The vision for the future is that an emerging national information infrastructure nii and its defense counterpart dii will equip u. Vice president gore, having first coined the term information superhighway 17 years ago, is the recognized public leader in the development of the national information infrastructure nii a seamless web of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of information at users fingertips. Sustaining the nations aging infrastructure systems. As commissioner he led a highlevel group that drew up the report europe and the global information society in retrieved from s.
Bangemann report, europe and the global information. National business center department of the interior national telecommunications and information administration broadband technology opportunities program evaluation study order number d10pd18645 case study report oshean, inc. Agenda for action information infrastructure task force september 15, 1993 the national infoeiiation infeastructurei agenda for action table of contents page executive summary 3 the nil. The fourth edition of this annual report documents the status of electronic prescribings adoption and use throughout the u. Whole new industries will be created, and the infrastructure will be used in ways we can only begin to imagine. Nlm works closely with the office of the national coordinator for health information technology onc to ensure nlm. Information infrastructure task force, national telecommunications and information.
A proposals content must meet the urban and community forestry program authorities as designated by congress in the cooperative forestry assistance act, section 9 pdf. National information infrastructure knowledge society. Ppps are a tool, a delivery model, that can help overcome some traditional problems associated with public provision and reduce the existing gap in infrastructure. The emergence of ict has made possible the development of the national. The national information infrastructure task force recognizes the. Niso and nfais announce plans to merge the scholarly kitchen. Us plan for national information infrastructures nii was launched. Given that it infrastructure is fundamental to the efficient running of any institution, represents a major area of expenditure and is usually one of the first areas to be considered in relation to shared services, remarkably little has been published on the experiences of transforming it infrastructure in merged institutions.
Infrastructure, safety, and environment technical report nearterm feasibility of alternative jet fuels james i. Thus, the various providers are attempting mergers, buyouts, alliances and. Infrastructure and policy on the national information infrastructure nii in five countries. They present elements of it infrastructure in their threelayer model, which is described in figure 1. Although the private sector must lead in the building and operation of the information infrastructure, government must remain a principal catalyst of. It was a telecommunications policy buzzword, which was popularized during the clinton administration under the leadership of vicepresident al gore it proposed to build communications networks, interactive services, interoperable computer hardware and software, computers, databases. Sustaining the ations aging infrastructure systems lessons learned applying an asset management framework alfred p. Information infrastructure are the basic physical and nonphysical structures that support information technology. Ga to merge the four digital systems into a single best of the best system. Verizon spokesman lee gierczynski, the bergen record, march 25, 20146 for nearly two decades, he has made the same, tired baseless allegations over and over again about verizon and its predecessor. National infrastructure protection plan without appendices. Intellectual property and the national information infrastructure. The plenary session on national geospatial information infrastructure and knowledge platform concentrated on the growing value of geospatial in national information infrastructure for governance, development and security in the digital. Critical national information infrastructure foong cheng.
Lowerthanexpected government revenue caused by falling oil prices and a weak domestic economy forced gabons government to make significant cuts to infrastructure spending in. Private and publicsector investment in national information infrastructure nii is enabling increased sectorwide exploitation of information technologies in these national applications areas. The national information infrastructure nii is planned as a web of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of information at the users fingertips. National information infrastructure initiatives includes adozen case studies analyzing how nationallevel policy initiatives address the challenge of information technology, interactive content, and new applications, as well as the information superhighway. Digital divergence of terrestrial broadcasting systems in. The following are common types of information infrastructure. This schedule does not apply to system data or content. Full text of the national information infrastructure. Uses of information and communications technology such as fiber optic cable have had an enormous impact on the creation, reproduction and dissemination of ed works. Waitz, mit sponsored by the federal aviation administration. I am very pleased to introduce the national progress report on eprescribing and interoperable healthcare for 2010. Pdf on dec 1, 2014, steve macfeely and others published joining up public service information. The national information infrastructure nii vision encompasses an infrastructure providing seamless, interactive, user driven access to the widest range of information.
The model of nii in existing commercial ventures, mergers and acquisitions and. The promise of the national information infrastructure. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 485k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Information systems infrastructure isi an example an example of an important part of the information systems infrastructure in the itssector in sweden is the national road database 3 which is known by its swedish. The national information infrastructure nii was the product of the high performance computing act of 1991. They cited reduction of the federal debt, education. Infrastructure policy at the national level re fers to institutional infrastructure cf. The merger, which is contingent on nfais member approval, will consolidate two organizations that have a long history of. The term suggests foundational services upon which many information technologies are built. Secretary to the treasury launched an updated national infrastructure plan nip 20, which outlines the governments strategy for meeting the uks infrastructure needs to 2020 and beyond, providing a crosscutting and strategic approach to infrastructure planning, prioritisation, funding, financing and delivery. National information infrastructure implementation document. While entertainment television has been the principal video application of recent. Yesterday at the nfais annual conference, deanna marcum, president of the nfais board, and i jointly announced plans that niso national information standards organization and nfais national federation of advanced information services will merge this summer.
