > their guests to read e-mail, use Gopher menus, read testimony in WAIS
  > databases, browse the World Wide Web, and otherwise use the resources
  > of the global Internet as part of the hearing.

  >      Some witnesses for the hearing will testify remotely, sending audio
  > and video over the Internet.  Audio and video of the hearing will also
  > be multicast over the Multicast Backbone (MBONE).  We are hoping that
  > C-SPAN and other traditional media will also carry the event.  *MORE
  > DETAILS ON MBONE AND OTHER WAYS TO WATCH THE HEARINGS REMOTELY WILL BE
  > FORTHCOMING SHORTLY.*

  >      One of the primary point > s that we are hoping to demonstrate is
  > the diversity and size of the Internet.  We have therefore established
  > an electronic mail address by which people on the Internet can communicate
  > with the Subcommittee before and during the hearing:

  >           congresstown.hall.org

  >      We encourage you to send your comments on what the role of government
  > should be in the information age to this address.  Your comments to this
  > address will be made part of the public record of the hearing.  Feel free
  > to carry on a dialogue with others on a mailing list, cc'ing the e-mail
  > address.

  >      Your cards and letters to congresstown.hall.org will help
  > demonstrate that there are people who use the Internet as part of their
  > personal and professional lives.  We encourage you to send comments on
  > the role of government in cyberspace, on what role cyberspace should play
  > in government (e.g., whether government data be made available on the
  > Internet), on how the Internet should be built and financed, on how you
  > use the Internet, and o > n any other topic you feel is appropriate.  This
  > is your chance to show the U.S. Congress that there is a constituency
  > that cares about this global infrastructure.

  >      If you would like to communicate with a human being about the
  > hearing, you may send your comments and questions to:

  >           hearing-infotown.hall.org

  >      Support for the Internet Town Hall is provided by Sun Microsystems
  > and O'Reilly & Associates.  Additional support for the July 26 on-line
  > congressional hearing is being provided by ARPA, BBN Communications,
  > the National Press Club, Xerox PARC, and many other organizations.

  >      Network connectivity for the Internet Town Hall is provided by
  > UUNET Technologies.

  > ******************************************************************************
  > *


  > ------- End of Forwarded Message


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