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Upcoming NITC Meeting
The next meeting of the Nebraska Information Technology Commission
will be held on Thursday, September 9 at 11:00AM in Classroom D of
the Union Pacific Center, 1400 Douglas Street, in Omaha.
Draft Video Standards document
forwarded to NITC for approval
At their meeting on August 17, after reviewing public
comments, the Technical Panel recommended approval of the draft Video Standards
document by the NITC.
Video
Standards Work Group Report (64pgs)
Nebraska approved for SEGP
The University of Nebraska was notified on July 9 that Nebraska
education entities, through the statewide network, were approved
for Sponsored Education Group Participation in the K-20 Initiative
of Internet2. This affects all K-12 schools, ESUs, community
colleges, state colleges, independent colleges, public libraries,
and science centers who connect to the Internet through Network Nebraska.
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Congress
poised to slash ed tech funding
ISTE
and CoSN rally districts and corporations to stave off funding cuts
eLearning
growth increases dramatically says CNN report
Nebraska
locations featured on Lewis and Clark streaming video
Districts,
colleges receive honors from CIO Magazine for use of I.T.
How
early is too early for computer use by children?
High
tech dueling banjoes?
Computer
science and computer engineering majors down 23%
CoSN
releases A guide to Handheld Computing for K-12
The next Education
Council Meeting will be held Friday, September 17, 2004 from 9:00
AM-12:00 PM CT in Omaha, Nebraska. Exact location will be announced.
Upcoming Conferences
EDUCAUSE,
Denver, CO, October 19-22, 2004
CoSN,
Washington, D.C., March 22-23, 2005
NETA, Omaha, NE,
April 28-29, 2005
MII, Lincoln, NE, July 25-26,
2005
Other Conference Information: http://www.nitc.state.ne.us/itc/education/IT_conferences.htm
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State Government |
Information Technology Related Budget Requests
As the time nears for agencies to submit their biennial
budget requests, a reminder that certain IT related budget
requests -- for new or additional funding -- require the
completion of a "Project Proposal Form." Click
here for more information. Click
here to download the "Project Proposal Form."
Division of Communications Reorganization
On August 2, 2004 the IMServices Networking group and the
IMServices PC LAN group joined the DOC organization. This gives
responsibility for all network services to the Division of
Communications, as well as end to end responsibility for service
and support to State agencies in the area of PC and network
installations. Click here for more.
Nebraska E-government: New and Featured Sites
Nebraska
State Fair - The Nebraska State Fair dates are August 28 -
September 6, 2004. Click
here for a listing of events, campground locations, and other
information about this year's State Fair.
Secretary of State - Quarter
Vote,
a Web site with information about the Nebraska State Quarter
Design, including a non-binding poll.
State Agencies: Help us get the word out. If you have an
e-government application you would like to have featured in
NITC.news, let us know (rbecker@cio.state.ne.us).
Agency IT Plans
Agency information technology plans were due on August 16,
2004. Forms and
instructions are available for downloading.
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