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Cybertelecom
Federal Internet Law & Policy
An Educational Project
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| Digital Divide
Infrastructure Development |
Federal Activities
- ITU Launches New Development Initiative to Bridge the Digital Divide, ITU 6/15/2005
- Assistant Secretary Michael D. Gallagher spoke on "Promoting Broadband Deployment in Rural America" at the Governor's Agriculture and Rural Renewal Expo, Jackson, MS., NTIA 9/7/2004
- UN Meeting of the General Assembly devoted to information and communication technologies for development. [Press Release][List of Speakers 1 and 2][Media Advisory] UNICT Task Force Webpage [Webcast: Archived Video-Morning Meeting/2h43min] [Webcast: Archived Video-Afternoon Meeting/2h37min]
- World Telecommunication Development Conference adopts comprehensive Action Plan to bridge the Digital Divide, ITU 4/1/02
- FCC COMMISSIONER KEVIN MARTIN ADDRESSES WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY, "SEIZING DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES". Commissioner Kevin J. Martin addressed a special session of the 2002 World Telecommunication Development Conference in Istanbul, Turkey on "Bridging the Digital Divide.". News Release. News Media Contact: Emily Willeford at (202) 418-2100 CMMR DOC-220920A1.doc DOC-220920A1.pdf DOC-220920A1.txt, FCC 3/21/02
- Telecommunications: Federal and State Universal Service Programs and Challenges to Funding GAO-02-187 February 11 2002, GAO 2/13/02
- May 24 The House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture and Technology of the Committee on Small Business will hold a joint hearing titled Eliminating the Digital Divide - Who Will Wire Rural America? 10:00 am 2360 RHOB.
- ITU Launches a Multi-million Dollar Project to Bridge the Global Digital Divide, ITU 5/21/01
- Oct 30-31 Dept of Commerce's Networks for People 2000 Conference
- THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 4, 2000 THE CLINTON-GORE ADMINISTRATION: A NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
- DRAFT PROPOSAL OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S HOME INTERNET ACCESS PROGRAM April 2000
- Department of Education, Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-1999, January 2000.
- House Commerce Committee: Thursday 9/30/99 10:00 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection hearing on H.R. 1746, Schools and Libraries Internet Access Act.
- In response to Inquiry from Rep. George W. Gekas, Chairman, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth Concludes that Schools and Libraries Program Likely Violates Recent D.C. Circuit Non-delegation Doctrine Decision, American Trucking v. EPA. 9/17/99 Memo
- Press Statement of Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth FCC Again Violates Statutory Mandate By Increasing E-Rate Tax While Delaying Implementation of High-Cost Program.May 27 1999
- Daschle Says FCC Chairman Pledges to Help Ensure High-Speed Internet Services Come to Rural America (June 11, 1999)
- Senator Dick Armey Letter to Ch Kennard (May 19, 1999)
- Ch Kennard Statement that there is enough money to lower phone bills and increase internet access. (May 17, 1999)
NTIA's Falling Through the Net (Digital Divide) Reports
| Digital Opportunities Task Force |
Clinton, G-8 Create Digital Opportunity Task Force 24 July 2000
G8 IT Digital Opportunity Task force (dot force)
Final Report of the Digital Opportunity Task Force
Markle Foundation Dot Force Resource Page
Public Voice encouraging input to the DOT Task force
Volunteers
Papers
- Financing Information and Communication Infrastructure Needs in the Developing World: Public and Private Roles, World Bank 3/4/2005
- Chinn and Fairlie, Econometric Analyses: The Determinants of the Global digital Divide (2004), Yale 3/2/2005
- March Warschauer, Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide, MIT Press (2003), 3/2/2005
- Policy Reform, Economic Growth, and the Digital Divide:An Econometric Analysis (March 28, 2001), World Bank 2/22/2005
- Special Report: Bridging the Digital Divide (2000), World Bank 2/22/2005
- Bridging the Digital Divide: How Enterprise Ownership and Foreign Competition Affect Internet Access in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (1999), World Bank 2/22/2005
- Heather Hudson, Investing in Infrastructure: Increasing Internet Access in the Developing World, TPRC 10/2/2004
- Digital Divide: Where To Go From Here, Kaiser 9/21/2004
- Chinn, M. and R. Fairlie. 2004. The Determinants of the Global Digital Divide. Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Exploring the Digital Divide Regional Differences in Patterns of Internet Use in the United States Volume I: Surveying the Divide, U Texas 9/21/2004
- Dr. Sharon Strover, Gary Chapman, Dr. Jody Waters , Beyond Community Networking and CTCs: Access, Development and Public Policy, TPRC 9/13/03
- Warshauer, M., Technology and social inclusion. Rethinking the digital divide. (The MIT Press 2003).
