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PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS IN THE INFORMATION AGE -- NATIONAL ELECTRONIC OPEN MEETING
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 19:54:05 -0400
PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS IN THE INFORMATION AGE NATIONAL ELECTRONIC OPEN MEETING MAY 1-14, 1995 DETAILED INFORMATION SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seeks comments from all interested parties on the topic of the respective roles of the Federal government, State, local, and Tribal governments, industry, the public interest and library communities, academia, and the general citizenry in creating an electronic government. This notice is in furtherance of the work of the Information Policy Committee of the Information Infrastructure Task Force. To facilitate public input, OMB, along with the Commerce Department's National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the National Performance Review (NPR), and assistance from the US Government Printing Office, will host a nationwide electronic open meeting to discuss a number of questions related to this topic. DATES: An electronic open meeting will be held from May 1 to 14, 1995. Those who wish to may submit written comments no later than May 31, 1995. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY AND ELECTRONIC OPEN MEETING: General: This document, along with the other documents referenced herein, are available by any HTML viewer, such as Mosaic or Netscape, at: URL:http://meeting.fedworld.gov, or via FTP from meeting.fedworld.gov For those with electronic mail access who wish to find out more about the open meeting, send a blank electronic mail message to: info () meeting fedworld gov This will result in delivery of a more detailed description of the electronic open meeting. Public Access Sites: A primary goal of the meeting is to enable as many Americans as possible to participate. This includes people who do not have a computer with a modem, or access to the Internet. In order to permit their participation, a number of "Public Access Sites" have been established. To either locate the nearest Public Access Site, or to order a list of all Public Access Sites, call the GPO Access Support Team at (202) 512-1530. In addition, through May 1, 1995 we will continue to solicit institutions interested in serving as Public Access Sites. The following criteria will apply to an institution interested in serving as a Public Access Site: * Willingness and ability to make computer facilities available, free-of-charge, to the general public on a full-or part-time basis throughout the two-week meeting, and to provide logistical and technical support to the public. * Ability to access Internet e-mail, newsgroups, or the World Wide Web. Public Access Sites should not use Telnet to access the FedWorld bulletin board. Because the number of access ports at FedWorld is finite, FedWorld prefers to reserve dial-in and Telnet capacity for individuals who seek to use the FedWorld BBS as their primary means of participating. * Willingness and ability to publicize your institution's participation as a Public Access Site to the local media and community, and answer local public and press questions about participation. * Willingness to be listed in a national directory of Public Access Sites that will be made available to the public and press, before and during the meeting. If your institution would like to serve as a Public Access Site, please do one of the following: Point your World Wide Web browser to: http://meeting.fedworld.gov Or, send a blank e-mail message to: pas-info () meeting fedworld gov In response to your e-mail, you will receive an automated response detailing how to register as a Public Access Site. If you do not presently have e-mail, newsgroup, or World Wide Web capability but plan on having such capability by the time of the meeting, you may register as a Public Access Site or receive general end user information by calling the GPO Access User Support Team at (202) 512-1530. Participation options: It is possible to participate in the electronic open meeting in four ways depending upon desired level of interaction -- electronic mail of comments, subscription to a "Listserv," subscribing to a "Usenet" newsgroup, and accessing the open meeting homepage via an HTML viewer, such as "Mosaic" or "Netscape". Electronic mail of comments -- This is the easiest way to participate in the open meeting. However, interaction will be limited. Choosing one of the options below is recommended. Subscribing to a Mailing List -- Subscribing to a mailing list allows more interactive participation in the meeting. When one subscribes to a mailing list, one will receive all the mail messages which everyone posts to the mailing list. It is much like putting a note on a bulletin board at the water cooler, but instead of having to go to the water cooler, one will have the note passed across one's desk. For help on subscribing to a mailing list please send an e-mail message, the body of which contains the single word "help" to: join () meeting fedworld gov You will receive an e-mail message which tells you in detail how to subscribe to a mailing list. Subscribing to a USENET newsgroup -- Subscribing to a USENET newsgroup is similar to joining a mailing list. The difference is that to subscribe to a USENET newsgroup, one needs to have a newsreader configured for his or her own computer. If you are familiar with a newsreader on your system, you will be able to participate in the newsgroups like any other regular newsgroup. The newsgroups have the following names: alt.gov.meeting.services alt.gov.meeting.benefits alt.gov.meeting.infoaccs alt.gov.meeting.partdemo alt.gov.meeting.techgoal Each of the newsgroups corresponds with one of the five subject areas, described in detail below. World Wide Web Access -- Using a World Wide Web browser offers the greatest level of interaction for participating in the electronic open meeting. Point the browser to: URL:http://meeting.fedworld.gov The participant will arrive at a user friendly interface from where one can search the different newsgroup mailing list responses and reply (either anonymously or not) as one deems appropriate. The participant will also be able to view background documents on-line, and complete a voluntary participant survey. Accessing Background Materials On-line -- Any user who has access to a file transfer program, such as FTP or Fetch, may access the document archive from: meeting.fedworld.gov or may view the relevant documents by pointing a Web browser to the open meeting homepage URL cited above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS CONTACT: Lew Oleinick, Information Policy and Technology Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503. Telephone: (202) 395-4638. E-mail: OLEINICK_L () A1 EOP GOV.
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