ACM Washington Update is a biweekly electronic publication of the US Public Policy Office of the Association for Computing Machinery (USACM). The Association for Computing Machinery is an international professional society whose 75,000 members (60,000 in the US) represent a critical mass of computer scientists in education, industry, and government. The USACM provides a means for promoting...

The Federal Communications Commission has made available the full text of FCC 97-157, which focuses on universal service. The report "sets in motion universal service policies that will ensure all Americans, including low-income consumers and those who live in rural, insular, high cost areas, shall have affordable service and will help to connect eligible schools, libraries, and rural health care...