On the other hand national restrictions can have negative implications for investment and. S branches and agencies of a foreign banking organization fbo, the country is the. The rationale for a national data infrastructure find, read. Private and publicsector investment in national information infrastructure nii is.
Mckay and brockway 1989 were among the first to describe it infrastructure. Pdf the global information infrastructure revisited researchgate. This understanding is, to a large extent, well founded, especially if the first wave is seen as being represented by the bangemann report and the action. There are three annexes included in this supplement. Strategically important data is data held by the government which relates to the fundamental components of our society and is likely to have the broadest and. In their views, the main concerns lie at how the critical national information infrastructure cnii is being widely and ambiguously defined, the powers the ministry of science, technology and innovation mosti has over the computing professionals board, the need for government regulation in the information technology industry and its. Pdf ideally, the internet will eventually evolve into a global information infrastructure, which, by creating a global information marketplace, will. Information infrastructure, national policy, and global. Following are instructions to merge the information in these annexes into the base document. The term became popular after the us plan for national information infrastructures nii was launched.
National telecommunications and information administration. They define it infrastructure as the enabling foundation of shared information technology capabilities upon which business depends. A hacker can attack specific hosts by exploiting local vulnerabilities across the network. Yet assembling the range of nsfsponsored projects into a genuine infrastructure highly reliable. The unlicensed national information infrastructure unii radio band is part of the radio frequency spectrum used by ieee 802. In january 2015, the government announced that angt would merge with the national road fund, creating a new national public works and infrastructure agency angti. Since about 2000, however, efforts in cyberinfrastructure development have gathered momentum, guided by an increasingly comprehensive vision. National information infrastructure initiatives the mit. Forest services competitive urban and community forestry challenge costshare grant program. The term information infrastructure ii has been increasingly used to refer to integrated solutions based on the now ongoing fusion of information and communication technologies.
National information infrastructure components robert kahn introduction the major components of a national information infrastructure will ultimately include. Introduction india is a developing country undergoing a gradual process of economic liberalization and globalization since the early 1990s. The term became popular after the us plan for national. Setting out a national information infrastructure 1. The president directed me to coordinate and implement national initiatives and develop a national plan to unify and enhance cikr protection efforts through an unprecedented partnership involving the private sector, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments. Passed house amended 07261993 national information infrastructure act of 1993 amends the highperformance computing act of 1991 the act to direct the federal coordinating council for science, engineering, and technology to. The guests discussed various aspects of the information superhighway, including its positive and negative potentials in american society. The significant infrastructure gaps in the region and the relevance of meeting infrastructure needs for development are well documented in many reports by the idb and others. A summary of the south african national infrastructure plan pdf 3 mb governments year of delivery 201220 pdf 2 mb related links. President clintons national information infrastructure initiative. Health information technology and health data standards at nlm the national library of medicine nlm is the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the department of health and human services hhs.
Regulations required use of an integrated antenna, with power limited to 50 mw. Center for research on information technology and organizations. Agenda for action see other formats the national information infrastructure. The national information infrastructure will help create highwage jobs, stimulate economic growth, enable new products and services, and strengthen americas technological leadership.
Private sector firms are beginning to develop this infrastructure, but essential roles remain for the federal government. Information systems security records this schedule covers records created and maintained by federal agencies related to protecting the security of information technology systems and data, and responding to computer security incidents. Federal communications commission fcc 19129 4 spectrum between 5. Despite the global nature of the information revolution, most policies for information infrastructure are developed at the national level. Information policy is the set of all public laws, regulations and policies that encourage, discourage, or regulate the creation, use, storage, access, and communication and dissemination of information. Understanding information infrastructure i accept uio. Postprocessing methods that remove errors, correct for spatial requirements, provide qaqc, and format the output products are clearly defined.
Moreover, he was vicechair of the committee on budgets from to the promise of the national information infrastructure. National information infrastructure components sciencedirect. National infrastructure plan south african government. The rssd id is a unique identifier assigned to financial institutions by the federal reserve. Health information technology and health data standards at. Pdf the global information infrastructure revisited. National science foundation support for scientific cyberinfrastructure dates to the 1960s. Sloan foundation industries studies conference 2008 page 2 of 20 of national interests across the full spectrum of operations, from peace to war.
For most institution types, the country represents the physical location of the institution. Projects will provide for new infrastructure, rehabilitation and upgrading of existing infrastructure, as well as improve management of water infrastructure. It thus encompasses any other decisionmaking practice with societywide constitutive efforts that involve the flow of information and how it is processed. Federal communications commission fcc 19129 before the. The national information infrastructure nii or information superhighway is a highpriority federal initiative to combine.
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