What follows is a list of URLs for Web sites that include information on public access issues, or which are public access sites themselves. Most of these, if not all, contain links to other resources, and, in many cases, to each other as well.

[As must always be remembered with Web URLs, these may change unpredictably -- they are current as of November 22, 1995.]

Austin Free-Net

http://www.austinfree.net/

• The Austin Free-Net is a comprehensive web of communication services that provides community computing resources for the benefit of citizens of the Austin area. The Austin Free-Net (AFN) provides on-line access to local, national, and international information for the general populace to promote The Austin Free-Net is focusing on addressing the needs of children and youth in low income families. By using the Internet, young people can touch the broad array of possibilities for their lives while connecting with critical educational and health services needed by their families.

Austin Learning Academy and Neighborhood Family Learning Centers

http://www.austinfree.net/flc/flchome.htm

• Neighborhood Family Learning Centers are education, training and community resources located in neighborhoods and a program of the Austin Learning Academy. They offer a well equipped, risk-free environment where learning is fun and is presented as a family affair for all ages. Active participants are given opportunities to improve existing academic, interpersonal and leadership skills. Family Learning Centers are staffed by certified teachers and community educators. The FLCs' staff wants to build strong, self-sufficient families and neighborhoods by providing a multi-service resource center for neighborhoods residents. The mission of the Austin Learning Academy is to provide educational opportunities that will empower individuals to determine and achieve goals for themselves, their families, and their community.

MAIN (Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network)

http://www.main.org/

• "MAIN is a non-profit organization whose mission is to establish and operate efficiently a community-access computer network. The purpose of this network is information sharing and communication among the people and governmental, educational, commercial, cultural, religious, and civic organizations, in order to enhance lives and make the best use of community resources."

Texas Public Access Networks

http://newview.morino.org:80/states/tx.html

• Links to Texas public access networks and Web sites, including Texas Education Network (TENET); Rio Grande Free-Net; Big Country Free-Net; North Texas Free-Net; Tarrant County Free-Net; Houston Civic Network; West Texas Free-Net; San Antonio Free-Net; The State of Texas Web Site; TEXAS-ONE; and the Texas State Library.

Community Networks

• An overview of the concept of community networks, with links to networks all over the world, and to related organizations.

The Center for Civic Networking

http://www.civic.net:2401/ccn.html

• A national organization, based in Boston and Washington, D.C., that strives to promote the idea of civic networking.

USA CityLink

http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/

• A comprehensive database of links to U.S. cities and communities that have Web pages, organized by state.

Free-Nets

http://www.nptn.org:80/about.fn/By_State.txt.html

• A list of Free-Nets in the United States and other countries, with links to information about each.

The Morino Institute

http://www.morino.org/pandhome.html

• A directory of public access networks, organized by state and country.

Community networking resources of Big Sky Telegraph in Montana

http://macsky.bigsky.dillon.mt.us/community.html

• A page of links to a wide variety of resources about community computer networking, from a rural regional network in Dillon, Montana.

HandsNet

http://www.igc.org/handsnet/

• A network of human service providers, an award-winning operation.

Alliance for Public Technology

• A coalition of over 250 organizations working for a public interest vision of the "information superhighway."

Public Access Computer Systems Review

http://info.lib.uh.edu/pacsrev.html

• An academic journal on public access computer systems. This link points to a gopher site with current and back issues. Cycling through the links gets you to a Web page.

City Net

http://www.city.net/

• A database of links to city information resources all over the world, updated daily.

The City Net link for Texas cities is:

http://www.city.net/countries/united_states/texas/

State Government on the Net

http://www.webcom.com/~piper/state/states.html

• A database of links to state government information resources, organized by state.

Public Information Bulletin Boards in Texas

http://www.window.texas.gov/misc/statebbs.html

• A listing of dial-up, Internet, and telnet bulletin boards of public information in Texas.

Highway One

http://www.highway1.org:80/about.html

• "To establish a public access infrastructure that provides people across the country with a means to obtain government information, develop a better understanding of complex legislative issues and communicate with one another and their representatives about those issues."

Americans Communicating Electronically (ACE)

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov:80/ace/

• A national organization promoting a public interest vision of open access networking, especially between the federal government and citizens.

The Benton Foundation

http://www.cdinet.com/benton/

• An operating foundation based in Washington, D.C., which runs a highly regarded Communications Policy Project promoting public access and democratic interactivity on computer networks.

Hillside Elementary's School List

http://icet1.iupui.edu/k12schoolwww.html

• A listing of Web pages for schools all over the world, K-12.

Federal Government Web Servers

http://www.fie.com/www/us_gov.htm

• The most complete list of links to federal agency Web sites.

Automated Information in U.S. Federal Courts

http://www.uscourts.gov/PubAccess.html

• A comprehensive list of dial-up and other accessible databases on U.S. federal court information.