- Heather Hudson, Bridging the Broadband Divide: Strategies for Rural and Developing Regions, TPRC 9/13/03
- Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert , Race, Place, and Information Technology, TPRC 9/13/03
- Benjamin M. Compaine , Revisiting Cost and Affordability Assumptions for High Speed Data Services in Low Population Density Locations, TPRC 9/13/03
- Rural technology deployment and access: successes upon which to build, Pages 85-93 Bob Rowe, Govt Info Quarterly 6/16/03
- The prospects for broadband deployment in rural America, Pages 95-106 Sharon Strover, Govt Info Quarterly 6/16/03
- Creating demand: influencing information technology diffusion in rural communities, Pages 135-150 C. Ann Hollifield and Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Govt Info Quarterly 6/16/03
- Keil, M., Meader, G. W., & Kvasny, L.Bridging the Digital Divide: The Story of the Free Internet Initiative in LaGrange, Georgia (2003).
- Local governments and universities cooperate to expand broadband telecom services: the broadband regional affiliation for managed planning (B-RAMP) and the Michigan State University site for information and telecommunication experimentation (M-SITE), Pages 167-176 Ronald G. Choura, Ronald K. Siegel, Jr. , Thomas A. Muth and Mark R. Levy, Govt Info Quarterly 6/16/03
- Strover, S. The prospects for broadband deployment in rural America. Government Information Quarterly, 20 (2), 95-106. (2003).
- The multiple dimensions of the digital divide: more than the technology `haves' and `have nots', Pages 185-191 John Carlo Bertot, Govt Info Quarterly 6/16/03
- Exploring the Future of the Digital Divide through Ethnographic Futures Research by Matthew M. Mitchell, First Monday 11/20/02
- The Prospects for Broadband Deployment in Rural America, TPRC 9/18/02
- Wayne, So What About the "Digital Divide" in K-12 Schools? Educational Technology and Equity in U.S. K-12 Schools, TPRC 9/18/02
- Perceptions of Risks, Benefits, and Costs in Community Technology Center Participants' Constructions of Information and Communication Technologies, TPRC 9/18/02
- "Spanning the Digital Divide" Bridges.org
- Second-Level Digital Divide: Differences in People's Online Skills 2002. First Monday. 7(4) Eszter Hargittai
- Does the Digital Divide Still Exist? Bush Administration Shrugs, But Evidence Says "Yes", 5/30/2002, CFA 5/31/02
- Stanford University: Digital Divide
- National Center for Education Statistics released a new report on Internet Access in US Public Schools and Classrooms 1999-2000 in May 2001
- John Horrigan, Cities, Cyberspace, and Social Capital: How Five U.S. Cities Are Adapting to the Internet. Pew Internet and American Life Project, (2001).
- Parker, E. Closing the digital divide in rural America. Telecommunications Policy 24 (2001)
- Dasgupta, S., S. Lall and D. Wheeler. 2001. “Policy Reform, Economic Growth, and the Digital Divide: An Econometric Analysis.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2567. World Bank, Washington, DC.
- The Internet and Community Networks: Case Studies of Five U.S. Cities Authors: John B. Horrigan Comments: 29th TPRC Conference
- Urban Institute, E-Rate and the Digital Divide: A Preliminary Analysis From the Integrated Studies of Educational Technology, Sept 20, 2000
- Ben Compaine, The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth? TPRC 2000
- Schools and Libraries Wiring Tangled in Politics, Boardwatch (September 1998)
- FCC to Sen. Stevens: No New ISP Tax!, Boardwatch (June 1998).
