More on School Internet Program Lacks Oversight, Investigator Says

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "K.E." <guavaberry () earthlink net>
Date: June 18, 2004 12:11:38 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: More on School Internet Program Lacks Oversight, Investigator 
Says

More on the E-rate Fiasco

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"Mr. Greenwood said that since schools often must pay only 10 percent 
of the cost of equipment and services while E-rate picks up the rest, 
"contractors have mastered the art of coming into these districts, 
recommending gold-plated architecture, and school officials, buying at 
10 cents on the dollar, take everything they recommend.''

best,
Karen Ellis

At 09:14 AM 6/18/2004, you wrote:

> From the New York Times -- 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/18/education/18computer.html?th
>
> School Internet Program Lacks Oversight, Investigator Says
> By SAM DILLON
>
> WASHINGTON, June 17 - Representative Joe L. Barton listened to an hour 
> or so of Congressional testimony on Thursday about waste and fraud in 
> the federal program that helps poor schools connect to the Internet 
> before questioning an official who has been investigating it. </snip>

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