Virtual Briefing Book for the El Pomar Forum, November 19-20,
1997
"Wired Communities, Smart States: Is Digital Infrastructure the New Public
Works?"
(Hot Links to Information on Government Telecommunications Networks)
Final report from Global Telematics (1998)
Featured Links since the Forum
John Niles' presentation on government networks to FARNET annual meeting
Infrastructure inventory from FARNET
List of local governments building their own networks
Lusk Wyoming totally wired (USA Today)
Minneapolis Star Tribune on State of Minnesota fiber network
Featured Links for the Forum
http://www.icn.state.ia.us/ICN/HTML/icn_stry.htm (Iowa Communications Network)
http://web.state.ut.us/its/html/section1.htm (State of Utah RFP for a network)
http://www.amcity.com/portland/stories/062496/newscolumn1.html (Oregon Business Journal on Oregon frame relay network)
NYTimes on government telecom networks (New York Times, "Some Local Cheers for Creeping Socialism" (title of print version) 10/4/97)
http://search.tribnet.com/archive/1097/1029a14.htm (Tacoma News Tribune story on Tacoma network)
http://wwww.wired.com/wired/5.05/idees_fortes/idees_fortes.html Competition's Competitor by Steve Rivkin in May, 1997 Wired
http://www.icgcomm.com/news/releases/1997/02-1.htm (Press release on IGC Telecom deal with City of Burbank, CA)
http://newsfeed.hollywood.com/latimes/edge/970707/970707-art13.html (LA Times story on municipal networks)
http://www.caltax.org/research/muni.htm (CalTax municipalization analysis)
Other Useful Links
City of Burbank Fiber Optic Business Plan
ICG Telecom deal with City of LA
City of Anaheim telecommunications
Telecom Committee of California Municipal Utilities Association
Attorney Neil J. Lehto's hot links
National Association of Counties on Telecom Act
Center for Technology in Government Homepage
Government Technology, March 97 - Cities Become Telecom Owners