- Hoffman, D., T. Novak and A. Venkatesh, Diversity on the Internet: The relationship of race to access and usage. Investing in diversity: Advancing opportunities for minorities and the media. Report of the Aspen Institute Forum (1998)
News
- Microsoft opens digital divide conference, CW 4/18/2007
- UN, tech leader discuss 'digital divide', America's Network 3/1/2007
- Your Guide to the Digital Divide, PBS 1/23/2007
- Hispanic and black children lag behind in use of Internet, Star Telegram 9/2/2006
- Digital divide separates students, CNN 9/2/2006
- Hispanic and black children lag behind in use of Internet, Star Telegram 9/2/2006
- Negroponte: Laptop for Every Kid, DDN 11/22/2005
- Volunteer call for the tech-savvy, BBC 11/1/2005
- Crossing the Digital Divide, emarketer 11/1/2005
- Digital Divide Continues To Plague U.S., Newsfactor 11/1/2005
- The $100 laptop, Susan Crawford 10/5/2005
- Can ICT help to improve social conditions in the world?, ElearningEuropa 7/22/2005
- UN task force calls for more political will to bridge 'digital divide', UN 7/8/2005
- Bringing the Net to India's masses, IHT 6/15/2005
- Digital divide project finds evidence that computers at home improve high school graduation rates, DDN 4/11/2005
- Philadelphia expands Wi-Fi citywide, MSNBC 4/8/2005
- Group plans to put $100 laptops in hands of poor, Globe and Mail 4/5/2005
- Magic Johnson Technology Center, DDN 4/1/2005
- Bridging the Digital Divide: Council Pushes for Better Access to Technology in Low-Income Housing, DDN 3/25/2005
- Internet Fiesta to give thousands first access to Internet, Tectonic 3/18/2005
- Grant to help bridge technology gap, DDN 3/9/2005
- Global digital divide 'narrowing', BBC 2/25/2005
- Sustaining Community Access to Technology: Who should pay and why!, UNDP 2/22/2005
- Bridging the digital divide, UNDP 2/18/2005
- Poor left stranded by digital divide, Register 2/15/2005
- UN official calls for 'walking-distance' access to communication technologies for every African, UNDP 2/11/2005
- South Florida School District Donates Computers to Low-Income Families, DDN 1/4/2005
- Rural Digital Divide to be Bridged, DDN 12/21/2004
- Reinventing Community Networks as Economic Development Solutions, Lone Eagle 9/10/2004
- At $250, a PC That Aims To Connect World's Poor, Ecommerce 8/18/2004
- Program Bridges Digital Divide for Urban Poor, Wash Post 8/9/2004
- Bridging the global computer divide, BBC 3/15/2004
- Deadly Mob Australia: Indigenous mentoring project set up in NT, ABC 2/26/2004
- dEadly mOb, DM 2/26/2004
- The Digital Dirt Road Divide, Cyberatlas 2/24/2004
- growing Demand for Rural Broadband and the Growing Digital Network, ComTechReview 2/18/2004
- Addressing Gaps in Internet Content and Access: New Research, Guidelines, and Legislation, ComTechReview 2/18/2004
- Rural Areas and the Internet, Pew Internet 2/18/2004
- New digital divide pits the more adept against the 'dummies', IHT 2/5/2004
- Discord at digital divide talks, BBC 9/29/03
- Cut down web for digitally deprived, BBC 7/30/03
- Information On-Ramp Crosses a Digital Divide, NY Times 7/8/03
- Net equality could be years away, BBC 6/27/03
- Wireless Net may aid poor nations, CNN 6/27/03
- Digital divide 'hits rural business', BBC 5/9/03
- Net spurned by 25% of Americans, BBC 4/17/03
- Internet not a necessity for some, CNET 4/17/03
- Many Americans Still Aren't Going Online, Wash Post 4/17/03
- The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A new look at Internet access and the digital divide, Pew 4/17/03
- Paper: Research note: Across the United States, 85,000 to 144,000 public computing sites, First Monday 4/9/03
- Study: 'Digital divide' shrinking, CNN 3/21/03
- Study: 'Digital divide' shrinking, CNN 3/21/03
- The Blind of Ethiopia Gain Access to ICTs, ITU 3/12/03
- Bridging the divide, USA Today 3/5/03
- UN panel examines boosting information, communication technologies in Africa, UN 10/1/02
- Rural Communities Lay Own Data Pipe for High-Speed Internet, Newsfactor 7/31/02
- 'Digital Divide' Narrows, Wash Post 7/1/02
- U.N. says "digital divide still yawns", CNET 6/20/02
