Government Telecommunication WWW Sites Bert Chapman, Purdue Univ. Many government agencies dealing with telecommunications issues have WWW sites. A master list of government agency web sites can be found on the Purdue Libraries THORplus at http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/vlibrary/reading/govdocs/ Other useful U.S. Government telecommunication sites include: Executive Branch & Independent Agencies Federal Communications Commission www.fcc.gov/ National Telecommunications & Information Administration www.ntia.doc.gov/ STAT-USA www.stat-usa.gov/ Statistical arm of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. It's National Trade Data Bank (available in CD-ROM) at KRAN contains a gold mine of international economic information. Web access free via KRAN computer network and requires a password in HSSE. Information Infrastructure Task Force http://iitf.doc.gov/ International Trade Administration www.ita.doc.gov/ National Performance Reviewb www.npr.gov/ Legislative Branch GPO Access http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/gpo/ contains the text of congressional bills, congressional committee reports on legislation, the Federal Register, and other major sources of legislative, legal, and regulatory information. Congressional Budget Office www.cbo.gov/ General Accounting Office www.gao.gov/ House Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, & Consumer Protection www.house.gov/commerce/telecom.html Office of Technology Assessment Archive www.wws.princeton.edu:80/~ota/ Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee www.senate.gov/~commerce/ Government Telecommunication WWW Sites Many government agencies dealing with telecommunications issues have WWW sites. A master list of government agency WWW sites can be found THORplus at http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/vlibrary/reading/govdocs/ Other useful U.S. government telecommunication sites include: Executive Branch & Independent Agencies Federal Communications Commission www.fcc.gov/ National Telecommunications & Information Administration www.ntia.doc.gov/ STAT-USA www.stat-usa.gov/ Statistical arm of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. It's National Trade Data Bank CD-ROM (KRAN) contains a gold mine of international economic information. Web access free via KRAN computer network and requires a password in HSSE. Information Infrastructure Task Force http://iitf.doc.gov/ International Trade Administration www.ita.doc.gov/ National Performance Review www.npr.gov/ Legislative Branch GPO Access http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/gpo/ contains the text of congressional bills and committee reports, the Federal Register, and other major legislative, legal, and regulatory information sources. Congressional Budget Office www.cbo.gov/ General Accounting Office www.gao.gov/ House Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade & Consumer Protection www.house.gov/commerce/telecom.html Office of Technology Assessment Archive www.wws.princeton.edu:80/~ota/ Senate Commerce, Science, & Transporation Committee www.senate.gov/~commerce International Government Organizations Arab Satellite Communications Organization www.arab.net/arabsat/ Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum www.apecsec.org.sg/ Commonwealth Online (British Commonwealth) www.tcol.co.uk/ European Telecommunications Office www.eto.dk/ European Union www.europa.eu.int/ International Mobile Satellite Organization www.inmarsat.org/inmarsat/ International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) www.intelsat.int/ International Telecommunications Union www.itu.ch/ World Intellectual Property Organization www.wipo.int/ Selected Foreign Government Sites Australia Dept. of Communications & the Arts www.dca.gov.au/ Canada Radio & Telecommunications Commission www.crtc.gc.ca/ China Telcom www.chinatelcom.com/ Japan Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications www.mpt.go.jp/ New Zealand Ministry of Commerce http://203.97.170.9/ Singapore Ministry of Communications www.gov.sg/gvthome/min1.htm South Africa Dept. of Communications www.doc.gov.za/ United Kingdom Dept. of Trade & Industry www.dti.gov.uk/ United Kingdom Office of Telecommunication www.oftel.gov.uk/ Useful Non-Government Sites Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org/ National Association of Broadcasters www.nab.org/ Telecommunication Information Resources on the Internet http://china.si.umich.edu/telecom-info.html Bert Chapman, Purdue Univ. (2/98)