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==Gore and the Internet==

==Gore and the Internet==

As a politician, Al Gore has been instrumental in the development of Information Technology in the U.S. As Senator he was responsible in the legislation of the High Performance Computing Act which he call the "Information Superhighway which calls for the development of a national high-speed computer network that would link the industry, government, libraries and universities' computers.Gore held the authority and responsibility to lead and coordinate the Clinton Administration's Information Technology Policies to government and research agencies.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/10/science/clinton-to-promote-high-technology-with-gore-in-charge.html?pagewanted=4&src=pm

As a politician, Al Gore has been instrumental in the development of Information Technology in the U.S. As Senator he was responsible in the legislation of the High Performance Computing Act which he call the "Information Superhighway which calls for the development of a national high-speed computer network that would link the industry, government, libraries and universities' computers.Gore held the authority and responsibility to lead and coordinate the Clinton Administration's Information Technology Policies to government and research agencies.<ref>

 

On March 21, 1994, he also proposed the creation of an integrated global policy framework for the information superhighway and the development of Global Information Infrastructure([[GII]]) during the International Telecommunication Union ([[ITU]]) World Conference on Communication Development in Buenos Aires.<ref>[http://cfi.au.dk/fileadmin/www.cfi.au.dk/publikationer/cfis_skriftserie/003_kleinwachter.pdf Global Governance in the Information Age]</ref>

 

[http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/10/science/clinton-to-promote-high-technology-with-gore-in-charge.html?pagewanted=4&src=pm Gore strongly supported Clinton in pushing for the private sector leadership to further enhance the global electronic commerce. Their initiative resulted in the creation of [[ICANN]], a non-profit organization responsible in managing the internet domain name and IP addresses in 1998.