摘要: Because of the importance of the information superhighway, GAO initiated work toidentify the socioeconomic regulatory, and technical issues associated with this initiative in detail. GAO summarized these issues in a prior report (... 展开 Because of the importance of the information superhighway, GAO initiated work toidentify the socioeconomic regulatory, and technical issues associated with this initiative in detail. GAO summarized these issues in a prior report (N95-18914/8). This current report focuses in more depth on the pivotal technical issues--security and privacy, interoperability, and reliability. Failure by the private and public sectors to address these challenges could adversely affect the future of the emerging information superhighway. 收起