Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h6GFpT719061; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:51:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:51:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100302bb3b239e8929@[67.31.12.121]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:708] Re: ERIC Clearinghouses endangered X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1877 Lines: 56 Judy, Do you mean that there is no longer any way to access the holdings of these Clearinghouses? And that there will be no further development of the collections around the themes that have been so long established and so admired across this land and others. If some consolidated entity is to be continued, is it the administration's plan to block or eliminate certain kinds of material? If any one of these things is true, this would an gigantic, staggering setback for education and for America's freedom of thought, information, and knowledge. Gail >Hello, > >The Clearinghouses have been eliminated. The RFP/SOW can be found at >http://www.eps.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/ED-03-R-0018/Attachments.html. Proposals >are due August 4. > >Judy > >At 09:00 AM 7/16/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >>What is the status of the SOW re ERIC clearinghouses? >> >>from April: >> >>ACTION ALERT: ERIC Clearinghouses on the Chopping Block! >>The U.S. Department of Education has issued a draft Statement of Work (SOW) >>for a NEW ERIC system. Unless the draft SOW is modified, all 16 >>Clearinghouses and their services (including AskERIC, Digests, and other >>publications) will be eliminated. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Chris Berg >>Employment Specialist, Center for Careers and Lifelong Learning >>Jewish Vocational Service >>29 Winter Street, 3rd Floor >>Boston, MA 02108 >>P 617-542-1993 x3220; F 617-542-3992 >>www.jvs-boston.org > >Judy Wagner / wagner.6@osu.edu / ericacve.org/ >ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education >1900 Kenny Road / Columbus OH 43210-1090 USA >614/292-8625; 800/848-4815 (ext 2-8625); FAX: 614/292-1260 >TTY/TDD: 614/688-8734 -- Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610
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