ADVISORY/National Nonprofit Organization One Economy Announces National Two-Year Policy Initiative to Require Broadband Access for Low-Income Housing Residents.Assignment Desks/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Monday (February 2) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Co-Chairs Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle Back Campaign
Monday, February 2, 2004, Washington, D.C.
What: One Economy will launch Bring IT Home - a unique
partnership between government, nonprofit service
providers and the private sector - to promote state-level
public policy change that helps accelerate the penetration
of high-speed Internet connectivity and PCs into the
low-income housing market.
Who: -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN)
-- Bill Kennard, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Member, Board of Directors, One Economy Corporation
-- Rey Ramsey, CEO, One Economy Corporation
Where: The National Press Club, Holeman Room
When: February 2, 2004
Press check-in 2:30 p.m.
Event begins 3:00 p.m.
Contacts: Lori Jennings
202-659-7902 (office)
703-901-2005 (mobile)
ljenning@apcoworldwide.com
Jennifer Silberman
202-778-1476 (office)
202-486-5426 (mobile)
jsilberman@apcoworldwide.com
About One Economy One Economy is a national nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that helps bring access to technology into affordable housing around the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and uses that technology to connect low-income people to information and tools that help them improve their lives. One Economy's strategy focuses around three key areas: access, content and demonstrations of what works in sites known as "Digital Communities." The recently launched national Bring IT Home campaign is designed to promote state-level public policy change to make high-speed Internet See broadband. connectivity a standard practice. Honorary Co-Chairs Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist and Minority Leader Senator Tom Daschle serve as Bring IT Home national campaign leaders. To date, One Economy has worked closely with nine industry partners to change policies in 11 states: Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). , California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , Iowa, Kentucky Kentucky, state, United States Kentucky (kəntŭk`ē, kĭn–), one of the so-called border states of the S central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi R. , Missouri Missouri, state, United States Missouri (mĭz  r`ē, –ə), one of the midwestern states of the United States. , Nebraska, New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). ,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In addition, One Economy has
been endorsed and supported by 120 nonprofit organizations and
communities across the United States. More information about One
Economy, Bring IT Home and a complete list of partners may be found at
www.one-economy.com.
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