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The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and EDUCAUSE today announced the award of a five-year cooperative agreement to EDUCAUSE for managing the .edu Internet domain name for the higher education community. The agreement implements an understanding reached last April about facilitating policy development and technical operations of the .edu domain by […]
For more than a decade, heretic groups of corporate managers, technologists and consultants have promoted the idea that a decentralized network of workplaces might serve the needs of employees and companies better than a large central headquarters.
Nestled in Illinois’ recently passed telecommunications rewrite bill are two largely unnoticed measures to address issues of technology access and infrastructure for all Illinois residents . The bill, which focuses primarily on ensuring competitive practices and quality of service within the telecommunications industry, also creates a Digital Divide Elimination Fund and a Digital Divide Elimination […]
WASHINGTON, October 25, 2001 – Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced a $23 million loan package to provide modern, high-speed telecommunications to thirteen Kentucky counties and also announced the approval of a $750,000 direct loan for the construction of a new library in Wolfe County. “Today, as we talk about the future of agriculture, […]
Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) is introducing legislation aimed at giving agencies new management tools to reverse the “human capital crisis.”
State educators agree that changing demographics in South Dakota are going to alter the educational picture around the state in the near future.
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (news/quote), the once highflying software company brought low by an accounting scandal and management turmoil, was declared insolvent today by a court in Ypres, Belgium, where it is based. The court appointed five liquidators to dispose of the company’s Belgian
The top three Internet companies will start encouraging other firms Tuesday to adopt a system that will allow parents to restrict access to Web sites they find objectionable. The companies hope the system will ward off the threat of government regulation.
Three of the nation’s most popular Internet destinations—America Online, Microsoft Corp.’s MSN and Yahoo Inc.—have agreed on a uniform system for labeling Web sites to help parents steer children from questionable content, the companies plan to announce today.