Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g16GlGu11049; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:47:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:47:16 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <A1064140F022D3118EBE0008C7919364025EB10C@fegsmail1.fegs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Hacker, Emily" <EHacker@fegs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2217] TOP & CTC Funding in Peril (fwd) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 3293 Lines: 73 Hello List: Some distressing news about the potential elimination of the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) and the Community Technology Centers (CTC) program - which have both been important sources of technology funding for adult & youth literacy programs. The message below is reprinted with permission by the Digital Divide Discussion List. --Emily ********************************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: Andy Carvin [mailto:acarvin@benton.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:28 PM To: DIGITALDIVIDE@OWA.BENTON.ORG Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Digital Divide Plan in Peril (fwd) >From today's Benton Headlines... -ac 'DIGITAL DIVIDE' PLAN IN PERIL Issue: Digital Divide President Bush's proposed budget for next year would kill two widely heralded grant programs to help low-income, rural and other disadvantaged groups share in the benefits of high technology. The Technology Opportunities Program, a federal initiative aimed at bridging the "digital divide" through $45 million in grants to state and local agencies and nonprofit groups, would be eliminated by the proposed budget released yesterday. Also slated for elimination is a companion Community Technology Centers program funded through the Department of Education. "We're very disturbed that these investments will potentially be axed," said Norris Dickard, a senior associate at the Benton Foundation. The Technology Opportunities Program "has been a laboratory of how technology can empower low-income communities to solve social problems," said Dickard. The proposed Bush budget also would slash high-tech research grants, which went to corporations and universities, by 42 percent, from $185 million in 2002 to $108 million in 2003. [SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Jonathan Krim] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23353-2002Feb4.html) ******************************************************************** Emily Hacker Moderator, NIFL Technology Director of Learning Technologies F.E.G.S (212) 366-8122 ehacker@fegs.org PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PASS ON THIS INFORMATION!!! ******************************************************************* HOLD THE DATE: FEGS Partnerships For A Changing World Benefit Dinner APRIL 9, 2002 AT THE PIERRE HOTEL, NYC Please List Your Job Openings with FEGS at (212)366-8039 If You Are interested in Making a Donation to FEGS to Help Us Continue To Provide Essential Crisis Support Services, please contact Gail Magaliff, COO at (212)366-8551 or send an e-email to gmagaliff@fegs.org PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.fegs.org ************************NOTE************************************** The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the addressee(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by tel (212-366-8400), and discard the original message. Thank you for your cooperation. *******************************************************************
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