I tell my step-son that he has to turn his homework in on time, beacuse thats what is expected in real life. I guess I’m wrong. In 1998 congress decided it needed to be better informed about this thing called the internet, and commissioned a study. 7 years later, the 283 page report has a firm grasp of the obvious. Although not wrong, it’s hardly ground breaking, or contains any speculative insight. At the bargain price of only $1million, which actually is cheap for the federal government, I guess you get what you pay for. CNN.com - Internet study finished — after 7 years.
( UPDATE: 5/30/2005 CNN no longer has the story posted.  So heres a new link to the law that comissioned the report, H.R.3332 and here’s another link to the final report made by the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) entitled Signposts in Cyberspace)