I know this isn't exactly a screen-L topic, but I'm not sure how many people are aware of this terrific group. If you want to know the latest on Clipper chip, FBI and FCC and congressional activities concerning the Internet and how they will impact information exchange, etc., HERE is where you will find it. I sometimes don't quite understand what the hell is going on and what is at stake, but these folks sure try to make me understand and will keep you apprised of what YOU *can* do to help (i.e., providing you with e-mail addresses, fax numbers, and snail mail addresses, model letters of your elected representatives). We (as a nation) are reaching a critical point in the many debates surrounding information technology. It is best that we be aware of what's going down under the Dome in Washington. I find it scary as hell to try to keep up myself, but CPSR's ALERT newsletter (about one E-mail a week at most) is vital to staying marginally aware of the rapidly changing environment. ***************************** FORWARDED POST: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 22:06:14 -0700 From: email list server <[log in to unmask]> Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Errors-To: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Sender: [log in to unmask] Precedence: bulk To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Sunnyside List-serv 1.0 Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 13:04:47 -0700 Subject: Improved Web Pages Now Here! NEWS RELEASE 7/12/94 Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) P.O. Box 717 Palo Alto, CA 94302 415-322-3778 415-322-4748 (FAX) E-mail: [log in to unmask] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CPSR ANNOUNCES WEB SERVER WITH 60 NEW PAGES OF INFORMATION Palo Alto, July 12, 1994. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is pleased to announce the availability of its redesigned World-Wide Web (WWW) server, now with 60 new hypertext pages of timely and important information for Internet users and the general public. The CPSR Home Page can be found at URL: http://www.cpsr.org/home with hypertext browsers like Mosaic and Lynx. WWW grew from the need of physicists at the European Particle Physics Laboratory (CERN) to communicate with pictures and text to colleagues around the world in hypertext, non-linear format. Since its beginning in 1989, WWW has allowed people to link their electronic documents and images to other documents on computers around the world. Estimates say there were, as of May 1994, over 4,500 hypertext Web server computers capable of linking documents on the 10,000 computer networks comprising the world-wide Internet. CPSR's Web Pages cover issues related to the organization's mission to provide the public and policymakers with realistic assessments of the power, promise, and problems of information technology. These issues include the National Information Infrastructure, Civil Liberties and Privacy, Computers in the Workplace, Technology Policy and Human Needs, Gender and Minority Issues, Reliability and Risks of Computer-Based Systems and Community Networking. There are also links to many reports and other sources of information. All links are provided with descriptive narratives, and are not just lists of files. CPSR will continually update their pages to insure the accuracy and usefulness of this resource. CPSR was founded in 1981 by a group of computer scientists concerned about the use of computers in nuclear weapons systems. CPSR has since grown into a national public-interest alliance of information technology professionals and other people. Currently, CPSR has 22 chapters in the U.S. and affiliations with similar groups worldwide. The National Office is in Palo Alto, California. **************************