Re: [DDN] U.S. State Level Digital Divide Policies

[Deborah Watts]

North Carolina has in place an effort to address just the issues you raise in 
your e-mail. Check out www.e-nc.org   for an introduction 
to the e-NC Authority. For the past six years e-NC has been working through 
primary research, adoption of best practices in technology-based economic 
development, community engagement, and connectivity incentive grants to improve 
access and utilization of broadband-based resources in the state's 85 rural 
counties and disadvantaged urban communities. We have found that our efforts 
and resources have been about equally divided between improving the supply and 
the demand sides of the connectivity equation. There has been significant 
improvement over this six-year span, moving NC from among the lowest tier in 
connectivity to the top quartile. We have distilled to practice some of the 
lessons learned in the form of on-line toolkits and research reports. We have 
funded 7 telecenters in the most distressed regions of the state, centers that 
are truly transforming the perceptions and prospects of the regions they serve. 
Each telecenter is customized to the particular situation of its local economy 
and leadership. Collectively, they have created over 1,000 high-value jobs and 
provided critical technical support services to local government, education and 
businesses. Sustainability of the telecenters remains a challenge but they 
continue to surmount obstacles and gather growing local and national 
recognition. You may be interested in an e-NC program where we partnered with 
the US Department of Commerce's Technology Opportunities Program in an 24 month 
long structured e-government effort. This initiative, called LEG-UP for Local 
E-Government Utilization Program, delivered training and technical assistance 
and provided equipment and connectivity grants that funded the development of 
interactive and transactional e-government functionality to almost 60 municipal 
and county governments in North Carolinas' rural regions. We have learned a lot 
and are still learning as much remains to be done. 

Deborah Watts Sr. Director, Research and Grants, The e-NC Authority.

 
 
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I am interested in state government efforts to ensure that government remains 
accessible to all as we transition to more technology centered access points as 
is the case with modern e-government.  I am particularly concerned about people 
who for one reason or another do not own computers and have little or no access 
to e-government services. Some solutions could be the establishment of 
telecenters, internet literacy programs and policies that ensure services and 
forms remain available through traditional off-line access points. Is anyone 
aware of any state policies and/or programs that address this issue?  I would 
appreciate any insight.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Dave Jenkins
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Re: [DDN] U.S. State Level Digital Divide Policies

[Charlie Meisch]

To Dave's question, is there a national database of such projects/policies?

Cheers,
Charlie Meisch
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I am interested in state government efforts to ensure that government 
remains accessible to all as we transition to more technology centered 
access points as is the case with modern e-government.  I am particularly 
concerned about people who for one reason or another do not own computers 
and have little or no access to e-government services. Some solutions could 
be the establishment of telecenters, internet literacy programs and policies 
that ensure services and forms remain available through traditional off-line 
access points. Is anyone aware of any state policies and/or programs that 
address this issue?  I would appreciate any insight.

   Thanks,

   Dave Jenkins
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Re: [DDN] U.S. State Level Digital Divide Policies

[Catherine Arden]

Hello Dave

We have just completed an action research project here in a small rural 
community in Queensland, Australia to trial a model for local 
government-community engagement using e-democracy tools.  We have identified 
the need to engage people who currently don't utilise/have access 
to/skills/confidence to use ICTs and believe the model has potential to do 
so.

Please let me know if you would like to know more.

CATHERINE ARDEN
Lecturer and Researcher
Faculty of Education
University of Southern Queensland
TOOWOOMBA  QLD  4350
AUSTRALIA
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>I am interested in state government efforts to ensure that government 
>remains accessible to all as we transition to more technology centered 
>access points as is the case with modern e-government.  I am particularly 
>concerned about people who for one reason or another do not own computers 
>and have little or no access to e-government services. Some solutions could 
>be the establishment of telecenters, internet literacy programs and 
>policies that ensure services and forms remain available through 
>traditional off-line access points. Is anyone aware of any state policies 
>and/or programs that address this issue?  I would appreciate any insight.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Dave Jenkins
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