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• Computers: Organizations  (136)
• Society: Issues: Science and Technology: Computers: Internet: Organizations  (19)

Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce  www.ecommercecommission.org Created by Congress to produce recommendations on electronic commerce and tax policy, critical information age issues with global implications.

American Registry for Internet Numbers  www.arin.net ARIN is the regional registry of IP and ASN numbers for North America, South America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa.

Asia & Pacific Internet Association  www.apia.org Trade organization whose aim is to promote the region's economy through technical conferences, informative data compilation, and development of industry standards.

Asia Pacific Network Information Centre  www.apnic.net Regional Internet Registry that allocates IP and AS numbers in the Asia Pacific region. Has a "whois" database that holds information on network contacts for Asia Pacific IP addresses.

Association Electronique Libre  www.ael.be The AEL is a Belgian-based association whose main goal is finding and supporting non-proprietary software. Has mailing list to join.

Association for Positive Ethical eXchange (APEX)  www.apex-ethics.com Organization to promote the ethical exchange of all ideas, goods or services on the internet, including award programs. Features guidelines, member list and community forum.

Association of African American Web Developers  www.aaawd.org Organization to promote web development by African Americans. Open to professional and students engaged in web work. Resources include fee estimator, employment listing, java and javascript assistance.

Association of Internet Researchers  www.aoir.org Organization devoted to the study of the Internet and its various impacts from multidisciplinary fields. Academic based with listserv.

Berglund Center for Internet Studies  bcis.pacificu.edu Affiliated with Pacific University in Oregon, the Center offers fellowships for those who wish to study the impact of the Internet. Has online journal.

Berkman Center for Internet and Society  cyber.law.harvard.edu A research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development.

The Commercial Internet Exchange Association  www.cix.org A trade association of internetwork service providers promoting internetworking on a global scale. Has list of and links to members and vendors

Computer and Communications Industry Association  www.ccianet.org Association of computer product vendors and communications firms lobbying for free trade and open markets

Consortiuminfo.org  www.consortiuminfo.org The goal of this site is to provide broad and detailed source of information on the Internet regarding standard setting and consortia. Forming a consortium, branding, articles.

The CreekBed Project  creekbed.org A grass roots organization of individuals who are enthusiastic about the Internet and want to encourage the growth of informational, educational and non-commercial websites.

Global Information Infrastructure Commission  www.giic.org An initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies dedicated to privatizing or creating cooperative public and private enterprise to increase access to the Internet

ICANN @Large Membership  www.icannatlarge.com The (future) website of the members of ICANN At-Large, the voting population that will control ICANN.

Information Network  www.i-network.or.ug Home page of an association of individuals or organizations rallied around the theme ICT for Development.

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority  www.iana.org IANA controls numbers for protocols, the Country Code Top Level Domains and maintains the IP Address allotments.

Internet Brothers  internetbrothers.com Expanding web community by offering free tips and tutorials about HTML and DHTML, graphics editing, site promotion, digital photography, and desktop publishing. Presented often with a touch of humor, and always with examples.

Internet Developer Group  www.inetdevgrp.org Group based in California holds meetings and uses web site to explaining evolving Internet Technologies. Issues include: Security, Privacy, Searching, Bandwidth and alternative access media and devices.

The Internet Engineering Task Force  www.ietf.org Large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.

Internet for everyone  www.inet.sk Internet support organization in Slovakia, for everyone, news from Slovak telecommunications, protest for cheaper Internet in Slovak Republic. "Internet pre vsetkych"

Internet Industry Association home page  www.iia.net.au The Internet Industry Association is Australia's national Internet industry organisation. Members include telecommunications carriers; content creators and publishers; web developers; e-commerce traders and solutions providers; hardware vendors; systems integrators; banks, insurance underwriters; Internet law firms, ISPs; educational and training institutions; Internet research analysts; and a range of other businesses providing professional and technical support services.

Internet Organizations  legal.web.aol.com/public/io/index.html America Online legal department list of Internet organizations with links.

Internet Society Chapter of Luxembourg  www.isoc.lu Luxembourg, Belgium Chapter of ISOC

Irish Internet Association  www.iia.ie Offers access to seminars, discussion forums, lobbying representation, and bi-monthly digests.

Israel Internet Association  www.isoc.org.il A forum for government, industry, and individuals to debate and formulate Israel Internet network policies and procedures, with a focus for development and evolution on Internet technology.

juice  juice.nl A community of communications and computing professionals. Tutorials and Resources for web developers and internet publishers.

Network Startup Resource Center  www.nsrc.org A non-profit organization which has been involved for over a decade in the deployment and integration of appropriate networking technology in projects throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Oceania.

People For Internet Responsibility  www.pfir.org People For Internet Responsibility (PFIR) is a global, grassroots, ad hoc network of individuals who are concerned about the current and future operations, development, management, and regulation of the Internet in responsible manners. The goal of PFIR is to help provide a resource for individuals around the world to help impact crucial Internet issues. Has mailing list.

RFC Editor Homepage  www.rfc-editor.org The official RFC editing organization maintained by IANA. Website includes a fully searchable archive of all RFCs.

Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis  www.uriica.org An offshoot of People For Internet Responsibility (PFIR) working to promote an organization which will provide international direction and regulation for the Internet. Discussion Board.

US Internet Industry Association  www.usiia.org Provides education on Internet and technology issues, advocates effective public policy for the Internet, and offers its members essential business news, information, support, services, and access to an legislative database.

Virtual Volunteering Project  www.serviceleader.org/vv Encourages and assists in the development of online volunteering opportunities and experiences. Also provides resources to help service leaders use the Internet to manage all volunteers.

Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WATWG)  whatwg.org An unofficial collaboration of Web browser manufacturers and interested parties who wish to develop new technologies designed to allow authors to write and deploy Applications over the World Wide Web. Includes charter, news, specifications, and demonstrations.

Web Review: The W3C Web Site  www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-2/w3site.html This is a review of the World Wide Web Consortium web site, from the ACM Crossroads Winter 1999 issue.

Wise-Women  www.wise-women.org This site is a resource for female (and male) web designers, developers and programmers, featuring tips and tutorials on a variety of Web related subjects. Features several mailing lists including one for Java script.

Women Designers Group  www.womendesignersgroup.com An all encompassing site for women involved in web site development, from design to programming. Has news, jobs, tutorials for web designers. Can join mailing list.