作为克林顿政府规划的“国家信息基础结构”的先锋,互连网成为连接联邦政府下一代系统基础结构的关键。在实现政府的《国家性能评论》中提出的目标——改善向美国公众提供的业务方面,互连网也被当作一种途径。 价格低廉的、相当可靠且能处理大容量业务的互连网是适用于完成政府公用任务——传播公共信息的一种无以伦比的手段。 As the vanguard of the “National Information Infrastructure” planned by the Clinton administration, the Internet is key to connecting the federal government’s next-generation system infrastructure. The Internet is also used as a means of achieving the goals set out in the government’s National Performance Review - to improve the business provided to the American public. Affordable, reasonably reliable and capable of handling large volumes of business is an unrivaled instrument for delivering on public government mandates - disseminating public information.