The Hill on the Net
Congress Enters the Information Age
Published on 1. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-12-162870-3 (ISBN)
Description
An insider's view of the Internet's impact on the Legislative Branch. The author discusses the history of Congress' efforts to get itself wired; provides a "how-to" guide for those wishing to utilize Congressional and campaign resources on the net; and explains how the Internet will impact campaigning for Congress and the White House in 1996.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 188 mm
Weight
672 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-162870-3 (9780121628703)
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Content
Why wire Washington? the case of television; the beginning; bulletin board systems; North Shore Mac; The White House; The House, and MIT; electronic mail; congressional E-mail addresses; spamming Congress; locating your congressman's E-mail address; sending electronic mail to Congress; tools of the trade; Usenet; Listservs. FTP/Gopher; what you'll find; electronic Town Halls and Press Conferences; the World Wide Web; Cap Web; who puts Congress on The Net, and what do they put? GPO; House Information Systems; The Library of Congress/THOMAS; Newt's Net? the making of a Capitol Cob Web; congressional committees; other legislative branch home pages; GAO and OTA; what to look for on member home pages; tales from the trenches; April Fools or real life? rules; the access fight grinds on; The Great Senate Web Hack; pornographers and terrorists; campaigns and opposition; 1992, 1994, 1996; House and Senate campaigns; Tom and Jerry preview campaign 1996 on The Net; opposition and unofficial; NewtWatch; can The Net make a difference? Net demographics; what's ahead?