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Adrienne Cleere, a marketing executive with extensive strategic planning, brand positioning and sales experience, has been appointed vice president, strategic partnerships, for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The announcement was made today by Judy L. Harris, executive vice president, PBS Businesses. Ms. Cleere, who is based in the offices of PBS member station WNET/New York, […]
INET 2001, the eleventh annual Internet Society Global Summit to be held in Stockholm from 5-8 May 2001, will this year feature a plenary panel discussion of issues related to extending the Internet to space-based applications. This session, chaired by Dr. Vint Cerf, will be held under the umbrella of the “Interplanetary Internet” task of […]
It is unfair to say that the law mandating communications-services competition has failed, mainly because it has only been given five years to prove itself, said Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell on Monday.
For the past several months, NSF has been assessing various solutions for use in implementing electronic signatures for proposals submitted to the Foundation. Upon consideration of the results of pilots conducted on electronic signatures, as well as re-reviewing the existing legal and regulatory requirements relative to government-wide certification requirements, the Foundation has concluded that the […]
Don W. Hooper, superintendent of schools in Sugar Land, Texas, was installed May 4 as the 134th president of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) in San Diego, California. His term of office begins on July 1. Hooper has more than 24 years experience as a superintendent in all size school districts, the most […]
Two universities have decided to withdraw from the planned Universitas 21 global online university, citing concerns about how it would use their names and logos.
AN ORGANIZATION COMPRISED of state CIOs is constructing an online exchange to promote the reuse of components when building applications.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Congressional committee approved a bill Wednesday that would further deregulate the U.S. telecommunications industry by making it easier for local phone companies to offer nationwide high-speed Internet services.
Lynnfield, MA and Vancouver, BC – May 9, 2001 –– WebCT, the world’s leading provider of integrated e-learning systems for higher education, has announced its 2001 Product Advisory Board. The WebCT Product Advisory Boards primary mission is to shape the continuing evolution of the WebCTs products and services, used in 2,172 institutions worldwide. The WebCT […]
There was a time, not long ago, when the so-called digital divide was perceived and illustrated as a huge canyon or a miles-wide river. On the one side stood the technology-rich, happy because they had access to computers at school and home. On the other stood the technology-poor, unhappy because they had no access at […]