what is that all about?

 The report, The Information Infrastructure: Reaching
Society's Goals, was released at the "Breaking the Barriers to
the National Information Infrastructure" conference in
Washington, D.C.

    "Effectively using sophisticated communications networks and
information technology can make a difference not just in how
people work, but in how well they live," said Brown, chairman of
the Clinton administration's Information Infrastructure Task
Force, which co-sponsored the conference with the Council on
Competitiveness.

    The report is a collection of eight papers, each of which
explores the benefits for a particular application area.  The
papers help define a national vision for how advanced
communications and computing technologies can:

• enable people with disabilities to achieve full citizenship in our society;
  

• improve the production, consumption and management of electric power;
  

• increase the safety and efficiency of our transportation system;
  

• allow greater flexibility and worker satisfaction through telecommuting;
  

• save lives and property in times of large-scale emergencies and natural disasters;
  

• empower citizen action to maintain a clean environment;
  

• ensure that non-profit cultural institutions maintain their position on the front lines of popular creativity and expression; and
  

• further educate and better inform both citizens and the agencies they rely upon to maintain public safety.
  

source : http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/g94-83.htm