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
Project Vote Smart A nonpartisan, nonprofit group that collects objective information about congressional and gubernatorial candidates nationwide.
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.
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.
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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