Abstract
Abstract The election of US President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore in 1992 saw the metaphor of an ”information superhighway“ emerge as a topic of worldwide debate and action. Within a month of taking office, the Clinton Administration announced its ”information superhighway“ initiative, the National Information Infrastructure (Nil). This deployed the vision of an ”information superhighway“ as the centrepiece of a coordinated government strategy encompassing many social, economic, and technology policy areas. For example, the Nil plan argued for a dramatic shift in US telecommunications policy away from a previously limited role for government as regulator. Instead, the government involvement was seen to be a broader one of promoting the development of new ICT infrastructures, services, and products in order to help address major social and economic objectives, such as improving public services, democratic processes, and national competitiveness.
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