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Blog // Connected Texas

06/06/13

Broadband Across Texas Week Aims to Get Everyone Online

By Jeremy Thacker

Any Texan lacking the knowledge needed to use the Internet now has a golden opportunity approaching! The second annual Broadband Across Texas (BAT) Week is set for the week of June 23-29. The week includes free Internet and computer training classes at more than 90 Public Computing Centers (PCCs) across the state. Daily events are scheduled in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and numerous rural locations in Texas. Free classes will cover topics like using a computer, navigating the Internet safely, and online job-hunting. The Texas Connects Coalition is presenting BAT Week with support from the Connected Texas initiative. All the computer...

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02/20/13

Texas Marks National Broadband Map 2-Year Anniversary

By CTX Staff

February 17, 2013, marked the two-year anniversary of the National Broadband Map (NBM), a tool to search, analyze, and map broadband availability across the United States. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) created and maintains the NBM, populating it with broadband datasets collected and submitted by states and territories for the State Broadband Initiative (SBI) grant program. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has also been contributing to the development and update of the NBM. The continued update and use of the NBM for economic development, federal policy, broadband expansion, as well as local...

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02/15/13

Connected Texas Proud to Announce the TX Digital Inclusion Alliance

By CTX Staff

Connected Texas is proud to announce the formation of the TX Digital Inclusion Alliance! The founding members of the Alliance include the Texas State Library, Connected Texas, Technology for All, and AustinFreeNet. The new alliance will begin collaboration among all the organizations across Texas that engage in digital literacy, inclusion, adoption and offering public computer access. The collaboration will include sharing of best practices, prospects for sustainability and partnering on joint program opportunities. Among the goals of the collaboration is to create a standardized digital literacy curriculum that is relevant for the future....

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08/09/12

Texas Veterans Create Online Community

By Jeremy Thacker

War veterans in Texas are getting connected like never before with the state’s very first virtual Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post! Central Texas veterans have founded VFW Post Kiernan which is connecting members and conducting business using online tools and social media. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Kiernan is named after US Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Kiernan, who was killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 6, 2007. Meetings are held online and using social media, in accordance with current VFW by-laws. A 2011 Military Times survey reported in 2011 that only 13 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans belong to veterans organizations that...

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