When it emerged less than a decade ago, the World Wide Web was quickly embraced as a bright new medium that could help reinvent government and revitalize democracy. But gradually government policy-makers have also seen that the Web has a . . .
When it emerged less than a decade ago, the World Wide Web was quickly embraced as a bright new medium that could help reinvent government and revitalize democracy. But gradually government policy-makers have also seen that the Web has a much darker side.

Information once eagerly posted on government Web sites to promote environmental safety, assist military personnel or help retirees is now being viewed as dangerous if found by terrorists, hackers and other criminals. Prompted by fears that easy access to information is putting Americans at risk, agencies and Congress are tightening controls over federal Internet sites. Federal Webmasters who once enthusiastically posted information now anxiously take some of it down.

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