Scout Report: Week ending April 29, 1994
WorldWideWeb:
- Z39.50 Information Page:
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An up-to-date resource about the
development, implementation activities, and other activities
directly concerned with Z39.50.
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HungerWeb:
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Provides both an interactive medium for general
hunger education and a platform for detailed hunger information
useful for researchers and other interested parties alike.
- University of Toronto Instructional and Research Computing Group
(UTIRC):
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Description UTIRC services; examples of
the use of WWW for instructional purposes; pointers to documents on
how to write html documents, write server-side scripts, etc.
- University of Florida
American Universities page:
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Home pages for 145 American universities.
Gopher:
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) Gopher
- NIST News announcements:
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News releases, announcements, and
newsletters from the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, such as the biweekly NIST UPDATE and "Science Beat", a
tip sheet for science journalists.
- Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
National Information Infrastructure (NII):
- NTIA Silicon Valley Hearing:
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Deputy Secretary of Commerce
David Barram will lead the U.S. government delegation in a public
hearing on "Innovation and the Public Interest: Open Access to the
Information Society" Friday, May 13th, 1994 in Sunnyvale,
California.
- NII MEGA-PROJECT II:
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Access to the NII. Meeting of the Advisory
Council on the NII on Monday, May 11: issues concerning access and
universal service in light of the convergence of voice, video and
computer technologies. Public access through teleconferencing at
the Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. Further info: 202-
482-1835; nii@ntia.doc.gov.
- The MFJ Task Force Legislation directory:
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Most recent versions
of H.R.3636 and H.R.3626 (as marked up by the House Energy and
Commerce Committee); testimony by George Lucas and Reed Hundt.
- GOALS 2000:
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Educate America Act: signed into law on March 31,
is now available in the Education Department online library. Full
text, related fact sheets, additional information.
Weekend Scouting
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RG (Rare Grooves):
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A tipsheet (ala Billboard) for techno, house,
and hip-hop music. View charts, regional information, playlists, and
most importantly, hear bits of songs (~10 seconds).
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NFL Draft:
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National Football League draft results listed by team
and by rankings. (Go Packers!) Other sports information also
available.
News from the InterNIC:
- Information Services
- The InfoGuide, a new comprehensive online
source of Internet information was made available, and replaces the
InfoSource. An online, WWW version of the NSF Network News was
released, as was the first Scout Report. (InfoGuide access
information listed below.)
- Directory and Database Services
- A summary of all additions to
the Directory of Directories which were made during the month of
April was released to the community. Last month, 46 additions were made
to the directory.
scout@is.internic.net
guide@is.internic.net