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020			_a0870784668 (pamphlet : alk. paper)
040			_beng _cFoundation University
082			_a001.44 G91 2001
100			_aGrossman, Lawrence K. _eauthor _911249
245			_aA digital gift to the nation : _bfulfilling the promise of the digital and Internet age / _cLawrence K. Grossman and Newton N. Minow, with background papers on digital perspectives.
260			_aNew York : _bCentury Foundation Press, _cc2001.
300			_axiii, 280 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aSponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and others. "A Century Foundation report." "A publication of the Digital Promise Project." Includes bibliographical references.
520			_aAs the United States enters the new century, technological advances have the power to transform commerce, the public sector, and how citizens interact. This volume, part of the multiyear Digital Promise project administered by The Century Foundation, examines emerging technologies including wireless telephones, electronic data transmission, and Internet communications and how they impact educational, cultural, and other nonprofit organizations. The book features a report prepared by Lawrence K. Grossman, former president of NBC News and PBS, and Newton Minow, former chairman of the FCC and PBS, two of the leading intellectuals on public telecommunications matters. They offer specific policy recommendations for securing and protecting the public's interest in the ongoing technology revolution. Specifically, Grossman and Minow suggest creating a "Digital Information Trust," modeled after the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of the nineteenth century. The trust fund would be financed by revenues from the federal government's sale or lease of electromagnetic spectrum and would be used to support the work of a range of educational and nonprofit groups.Other contributors include Les Brown (Fordham University), Marion R. Fremont-Smith (Harvard University), Richard Kimball (Project Vote Smart) and Mark Lloyd (Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy).
650			_aInformation technology--Research grants--United States. _911250
650			_aInformation technology--Social aspects--United States. _911251
650			_aEndowments--United States. _911252
700			_aMinow, Newton N. _eauthor _911253
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