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Peer reviewedRadack, Shirley M. – Government Information Quarterly, 1994
Examines the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the development of the National Information Infrastructure (NII). Highlights include the standards process; voluntary standards; Open Systems Interconnection problems; Internet Protocol Suite; consortia; government's role; and network security. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Consortia, Federal Government
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1994
The use of information networks for business and government is expanding enormously. Government use of networks features prominently in plans to make government more efficient, effective, and responsive. But the transformation brought about by the networking also raises new concerns for the security and privacy of networked information. This…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Cryptography
