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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

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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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NGA posts Y2K primer for governors

NGA posts Y2K primer for governors

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GAO Hosts Welfare Reform Workshop

GAO Hosts Welfare Reform Workshop

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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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AASHTO Technology Group Meets in Texas

AASHTO Technology Group Meets in Texas

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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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HCFA to Fund Telemedicine Networks

HCFA to Fund Telemedicine Networks

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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