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NEA: Schools need $53.7 billion in technology
The report recommends states find a permanent funding structure to pay for schools' ongoing needs
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House committee extends tax ban
The Judiciary Committee voted to extend the current moratorium on Internet taxes until 2006
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Colorado to create statewide high-speed network
The state has awarded US West a contract to get a high-speed, fiber-optic network to all state offices and schools.
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Grants will build Community Technology Centers
The Education Department awarded $44 million to build 214 centers so the underprivileged in 27 states will have access to computers
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Company donates tech to Indian schools
Native American Systems Inc. has donated $100,000 in equipment and services to bring Internet access to American Indian schools in remote parts of the country
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The Open Access Debate
Last year, officials from Portland, Ore., first began work on a transfer agreement with AT&T Cable Services -- the behemoth telecommunications firm that had recently acquired TCI, the city's local provider and the country's largest cable company.
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The Need for Speed
Broadband service is a category of telecommunications technology that provides multiple channels of data via a single communications medium, typically through some form of frequency or wave division multiplexing.
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Oklahoma Invites Students to Play Games
An interactive software program that combines music, video and computers will be used to challenge Oklahoma students to think about the consequences of their actions.
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Del. Court Internet Site More Than E-Forms
The Delaware Superior Court has launched a World Wide Web site that features comprehensive information about the court and how it operates.
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Environmental Violations in Delaware Spotlight
Delaware Gov. Thomas Carper has directed the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to post information about environmental violations on its World Wide Web site.
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Software Helps Job Seekers
Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Applied Theory Corp. announced they have teamed up to provide state and local governments with software that can be used to integrate employment services.
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Net tax report in, but issue isn't over
Despite the work of a 19- member commission that met for 10 months, heard from more than 55 experts, received thousands of pieces of mail and formally presented a 150-page report to Congress last month, the issue of Internet sales taxes is as unresolved as ever.
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NEF offers information technology scholarships
Money for Internet-based IT courses will be available to those making less than $40,000 a year
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State CIOs Climb the Ranks
State chief information officers have progressed rapidly to positions where they can have a real impact on how states serve citizens
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'John Hancock' Goes Digital
States Are on the Verge of Issuing the Public a Way To Secure Their Online Government Business
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Oklahoma Tech Center Connects Talent
The Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center is recruiting people who can help up-and-coming companies with technology needs.
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Investing Site a Draw in Wash.
Washington state officials knew there was a need for an Internet guide aimed at beginning online investors. But they had no idea just how big that need was.
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Seattle Measures its Digital Divide
It appears the country's radar has an increasingly strong fix on the digital divide.
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