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crln-19301	Henderson, Carol C.	Washington Hotline	1993	1	.pdf	application/pdf	708	17	33	The 225-page Proceedings o f the NREN Workshop was presented to the Office o f Sci­ ence and Technology Policy to assist it in de­ veloping the report on the following questions requested in the HPCA (PL 102-194): 1) effective mechanisms for providing o per­ ating funds for m aintenance and use of the Network, including user fees, industry support, and continued Federal investment; 2) the future operation and evolution of the Network; 3) how commercial information service p ro­ viders could be charged for access to the Net­ work and how Network users could be charged for such commercial information services; 4) the technological feasibility of allowing commercial information service providers to use the Network and other federally funded research networks; 5) how to protect the copyrights o f material distributed over the Network; 6) appropriate policies to ensure the secu­ rity of resources available on the Network and to protect the privacy o f users of networks. Among the other possible congressional actions identified by w orkshop participants w ere es­ tablishment of a national commission to develop, with involved constituencies, a detailed NREN plan and program; inclusion o f additional fed­ eral agencies in the NREN; creation of a public- sector governing body for the NREN; reaffirm­ ing and further defining the federal role in the development of the NREN system; and support­ ing NREN applications such as medical care and lifelong learning.	cache/crln-19301.pdf	txt/crln-19301.txt