table of Contents

1. Leveling the Playing Field: Government IT Interventions
2. The Presenters
3. Purpose
4. Leveling the Playing Field: key assumptions
5. The Haves, Have-Nots, and Choose-Nots: Who are they?
6. Profiles of "The Least Connected" (from 1997 Census)
7. The Digital Divide (US households with a computer by income and region)
8. The Digital Divide (households with a computer by race and region)
9. The Digital Divide (households with a computer by income and race)
10. The Digital Divide (households with computers by race)
11. Social Equity - Role of Government in Education
12. Social Equity - Role of Government
13. Social Equity - Role of Government
14. Network Literacy and the GII
15. Federal Agency Programs
16. What and How Well?
17. Current Trends and Implications
18. Appropriations Bills - Programs Funded
19. "The civil rights challenge for the next century is to make sure that African-Americans -- and all Americans -- share in the benefits of the Information Age…We must have access to technology, employment opportunities and opportunities for ownership."
         - William Kennard, Chair of the FCC
20. Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide
21. Rural and Remote Americans - No Better Off