RCED also examined the results of these efforts and highlighted priority areas for further improvement, such as better information on results for internal management purposes.
Priority areas for further improvement were highlighted as a result of these efforts.
I think that Larry is trying to reach a larger audience with his book, and to do so, he has to explain why under the influence of commerce, cyberspace is becoming highly regulable for those who do not participate in that commerce, and why the regulation that commerce imposes on those who voluntarily join into it should be a bad thing.