- U.N. says "digital divide still yawns", CNET 6/20/02
- Report: "Digital divide" still an issue, CNET 5/31/02
- Indian children use cyber cafes to get online, Wash Tech 5/22/02
- Digital Divide Lives, Wash Tech 4/22/02
- Global Telephone Access Improves As Internet Gap Widens, ITU 3/21/02
- What digital divide?, CNET 3/13/02
- Digital Divisions Split Town And Country, BBC 3/4/02
- Virginia City of Bristol to Serve as ISP, Internet News 2/8/02
- As Digital Divide Diminishes, E-Commerce Might Not Benefit, Newsfactor 12/18/01
- U.N. to combat poverty with technology, CNET 11/23/01
- UN launches information technology venture to build 'digital bridges' to world's poor, UN 11/23/01
- Brazil plans to install Internet booths in post offices, Nando 11/7/01
- Ford Ends Its Employee Computer Giveaway, LATimes 10/22/01
- Houston plans to make computing a right, Nando 8/22/01
- Houston To Offer All Citizens Free Internet Access, Washtech 8/22/01
- Pew Report on Hispanic Use of Internet, Pew 7/27/01
- G8 Leaders Endorse Digital Divide Action Plan, IDG 7/24/01
- Charity Puts Old Computers To Work, AP 07/10/01
- Michael Powell's Mercedes Divide by Larry Irving, Wash Post 7/2/01
- CDT, Internews Form Coalition To Fight Digital Divide, Washtech 7/6/01
- EU Agrees to Bring Internet to Every Home, Washtech 6/28/01
- Report urges world leaders not to ignore digital divide, Newsbytes 6/4/01
- G8 Nations Mull Digital Divide Task-Force Report, Washtech 6/4/01
- Poor students digitally divided, USAToday 5/11/01
- Skilled but stranded grads of digital divide programs, SF Gate 4/23/01
- Digital Divide Funds Drying Up, SF Chronicle 4/23/01
- Digital Divide Growing For Latin America - Report, Newsbytes 4/16/01
- Congressman Vows To Fight Cuts To Tech Grants, Washtech 4/7/01
- Bridging The Digital Divide, BBC 3/19/01
- Bush Worries Some E-Rate Proponents, NYT 2/28/01
- Brazil Thinks Basic To Bridge Digital Divide, NYT 2/12/01
- Global Digital Divide Still Exists Jan 24 internet
- Third World Threatened By Digital Divide Jan 24 +.shtml boston
- Study Predicts End Of Digital Divide Jan 12, 2001 washtech
- Europe: Less Users, Greater Divide Than US Nov 24, 2000 nua
- Clinton Appoints Three to digital Opportunity Task Force Nov 24, 2000 washtech
- Study: Digital Divide Is Disappearing Nov 2, 2000 zdnet
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- At MIT, A Division On The Divide Oct 20, 2000 wired
- 95 Percent Of Public Schools Now Net-Connected - Report Newsbytes 9/11
- Lower-Income internet Households Moving Online Aug 22, 2000 internet
- At MIT, A Division On The Divide Oct 20, 2000 wired
- The Digital Divide Oct 19, 2000 thestar
- 10/19/2000 - Secretary Mineta Takes "Digital Inclusion" Tour to Western U.S. Oct 19, 2000 osec
- White House Hails Narrowing Of 'Digital Divide' Oct 16, 2000 newsbytes
- Statement by the President: Digital Divide (10/16/00) Oct 16, 2000 whitehouse
- Commerce Secretary Mineta Releases Report Finding Progress on Digital Inclusion osec
- Report: U.S. Digital Divide Melting Away Aug 22, 2000 ecommercetimes
- Commerce chief takes on digital divide USAToday Aug 11
- Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information outlines digital divide problem NTIA Aug 9
- The Digital Divide Myth Aug 4, 2000 ecommercetimes
- Closing in on the Digital Divide abcnews July 28, 2000 abcnews
- Death Of A Digital Divide Bridge July 20, 2000 wired
- Action Urged On Digital Divide July 20, 2000 nytimes
- U.N., global finance agencies take on worldwide digital divide July 7, 2000 nandotimes
- Digital Divide More Economic than Ethnic CyberAtlas 6/16
- Digital Divide Evident in Australia NUA 6/15
- Digital Divide May Narrow by 2005 The Standard 6/15
- Income Is Connecting the Wired Digital divide by race is starting to shorten, study finds SF Gate 6/15
- Boston takes the lead in closing the digital divide Boston.com 6/15
Clinton wants information superhighway routed to poor regions NAndotimes 6/5
- Supreme Court Leaves E-Rate Unchallenged Newsbytes 5/31
