Communications and Rural America. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Institution	Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Titel	Communications and Rural America. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Quelle	(1978), (54 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Recht; Agency Cooperation; Community Involvement; Conference Reports; Coordination; Demonstration Programs; Educational Needs; Government (Administrative Body); Health Services; Information Dissemination; Law Enforcement; Needs Assessment; Policy Formation; Rural Areas; Social Services; Telecommunications + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Koordination; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Government; Regierung; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Informationsverbreitung; Gesetzesvollzug; Bedarfsermittlung; Politische Betätigung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Telekommunikationstechnik
Abstract	The purpose of this 1976 conference was to explore the potential of using communications technology to provide improved social and commercial services and entertainment to rural areas. Seventy-four invited participants (local, state and Federal officials, commercial telecommunications company executives, rural cooperative officials, and US and Canadian telecommunications experts) commented on an earlier Office of Technology Assessment report entitled "The Feasibility and Value of Broadband Communications in Rural Areas", and (in three panels) considered rural development and communications; technology, economics, and services; and Federal policy. Out of five policy alternatives considered, the conference recommended that the president form an interagency committee to plan a system demonstration program to test the economic viability of and demand for communications systems in rural areas. An overriding concern was that needs should govern technology. Panels specified, among other things, that the demonstration program should address economic issues and realities, be structured to respond to locally generated conceptions of needs, and be conducted with solid community involvement. Discussions on service applications were divided into public (health, education, law enforcement, governmental and administrative) and commercial services (security systems, information and data transmission, pay TV). (RS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01