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After a protest in San Francisco, civil libertarians and others raise concerns over BART's actions

FCC to Investigate BART Cell Service Shutdown http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391168,00.asp FCC: Wireless Services: Cellular Services: Operations, Blocking & Jamming http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=operations_2&id=cellular BART statement on temporary wireless service interruptions in select BART stations on August...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2011/0819#IntheNews
Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide: NTIA

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently published this report commissioned by Vice President Al Gore. The report analyzes telephone and computer penetration rates in the US to determine who is connected, and who is not connected, to the information infrastructure. This report updates the conclusions of an earlier report, "Falling Through the Net: A Survey of...

https://www.ntia.gov/page/falling-through-net-ii-new-data-di...
IT Conversations

For those who might see the words "IT Conversations", and think: "Oh no. A website dedicated to conversations about IT", think again. This delightful website started life in June 2003, under the careful direction of Doug Kaye and it currently contains dozens of compelling interviews, discussions, and heated debates with a number of fascinating individuals. The first-time visitor might want to...

http://web.archive.org/web/20130729200341id_/http://itc.conv...
Losing Ground Bit by Bit: Low-Income Communities in the Information Age

Losing Ground Bit by Bit: Low-Income Communities in the Information Age by Susan Goslee is a report on the effect of current telecommunication technologies on low-income economies; it was published as part of the ongoing collaborative series What's Going On by the Benton Foundation and the National Urban League. Report chapters cover defining the technology gap, gap barriers, the need for better...

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED424333.pdf
Techies by Necessity, Not by Choice

This article and accompanying lesson plan from the New York Times Learning Network examines how consumers have self educated themselves about technology, especially in regard to computer applications and networking. Even if a person does not work in a technical field, he or she is still likely to operate computers on a regular basis. The infeasibility of seeking professional training has resulted...

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/teacher...
Universal Access to E-Mail: Feasibility and Societal Implications

"Universal Access to E-Mail: Feasibility and Societal Implications" by Robert H. Anderson, Tora K. Bikson, Sally Ann Law, and Bridger M. Mitchell; 1995; Rand Corporation; 267 pages, 24 tables, 18 figures; bibliography, is available for downloading from Rand Corporation's Web site. "This is the final report of a two-year RAND study. It is designed as a sourcebook on key social, technical, economic,...

https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR650.html