Federal Government Web links
For participants in the Midwest Conference on Technology, Employment and
Community.
Government Agencies
- The White House
- Al Gore's Program to Reinvent Government
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Federal Communcations Commission
- The Office of the (US) Secretary of Defense
- The US Environmental Protection Agency
Goverment Information
- "Thomas"Congressional Web server
- Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
- A List of Federal Government Information Servers
- The Clinton administration's controversial Green Paper on the
law of copyright in cyberspace.
- National Employment Statistics for January, 1995
Grassroots Political Action at the Federal Level
- Current!
An electronic Petition Statement to the U.S. Congress
regarding pending legislation, the "Communications Decency Act of 1995" (S.
314) which will have, if passed, very serious negative ramifications for
freedom of expression on Usenet, the Internet, and all electronic networks.
The proposed legislation would remove guarantees of privacy and free speech
on all electronic networks, including the Internet, and may even
effectively close them down as a medium to exchange ideas and information.
- Citizens guide to electronic activism
- How to win against the religious right
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Project Vote Smart
A nonpartisan, nonprofit group that collects objective information
about congressional and gubernatorial candidates nationwide.
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Voters Telecommunication Watch
A public-service on-line group that monitors legislation relating to
telecommunication and information infrastructure. Also contains information on
Cyptography, Clipper, and other network issues.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
A non-profit civil liberties public interest organization working to protect
freedom of expression, privacy, and access to online resources and
information.
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American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU is the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights --
litigating, legislating and educating the public on a broad array of issues
affecting individual freedom in the United States.
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Taxpayer Assets Project
TAP was founded by Ralph Nader to monitor the management of government
property, including information systems and data, government funded R&D,
spectrum allocation and other government assets.
- Activism archives of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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