- HOW FREE COMPUTERS ARE FILLING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, ADAM D. THIERER, Heritage Foundation
- GOP Tax cut for digital divide Newsbytes 4/25
- Digital Divide part 1: Clinton tries to subtract from the Divide Red Herring 4/21
- Clinton seeks suture for digital divide NandoTimes 4/19
- Clinton Uses High-Tech Show to Push Plan for Internet Parity NY Times 4/19
- Clinton Brings Crusade to Comdex Newsbytes 4/18
- Shrinking the digital divide Upside 4/18
- Why Clinton is All Wet About the Digital Divide ZDNet 4/18
- The Digital Divide Narrows ABC News 4/18
- Clinton: Tech companies give $100M for 'digital divide' ZDNet 4/18
- The Digital Divide is Bunk ZDNet 4/17
- Clinton begins 'digital divide' trip ZDNet 4/17
- Clinton Proposes Telecom Tax Hike For Universal Service Newsbytes 4/17
- Study: Digital Divide Not Race-Based ECommerce Times 4/17
- Clinton announces grants to improve telecommunications services for the poor NandoTimes 4/17
- Clinton Counts E-Rate As Digital Divide Tonic NewsBytes 4/14
- Digital Divide: It's Money, Not Race - Study Newsbytes 4/14
- Clinton Takes Off On Digital Divide Trip Newsbytes 4/14
- Digital Divide Still Apparent in Europe NUA 4/13
- Clinton plans Comdex speech on digital divide (April 18) SunTimes 4/7
- Tax credit for rural broadband proposed Yahoo 3/22
- Georgia City Offers Free Cable Internet Access InternetNews 3/22
- Small Cities May Get High-Speed Web Yahoo 3/22
- Town crosses 'digital divide' with TV-based service C|NET 3/22
- Net Doesn't Help Low-Income Americans, Study Says 3/17
- Digital Divide Involves Content, Not Access - Report NewsBytes 3/16
- Center in Capital Called a Success in Spanning the Technology Gap NYTimes 2/11
- Washington Catches Digital Divide in Net Newsbytes 2/7
- Clinton Hopes To Span The 'Digital Divide' - Report Newsbytes 2/4
- Clinton works to mend digital divide NandoTimes 2/4
- Proposal: $2B to bridge 'digital divide' USAToday 2/4
- Clinton: 'Internet in Every Hut' Wired 2/4
- Greedy clicks Salon 2/4
- Clinton Proposes Funds to Bridge 'Digital Divide' Excite 2/4
- Jackson: Education can close divide ZDNET 2/4
- Pilot Program Shows How 'Digital Divide' Might Close Excite 2/3
- Clinton: We must close the digital divide ZDNet 01/28/00
- Clinton touches on "digital divide" in address C|NET 01/28/00
- Clinton Takes Aim at Digital Divide USA Today 01/28/00
- Clinton wants $100M for 'digital divide' Subsidies could help up to 9 million poor households get online USAToday 1/21
- A Family Bridges the 'Digital Divide' Washington Post 01/04/00
- The Other Divide Industry Standard 01/04/00
- Valley of the Digital Divide The Industry Standard 1/10/00
- Feds Earmark $12.5M To Bridge 'Digital Divide' E Commerce Times 01/06/00
- Waging A Digital War on Poverty The Industry Standard 12/22/99
- Planet Web: Global Divide Internet Standard 12/21/99
- Developing nations want better net access BBC 12/2
- Why the digital divide is your problem too ZDNet 11/3/99
- FYI: Net access high in U.S. Star Tribute 10/06
- Adam Clayton Powell, Falling for the Gap, Whatever happened to the "digital divide" Reason (November 1999)
- Teachers see major obstacles to wiring schools C|NET 9/28/99
- 'Digital divide' gets wide outside U.S. ZDNET 9/20/99
- 'Digital Divide' Goes Beyond Internet Access Excite 9/20/99
- Appeals Court Upholds E-Rate WIRED 8/1/99
- Federal appeals court upholds Internet subsidy program Techserv 8/1/99
- High-Speed Access Just a Dream for Many Americans InternetNews July 28
- Net hubs lacking in rural pockets USA Today July 27 1999
- Study: High-speed Net bypasses rural areas C|NET 7/27
- Internet not reaching rural areas Lexington Herald Leader 7/15/99
- Digital Divide Newsweek July 14 1999
- NAACP, AT&T take on 'digital divide' USA Today July 14 1999
- Tech widening gap between rich, poor USA Today July 12 1999
- Panelists Debate Merits Of Wired Schools Teckweb July 1 1999
- Study: Digital divide persists C|NET July 8 1999
- Rural America wants to move at Net speed C|NET June 11 1999
- Report: Digital divide not so deep C|NET April 11
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