The U. S. Department of Commerce has announced $65.0 million
in funds available to increase in the United States the use of
and access to the information superhighway. More details on
these Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure
Assistance Program (TIIAP) grants is available by request to
Eligible applicants include school districts, libraries, community
groups, universities, state and local governments, public safety
providers, and non-profit organizations.
About $38.0 million for demonstration projects.
About $16.0 million for access grants not to exceed $250,000
About $10.0 million for planning projects.
Demonstration projects are divided into two categories:
under $1.0 demonstrations and over $1.0 demonstrations.
The domains government documents list as most pertinent include:
SUBJECT CATEGORY GROUPS
1. K-12 Education
2. Higher Education
3. Health/Human Services
4. Statewide or Local Infrastructure Planning/Public Safety
5. Community Networking/Library Services/ Arts and Culture
6. Economic Development/Government and Public Information
GENERAL GROUPS
7. Rural Issues
8. Region-Specific Coordination and Coalition-Building
To assist applicants the NTIA staff is available at
202 482-2048, (202 501-5136 - Fax), and regional
Workshops are planned as follows:
02-24 - Charleston, SC Marriott, 803 747-1900
02-28 - Omaha, NE Red Lion Hotel, 402 346-7600
03-02 - Richmond, VA Richmond Center, 804 783-7300
03-08 - Portland, OR Red Lion, 503 281-6111
03-11 - Albany, NY Omni, 518 462-6611
03-17 - Austin, TX Capital Marriott, 512 478-1111
Workshop information and registration are available from
Ms. Palmer at 202 482-2048, <spalmer@ntia.doc.gov>. The
Workshops will outline grant evaluation procedures, grant
guidelines, other similar federal grant programs, and will
include presentations by up to three previous TIIAP grantees
who will discuss their wining proposals.
In addition to information from <tiiap@ntia.doc.gov>,
one can access data electronically as follows:
To reach the Gopher server, point your Gopher client at
gopher.ntia.doc.gov and login as <gopher>'.
To reach the FTP server, FTP to ftp.ntia.doc.gov, login as
<anonymous>, use your e-mail address as the password, and
change to the /grantinfo director to find TIIAP files.
To reach the WWW server, use http://www.ntia.doc.gov to
reach the NTIA Home Page, and follow the What's New link
to reach TIIAP information.
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DISCLAIMER: ACT * American College Testing is not affiliated with
the NTIA, and its Washington Office has compiled the above information
in an effort to increase public awareness of the availability of these
federal funds to expand the use of the information superhighway.
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Daniel Minchew
Director
ACT * American College Testing
One Dupont Circle, NW, # 340
Washington, DC 20036-1170
202 223-2318 - Telephone
202 293-2223 - Fax
minchew@act-act4-po.act.org