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IP: NSF statement on Clinton signs bill allowing NSF to spend
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:41:48 -0400
Statement by the National Science Foundation WASHINGTON, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by NSF spokeswoman Beth Gaston: The National Science Foundation is pleased that Congress has enacted, and the President has signed, a bill which enables the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use money collected in the domain name Internet Intellectual Infrastructure Fund to support Internet-related activities. The money, which totals approximately $60 million, will allow the NSF to support a large number of Next Generation Internet and related networking projects, including: support of connections to the NSF's very high performance Backbone Network Service (vBNS), research to develop applications that use high performance networking, and research into improving networking technology.
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