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MISSION STATEMENT http://www.marylandtedco.org

To facilitate the creation of businesses and foster their growth throughout all regions of the State through the development and transfer of technology.
To respond to the needs of the R&D community by establishing and managing programs that fill gaps in the innovation process, focusing on those critical areas where the organization can add unique value, operating in partnership with other organizations through a flexible, technically oriented professional staff.

Broadband Deployment Strategies for Rural Maryland

See the broadband deployment strategies authored by Manto and Beach at http://www.tccwmd.org/news.html, http://www.marylandtedco.org/broadbandinmd/westernmd.cfm, and http://www.marylandtedco.org/broadbandinmd/easternmd.cfm.

Public Technology Institute :Bringing the Benefits of Technology to Local Government

Public Technology Institute (PTI), is the non-profit technology organization for all cities and counties in the United States. The National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, and the International City/County Management Association, three primary local government associations, provide PTI with its policy direction, while a select group of city and county members conduct applied R&D and technology transfer functions.

See Manto's report on an introduction to electromagnetic pulse (EMP) for all-hazards planning for public safety officials.

Instant Access Networks (IAN) is collaboration of companies that design, develop and protect mission critical facilities and infrastructure. See www.stop-EMP.com.

The Alliance for Public Technology (APT) is a nonprofit membership organization based in Washington, DC. Membership is open to all nonprofit organizations and individuals, not members of the affected industries, concerned with fostering access to affordable and useful information and communication services and technologies by all people.

NTIA The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch's principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues. NTIA works to spur innovation, encourage competition, help create jobs and provide consumers with more choices and better quality telecommunications products and services at lower prices.

Falling Through the Net Report

In October 2000, NTIA released the fourth report in a series -Falling Through the Net: Toward Digital Inclusion. This report was preceded by 1995's Falling Through The Net: A Survey of the "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America, 1998's Falling Through the Net: New Data on the Digital Divide and, 1999's Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide. All four reports are based on Census Bureau Current Population Survey (CPS) data.

PART I
HOUSEHOLD ACCESS
A. Introduction
Over the last five years, NTIA has measured household connectivity as a means of determining which Americans are connected to the nation's telecommunications and information infrastructure. Part I updates the earlier household penetration surveys released in NTIA's Falling Through the Net: A Survey of the "Have Nots" in Rural and Urban America (July 1995) and Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide (July 1998).(1)

B. Telephone Penetration
As a mature technology, telephones are now a likely feature in most American homes. Unlike computer and Internet use, telephone penetration rates have generally stabilized (at about 94.%).(4) That stabilization, however, masks disparities that still exist among different demographic groups. Certain groups, such as low-income, young, and certain minority households, are still far less likely to own telephones than higher-income, older, or White or Asian/Pacific Islander households. These disparities are particularly noticeable in rural areas.
Income. Generally, telephone penetration correlates directly with income. Only 78.7% of the lowest-income households (i.e., less than $5,000 annually) have telephones. (Chart I-3) If you are poor and living in a rural area, a household's chances are approximately three out of four of owning a phone. At the opposite end of the spectrum, if a household earns more than $75,000 and is located in central city and urban areas, it is particularly likely (98.9%) to own phones. Id.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fttn99/part1.html#b

Virginia Beach--Mayor's Commission on e-Government

Commission Charter - March 17, 2001
Virginia Beach Mayor Meyera E. Oberndorf hereby creates The Mayor's Special Advisory Commission on E-Government. The ten members of the Commission, including its Chairman, shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall each serve for a minimum one-year term. The purpose of the Commission is to advise the Mayor, City Council and various City Departments as to how the numerous techniques, technologies, functions and services of E-Government might best be considered, adopted and integrated into the operating structure of the City of Virginia Beach. The Commission shall operate under principles and guidelines to be adopted by the members, under the general management of the Chairman, and in accordance with the best professional practices of other such commissions. The Commission shall carry out its Charter and conduct its business in a public, prompt and timely manner, moving as quickly as reasonably possible to gather, assess, organize and present its findings and recommendations.

http://www.vbgov.com/e-gov/
http://www.vbgov.com/e-gov/commission/manto.asp

Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants-Virginia, Inc. Virginia CURE P.O. Box 19543 Alexandria, VA 22320-0453 Phone and fax: 703-765-6549 e-mail:virginiacure@erols.com Join or Contribute Contributing off-line Please use the address above for http://www.vacure.org/join.shtml

Phone Charges - Excessive Phone Charges (The fleecing of families with relatives in prison) Phone plan faces boycott / Nationwide 'gouging' alleged on inmates' collect calls Sunday, December 5, 1999 BY FRANK GREEN Times-Dispatch Staff Writer Corrections

About Gartner Group - In the connected world, where the rules of business change as quickly as they are created, your company's ability to respond quickly means the difference between success or failure. Gartner is the world leader in providing business technology
http://www.gartner.com/.

Cumberland YMCA For well over 100 years, the Cumberland YMCA has provided programs and services that promote lifelong personal growth and the balanced development of spirit, mind, and body.

Opened in 1997, The Riverside Recreation Center is Cumberland’s premier recreational complex. Over 4,500 members and hundreds of program participants enjoy access to an NHL-size ice arena, complete wellness center, 6-lane main pool, warm-water hydrotherapy pool, full double gymnasium with climbing wall, babysitting room, and locker facilities. http://www.cumberlandymca.org

Executive Retreat Center at George Truog House

The following web sites provide additional information on art entrepreneur George Truog. A historic preservation overview can be found at http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/cumberland/tru.htm. For books on him and his house see: http://www.cumberlandglass.org/904%5C904.htm. For lodging at the George Truog Annex, see http://www.mdmountainside.com/attraction.php?attraction=281.