This page outlines the preliminary findings of my research in Russia and Ukraine during fall 1999.  Its purpose is to introduce some of the basic issues surrounding information policy and to define how policymakers have addressed new information technologies in legislation.  Please forward comments, questions or criticisms.
 

Research for this web page was supported in part by the Regional Scholar Exchange Program, which is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency (USIA), under authority of the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961 as amended, and administered by the American Council for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS. The opinions expressed herein are the author's own and do not necessarily express the views of either USIA or the American Councils. Please address questions about the page or its contents to Erik Herron.