roundtable: About TIIAP
roundtable: About TIIAP
About TIIAP
Kari Peterson (kapeters@dcn.davis.ca.us)
Fri, 8 Sep 1995 17:20:58 -0700
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 17:20:58 -0700
Message-Id: <199509090020.RAA03555@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us>
To: alliance-nw@isu.edu, communet@uvmvm.uvm.edu, roundtable@cni.org,
From: Kari Peterson <kapeters@dcn.davis.ca.us>
Subject: About TIIAP
Apologies if this is redundant..
Excerpted from ALAWON -- an update about TIIAP:
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ISBN 1069-7799
ALAWON
ALA Washington Office Newsline
An electronic publication of the
American Library Association Washington Office
Volume 4, Number 80
September 8, 1995
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SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ZEROS OUT NTIA-TIIAP GRANTS
ACTION NEEDED: FIGHT CUTS AT SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
NTIA and its TIIAP grant program would be zeroed out under a bill approved
on September 7 by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce,
Justice, State, and the Judiciary. The bill is H.R. 2076, the Departments
of Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, and related agencies
appropriations bill for FY 1996. Among the agencies most drastically
affected by the subcommittee action was the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA.) The Subcommittee completely zeroed out
FY96 funding for many of NTIA's programs such as the Telecommunications and
Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP.) Further, the $36
million in grants about to be awarded to 1995 TIIAP applicants would also
be rescinded. The subcommittee action was a straight party line vote with
all Republicans voting for eliminating funds for the program, and all
Democrats voting against the cuts.
The TIIAP grants, also called Information Infrastructure Grants, are
intended to promote widespread access to advanced information technologies.
The program supports projects that provide visible examples of how an
information infrastructure can impact local access to services such as
education and health care. A budget request of $99.912 million for
Information Infrastructure Grants was made by the administration for FY96.
The House has already passed H.R. 2076 including $40 million for the
grants. Libraries are eligible and have received funds from this program
as well as been involved in community partnerships which have received
these grants.
ACTION NEEDED: The full Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to
consider the bill on Monday, September 11. Each Appropriations Committee
member, including those Senators on the Subcommittee, should hear about the
value of NTIA and TIIAP and the effects that killing the program will have
on a national as well as local level. All current applicants for TIIAP
grants are strongly urged to contact their Senators immediately. Zeroing
out a modest information infrastructure program when thousands of
applicants have already, in good faith, devoted time and resources to
developing applications, securing community partners and matching funds,
and when the peer review process has already taken place, and awards are
about to be announced, is not a productive or cost effective action.
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Senate switchboard number: 202-224-3121
Senate Appropriations Committee number: 202-224-3471
Republicans: Democrats:
Chair: Mark Hatfield (OR)* Ranking Member: Robert C. Byrd (WV)
Ted Stevens (AK)* Daniel Inouye (HI)*
Thad Cochran (MS) Ernest Hollings (SC)*
Arlen Specter (PA) J. Bennett Johnston (LA)
Pete Domenici (NM)* Patrick Leahy (VT)
Phil Gramm (TX)* Dale Bumpers (AR)*
Christopher Bond (MO) Frank Lautenberg (NJ)*
Slade Gorton (WA) Tom Harken (IA)
Mitch McConnell (KY)* Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Connie Mack (FL) Harry Reid (NV)
Conrad Burns (MT) Robert Kerrey (NE)*
Richard Shelby (AL) Herbert Kohl (WI)
Jim Jeffords (VT) Patty Murray (WA)
Judd Gregg (NH)*
Robert Bennett (UT)
The asterisks * indicate members of the subcommittee.
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