from edupage: U.S. NOW HAS AN INFORMATION-AGE ECONOMY Replacing an industry classification that has existed for 60 years, the U.S. Commerce Department has introduced a new system that recognizes this leap into the information age. Using the new system, the government reports that in 1997 computers and electronics manufacturing accounted for 1.7 million jobs at 17,000 locations. The Commerce Department also says that more e-mail than snail mail was sent in 1997, and that U.S. consumers bought more computers than automobiles. [The report is silent on the question of whether there were more computer crashes than automobile crashes, but if there weren't the highways would be impassable.] The government developed the new classification system because "in an information-based economy, the quality of information determines the quality of policy." (USA Today 17 Mar 99) kathy > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Methods Communication -- 425.965.6901 > Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our >potential. ~ Liane Cardes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
