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INET'95 : Keynote Speech (L3-1)
INET'95 : Keynote Speech (L3-1)
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Keynote Speech: Economic Opportunity Along the Information Superhighway
- Jonathan Sallet
- Asst. to the Secretary
- Director, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning
- US Dept of Commerce
The National Information Infrastructure will be key economic force
in the 21st Century. It will drive investment, as we build out an
advanced network of networks connecting our schools, libraries, hospitals
and clinics. It will be the cornerstone of lifelong learning, changing
forever the way we education our children and train and re-train ourselves
to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, increasingly competitive
global marketplace. It will enable the creating of new markets here
at home and abroad, and enhance and sustain economic well-being by
increasing export opportunities. And it will generate innovations in
commerce, health care, the environment, manufacturing, entertainment and
elsewhere; innovations that will dramatically affect the way we live, work
and play. The Clinton Administration has made working with the private
sector
in the development and deployment of an advanced National Information
Infrastructure a key priority, and has done so not just as a matter of
science and technology, but because the NII is and will continue to be a key
driver of economic growth well into the future. At INET 95, I will review
the Administration's National Information Infrastructure initiative and
discuss its relation to national economic growth and the President's
overall economic growth strategy.
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