Digital Government
Tauzin plan would block tax for E-Rate
Rep. W.J. 'Billy' Tauzin (RLa.) was expected last week to introduce legislation to block the Federal Communications Commission from levying a separate telecommunications tax to fund the Education Rate (ERate) program, a billiondollar program designed to subsidize Internet connections for schools
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Tauzin to Introduce E-Rate Funding Bill; E-Rate Rapped at Hill Hearing
Tauzin to Introduce ERate Funding Bill; ERate Rapped at Hill Hearing
Digital Government
Facing Your Year 2000 Liability
Fears that Year 2000 bugs will interrupt vital state and local government services are daunting enough for most information technology professionals working on the datechange problem.
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SEC: Municipalities Should Disclose Y2K Info in Bond Issues
SEC: Municipalities Should Disclose Y2K Info in Bond Issues
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Survey Says City/County GIS Use Up, But Environmental Potential Not Realized
Survey Says City/County GIS Use Up, But Environmental Potential Not Realized
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CDC Bolsters Public Health Network to Fight E. Coli Illness
CDC Bolsters Public Health Network to Fight E. Coli Illness
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In Milwaukee Partnership, Parents and Kids Learn Together
Underpriviledged families in innercity Milwaukee are learning computer, reading and writing skills at public technology centers.
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Reversing a 'Brain Drain' in Green County, Pa.
Green County, Pa., located in the Rust Belt and saddled with a poverty factor of more than 25 percent, has spent decades trying to recover from a mass exodus of workers that has left the area's work force depleted.
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Companies Trim Sails for E-Rate Trade
Ingram Micro Inc., a giant computer distributor, has set up a special program to funnel sales leads, bid support and product discounts related to the federal government's $2 billion ERate program to its education resellers.
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FCC backpedals on E-Rate management
The Federal Communications Commission last Friday proposed that Congress revamp the way the ERate and other federally subsidized telecommunications programs are administered.
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Kentucky's $150 Million PC Bid Hits Street Soon
Kentucky's $150 Million PC Bid Hits Street Soon
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Vice President Hails Private-Sector Internet2 Donations
Vice President Hails Private Sector Internet2 Donations
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Internet High School
San Francisco's Thurgood Marshall Academic High School is situated in one of the city's toughest neighborhoods.
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State and Local Leaders Back Revised Internet Tax Bill
State and Local Leaders Back Revised Internet Tax Bill
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Medical Matchmaker
It was not unusual for the Hadleys, a deeply religious family living in Paducah, Ky., to discuss serious subjects while having dinner. One recent discussion for the Hadley family Chuck, Gwen and their three children: Christina, 15; Nicole, 14; and Andrew, 12 was about organ donation. Nicole, w
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GIS Power Politics
City and county governments have spent years building powerful repositories of geospatial data necessary to deliver a majority of public serviceseverything from building roads to dispatching ambulances. But local geographic information systems players until recently have been shut out of the strat
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