Since its creation in 1995, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has worked "to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age." The homepage contains thematic headings that will guide visitors to much of the important material here, and includes such areas as the CDT's Legislative Center, its Resource Library, and several of its most recent policy briefs. Perhaps...

The Center For Democracy and Technology, a non-profit public interest organization, offers this Web site with information about the state of free speech and civil liberties on the Internet. Visitors to the site will find current headlines, updated every few days, as well as coverage of issues related to privacy, terrorism, cryptography, infrastructure, and digital telephony, among others. Back...

This report, FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Office of Plans and Policy (OPP) Working Paper No. 29, by OPP's Kevin Werbach, "represents the first comprehensive assessment of the questions the Internet poses for traditional communications policy." The paper addresses three major topics: "category difficulties," (Internet services "do not fit easily into the existing classifications for...

The National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIIAC) produced this final report with respect to the KickStart Initiative for connecting America's communities to the Information Superhighway. KickStart Initiative contains sections on Connecting People and Communities to the Information Superhighway, A Leadership Guide to Getting There, A Resource on Intellectual Property, Privacy, and...

The Federal Communications Commission has made available the full text of FCC 97-157, which focuses on universal service. The report "sets in motion universal service policies that will ensure all Americans, including low-income consumers and those who live in rural, insular, high cost areas, shall have affordable service and will help to connect eligible schools, libraries, and rural health care...