On February 12, I am convening a virtual roundtable to gather public input on how to structure the new Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. Details: go.usa.gov/xAFZp.
For 30 years, Chris Wenzler dedicated himself to the community of .@JohnCarrollU as their longtime Sports Information Director. He passed away last month after a courageous battle with cancer. Tonight at 11pm on .@wkyc, we honor his life. .@mwenzler4021
It's called "the digital divide," and the coronavirus pandemic has made bridging it more important -- The divide is the lack of access some businesses and households have to high-speed internet service ow.ly/KFVC50Ax2HQ
A2: My calendar has always helped me focus my energies in the right place. That is more important as ever, now. Just need to remember to schedule ahead and not let the important get bumped by the urgent. #Discipline#VaLINchat#ALPlearn
.@NextCentCit kicks off its #BiPartisanTech event, with remarks by Scott Deutschmann of Google, Rondella Hawkins of Austin and Joseph Webster of Montgomery County (pictured via livestream).
@JoshEdmonds216 #digitaldivide isn’t going away anytime soon. Poverty rates exacerbate the digital divide... “we are looking at the symptoms of poverty...”
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We're grateful to be joining the larger community driving data science for social impact, and launching as a platform for partnerships. Also: we're announcing a new $10m challenge. data.org#DataDrivesImpact#wef20
@GeoffreyStarks notes that teaching computer skills is important and these issues matter in urban, rural and Native American communities alike. “They will matter more in a #5G world...”
.@NIST found that people of color are more than 100 times more likely to be misidentified by facial recognition technology than white men. #BipartisanTech@GeoffreyStarks
@GeoffreyStarks average family pays $2700 per year for communications technology (phone, internet, cable) and that’s a strain on many family budgets...