Today, Congresswomen Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, commended the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) announcement that California will receive Recovery Act funding totaling $205,147,578 for seven Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) [...]
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"There is great need for more accessible acute and specialty care in medically underserved areas across California," U.S. CTO Chopra said in a statement. "With the $22.1 million in grant funding from the FCC, along with $3.6 million in matching funds from the CETF, the [...]
A new digital superhighway unveiled Tuesday will connect patients at low-cost clinics in corners of Ventura County to California’s most prestigious specialists in a project touted as the future of medicine. Read More>>>
“The California Telehealth Network is now officially launched.” That’s Eric Brown, Executive Director of the California Telehealth Network, which was launched today at the UC Davis Cancer Center. Brown was joined by Governor Shwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra. The governor called telehealth [...]
On Tuesday, the University of California and a consortium of health care, technology and government agencies launched the California Telehealth Network, the San Francisco Business Times reports. Read More>>>
California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]
"We're proud to be a partner in the effort to build a robust statewide network that will bring specialized health and medical care to underserved communities, both rural and urban," said Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO, California Emerging Fund. "By bringing broadband capacity to [...]
The University of California and a coalition of health care organizations, technology companies and government agencies plan to announce on Tuesday the launch of the California Telehealth Network, which will use broadband technology to provide telemedicine services to poor Californians in urban and rural areas [...]
In response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Executive Order S-06-09 issued last May calling for the advancement of digital literacy in California, the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Digital Literacy Leadership Council has released a formal definition of digital literacy and a strategic plan for advancing […]
There's a growing debate over whether the Internet is a public tool, or the domain of private enterprise for generating profit. Monday, President Obama signed a memo committing the government to expanding broadband access. Read More>>>