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Final meeting of Emerging Telecom Study Committee

Present: Seabaugh, Loudermilk, Lewis, Balfour, Amerson

Chairman Seabaugh began the process by affirming to everyone that no one, including himself, attempted to influence the direction or outcome of the advisory committee.

Agenda

Presentation of Committee (I will scan and forward as it includes draft legislation)

Joe Bankoff is making the final presentation

Repeats his description of the process (he went over that during the last presentation)

Follows the printed report..

He says, the element that is missing, that the state needs to focus on to improve education, gain new jobs – is looking at what we need to do to get people to use it – digital literacy. He recommends that they consider further stidu by committee. Continue reading

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Business
Delta, pilots come out swinging
AJC | Grantham, Russell | Business:Delta
BellSouth to offer computer servicing
AJC | staff | Business:BellSouth

Congress

Cheney says Senate war critics make ‘reprehensible’ charges
NYT |Bumiller, Elizabeth | Congress:Iraq:Cheney
Tide turning in GOP Senators’ war view
Post | Balz, Dan | Congress:Iraq:GOP
Funding for Alaskan bridges eliminated
Post | Murray, Shailagh | Congress:Budget:Pork
Deal set to limit probes by FBI
Boston | AP | Congress:PATRIOT
Testimony by Oil Execs is challenged
NYT | Andrews, Edmund | Congress:Energy:Oil
Senate approves Isakson’s amendment on airline pensions
AccessNorthGa | AP | Congress:Isakson:Pensions Continue reading

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Other notes

Government Technology Magazine has a column on the Real ID act — a sidebar talks about the demise of on line license renewals — boy is that gonna hack everyone off. Perhaps GECA should schedule a talk on this item. I should definitely add it to my list of State Tech Topics to Watch.

Southern Growth Policy Board wants folks to host community meetings on innovation. That could be an interesting project. Continue reading

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The News – In Aggregate Form

November 16 2005


Business

Wall Street fears GM bankruptcy
AJC | AP | Business:Auto:GM
Top websites build up ad backlog, raise rates
WSJ ($$$) | staff | Business:Internet:Ads
Google aims for the classified ad business
NYT | Markoff, John | Business:Internet:Ads
Yahoo to add five Gawker Media Blogs to website
Post | Vise, David | Business:Internet:Blogs
Website to blend journalism with blogs
Yahoo | AP | Business:Internet:Blogs

Campaigns

Ralph Reed lectures on future of politics
The Hurricane | staff | Campaigns:GA:LtGov:Reed Continue reading

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Merging Politics and Technology

My first wordpress post.  So much to say, so little time.

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