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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Good question Andy. CIPA compliance is only required for certain expenditures of LSTA funds and E-rate funds. There is no CIPA requirement for the stimulus funds. --> Jim<BR>
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On 5/20/09 4:33 PM, "Andy Swanson" <aswanson@co.klamath.or.us> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Jim,<BR>
Is this with or without CIPA compliance?<BR>
Andy<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'><B>From:</B> pl-directors-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [<a href="mailto:pl-directors-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]">mailto:pl-directors-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]</a> <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jim Scheppke<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:20 PM<BR>
<B>To:</B> Public Library Directors<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> [PL-Directors] FW: ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host Broadband Briefing; Video of Meeting Available<BR>
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Dear Directors: I attended this meeting in Washington DC when I was there for ALA National Library Legislative Day last week. This is worth looking at if you are interested in getting “stimulus” money to improve the broadband capacity and/or public access computing capacity at your library. What I heard at this meeting reinforces the message that I have already given to you:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>If you want stimulus money the first step is to find out what is happening in your community and become a partner.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Leave no stone unturned — contact your city, your county, your community college, your ESD, etc., as well as private providers of broadband services.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Private providers that are trying to get a grant to build out their broadband services might welcome having a library as a partner to show the “public purpose” of their proposal.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Oregon is not putting together a big statewide initiative for broadband like some states, so it’s up to you to partner with a local coalition to get stimulus money.
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I’m happy to tout your local coalition project to the Governor’s office for possible endorsement, if you let me know about it. <BR>
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I hope you or your staff will look at the video for helpful insight into the two Federal grant programs that will be releasing guidelines soon. Let me know if you have questions about this. --> Jim<BR>
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<B>From: </B>Diedre Conkling <diedre08@gmail.com><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:29:39 -0700<BR>
<B>To: </B>libs-or <libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>, <publib@webjunction.org><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>[Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host Broadband Briefing; Video of Meeting Available on 'Know Your Stimulus' Site<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT COLOR="#9E0508"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'><B>ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host Broadband Briefing; Video of Meeting Available on ‘Know Your Stimulus’ Site </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2914"><http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2914></a> <BR>
</SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>May 20th, 2009 <BR>
<a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2914">http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2914</a><BR>
On May 12, the American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-hosted a briefing on the broadband aspects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) targeted to state librarians and other leaders in the library community.<BR>
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The meeting was hosted and moderated by Emily Sheketoff and Alan Inouye of the ALA Washington Office and featured:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>John Windhausen, President, Telepoly, and former Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Greg Rohde, President, E-Copernicus, and former Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Linda Schatz, President, EdTech Strategies, and former Vice President of the Universal Service Administrative Company (which administers the E-rate program)
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Lynne Bradley, Director, ALA’s Office of Government Relations
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Carrie Lowe, Director, Program on Networks in ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Jill Nishi, Deputy Director, U.S. Libraries Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation <BR>
</SPAN></FONT></UL><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>The agenda can be viewed <FONT COLOR="#9E0508">here</FONT> <a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/may12meetingagenda-final2.pdf"><http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/may12meetingagenda-final2.pdf></a> . The presentation slides, and video recording are available at the ALA <FONT COLOR="#9E0508">“KnowYourStimulus”</FONT> <a href="http://ala.org/knowyourstimulus"><http://ala.org/knowyourstimulus></a> Web site.<BR>
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