[1] From: David Green <david@ninch.org> (78)
Subject: 1998 TIIAP Program
[2] From: David Green <david@ninch.org> (20)
Subject: Reminder: "Into the Future" screens tonight
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 09:52:56 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: 1998 TIIAP Program
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
January 12, 1998
1998 TIIAP GRANT PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
March 12 Deadline
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/>
Some $17 million will be awarded in this year's TIIAP grant program.
Cultural projects are strongly advised to apply: "TIIAP is looking for
innovative projects that use the new tools of the information age to
strengthen communities, improve the delivery of public services, promote
public safety, and enhance health, education, culture, and lifelong
learning."
Otreach workshops will take place in the following locations:
January 26: Seattle
January 30: Minneapolis
February 4: Pittsburgh
February 6: Atlanta
February 9: Dallas
For further information, consult the NTIA website: <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/>
David Green
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Paige Darden
January 5, 1998
(202) 482-7002
NTIA ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR 1998 APPLICATION PROCESS FOR
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS; WASHINGTON, DC BRIEFING AND OUTREACH
WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today that it will accept
applications for the 1998 round of the Telecommunications and Information
Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP). For fiscal year 1998,
approximately 17 million dollars in grant funds will be awarded. The
deadline for submitting applications is 9:00 p.m., EST, March 12, 1998.
TIIAP, a highly competitive, merit-based grant program, provides
seed money for innovative, practical projects that extend the benefits of
advanced telecommunications and information technology to rural and urban
underserved Americans. Since its inception in 1994, the information
infrastructure grant program has funded 332 projects in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. TIIAP has awarded
more than $100 million in matching grant funds, while leveraging $150
million in local matching funds, to non-profit organizations, such as
schools, libraries, hospitals, public safety entities, and state and
local governments.
Priorities in the 1998 grant round include funding projects which
will serve as nationally significant demonstrations of how
telecommunications and information technologies can be used to extend
valuable services and opportunities to all Americans, especially the
underserved. TIIAP is looking for innovative projects that use the new
tools of the information age to strengthen communities, improve the
delivery of public services, promote public safety, and enhance health,
education, culture, and lifelong learning. TIIAP seeks projects that can
serve as models for other communities to emulate, thereby ensuring that
the benefits of an advanced information infrastructure is realized by all
Americans, regardless of economic status or whether they live in urban or
rural areas.
On January 15, NTIA will hold a short public briefing to introduce
the 1998 TIIAP competition. The briefing will be held at the Department
of Commerce, Room 4830, at 10 a.m. NTIA will also hold a series of
regional Outreach Workshops and Partnering Events to discuss the TIIAP
program, introduce the 1998 TIIAP grant round, and discuss program
funding priorities and application requirements. The workshops are a key
opportunity for interested parties to understand the TIIAP goals and
application process and meet representatives of other organizations
interested in the TIIAP program. The Outreach Workshops and Partnering
Events will be held on January 26, in Seattle, Washington; January 30, in
Minneapolis, Minnesota; February 4, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; February
6, in Atlanta, Georgia; and February 9, in Dallas, Texas.
Information about the application process and requirements can be
found in the Notice of Availability of Funds, published in the Federal
Register on January 5, 1998. For more information about TIIAP and the
Outreach Workshops and Partnering Events, visit the NTIA web site at
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/>, or call (202) 482-2048, or e-mail to
<tiiap@ntia.doc.gov>.
TIIAP is administered by the U.S. Commerce Department's National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). NTIA serves as
the principal adviser to the President, Vice President and Secretary of
Commerce on domestic and international communications and information
issues and represents the Executive Branch before the Congress, other
Federal agencies, foreign governments and international organizations.
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:59:54 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Reminder: "Into the Future" screens tonight
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
January 13, 1997
REMINDER
"INTO THE FUTURE:
ON THE PRESERVATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE"
<http://www.pbs.org/whatson/1998/01/descriptions/INFU.html>
Terry Sanders' film will be shown nationally on PBS tonight at 10pm (but
check local listings).
Produced in association with the Commission on Preservation and Access (a
program of the Council on Library and Information Resources) and the
American Council of Learned Societies, "INTO THE FUTURE: explores the
issues behind the survival of digitally stored information into the future.
It will air on PBS stations nation-wide on January 13 1998 at 10PM EST
(check local listings).
The program features insights from articulate shapers and thinkers of the
Information Age, such as Peter Norton, founder of Norton Utilities; Tim
Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web; John Seely Brown, chief
scientist at Xerox Corporation; Michael Dertouzos, director of M.I.T.
Laboratory for Computer Science; Deanna Marcum, president of the Council
on Library and Information Resources; and Jeff Rothenberg, senior
computer scientist for RAND Corporation.
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