IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

How can we not see, and surely embrace, the positive effects such a plan could have on an energy consuming U.S. thereby creating an energy saving global leader and economic powerhouse with continued and sustained broadband proliferation? It sets before us, waiting to be reviewed and accepted, with its pure intentions of common sense logic. But little has been said or debated, in suggesting that such a direction could save the U.S. economy $billions, while creating tremendous job growth and reviving our economic conundrum.

For example, do you think your children would receive an education comparable to suburban youths who have unlimited service? Would your in-home health care (tele-medicine) service options be limited? Would the local business economy thrive and grow in this environment and help generate high paying tele-worker jobs and in-home businesses?

Improving broadband Internet availability and expanding access to online government services to rural areas is the catalyst for eGovernment leader NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) joining the Connected Nation Partner Program. As part of the partnership, NIC is excited to support Connected Nation’s effort to get better online access and services to more people and students currently underserved. Connected Nation, a national 501(c)3 non-profit, has garnered international, industry-wide recognition as a best-practice model for broadband expansion.

First electricity...next the telephone...now the government wants to help bring the Internet to rural areas.

North Augusta is one area chosen for the project. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has partnered with Open Range Communications, providing a loan that will help supply broadband Internet access to rural areas. People living in North Augusta have mixed feelings about the project.

Der künftige US-Präsident Barack Obama hat die größte Investition in die Infrastruktur des Landes seit dem Bau des Autobahnnetzes in den 50er Jahren angekündigt.

Unter anderem soll die Versorgung mit Breitband-Internet ausgebaut werden, wie er am Samstag in einer Radioansprache erläuterte.

The luncheon was held at the East Liverpool Motor Lodge. Attendees from Kent State University’s Salem and East Liverpool branches, the East Liverpool Area YMCA, New Life Academy of Information Technology, Buckeye Online School for Success and other entities interested in technology development in the area were present.

But even in an era when technology facilitates change seemingly overnight, Northeast Ohio has tremendous resources and a terrific opportunity to reinvent itself as a leader in the 21st-century knowledge economy.

With broadband, Tennesseans can communicate with a loved one serving overseas or get expert medical attention without traveling to a larger city. With the right technology, Tennessee school children can prepare for tomorrow and adults can complete their college degrees online and find better jobs.

Broadband makes all of these opportunities possible, but not all Tennesseans can access broadband at home. Some Tennesseans remain on the wrong side of the digital divide. Connected Tennessee is working to change that.

Tennesseans are flocking to broadband Internet in growing numbers, proof that a public/private partnership formed to encourage adoption of the service is bearing fruit, according to the group Connected Tennessee.

In a report released late Monday, the nonprofit organization set up last year to encourage broadband adoption and access across the state reported that half of Tennessee households have broadband service, up from 43 percent six months ago. And 86 percent of state residents and businesses have access to broadband.

U.S. lawmakers should avoid passing net neutrality laws as a way to help electronic-health initiatives move forward, an Internet provider trade group said Tuesday.

While describing available technologies, George Condyles, president of Atlantic Technology Consultants, told the Board of Supervisors that high speed broadband wireless services will be the least expensive way to provide access in the future.

Virginia has provided a $35,000 grant to gather a list of towers, tall buildings, silos, smokestacks and steeples in Central Virginia. Many such structures already have communications antennas, or could become sites for equipment that relays computer signals through the air.

"Broadband is a component of the bigger initiative," said Kyle Schafer. "Another component of our three-year strategic plan is getting technology into the home. West Virginia ranks 45th in the nation in personal computers in the home."

According to a recent statewide poll, more than nine out of 10 West Virginians feel it is important to have reliable and consistent cellular phone coverage in rural areas for personal and public safety, while nearly 80 percent experience dead zones, dropped calls or poor call quality. More than half also oppose Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposals that would diminish support for rural wireless by nearly 50 percent, jeopardizing public safety and economic development in smaller communities.

In the metropolitan International Business Center held a round table on "The role of modern information and communication technologies in the modernization of public administration and democratization of society", Embassy of Uzbekistan said.

Deputies of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis, managers and employees of state power and administration, foreign ICT experts, representatives of NGOs, civil society, the media and others attended it.

In that meeting, the importance of the ICT sector to Vanuatu’s national development was emphasised and in his opening speech, then Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Sato Kilman had described the meeting as “dedicated to discussing how we should best utilise information and communication technologies in the development of our country”. “As you well know, our national vision is ‘an Educated, Healthy and Wealthy Vanuatu’. Effective use of ICT is critical in achieving this vision. It is the only way we can overcome the tyranny of distance and connect people living throughout the islands. Furthermore, ICT will assist us in delivering quality education to our children in the remotest parts of Vanuatu, improve health services, increase efficiency of current economic activities and open up new business opportunities, as well as making government services much more accessible to our people,” Kilman said.

Speaking during an online talk on IT strategy on Sunday, Hop said Viet Nam should become one of the 70 top ICT countries from 2015 - 2020.

Addressing a conference in Hanoi, he said an efficient e-government in Vietnam would facilitate the administrative reform process and increase transparency within government agencies.