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Nebraska Network Study
The NITC has named a work group and begun a feasibility study of a statewide network.

News Items Wanted
If you have news items related to information technology affecting communities, education, or state government, please submit them to info@cio.state.ne.us.

Nebraska Information Technology Clearinghouse

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Communities

Mini grants available for regional and community IT planning
Application deadline is August 1, 2002.

FCC seeks comments on rural health care universal service fund
Comments must be filed by July 1, 2002.

Farm Bill includes telecommunications programs
The Farm Bill Web site offers the latest info on the Farm Bill.

Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) ruled unconstitutional
In a federal court ruling, mandated use of blocking technology was ruled unconstitutional. The American Library Association has more information on the CIPA ruling.

Meetings and Conferences
Rural Telework: Bringing Work to Rural America, June 25, 10 Nebraska videoconference sites
Technologies Across Nebraska, July 25, North Platte
Nebraska Rural Institute, September 17-19, Gering
Agenda Available June 11! Rural Telecon, October 6-9. 2002, Des Moines
Telepower, October 24-25, Garden City, KS

Education

Best of the Web Contest Entries are due by July 1. K-12 and Higher Education are invited to participate.

NTIA is seeking comments about the effectiveness of CIPA filtering by August 27.

New technology report: How does media & technology affect learning?

Southeast Nebraska Distance Learning Consortium Works with Homestead National Monument on New Project

Iowa State Colleges to Teach Eastern European Languages with $320K Federal Grant

UNL Professors Researching Link rot says Wired News

National School Board Foundation Report, "Are We There Yet?" for U.S. Schools

Statewide Student Database for South Dakota, eventually K-20

Technology Counts 2002 Report is Released

Meetings and Conferences
National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), June 16-19, 2002, San Antonio, Texas
Midwest Internet Institute (MII), July 29-30, 2002, Lincoln

The next Education Council Meeting will be held Friday, July 19, 2002 from 9:00 AM--12:00 PM CT in Omaha, Nebraska; Creighton University West Campus, 11111 Mill Valley Road.

State Government

Information Security Begins With You!
The NITC is sponsoring an Information Technology Security Awareness Day, which will be hosted by the Department of Roads. The all-day event will be held on Monday, July 15, 2002, at the DOR auditorium. Topics will include IT policies and procedures, privacy, incident response, security management, and secure development. Winn Schwartau, a nationally known security expert and author of Pearl Harbor Dot Com, will be the keynote speaker. The event is targeted to state government agencies, but is open to all political subdivisions. An agenda and additional information will be available on the NITC Web site by July 1.

Designing Accessible Technology for All Users
The Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership is giving a free seminar on Accessible Technology on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 in Lincoln. For more information visit the ATP Web site or contact the ATP at (402)471-0734 or atp@atp.state.ne.us.

Agency IT Plans
Agency information technology plans were due in April. If your agency has not submitted a plan, forms and instructions are available for downloading. If you have any questions contact Rick Becker at rbecker@cio.state.ne.us.

State Government Council Meeting
The next State Government Council meeting will be held on Thursday, June 13 at 1:30 in the State Office Building, Lower Level B.

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