The National Information Infrastructure will make it much simpler for U.S. citizens to gain access to information they have already paid for.
Predictor: Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) Task Group: High-Performance Computing and Communications Information Technology Subcommittee
Prediction, in context:In a final draft of their Dec. 1, 1993 recommendations for the National Information Infrastructure, members of the High-Performance Computing Communications and Information Technology subcommittee write the following: ”The government collects an enormous amount of information, such as trade data, environmental data, reports, and white papers, yet it is often difficult for the average citizen to gain access to such data. The National Information Infrastructure will make it much simpler for U.S. citizens to gain access to information they have already paid for.”
Date of prediction: December 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Libraries/Databases
Name of publication: Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications - Report of the IITA Task Group: High-Performance Computing Communications and Information Technology Subcommittee
Title, headline, chapter name: 2.9 Public Access to Government Information
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/us/iita.txt
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Kohlhagen, Kelly C.