andrew.ross(a)new.oxford.ac.uk:
>***Open Invitation to Submit Evidence (New Deadline-- 30 July 2002)
(...)
>As its first major initiative, the OII is to establish a committee of
>inquiry into the public policy issues concerning broadband Internet access
>in the UK. The costs and benefits of broadband is a complex and pressing
>issue, complicated by the considerable debate regarding its development
>and application.
>
>The aim of the inquiry is to comprehensively survey the political, social,
>legal and economic environment in which broadband operates, both in the UK
>and abroad, and to develop practical policy recommendations for government.
"Committee of inquiry" usually connotes a government or similarly
institutionally-tied official process -- particularly with "invitation to
submit evidence", which usually connotes the workings of an administrative
tribunal such as, say, a regulatory body.
Just to understand, is this a government-tied inquiry -- or does the
titling reflect a nomenclature choice aimed at infusing a university-run
research project with an explicit political-process vocabulary?
thanks
Bram
