The University of California and a coalition of health care organizations, technology companies and government agencies plan to announce on Tuesday the launch of the California Telehealth Network, which will use broadband technology to provide telemedicine services to poor Californians in urban and rural areas [...]
Author: Brent Stromberg
In response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Executive Order S-06-09 issued last May calling for the advancement of digital literacy in California, the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Digital Literacy Leadership Council has released a formal definition of digital literacy and a strategic plan for advancing […]
There's a growing debate over whether the Internet is a public tool, or the domain of private enterprise for generating profit. Monday, President Obama signed a memo committing the government to expanding broadband access. Read More>>>
Over the past year, several Internet service providers have asked the county for support letters to pursue stimulus funds to expand broadband service into the county's unserved, and underserved, areas, Logsdon explained, noting that such areas exist in every supervisorial district in the county. She [...]
Those wading into telemedicine are watching developments such as a proposed rule by CMS that would create a more streamlined credentialing and privileging process for physicians and practitioners providing telemedicine services. The rule was published in the May 26 Federal Register with a 60-day comment [...]
Rural pockets of Northern California are not hot-beds of Internet use, nor do they want to be, according to a federally funded study recently released. A surprising number of respondents to a survey are sure they can live without the Internet, and aren't very interested [...]
"Get Connected" Community Fair draws thousands of visitors. More than 17,000 people decided to “Get Connected” on April 24, 2010, in Los Angeles, at a community fair sponsored by the Red Shield Youth and Community Center (Red Shield) and the Koreatown neighborhood. Looking for a [...]
"We were very, very lucky there were folks at Google who wanted to continue the relationship," said CETF Chief Executive Sunne Wright McPeak. Fuller, McPeak added, offers expertise in the environmental aspects of broadband proliferation. Google also helps fund the organization's School2Home project, an effort [...]
Now on the national board of AARP, her mission will be to use technology to connect 39 million American to critical health care and Social Security programs. "Geezer tech is my new thing," said O'Connor. "As we move all of our government services online because [...]
Testimony of Rachelle Chong Special Counsel, Advanced Information and Communications Technology, Office of the Chief Information Officer, State of California Before Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE May 13, 2010 -10 AM It is a great honor and [...]