Download or read book Revolution in the U.S. Information Structure written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the full text of "Revolution in the U.S. Information Structure," a publication of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The publication includes papers resulting from a 1994 Annual Meeting Technical Session on the revolution in the information infrastructure. Examines the technical and economic factors that will determine marketplace demand, the roles of government and private investment, and the problems and promises for people's lives as video and data communications become more prevalent. Notes that the project was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Links to the home pages of the NAS and the NAP.