Intel’s Grove Calls for Easing Broadband Rules
Intel chairman Andy Grove says the government must enable rapid deployment of broadband access, even if it means allowing Baby Bells to dominate their respective markets.
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Senate Passes Education Bill
In a triumph for President Bush (news – web sites), the Senate overwhelmingly passed groundbreaking education legislation Thursday that requires annual math and reading tests for millions of schoolchildren as part of an effort to improve the nation’s public schools.
U.S. Says Web Filtering Law Does Not Violate Free Speech
The U.S. Department of Justice argues that the law mandates only that public libraries install the content filters; not how –or whether– to use them.
Kofi Annan: Let’s Commit Ourselves to Bridging the Divide
In honor of World Telecommunications Day, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan released the following statement on the importance of bridging the digital divide.
New FCC Consumer eMail Service is Now Available
Washington, DC The Federal Communications Co’s Consumer Information Bureau’s website, www.fcc.gov/cib. Consumers may send inquiries and complaints concerning regulated telecommunications services to the FCC’s Consumer Centers through a variety of methods: phone: (toll-free): 1-888-CALL-FCC (voice); 1-888-TELL-FCC (TTY); postal mail: 445 12th St. SW, Washington, DC, 20554; e-mail: fccinfo@fcc.gov. (general inquiries and complaints); access@fcc.gov (disability-related inquiries […]
Lightspan Chairman and CEO John Kernan, Leading Technology and Education Entrepreneur, Named to California Education Panel
SAN DIEGO, June 5 — Lightspan, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSPN – news), the nation’s premier provider of quality curriculum-based educational software and Internet products and services used in schools and homes, today announced that Lightspan CEO John Kernan has been appointed to a panel charged with identifying ways in which new technologies can help improve public […]
E-Rate Chief Goes Back to School
The woman in charge of managing the e-rate — the program credited with connecting America’s classrooms to the Internet — has resigned from her post.
Arel Learning Solutions Taps Deborah Gross to Bring Interactive Distance Learning to Government Clients
Arel Learning Solutions Inc, a fully owned subsidiary of Arel Communications and Software, Ltd, the world’s leading provider of corporate training solutions, today announcedthat Deborah Gross has joined as the Vice President of Business Development for its Public Sector Division. She will be responsible for both sales and project management for key clients. Gross has […]
A Teachers’ Union in Canada Seeks More Control Over Distance Education
The Nova Scotia Teachers Union recently passed a series of resolutions that aim to give the union more control over distance-education ventures in the province. The move is the latest example of the hard line that many unions are taking toward distance education.
Moore leaves Intel, but his law lives on
GORDON MOORE, ONE of Silicon Valley’s most influential and respected people, officially resigned from the board of Intel on Thursday. Although his departure might mean the end of an era for the chip maker, Moore’s legacy will live on.