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The Clinton Administration wants to hook up CEOs and couch potatoes alike to an Electronic Superhighway of information and services. But this will present formidable challenges for government policy:
NURTURING NEW Messages and data won't flow seamlessly unless
TECHNOLOGY government and industry set common standards.
But those can't be too rigid, or the technology will
rapidly become obsolete.
DEREGULATING THE Increased competition must be allowed among cable,
MARKETPLACE phone, and computer companies if the superhighway
is to be built. Too much deregulation, how
ever, might give one segment unfair advantage.
ENSURING Left to itself, the market may create
UNIVERSAL ACCESS an ``information underclass.'' Uncle Sam has to make sure
everyone has access to ``essential'' services.
BALANCING Washington wants to keep data safe from criminals,
PRIVACY AND or from abuse by government snoops, while
LAW ENFORCEMENT allowing enforcers to tap in when necessary.
Updated July 23, 1998 by bwwebmaster
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