Media Advisory - Regents' Technology Committee to Meet January 31

January 28, 2002

Regents' Technology Committee to Meet January 31 at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Office

The University System of Maryland (Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ) Board of Regents' Committee on Technology will meet in public session on Thursday, January 31 at 9 a.m. in the atrium of the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Office, 3300 Metzerott Road in Adelphi, MD.

The Committee will consider several agenda items, including:

  • Review of Digital Divide Initiative plans to use one-time funding to purchase computers for qualifying students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Coppin State College, and Bowie State University, the three Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ institutions where the digital divide is most apparent according to a recent Technology Committee survey

  • Strategy for increasing legislative support for the Digital Divide Initiative

  • Funding distribution models for the three institutions in the aforementioned initiative
Full agenda and background information will be available at the meeting. Sign language interpreters and/or other appropriate accommodations for eligible individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please call 301/445-2756 (voice) or 301/314-7683 (TTY/ITT) to make special arrangements.

Contact:
Chris Hart
Phone: 301/445-2739
E-mail: chart@usmd.edu