New Report Concludes Federal Programs Critical to Bring a Nation Online

Posted by on July 19, 2002

New Report Concludes Federal Programs Critical to Bringing A Nation Online

Data Show Many Americans Still on Wrong Side of Technology Divide
Read the report: http://www.civilrights.org/publications/bringinganationonline

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund and the Benton Foundation, with support from the Ford Foundation, released a new report that concludes that continued Federal leadership is essential to bringing a nation online, given the significant technology gaps that remain along economic, racial and geographic lines.

“Bringing a Nation Online: The Importance of Federal Leadership” examines data released earlier this year by the Department of Commerce in its report “A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet” which showed substantial gains in access to computers and the Internet for all Americans. The report released today underscores that despite these gains, a significant divide remains based on income, race and ethnicity, geography and disability. As a result, many Americans have yet to witness the significant social, civic, educational and economic benefits of the information age.

The entire report can be accessed online at http://www.civilrights.org/publications/bringinganationonline


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