Internet Grant Info 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 tiiap@ntia.doc.gov 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, . 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 , one can access data electronically as follows: To reach the Gopher server, point your Gopher client at gopher.ntia.doc.gov and login as '. To reach the FTP server, FTP to ftp.ntia.doc.gov, login as , 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 =============================================================================== John Barnard University Libraries Video Resources / Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2304 Internet: john.barnard@asu.edu 602/965-6137 =============================================================================== .