Bonnie,

Can we get someone up to that Feb 26 TIIAP workshop in Chicago?

Beth



>The Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program
>(TIIAP) has just announced its 1997 awards program.  A number of museums
>have benefited from TIIAP funds since the program began a few years ago.
>In addition, TIIAP officials have stated that they would like to see more
>museums apply.  The following announcement contains TIIAP contact
>information.  Please let me know me if I can be of any help.
>
>Barry Szczesny
>AAM Government Affairs
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>(202) 289-9125
>
>---------- Forwarded message ------
>
>January 27, 1997
>
>1997 TIIAP AWARDS PROGRAM: APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 27
>
>*********************************************************************
>SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, HOSPITALS, PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS,
>STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER NON-PROFITS
>ELIGIBLE FOR INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY GRANTS
>
>Potential Applicants Encouraged to Participate in Regional Workshops
>
>WASHINGTON, DC -- Some $18.5 million dollars in grants will be awarded
>in 1997 under the Commerce Department's Telecommunications and
>Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP) for outstanding
>projects that address specific needs of communities across the country,
>the department's National Telecommunications and Information
>Administration (NTIA) said in announcing that it will begin accepting
>applications for the 1997 awards next week.
>        The deadline for submitting applications is March 27,1997.  This
>year's priorities will include funding outstanding projects that identify
>specific problems or needs in a community, use information
>infrastructure services and technologies to offer concrete solutions, and
>target measurable outcomes.  Non-profit organizations, colleges and
>universities, and all non-federal governmental entities are eligible to
>apply, the department said.
>        "Through this grant program, the Clinton Administration is working
>to make sure that all Americans have access to the benefits of the
>Information Age," said Larry Irving, assistant secretary of Commerce for
>Communications and Information and administrator of NTIA.  "Everyone
>interested in making sure their community is prepared for the 21st
>Century should attend a TIIAP workshop and join with others in their
>community to submit a grant application."
>
>         TIIAP, a highly-competitive, merit-based grant program, provides
>seed money for innovative, practical projects that extend the benefits of
>advanced telecommunications and information technology to rural and
>urban underserved Americans.  Since its inception in 1994, the
>information infrastructure grant program has awarded more than $79
>million in matching grant funds.
>
>        Conceived as part of the President's National Information
>Infrastructure (NII) initiative, TIIAP has leveraged more than $133 million in
>local matching funds.  TIIAP projects funded in previous years are
>providing innovations in education; helping create more responsive public
>institutions; enhancing economic development in rural and disadvantaged
>areas; and increasing access to health care.
>
>        NTIA will hold a series of regional Outreach Workshops to
>discuss the TIIAP program, introduce the 1997 TIIAP grant round, and
>discuss program funding priorities and application requirements.  This is
>a key opportunity for interested parties to understand the TIIAP goals and
>process and meet representatives of other organizations interested in
>the TIIAP program.  The Outreach Workshops will be held on February
>14, in Alexandria, Virginia; February 19, in Nashua, New Hampshire;
>February 26, in Chicago, Illinois; March 4, in New Orleans, Louisiana; and
>March 6, in Phoenix, Arizona.
>
>        Information about the program's regulations and procedures can
>be found in the Notice of Availability of Grant Funds, published in the
>Federal Register on January 27, 1997.  For more information about TIIAP
>and the Outreach Workshops, call (202) 482-2048, or e-mail to
>[log in to unmask], or via the Internet at http://www.ntia.doc.gov.
>
>        TIIAP is administered by the U.S. Commerce Department's National
>Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).  NTIA serves
>as the principal adviser to the President, Vice President and Secretary of
>Commerce on domestic and international communications and information
>issues and represents the Executive Branch before the Congress, other
>Federal agencies, foreign governments and international organizations.
>
>From: "Judith S. Sparrow" <[log in to unmask]>


Beth Shea
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Illinois State Museum
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